Vendetta: Mysteries that surround it

Chapter 16

"Where is she?!! Where is Bianca?!!" Alexa stormed towards him and held his collar."WHERE IS SHE ?!!"She growled inches away from his face.

"Calm down lady she is not dead... yet," he said with a little smirk on his face.

She loosened the grip on his collar," She has nothing to do with this, you want me, keep me. Let her go."

"And what gives you the idea that I trust you that much," he said scoffing in disbelief," What is the guarantee that the moment I let go of your sister you won't have hundreds of men barge in to kill me."

In reply, Alexa smiled a little, "Firstly, if I wanted you dead you would have been dead the moment I laid my eyes on you. Secondly, I don't need a hundred men for that, I can handle you and your men just fine by myself. Thirdly, you don't need to trust me, just hear me out."

"HEAR YOU OUT ?!! ARE YOU SAYING HEAR YOU OUT?!! Ok! Let's hear it out how you killed my father when I was just twelve, you don't even know what it is like to lose a parent this young, you are nothing but a spoilt rich brat!" He shouted angrily with an accusing finger pointed at her.

"I know it, I understand it more than anyone else," she said in a whisper but it was audible to him, "I lost mine when I was four."

Logan's eyes widened a little but he still went with a softer tone, "But that does not give you the right to rob others of that, right?"

"You look like you are mad at me the most out of everyone involved, what exactly did you hear?" she questioned him.

"That does not matter, but you pulled the trigger didn't you?" He said with pain in his voice.

"I-I did but-" She hesitated, she had no idea how to explain it to him.

"For the fun of it ?" He questioned with a sad smile.

"No, I was forced to!" she said immediately.

"And who would force a nine-year-old, the heiress of the Angellos, to  kill?" He questioned her with an eyebrow raised.

"Are you hearing yourself ?!! I WAS NINE!!" She shouted at his face in disbelief," WHICH NINE-YEAR-OLD DO YOU THINK WOULD WANT TO SHOOT A MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS FOREHEAD?!! FORGET THAT, THINK WHICH NINE-YEAR-OLD IS EVEN CAPABLE OF SHOOTING A MAN?!!"

Logan was a little taken aback by her sudden outburst," Didn't you just say you pulled the trigger?"

"IT WAS MY GRANDPA!" A lone tear made its way out of Alexa's beautiful chocolate brown eyes," His whispers still haunt me at night. How he held my hand and pulled the trigger to kill your father. How your father looked at me with so much reassurance and warmth, that I never felt from anyone in my entire life other than my parents. How he mouthed me it's okay as if I was not holding a gun pointed at him and was not going to shoot him the next second."

Both of them fell silent. Only the chirping of birds could be heard outside, that's when Alexa decided to continue.

"I don't even know why I killed him, "She told him.

His eyes enlarged with utter confusion.

"I don't know anything about your father, who he was, what he had done. My grandfather had power and he used it, he erased every information on your father, I could find nothing about him no matter how hard I tried. The only thing I knew about that man, Joseph Lee, is that he had a son, Logan Lee. Other than that, absolutely nothing."

"H-how is that even possible?" It was too much information for Logan to digest, the woman he was blaming his entire life for his father's death. The person he wanted to hurt very badly for revenge turns out to be innocent suddenly, it is difficult to believe.

"How can I trust you?" he asked her with a blank face.

"You don't have to, I just don't want to hurt you. I owe your family already a lot," she said with a sigh ."Just let Bianca go. She does not even know anything about her family. She thinks of her dad and grandpa as heroes and I intend to keep it that way. If she gets involved I HAVE to hurt you."

"Huh? Hurt me? I assumed from your story that you hate your Grandpa. Won't it make nice revenge to have his other granddaughter hate him too? "

"I do hate him, but I don't want Bianca to look at the world the way I do. She is the closest thing I have to a family." She said, with desperation filled in her eyes ."Please, just let her go. I promise I won't hurt you. I will make sure my uncle doesn't too. Logan, you don't know him, he will rip you to shreds for touching his daughter if he gets his hands on you."

"And what about my revenge?" He questioned.

"Huh? Revenge? You are still thinking about that right now?!!" She questioned him with confusion written all over her face.

"I spent fifteen years of my life thinking about my revenge. My father was the kindest man on the earth and he did not deserve anything your grandfather had to offer him. He was the breadwinner of our family. You have no idea how much my mother suffered in raising me till her death." his eyes getting teary.

Alexa sighed," Did Bianca see you ?"

"What?"

"I am asking if Bianca saw that YOU were the kidnapper." Giving out another sigh.

"No?"

"Then I will help you"

"With what?" He asked her, a little confused.

"Your revenge."

He stared at her, then blinked a few times trying to process what she just said and then he laughed in disbelief.

"Do I have an IDIOT written on my forehead?! You expect me to trust YOU to help ME give YOUR grandfather a torturous death. No matter what story you tell me, how do you expect me to trust you with THAT?!" He asked her bewildered.

"First of all stop emphasizing those words, it's annoying." She said rolling her eyes a little," And I think that is your only ticket left to get revenge. It might take some time, but I am offering to make an alliance. We have a common enemy, it won't hurt to work with me would it?"

"How in the world am I going to work with you without getting caught?"

"Become my bodyguard."

"Why the hell would you need a bodyguard?"

"I don't, but I still have many. You can be one of them, nobody will be suspicious."

"I don't like the plan."

"Do you have a choice?' She asked him raising an eyebrow.

"No ."He let out a sigh.

"So we have a deal?"

"Yeah.."

"And what is with those men outside?" She asked him.

"They are not real gangsters, I hired them to act like that. I wanted to look intimidating" He said looking away, a bit embarrassed.

"I figured as much, they couldn't even hold their guns properly."

He shut his eyes tightly in embarrassment.

"Now where is Bianca?"