Katana's Revenge

What Are You Doing Here?

Song: Helium by Sia

He was right. I would love it here. I miss Atlanta don't get me wrong; I miss my apartment and his Penthouse and all the people that I was around. I am making new friends here though and I have the best work staff anyone could ever ask for. My dad and Marcie came up for the open house along with his family. Everyone wanted to see the new restaurant.

Vincent helped with the interviews but let me decide on who I wanted to hire. He said this was my baby but he would help me in any way. He still has all the places in Atlanta as well and he ended up hiring a good friend to help take over those locations so that he could spend all his time here with me.

The business is doing way better than I ever thought it would. We have several regulars that come in and being Nashville being a big tourist spot we have lots of people coming in to check the place out. Every now and then people will request to talk to me and I don't mind taking a few minutes out to go to the front to introduce myself and hear all the nice comments about the food.

I even have a few famous people come in at times and it's awesome to hear what they have to say. Matter of fact we started a wall when you come in of pictures of all the famous people taken with me and their autographs. It's amazing to feel this sense of importance in this community.

So when Jasper comes into the kitchen telling me that someone was up front requesting to talk to me, I thought nothing of it. I finished up the one dish and then wipe my hands off. I walk out and go to the requested table. Whoever it is has his back turned, so I can't see who it is. I step to the side and hold out my hand.

"I heard you wanted to speak with me..." I hold my hand out, "I'm Ka..." I pause when he looks up at me. "Raine..." I look around confused, in shock. How the hell did he find me? "Hi...oh...my...god...how have you been?" I try to act really surprised.

"Doing alright I guess; looks like you are doing well. Have a seat." He gestures to the chair in front of him. I debate on whether or not to sit down but I do.

"I thought you were living in California; what brings you to Nashville?"

"The band I'm playing with is playing this weekend downtown at one of the clubs. I was walking by and saw this place...thought Katana was an unusual name for a place. I thought of you. When I seen all the pictures up front, I realized I was right, this is your place. You moved up in the world."

"Yeah...I moved here almost a year ago. So you look great. I assume you are doing better."

"I got the best treatment a guy could ask for. Yeah been doing good for the past year or so. Looks like you are doing well. I assume he bought you too."

"Excuse me."

"That boss of yours. I assume he gave you money to do all of this. Hell he paid me off to leave town. I was so in love with you...hell I still am."

The whole time I am thinking back. I knew he got him to leave but paying him off to leave. "If you had really loved me you wouldn't have left me...no matter how much money he offered you."

"He just made me see what I was doing to you. I'm sorry for ever hurting you. I never meant to hurt you. I needed help so I left to get the help I needed. But now that I found you maybe we can get back together."

"Raine...you left me. You chose money over me..." I shake my head. "There is no us...there will never be an us. I moved on with my life." I keep shaking my head in disbelief that all of this is really happening.

"You know you are not much different than me. He bought you too you know?" He looks around the room. "He either paid you a lot of money so you can afford this place or he actually bought it for you, either way this has him written all over it."

Hearing him say it that way pisses me off. "He didn't buy me. I need to get back...it was nice seeing you again." I stand up to walk away and he reaches out to grab my arm. I look down at him. "Let go Raine."

When he does I look around to see who all is watching. I see Trevor sitting in the far corner. He is our driver and usually he is only here when I'm ready to go home and he usually stays outside. I rarely see him sitting inside. I see his lips move but no one is with him so I know he is talking on his ear piece, probably talking to Vincent. I head back to the kitchen but as I am walking I feel Raine's hand take mine and pull me down the hallway towards the restrooms.

"What are you doing Raine? You need to just go." He turns me around and I step back coming in contact with the wall behind me. I hold my hand out between us.

"I want you back...I miss you." He tries to lean in to kiss me.

I hold out my hand between us. "There is no us...there will never be...it's too late."

"No it's not...leave with me." I turn my hand around to show him the diamond around my finger and he steps back and then grabs my hand roughly to look at it. He shakes his head. "You are married...to who....God tell me you didn't marry that asshole."

I don't say anything.

"God he did buy you off didn't he? What he offered you the fucking world if you married him and you did it are you that fucking crazy? Do you have any idea what that asshole is capable of?"

"You need to leave." I step away from the wall and take a step past him.

He yanks my arm back and takes both hands around my face pulling me into him and before I can even back away his lips are on mine. I bring my hands around to his trying to pull him off of me. I am trying so hard to pull away and I don't know what happens next. He is being pulled off of me. When he turns to see who is pulling him off, I see a fist hitting him square in the jaw.

Then those cold stone grey eyes meet mine."Trevor take him out back; we will deal with him there," he barks the orders but doesn't take his eyes off of me. "Are you ok?"

I nod slowly. I then fall into his arms. His arms surround me and he lays kisses on my forehead. I'm freaking shaking like crazy and the tears come now. I didn't realize I was this emotional.

"How did he even find you?"

"Apparently it's not that hard when my name is plastered on the outside of the building."

"But still...there could be hundreds of girls with that name?"

I let go of him and glare at him, seriously. The way he says it, is if I had something to do with this and quite frankly it pisses me off. I wipe the tears away. "I haven't talked to him since the day you...you paid him off." I shove my finger in his chest. "I was shocked to see him here. I never, ever thought he would find me. Don't you dare stand there and act like I had something to do with this." I shove him hard knocking him back a step and walk off.

"Katana...wait..."

"Fuck off!" I yell.

 I haven't talked back to him in a long time. We never argue about anything, usually he just lets everything go and usually I really have nothing to complain about. However at the moment I am so pissed off. I walk back into the kitchen and tell the cooks that I am leaving. I know they will all be fine without me. I go to the back and grab my things and walk out the front door. I don't bother going around the back. I don't want to know what ever happens to Raine. I'm sure they will mess him up a little.

Considering Trevor is also around the back, I have to walk. I walk the streets downtown Nashville and decide to look around at some of the local shops. An hour later I am sitting at the Wildhorse Saloon downing a drink. Then another, drowning out my thoughts.

 My phone has been going off for the past hour and I keep ignoring it until now. I have had enough. "What?" I say with a stern piss off voice.

"Where the hell are you?" He gives me one right back.

"I don't know?" I slur over my words.

He changes his tone, seeming more concerned. "Katana my love, where are you? Let me come get you."

I look around the place. I see the logo on the wall close to the stage. "Wildhorse..."

 I hit the end button and down another glass.