Irish Luck

Chapter Fifty-Three

Blake

I should go after Hugh and make sure he doesn't do something fucking stupid but at the same time I need some kind of explanation about what the hell is going on and right now Alexi is my best bet for that because as it stands I'm not quite sure what Stasia has told us is even the truth or what else she's been keeping from us at this point.

I'll just have to track Hugh down after.

We head to an empty conference room away from the ball room and once the door closes behind us Alexi asks "How much has she told you about why she had to leave?" getting straight to the point which I'm grateful for.

"She told us about Daniil and what happened then she said Dimitri made her leave right after that and that you helped her" I explain hoping he's not about to tell me that was all a lie.

"Right" he says with a nod and takes a seat in one of the chairs gesturing for me to sit down as well. Something about his expression tells me I'm going to need to be sat down for whatever he says next so I take a seat a brace myself.

"What she told you is true" he says and I can't help but sigh with relief that it wasn't all a lie, feeling guilty because I shouldn't be relieved about what she went through at all. "Although there was a gap between the rape and when she was made to leave" he then says and I instantly think the worst.

"Natalia was conceived then?" I hesitantly ask.

"No" he says shaking his head. "Stasia was already pregnant before Daniil and his friends attacked her, she just had no idea until they told her in the hospital" he then says.

"So what happened?" I ask not really wanting to know the details even though I need to.

"Stasia had a boyfriend" he says and I feel a surge of jealousy at the thought of her with someone else even though I have no right to because that was way before she met us and of course she has a history we all do. "They'd secretly been together for about two years, I used to cover for her or drop her off whenever she wanted to spend time with him" he says wistfully and then adds "they were school sweethearts, Nate was good to her, he was her best friend" something about the way he says it seems like he mourns that life for her. "But she was already promised to Daniil, a debt my father owed his" he then says and that infuriates me instantly.

She was set to marry that pig because of a debt.

"A fucking debt" I snap, my fists clenching just at the thought of it. "He traded her for a fucking debt" I then say still not quite believing someone would actually do that to their own daughter.

He holds his hands up defensively as he says "Look I didn't agree with it but it's the way it works in our culture" but it doesn't stop me from glaring at him.

"Anyway the older Stasia got the more sloppy she got with covering her tracks and well Daniil liked to keep tabs on her so he had someone following her every move" he explains "Which is how our father found out she was seeing Nate and no longer a virgin"

"He gave Daniil the go ahead to discipline her as he saw fit seeing as she was promised to be his" he says with a shudder and I fucking snap unable to comprehend what he's just said.

"He fucking allowed her to be raped" I shout slamming my fists onto the table and then I point at him as I say "and you stood by and did nothing"

"I didn't know until after" he says as if that explains everything, gets him off for letting his sister go through all that shit.

"She was still meant to marry Daniil after but that was until her doctor informed our father that she was pregnant" he sighs and shakes his head before he continues "Daniil's cousin couldn't have children so Stasia was forced to go through with the pregnancy and when the baby was born..." he then says trailing off but I finish for him.

"That was the debt paid off" I mumble, not quite believing that horror that this all is.

Any anger I had for her not telling us slips away as I consider how fucking difficult it all must have been for her, how she went through all of that. No wonder she didn't know how to fucking tell us.

"And the moment the doctors said she was fine that's when she was made to leave" I feel myself getting to the point of completely blowing the more he goes on to explain, the thought of her being shoved out after being forced to have a baby and give it away after he finance and his friends raped her.

Fuck I thought it was bad already but now I know the reality behind it all I want to kill someone and her father's going to be a good fucking starting point.

"Stasia was told that the baby was given up for adoption to a family in Russia. She was told that as long as she kept away Natalia would be safe and would get to live a normal life"he continues to explain "That's when I helped her set up a new identity"

"We set up somewhere for her to go and a bank account but she ditched her phone and we had no way of getting hold of her" so that's why the money and the penthouse were in her name but she didn't know anything about it, she was telling the truth.

"Didn't exactly try hard did you" I scoff and he seems to accept that because he lowers his head and nods slightly. The reality is they abandoned her and left her to fend for herself after everything she went through, leaving her to be scooped up by a prick like Damien and go through even more shit.

"We couldn't, he had Nate killed in an accident and made it look like Stasia was with him. She was better off wherever she was, away from it all" he mumbles and then his eyes meet mine "The worst thing she could have done is come back here" his expression is deadly as he then says "you've put her at risk bringing her here and you need to get her out of Birmingham quickly"

"Our father knew she was coming which is why Natalia was here tonight, he also knows where you're staying and probably plans to act fast, so you better act sooner" At that he stands and makes to leave and I just sit there and watch him go until he halts at the door as he turns to me and says. "When you're ready to take it all down me and Nicolai will be ready to help, Rossi will know how to contact us" he then leaves without so much as glancing back in my direction.

If Dimitri knows where we're staying that means we're all in danger and Alexi is right we have to get the hell out of dodge as soon as possible, but I also have to fucking find Hugh as well before it's too late.