Sitting Pretty - bk1

59. Without a trace

Tamia was up early the next morning. Her mind was in overdrive and she was unable to rest. She decided she needed a run to clear her head. She felt sick all the time and she was now unable to eat. The guilt was too much.
As she got further into the canyon she stopped to take a breath. She had a message come through to her cell.

K
Morning beautiful it was so good seeing you last night. Have you thought anymore about the deal.

She read the message and then called him. He picked up. "Hey baby...

"Why do you want Lucia so badly...

"She's young, she's beautiful and she is definitely wasted on the likes of Haydn Taylor..."

"It was a couple of days ago we were in bed together!." She said.

"Yeah, but you've got a man as you keep telling me.. one who you love and have kids with... doesn't look like you do much so he must keep you.... You wouldn't want to lose all of that now would you?."

"Why are you being like that Kingston.. you were not like this when I first knew you...

"Life and the streets toughens a mother fucker up... tell her to meet me for a date... talk her into being interested in me... if I don't go on a date with her in the next week then I'm going to drop a bomb on yo man which will ruin yo lives!.." he said with meaning. "So what's it gonna be Tamia...

"I'll tell him myself!.. I'll do it today.. so Lucia doesn't want you..

"Oh... I see... you're jealous. Oh baby girl.. we had fun but I have a feeling the young, sexy Lucia would be even more fun..."

Tamia ended the call and she felt sick to the pit of her stomach.

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".... I made you some coffee..."
Haydn smiled and picked up the cup that had been freshly brewed for him.

"You weren't saying very much last night.. so tell me now, do I need to rough a mother fucker up?." He said.

Shawnee sighed. "It was just a misunderstanding..

"Shawnee, it's always a misunderstanding... when are you gonna learn...You should be no one's punchbag..."

"It was different this time.. I knocked him out.. with a frying pan... and then I got the fuck out of there!.."

Haydn laughed at his sister. "You grew balls at last!." He paused. "But you can't continue on like this get you a real man who wants to take care of you.."

"Do you know of any, cos I just seem to meet deadbeat mother fuckers!." She said sipping her coffee. She looked at her brother. "So, I heard Draya is in town, so does that mean that you and her are back on?."

"No, just friends, nothing more... I've got a new girl now.." he said.

She raised her eyebrows. "Oh really... is this like for real, for real.. or just a port in a storm cos you need to let off steam?" Shawnee asked, used to his previous brief flings.

"I like her, a lot... and we have been taking it slowly... she's pretty, she's smart.. she's everything that I've been looking for.."

She smiled. "It's great to hear... it's about time you settled down again.... But is that going to be easy with Draya still hanging around..."

"Draya knows the score... and she is harmless.." he said.

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Lucia woke up at Durrells. She had spent the night on his sofa, after they had watched back to back movies. She got up and walked along the corridor opening his bedroom door. "Can't a girl get privacy!." He said.

"I'll make coffee and breakfast.. are you in for that?." She asked him.

"does a bear shit in the woods?.." he said looking at her with his eyebrows raised. " of course I want you to feed me, and I'll let you stay at my house or nothing..."

Lucia laughed at him and headed to his kitchen. She started to look for what she needed to cook the food for them. Her cellphone buzzed on the worktop next to her. She saw it was her aunt. "Hey auntie.... you okay?."

"Are you coming home today?."

"After work... I gotta do a few hours this morning, but I will be back this afternoon because I'm staying with Hadyn tonight...."

"Okay... i'm thinking that maybe we need to have a chat about Haydn..."

"Why?.."

"I'm just not liking the man that he is and can be.. there are some things you need to know about him that I'vekept to myself... so please come back to the house so we can talk. I would rather that you didn't stay at his place tonight..."

Lucia was shocked as her aunt ended the call. "Listen Durrell... I've started breakfast but I'm going to need to go ... that was my aunt, I'm needed back home.."

"Okay... you want me to drive you?.."

"No, I'm fine.. it's not far from here.." she said getting her belongings together and heading out.

She kept to the main streets, it was quite busy this time of the morning. She was in her head thinking about what her auntie could've kept from her knowing that she had already been with Haydn and how she was feeling about him.
She didn't see that she was being followed. Dion sat in a car with 3 Albanian men

"That's her...

"She is pretty...

"She is worth 100k right?.." Dion said.

"Is she a virgin?...

"No.. unfortunately not..

"Then she only worth 75k, the price is always higher for virgins.." the Albanian said in his thick accent.

Dion nodded. "I'm okay with that.."

"Good, you can jump out of the car now... Luca will go with you and settle up.. we will wait for her to go to a more quieter spot and we'll take her..."

Dion nodded and jumped out of the car with the one they called Luca, so that the transaction could be made.
Dion smiled. "How you like me now Hadyn fucking Taylor!." He said.

The car rolled on to a quieter street. Lucia was only a few minutes from her uncles home. The door of the car opened and 1 thick, burly Albanian man, got out of the car and dragged Lucia holding his hand over mouth and his other arm around her neck. He got her in the back of the car, where she fought against him.
He hit her repeatedly until she gave up the fight and was driven off at speed.....

This is the end of book 1, book 2 will be up shortly.