Facade

Chapter 5

Davis's pov

I stared at my wife Helen mesmerized at her beauty. After years of being together, she still manages to knock my breath away. My love for her when we first met was unconditional and irrevocable. She was quiet, shy and had a big heart. But now I can't say the same. Life had dealt with her. And it had dealt with her wrongly. The ones beautiful lady now had wrinkles. Not wrinkles from old age but wrinkles from wrong doings. She was beautiful, at least that's what I thought when I first met her, but now she looked like an expired doll. I watched her take a long drag of the lit cigarette. Nicotine seems to be the only thing she cares about nowadays. She had grown cold and bitter and purely wicked. Her eyes no longer held the spark it once had. She made me into the criminal I am today. I became a kidnapper, then a robber, then a drug dealer, all in the name of love. I became things I detested just to please her and yet she was never satisfied. You buy a necklace and she'll ask you how many carats of gold is it. After so many years of trying to cope, I was finally tired. Ready to let go. Ready to make a much needed change. I thought about our daughter, Karen. Helen raised her to be exactly like her. Pretty but cunning and deceitful. I pitied her. She'll be affected the most about what I was about to do. But it was the right thing to do. I can't let Helen go through with her plan to sell Mia to the highest bidder. No I won't let that happen. I made so many mistakes in my life and one of them was letting Helen talk me into kidnapping that child. We were going to hold her for ransom but her parents had put on a tight search for her. Every law enforcement agencies were on high alert. It was too risky so Helen suggested we kill her. I may be a lot of things but I'm not a murderer. I refused, arguing vehemently till she finally agreed and we kept her. We changed her hair colour and her name. I tried to keep it as original as possible without making it obvious to Helen. It seemed to work and she agreed we name her Mia. When we brought her home, Karen was happy to have a sister. But Helen soon turned her mind against her. After some time, Helen began to abuse Mia. I tried to talk her out of it but she always ended up crying saying I didn't love her. Like an idiot that I was, I began to abuse Mia too in hopes it'll please Helen and prove to her I love her and maybe change back to her old self once she believes I truly love her. My biggest mistake. She never changed. If anything, she got worse. The beatings became more regular and more violent. Helen just ignored me whenever I tried to talk to her about it. But now I can make up for it. I can right my wrongs. My contact told me of the private investigor searching for Mia. I knew it was a matter of time before they find her. I might as well approach them and hand her over before she's taken forcefully away from me. If she's taken forcefully, I don't think I'll have time to ask for her forgiveness. Helen doesn't know anything about my plan. If she does, she'll try to talk me out of it. I'm done listening to her. I'm done having her control my life. It's time to make a decision for myself and not for Helen. I stood up and left the hotel room without saying to Helen. I walked a far distance till I got to a pay phone. I shoved some coins into it. I brought out the wrinkled piece of paper from my pocket and dialled the number printed on it.
"Hello Eric Simpson speaking" the voice said. I gulped and took a deep breath before saying.
"I have some information about Amelia Carlos"

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Aiden's pov

Immediately Mia left, I threw the sheets and started hunting up my jeans. I found it beside the bedside drawer and put in on. I didn't bother zipping up, I ran outside hoping to catch up to Mia. When I got out, a taxi was pulling out from the driveway. Shit, I cursed and kicked a trash can. How could I have been so stupid? I lost the woman I love and I may lose more than that if she releases that video. All this for sex. Now that I think about it, it doesn't sound enticing anymore. Everyone knows Karen's father is a drug dealer. The video of me having sex with his daughter could destroy my family. Our reputation. Everything my father and grandfather worked for. I assumed that if Mia found out about Karen and I, the worse she could do was cry in heartbreak. Never did I imagine she'll go as far as to have revenge. Damn I'm so stupid. I underestimated her and now look what happened. I went back in the house to see Karen dressed up. I couldn't even look at her. She disgusts me.
'You didn't think so when you fucking her, did you?' My subconscious whispered to me. How the hell was I supposed to know? I shrugged it off.
I slumped onto a chair. My mind racing at what could happen if Mia releases the video. Karen came and stood beside me. She put her hand on my shoulder and I shrugged it off. She looked hurt but I was too anxious to care. She gulped audibly and whispered.
  "What do we do?"
I wiped my face with one palm. I honestly didn't know.
"I don't know but I know we mustn't antagonize her. Must doesn't bluff. If she says she has back up for that video, then she truly has. I think we should give her whatever she wants and let this whole thing wash off"
Karen looked deep in thought but eventually nodded.
"So how do we contact her? She won't go back to the house, that's for sure. She knows that'll be the first place we'll check" she said. I shook my head before she completed the sentence.
"No she's not an idiot. The only way out of this is to play by her rules and wait for her to contact us" I replied. Karen looked irritated but I could care less about her feelings. Not when I have so much at stake here.
"What do you suggest we do then?" she snapped in her annoying squeaky voice. I rolled my eyes at the obvious dumb question but replied nonetheless.
    "We wait"

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