Without A Trace

Sixty.

"So you're telling me, you expect Abarama Gold to give us extra coverage at the gala in 2 days to keep me safe?" I say with my eyes furrowed to my girls and my husband as well as my brother in laws who are sitting at the table in front of me. "You all have clearly been rocked off your fuckin block for trusting an inch of anything that bloody man tells you," I say as I stressfully pull a cigarette out of my pack and light it before taking a puff off it. I pull it from my lips and meet my husbands gaze, "Whats the fuckin return eh? Charlies yard? Half the cocaine imports? Some of our horses? A fuckin blood oath?" I ask crossing my arms staring at Thomas.

Thomas taps the rim of his glass slightly before shifting his eyes to the table and bringing the drink to his lips, "The cottage and the horses," he says flatly. His eyes meet mine as he exchanges a cold gaze back to me. Anna and Ivys eyes grow wide as they stare at Thomas before looking back at me.

I stare at him as warmth flashes to my face and it turns red with anger, "My cottage...and my fuckin horses?" I say waking towards him with fire in my eyes. I can feel the tears swelling in them as the anger grows inside me, "You gave him the one place that saves me from this fuckin hell hole?" I blink and the tears fall down my cheeks. Thomas sits there silently, he doesn't even move or look up at me.

"Cora lets go get some air eh?" Aurthur says standing up and starting to move around behind Michaels chair towards Thomas.

"You motherfucker," I say as my voice cracks. "You got rid of my one fucking piece of happiness that saves me from this hell-hole of a fuckin place," I repeat in disbelief as the tears keep flowing uncontrollably now. I take my cigarette and stick it on the top of his hand, burning him causing him to yell out in pain and everyone else to shoot up out of their chairs.

"I FUCKIN HATE YOU," I say in agony, snatching ahold of his collar. Thomas grabs my wrists and grips onto them so I unfortunately cant swing at him or choke him to death.

"Alright love, Alright come on," Aurthur says picking me up from behind. I continue to shout to Thomas how much I hate him while kicking my legs and trying to get out of his grip while I sob from my broken heart.

Aurthur hauls me outside as my shouting gets quieter and quieter. Anna and Ivy grab my cigarettes and my jacket before taking a few steps towards the door. Ivy stops infront of Thomas's chair before meeting his gaze, "We will not fuckin save you this time. You really fuckin crossed the line," She says coldly before grabbing Anna and walking out of the room.

Michael runs his fingers through his hair, "Tom you really should've talked to Cora-"

"I dont need to discuss things with my business counterpart of this operation regarding financial decisions," He says as he pours water on a rag and gently sets it on his burn, wincing slightly at the pain.

"Your fuckin WIFE Thomas," Michael snaps as he stares angrily at his brother. "Shes your fuckin WIFE before anything fucking else," Michael yells to his brother. He shakes his head before storming out of the room.

Outside, Aurthur rubs my back as I finally start to calm down, "I'm fucking done, I can't do this anymore with that fucking man. I'm going to fucking kill him."

"I'm heading to Merlins," Thomas yells outside before turning his back and leaving the house.

I stare at the doorway for a moment and shoot up off the chair and try to run across the lawn before Anna and Ivy both grab me and tackle me to the ground, "Nope Nope Nope not going to happen," Anna says as she pins my arms down.

"DONT YOU COME BACK HERE YOU MOTHERFUCKER," I scream at him as more tears run down my face. Ivy strokes my hair softly as they let me up and I lay my head in her lap and sob.