The light in my darkness ✅

🌕CHAPTER 26🌑

Talat's point of view

I closed the door and sighed.

I'm so close to being burned, I know it. I could feel the heat between us like waves. I can feel my old self returning. Myself before Akim. It's like am hunting her. Me, who was hardly interested in relationships, or women for that matter. My bad family was the reason for that. My words are becoming candor. She indeed looks hot when she is bossy.

I shook my head. She is doing something to me.

Knocking on my grandmother's door, I wait for a response.

"You wanted to talk to me," She opens the door and step aside so I could enter .

I walked in with my hands in my pocket, silently waiting for a outburst.

"You must be smitten with her for you to put yourself in a deep toilet hole," I received a slap on my head-back.

"Ouch."

"How could you do such a thing Talat? Are you crazy?"

"I had to, it started off as my job and somehow reaches down to this," I sat down on the foot of her bed and she followed.

After a few moments of silence I let it out.  " She is Vince's daughter."

"Ah! Oh goodness!" She gasped and touch her chest in a dramatic way. "Poor Vince, how is he? Why did you leave that part out?"

"He is not anywhere near happy, his daughter is upset with him and now he is wanted for questioning."

I don't know why I leave that part out, now she knows that Caroline's mom was the one dad cheated with. She already knows that Junior is dead but maybe now she figures that part out. Maybe. I'm just going to sit with the maybe, I would rather not confirm. I know she doesn't give a rat ears about him when he was alive. It wouldn't make much difference with him dead.

I looked at her and her head was bowed down. I bet whatever I haven't told her, inspector Reid have.

"I'm so sorry. How is she? Is she alright?" She finally asked. Oh, grandma, with the sweetest soul.

"She'll be fine. She is strong, the strongest I've known. She is a bit rough around the edges. Stubborn as a mule infact," I sigh again.

"What about you? Are you alright? Are you getting enough sleep? I'm here now, you should at least take a few days off, let me boil some soup for you, just the way you like."

Her palms brush my hair back and soothes the headache.
My heart melt, and I blinked away the feeling of tears. It doesn't take much coming from her to make me feel cared for. Weak even, me who stop caring long time ago. She makes me vulnerable, She makes me want to please her and be a good man but she and I know that am a asshole as well. It's just the cop work keeping me under wraps.

I've made a few mistakes calling her mom. I can't say I regret it.

"Go on, take a look at her and make sure she is okay and tell Vince hello for me," she peck me on the forehead and sigh.

I nod at her dismissal.

"Make sure that you get that witch out of your hands soon."

I knew it, Inspector Reid told her

I nod and got up.

Walking back to my room, reminds me that a red head is in there. Once my bedroom was empty, now I have -

"I keep on telling you! Let me talk, Volkan, please!"

Akim's voice? What the hell?

I look over the railing and she was ringing her hands. If I ever found out she is faking it with Volkan. I might as well become a murder. No. This is genuine. Why would she rung her hands together when he isn't even looking at her?

"Is everything all right down there?"

"Yes, everything is perfect!" Volkan respond, He grabs his laptop and sat on a sofa, putting on a head phone.

Obviously you don't want me to know about it

That pinches me.

"Volkan, Volkan? please-"

He was off the sofa in a rush and His laptop was thrown down, he quickly throw the headphone off.

Akim body tense up as he stroll towards her.

"I've never hit a woman! Don't make me! Don't make me into a monster Akim, you have done enough!"

He stood so close to her and his index finger points at her in anger.
I could see sweat on Akim's brow. Wait.  I must have a good eyesight. I turn back and walk down the stairs.

When I reach a few steps away. I heard Akim whispered .

"Do you hate me that much ?"

Seconds past, I could here their breath.

"You have no Idea."

He strode away through towards the kitchen and I knew he was going through the back door.

Akim crumbled to her feet but when she saw me, she quickly stand and made a attempt to run up the stair.

"Akim."

She turn around and her eyes were filled with tears. She swallowed hard. I could hear the gulp.

"You heard it, he hates me, Are you happy now Talat? Karma finally caught me, you should be screaming with joy ."

She is hurting.

"What do you want from me? What do you want me to do huh? I'm sorry, I chose money, am sorry. How much sorry do you want from me huh?"

She is indeed hurting. She held in the tears. I doubt she can even see me.

"I know you haven't forgiven me, you just keeps me around because you are too fucking understanding. I know that when you were drunk. You didn't want me around you because I've ruined you. Volkan said I've ruined you and I believe him. "

I bowed my head and turn away.

"Now here I am, getting my karma," I heard a coughing and then footsteps. She ran up the stairs. I heard a door slam and I knew she finally drop her guard, tears of holding is finally dropping like water from a pipe, out of her eyes.

Volkan is upset, but I know he doesn't hate her. Do I?

***

Caroline's point of view

Three knocks sounded from the door and I turned around.

"Come in."

"I see you are awake. I got your stuff from the hotel."

I look up to see Talat and I grab the towel tighter around me.

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