Illuminated By The Darkness

chapter 16

Eugene:

I woke up with my arm wrapped around her. Tiara. The feeling of her warm and soft body pressed against mine gave me pure contentment. It was already seven, I had to go. I propped myself on my elbow, she was laying on her side as always. I leaned forward and hid my face in the crook of her neck and inhaled her floral scent. It was addictive. An addiction I didn't want to be free of.

What the fuck was I thinking?

It has been three days since I've been sneaking into her room at night, like a thief. But not once did she wake up. Is she that much of a heavy sleeper or was there something I'm missing? One thing that has not changed is her reaction to my touch. She always flinched and whimpered when I touched. Sometime she even says things that make no sense. Still I listen to every word she says carefully hoping she would give away anything that will help me know her better.

I have tried to talk Tiara these past few days but she tried to avoid me like the plague. I don't like it one bit also I don't know how to coax her to open up without pushing her limits.

Suddenly she stirred and I froze. I even held my breath. If she woke up now and saw me here she would go ballistic. What will I tell her? But to my relief she sighed and continued sleeping.

Shit! That was close.

I slowly unwrapped myself from around her. This was the worst thing to do in the morning, to leave her. After giving Tiara one final look I walked out of her room and closed the door behind me.

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"What is it that you wanted to know?" Alejandro asked as I entered his office.

He clearly was busy with something which I did not bother to ask. I went and sat in front of him.

"Did you know about Robert Hernandez having two daughters?" I asked

"What?" he looked surprised "That means they had that child?"

"What are you talking about?"

"If my memory serves me right, some twenty something years ago one of our men saw Robert with a very pregnant Bianca in Florida. So your father and I along with some of the other men went to find them. We searched everywhere for them and finally we found where they were residing. By the time we reached the place they had abandoned it. After a few years one of our men got inside their estate in disguise and he searched everywhere and told us there was no trace of any child. So we assumed they might have lost the child" he said "But why are you asking now?"

"Christopher Cafaro was all set to marry Robert's daughter Merlin but then she ran away"

"Although there is something else"

"What?"

"Remember when your father used himself as a  bait to get their location?" he asked

I tensed at his words. Father thought it was good idea until everything backfired. I had to fucking take my own father's life.

"Do you think that is something I can forget?" I asked

"That is not what I meant. Anyways, Wilson called me from the place where he was kept in Mexico before he was moved to the old oil factory. He asked me to track the number he was calling from. Also" Alejandro was trying to think.

"And?"

"And he told me about a little girl and asked me to go get her" he said

A girl? That made no sense. Why would he ask Alejandro to find some girl.

"What did he say about her?"

"He said there was a child, an innocent one. And we had to get her out before it was late. Wilson promised that girl that he was going to save her."