I Never Left You

19. Betrayal

I can't tell how long I have been in this dark room, I can't even comprehend the outside , my thoughts are directed towards the sunlight. I now realize how much I have missed it,  I squeeze my eyes shut trying to remember that warm embrace. I just lie here praying ,hoping and thinking. I pray for my parents to be safe, I hope no harm befalls my daughter and her father, I think of how am going to escape from this place. From the looks of it it's heavily guarded. In the past few days I heard similar screams to mine meaning am not here alone. When a new entrant is brought in, they come screaming and asking for help. I understand that well cause  the fear of abduction is still in you. Slowly you get accustomed and slowly become hungry, then your brain opens up and you start to think clearly.
On the first day when I woke up, I refused to eat anything, I had promised myself that I rather starve to death than eat the dry bread and water a guard brought in twice a day. Slowing my body accepted and I started to eat. When I remembered I had a daughter awaiting me, I gave up and promised myself to survive and escape for her sake.
Trevis' POV
I was born Sivert Malcolm in Southern California ,the joy of a family was ripped away from me as early a five year old boy, when robbers came and killed my parents. I remember Dad telling me not to leave the closet he hid me or else none of my wishes that Christmas will be satisfied. Naive and gullible as I was when I heard the gunshots in the other room, I sensed that my parents were no more. I moved from one foster home to  another. Despite always being welcomed at the start, being part of the family was always a challenge especially if the family wasn't of the same skin color as mine.
One evening when I was around eleven years old, I was on the streets trying to find what to eat and somewhere to rest. Cars came running to me at a lightning speed, I heard gunshots that reminded me of my parents, out of fear of death, I held my hands to my ears, sat on the roadside and waited for my death to arrive.
I heard something poke at me and slowly opened my eyes. A man  all dressed in black was standing in front of me.
"Please don't kill me, I will do anything " I begged him on seeing he had a gun pointed at me.
"Get up and follow me" , the man dressed all in black said to me ,put away his gun and entered the car. I followed the man with an alligator tattoo behind his ear. Today this man I came to  know as Coli McGregory Steven alias "Black Eagle" became my father, he taught me everything I know now, all his training has made me the strong cunning and manipulative man I now have grown into.
When he gave me the task of finding Azra, I was so excited to have an undercover job at campus. I loved every bit of it. I could be anything I wanted, I even changed my name to Trevis, played basketball and dated as many girls as my mind could remember. At first my work became hectic cause I had to be checking out every girl to see if she's the one I want. A semester passed and no results. Mr McGregory was so furious but he trusted my work.
I couldn't be more happier when one day I spotted the beauty I have been in search for. Her hazelnut hair easily gave her away first. She was enjoying the company of her phone . I became a gentle man of the second and brought her a drink, from her looks she wasn't a party animal. I brought her lemon water and poured myself a glass too. We chatted about everything that night, she even agreed to be my friend and even agreed to dance with me. Luck must have been on my side that night . Step by step I gained her trust and she made me her close friend, she told me all her secrets. I wish she knew she was trusting the devil. The Trevis she whole heartdly trust was the same Sivert after her life.  I almost had a moment of weakness when she told me about her young daughter, I always hesitated on kidnapping her but then it would be my life had would be at stake...
At one time "Black Eagle" was from a mission with his gang in a disguise taxi, when he saw Azra trying to find a cab. Good thing her former boyfriend was able to defend her. I didn't know he was equally that good. Boss was so furious and warned me that if I don't deliver her by Monday, he would feed me to the dogs that day.
Last Saturday when she called me saying she needed someone to talk to, I almost drove the car to the destination we needed her but she looked so vulnerable. Azra is an extremely smart, caring,elegant and beautiful girl that any guy would want her to carry his babies. My soft side of the heart was touched so I took her to my calming place. By the time we came back she looked full of energy and her cheeks rosy. I decided I'd wait for Sunday but she didn't leave her room that day and her roommate was back. I waited for Monday. And soon my luck came at lunch time and the rest is history.
I have seen Black Eagle in action so many times and mercy isn't one thing he has on his dark heart so I knew Azra would automatically be killed. I didn't want her daughter to grow up as an orphan too. I managed to convince him into keeping Azra alive but now I don't know what punishment awaits her. She really cost my boss huge dimes back then when Clara supplied drugs at school. I felt pity for her, Azra had been nothing but a caring friend to me . I may have fulfilled my boss's work but am not at peace. I secretly snuck into her room, took a pic of her in her painful sleep and sent it along with the address to her ex boyfriend. It's the least I  could do to save someone who saw me as a friend even if it could cost me my own life if the Black Eagle got to find out.