Warning: suicidal themes. If you are easily triggered or upset by suicide or suicidal themes, I advise you not to read)
"Rhys, what is your plan for her exactly?" Conner asks walking into the kitchen with Rhys
"She's leverage. Her dad is quite a powerful man with a lot of influence"
Conner looks at him questionably "influence for what exactly?"
"He's got friends in high places, real estate, government, airlines etc. He could be used to acquire a lot of land that we otherwise wouldn't even be able to look at let alone buy, government owned property, if we ever need to flee without a trace his connections to airlines can help us, as well as he could get Nix out of prison with his buddies in parliament and the police force, Nix could finally come home"
Conner seems to jump at the idea of getting Nix back but he still seems unsure. "Are you sure he would do what we want just because we have Naomi? I mean, he did just sell her to us, his own daughter, that's fucked up. Are you sure he even cares about her?"
"No doubt, she's his first daughter, I have it on good authority that she is his favourite.
The only reason he sold her to us is because I threatened everyone in his family including her.
The only way to keep everyone safe was to strike this deal with us. He knew that"
Conners doubts are put to rest for now "as long as you're sure" he pats Rhys's shoulder before walking off.
Rhys stops in the kitchen grabbing out the two leftover family sized pizza boxes from the fridge. "Guys, you happy with leftover pizza for dinner?" He calls out loudly so everyone can hear.
"|Yep|" they all reply in unison.
"Good," he says to himself as he puts the pizzas in the oven to heat up.
While he's waiting for the pizza to be ready he decides to sit down on the couch in the lounge room. Everything's pretty open plan, and the kitchen, dining room and lounge room are all connected.
Rhys grabs the remote from beside him and he switches on the TV just as Cole comes back downstairs.
"How's she settling in?"
Cole looks at Rhys half glaring with his brow furrowed.
"How do you think? Her own father just sold her! And she just learnt that her family is part of a big illegal drug and weapons dealing gang!"
"Whoa! What's gotten into you? This was a part of the plan, you knew that"
Cole sighs "I know... Just... The look on her face... It... Reminded me of my sister... when she first found out about everything..."
Rhys sighs "I know, but this had to be done, for multiple reasons as well as to get Nix out of prison.
Cheer up, we're not exactly terrible company, she could've had it worse" he chuckles
Cole isn't amused.
"Sorry, not the right time for jokes I gather" He puts on a fake serious face, before sighing genuinly
"Look, it's not like its gonna be forever, she will be able to go back home"
"When?" He questions
"I don't know, when we've gotten as much as we can from John"
"John? Is that Naomi's fathers name?"
Cole presses.
"Yes, are you done interrogating me yet?"
Cole says nothing and walks down the hall.
"I'll take that as a yes" he shakes his head.
"What has gotten into everyone. Seriously, where's the trust" I say quietly to myself
About half an hour later dinner is ready, Rhys grabs out both pizzas placing them back in their boxes and onto the dining table.
"Pizzas ready!!" He calls out to everyone.
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Leverage
RomanceNaomi Prescott loves her family with all her heart, but is her trust in them misguided? Her life is about to take a dramatic turn for better or worse, when she is sold to a notorious and dangerous gang that she hadn't even heard of before now. At fi...
