Dancing with a stranger

Chapter|21

Kian woke me with a kiss. "Good morning baby. I'll be back" he says grinning at me. " I got something to do but grace will be back shortly and Charlie is coming and keeping watch on both of you.

I got up and got ready for the day but as slow as a turtle because it still hurt that I couldn't hold my little girl.

Grace and Charlie showed up with coffee and breakfast . Thank god I said and hugged them both. Charlie was like a brother to me. If I was in trouble he and grace would both show up ready to go to war.

I finished off my sandwich and I got a message with a video. It was of Kian tied to a chair, face beaten and his mouth taped. Oh my god, I bolted up and showed grace. " I have to go," I say and hurriedly put my shoes on and Charlie gave me the car keys.

I race to the well known warehouse and busted through that door. Kian was in the middle of the room and no one was in sight. I pulled out a knife I keep in my boot and cut the ropes. Pulling the tape off he looked at me and "said go they will be back any moment" I didn't have time to respond. The sound of footsteps in the hallway snapped me back into reality. I hid behind some box and pulled out my taser. Two huge guys came in and grabbed Kian by his arms and took him into another room.

I come out of hiding walked into the middle of the room and started screaming "where are you bitch. You can't keep hiding behind the phone and computer. Come out and say it to face. Just leave us and my family alone as you've done for the past 15 years"

A door opened and she walked out in all her glory perfect hair in a bun sleek red dress and the famous Louboutin heels hitting the concrete floor. She stopped half way folding her arms.

"We'll look at the little whore coming to save her family." "Ohh Boys bring him out!" she hollers. The two guys bring Kian out and throw him across the floor. I run to him. " no so fast you thinking it's that easy." she smirks shaking a finger at me.

Then a boy walks out holding a familiar pink blanket. " oh look we're a family again minus your father. What a sight wouldn't that be." It was Sean.

All of a sudden the doors blasted open and shots were fired. I duck behind boxes. Peeking over I see my father followed by Lorenzo, charlie strapped with a vest and a handgun, then followed by James Kian's father with two other dudes. Charlie slides Kian a gun and he gets up as best he can and I see the person who I would call mother dive into a room and sean nowhere insight

I slid into the open door and saw Sean putting Aaliyah in a crib and I grab him by the back of his shirt and throw him to the ground. He rolls me over and tried to throw punches but I blocked them. Then I kick him off of me and he flies to the other side. I get up and start to punch him making his nose bleed. " I knew you were a no-good little bitch he sneered." I knock my head into him and he knocked out. " nighty night bitch" I mumble and grab Aaliyah.

All of a sudden I smelt gas then I went out and saw Leanne pour gasoline around the building. It was made of wood and it was packed full of weapons and drugs no doubt it was going to blow.

I scream at the guys. " the building is going to go up get out now!" I ran out the door hugging Liyah.

By the time I got to the car I tuned and all of a sudden, the building was in flames.

I strapped Liyah in her seat and dropped to the ground on my knees bawling screaming "nooo"

The heat from the flames was intense, even from where I knelt. My chest felt like it was closing in on me as I stared at the building that had once been my only focus, my only way to save Kian. Now, all of it-gone in a wave of fire and destruction. The smoke billowed thick into the sky, and for a moment, I couldn't see anything, just the rising terror, the sound of crackling wood, and the roar of flames that swallowed everything in its path.

I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to block out the images of Kian inside that building. Had I been too late? Had I failed him?

But then, I heard it-the faint cry of Liyah in the backseat, her small voice calling for me, pulling me back into the present. I wiped my tears away, taking a shaky breath. She needed me now, more than anything. I couldn't afford to fall apart. Not when she was right there.

I turned to face her, forcing a calm I didn't feel onto my face. "Hey, sweetheart. It's okay, we're okay," I whispered, though I wasn't sure if I was reassuring her or myself. I reached for her tiny hand in the rearview mirror and squeezed it tightly. The world around me was collapsing, but I had to keep moving.

I couldn't lose both of them. Not now. Not like this.

My heart was still pounding, every instinct screaming at me to run back, to go into the flames and find him. But I had to stay strong for her-for Liyah. I could feel the weight of the moment pressing down on me as I started the car, the roar of the fire still echoing in the background.

But no. This wasn't over. Not yet. And I was going to make sure Kian came out of that, no matter what it took.

I sped off, knowing that wherever Kian was, he needed me more than ever. And I wasn't going to stop until I had him back.