The Secrets Behind Cries *Book 6 of the Köhler Series*

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"Why are you here again?" Darlene said as she opened her door, seeing Marie on the other side of it. Marie smiled, holding up a bag of food with coffee as she pointed into the house.

"To talk, of course. I know you know more than what you are saying, and I want to know all you know."

"Of course, you do. Well, let me tell you something. You are a sad joke of a parent that left both of your daughters. You knew Quan wanted nothing to do with that baby, then that sick man of yours started selling Nicole to your new lover. My brother. Oh yeah, he got her pregnant to then beat it out of her. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUCK NICOLE IS! Understand that, Marie. The girl when missing over two years ago. No one has seen her since. Now leave!" Darlene said. She didn't have the time or the patience to deal with Marie.

Defeated, Marie left, going to her next place once again. Money had to know something Nicole just didn't disappear. Marie knew her daughter, at least she thought.

"Where is Metrius?"

"Honey, Money left about a fucking week and a half ago. Something about a business trip or vacation I don't know. He left Omar in charge. He's in the office," One of the strippers said. Marie nodded, making her way back to the office knocking before she entered.

"Damn, Met didn't lie. The devil is back." Omar said.

"Where is he, Mar?"

"He didn't say where he was going only. He may or may not be back. I haven't talked to the man since he left. Shit, on a real fucking note, he seemed upset about something, seeing you are back forreal. I know that something was you. You finally told him, didn't you?" Omar said, shaking his head.

"I didn't tell him shit. He figured it out...."

"That was the fucking problem, Marie. Demetrius should never had to figure out he had fucking children. I tried to tell his ass. Damn, you better hope my homie didn't go somewhere and off himself. You already have broken his fucking heart now, this fucking shit." Omar said, making Marie rolled her eyes.

"I see you have little faith in your friend, and I'm not fucking dumb, Mar. I know you know where he's at."

"Tell me something, Marie. Why are you so interested in finding your daughter now? You didn't give a damn what happened to her six years old. Your ass ran, leaving her here with your fucking mess. Let me tell you what it is. You have gotten yourself in some more shit. Don't tell me you sold your daughter to someone." He said, making her glare at him as he let out a long sigh shaking his head.

"You're fucking pathetic. You and that sick fuck you were fucking. Nicole is long gone, either dead or ran the fucking chance she got from Earl. Whatever shit you got yourself in, dig yourself out. Cause you won't find her. Leave, or I'm calling the fucking police and telling them you are trespassing." Mar said, pushing Marie out the door.

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"Are yall sure you want me to go on vacation with you?" Demetrius asked. Nicole and Reece looked over at him. They all were in the movie theater in the Köhler's Manor. Xerxes and Riley wanted to have dinner and a movie night before leaving the next day for the island.

"If we didn't, we wouldn't have asked," Reece said. Xerxes and Elijah crazy-asses let out a laugh as Luca told him to stop asking. Demetrius nodded as Nicole smiled, and it wasn't a minute later his phone was ringing.

"Mar, I'm kind of in the middle of something...."

"Metrius, that bitch sold your daughter to someone." Nicole could hear the man talking through the phone. Apparently, Reece did too because his head lifted from Nicki's lap.