I looked at the file left on my desk by Swares. It was huge and sensitive. I asked him why he chose the case for me but all he gave me is a shrug. I wasn't angry but left in a wonder. It was an Indian girl's case. She was held captive by a gang for prostitution. She was only fourteen years old. My blood boiled. Jamal was my partner. He was used to handling such cases and it wasn't for me either but the girl's age was alarming. She was way too young. Jamal walked in.
"Felicity are you ready?...we've traced the Indian lady. She's in Spain."
"Spain?".
"yes...". He noticed the shock in me.
"I happen to have something personal with that place. My sister is also being held in the same bussiness.". I looked at the calender on the wall and saw the similarities between them. They had the same surname. He was his father.
"I am sorry. For how long have they been holding her?" .
"three years now...I have talked about it to Swares."
"we can also look for her over there then... It will be like killing two birds with the same stone."
I nodded. I was more than ready for the mission. More than anybody else in the agency I wanted to find the Indian girl and Bruna. I left work pretty early and went to Lucia's . Anna and I had a meeting. I wanted her to give me the lead. She had to know something about it. I crossed my fingers not to find my mother and Peter. Since I left her place my phone had to be off because of them. I rang the doorbell and waited. Peter opened. I flew in like some mad lady who's lost a specific thing.
Lucia was at the dinning with Anna. She ran to me and embraced me. She kissed my cheek.
"grandma told us you are coming so we decided to wait for you."
Peter sat beside me. I didn't want to look at him.
"Felicity how are you?".
"am Ok grandma...can we talk privately please?"
"ofcourse darling." She led to the library. The look Lucia gave me killed me. I didn't know how to tell her about my mission. She was way too emotional. I took her hands into mine and caressed them. She was a lovely lady who wanted to make things right.
"mother, am going on a mission and maybe I'll never return.". Tears filled her eyes but I had to keep on talking. I learnt how to lock off my emotions. When one had to survive in the life I lived in Spain, you had to be a hardcore.
"I am going to trace a young girl and also Bruna. I wished we were the best of mother-daughter. We met at the wrong time mother and now I have to return.". Emotions got the best of me. My voice grew shaky and I felt my tears about to fall.
"but you are my daughter. All I want is us to catch up with lost time."
"am sorry am not what you want at the moment and I can't be. Mother let me catch these bustards who steal girls and force them into prostitution. I owe this to Bruna too."
"but they want you Felicity are you crazy?"
"Peter stay out of my life please."
I shut him up without turning to his side.
"atleast promise me that you'll be back then or let me come with you.". She was hurting. Her cheeks had began turning pink.
"no... It's enough that Bruna is in danger. You cannot risk your life for me. You have a life and sweet boyfriend. You have sisters, nieces, nephews and mother."
"what of you Felicity???... aren't you my daughter?, don't you wanna get to get along with me even a little bit???' won't you even try it hunny?"
"I wanna try but in the next life if I'll come out alive. I have an idea of people am about to track down and if there's something they care less about, it's life. If they badly want me in order to release Bruna then I'll give in. I can't let her pay for my sins forever. That's not how I am."
"then promise me that you'll come back...". How on earth would I promise her that?. If I knew my fate then maybe I'd have promised.
"mother I can't but I'll be calling..I promise.". I forced a smile.
"Felly get yourself here right now.". Anna called.
"I'll be back. I'll come say goodbye.". She nodded in the middle of tears. I caressed her cheeks then walked away.
Anna and I talked for a couple of hours and by the time she left, Lucia had fallen asleep. I was trapped and all I could do was to send Mars a message to pick me up early in the morning. I stayed at the balcony then later on went to my room. Peter. He's all I could think of. I visioned him. His eyes and mouth. His sexy body and his voice.
"thinking about someone?", my eyes widened. It was him. His perfume was strong and stuck in my head and senses. He shut the door. How had I brought him with my thoughts?. I turned to him.
"Don't you know how to knock?"
He stepped closer and it made me hell nervous. I gave him a long look and before I could turn his grip was on my arm. My heart pounded. I could feel his gaze all over my face. He overpowered me in all ways. Not even Mars had made feel so powerless.
"let .....me go Peter...". I struggled to free from him but his grip was firm. I looked away.
"look at me..". He whispered. I jerked my arm from him only for him to seize me hard by my waist,colliding our chests. I was on him. Our faces so close that our noses almost touched. His eyes downed to my lips. I froze as my legs grew weak. I had to think. Think of how to free myself. I thought of pushing him and when I began to take small breaths to push him away he took the final move and kissed me. He moved his hands to my face. He swallowed up my words and drunk them. His lips burnt mine. He was a beast that was ready to kill. The sensation he sent to my robbed me all my strength and after few minutes of being still, I finally kissed him back. We romanced on the floor with greed like two beasts on war. I had no doubts that I loved him. I had fallen for him.
