Always Broken (Book 1 and 2)

Chapter 26: Revenge

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Brad Rodriguez

Karma doesn't exist, at least not on my terms. To me, what really exists is revenge. Every person that has ever done something to me is because of one simple reason. Revenge. But what these people did not know is that all of the stuff that they were trying to get revenge for was not even fully my fault. All of the enemies I had breathed and lived to see me down and defeated. 

But out of all the enemies I had, Alejandro was the worst, and the moment I figured out he kidnapped Jackie, a burst of anger overcame me.

"He's probably raped her!" I screamed.

"Brad, we don't know that. It's going to be okay because we are going to find her," Will said to me, calmly before continuing, "There's a search team on the look-out for her right now. You should get some rest."

"Some rest?!" I outburst. "It's been two weeks since she's been missing. I'm not going to sit around. I'm going to look for her myself."

Walking away from Will, I went to my office and slammed my door. Ever since Jackie had not set foot up in this house, it had been extremely quiet and lonely. It was more like a prison, holding me captive than a home. It felt so cold and full of despair.

There was no one cooking when I came home, no soft music in the background, no lights brightening up the house with the smell of homemade cookies. And worst of all, the roses that I bought Jackie had died because no one watered them. I could not bring myself to touch something my wife loved so much if she's not here. It feels like all the joy in my life is gone, vanished into thin air.

Knowing that the person who kept me happy was with some crazy psychopath made me regret even getting married to Jackie in the first place. If I had not gotten married to Jackie, she would be in a safe place right now. She would be a happy, carefree woman with goals and dreams as high as the sky and without any thoughts of an arranged marriage.

One might wonder why Alejandro hates me so much and I could never tell them the full reason why. But that's because I only know half of the reason why Alejandro hates me.

About eleven year's ago, I was a stupid boy. Because of my father's abuse and neglect, I was miserable and very close to being clinically depressed. Most kids would go get help for something like that, but instead, I joined a gang. It was cool for a couple of years until I realized what we were really doing. Stealing money turned into selling drugs and before you knew it, part of the gang had started to murder other people.

I was only nineteen at that time and so I was too much of a boy to actually kill someone. So, the Boss set me up to collect money from people who owed him debt. If the people did not pay up, I was required to steal it from them whichever way I could.

At that time, Alejandro's mother- Amy, had owed the Boss money. I went to her house, thinking it was a normal day. I would steal the money and leave. But when I got there, Amy was dead on the floor with blood gushing out of the side of her head. Instead of just walking away and forgetting about the whole matter because the woman was already dead, I was stupid and I still stole some money from Amy's house.

But when Alejandro got home to see his dead mother on the floor, he automatically assumed it was me who had killed his mother because she had owed my boss money. But of course, I would never do something like that. Every since then, Alejandro has been after me to get revenge.