Mama's boy

Chapter 32

Camila's look was lost, she seemed to be lost, I felt the impetus to run after the French girl with my box-cutter, but that wasn't my priority, my priority was my girlfriend.

I took a hold of both of her hands and dragged her out of the dance floor but she still wasn't looking at me.

"Love, talk to me." I asked softly as soon as we reached a couch and had relatively privacy.

She looked up at me, her eyes full of worry and tears that threatened to fall on her face.

"Camz..." I took a sit on the couch and brought her to sit on my lap.

"She found a way to get the pictures," Camila's nudes? "and she wants to leak them."

What the fuck.

"Why?" I asked cautiously.

"She wants money for not doing it."

"That would be extortion" I realized.

She nodded and growled hiding her face against my shoulder.

"How much does she want?" I thought out loud.

"Fifty K" she mumbled.

"That bitch."

"I wouldn't really mind the leak if I didn't know how much it would affect my family Laur," I would have minded, "but even if I gave her that money now," out of question, "once she had access to those pics she'll always have them and could ask for more money later, or whatever she wants basically."

"What can we do?" I asked her, I never even thought of a situation like that one.

"I-- I don't know, I should call my lawyer probably, but that would probably flow into a even bigger scandal."

I nodded thinking about it and let her keep talking.

"I have to accept that those pics are out already, and at some point will become public for sure, there's no way to avoid that" her voice broke.

I was so frustrated, I could do nothing to protect the tiny girl that was in my arms and that I loved with all of my heart.

She was a little more than a kid, having to deal with that shit she never asked for.

A heritage flew into her hands at some point and she became a target out of nowhere, people wanted something from her to the point to threaten her and she never even asked for any of it in the first place.

I quickly got up, set her on the couch and kissed her cheek sweetly.

"Wait babe, I'll be right back."

She nodded and crossed her arms in front of her chest as she was seeking comfort.

I kissed her temple one last time before leaving, passing right in front of the guard that knew I was with Camila and acted consequentially.

I went in a straight line to the counter where the French girl was sipping a drink and grabbed by her arm with force, she looked around, nobody was willing to help her, probably somebody knew she was Camila's ex and I was Camila's actual girlfriend and nobody really wanted to get into that.

"You threatening her is the most stupid thing you could decide to do today in front of me." I growled furiously.

I saw the dude behind the counter catching on what I was saying, he seemed to be friendly with Camila when we got there before and his expression immediately hardened looking at the girl I was holding.

But honestly I didn't really care about who was around us.

"Listen to me." I demanded.

"You can feel all smart doing shit to good people that you know won't make you pay for it," I let my eyes roam her body, not really sure if I felt like hitting her "but you have no idea who you're playing with, 'cause I won't just let it go, are you listening? If you wanna play dirty, I'm in, and you'll pay big time."