Son of the Boss

Vendetta

O L I V I A

I open my eyes and realize I'm not in the cafe anymore.

The room around me has no windows at all and looks to be some kind of dirty basement under a building.

There's a horrible stench that seems to be a mix of mold and something decaying.

I was tied to a chair and placed in the middle of the room under the only light that was positioned right above my head.

As I adjust to the surroundings, I feel the wave of pain hit me from whatever had hit me across the head.

I try to blink past the pain and spot something in the corner of the room.

"What the fuck is going on?"

"If I was you, I'd stay quiet." The voice speaks out.

I realize quickly Tucker is in the room with me and watch as he steps under the small pool of light that is flooding the floor. He glares down at me and a wicked smile creeps across his lips.

"I don't understand. Why would you do this to me." I say brokenly.

He spins a chair from behind him and sits on it backwards, "I told you they paid me."

"For what? What do you get out of this aside from money?"

"You are a pawn, Olivia," He laughs and shakes his head. "They need you to get to Alessio. It's more money than you can imagine and I really need to get the fuck out of this state."

"Was all of this planned? Even before you and I got together?"

"Get comfortable,"He laughs and leans forward on the back of the chair. "The day I met you, I knew I liked you. My feelings were genuine but about two weeks ago I was approached by Jesús. He knew I was with you and let me know about your little obsession with Alessio. I knew you were with him the night of prom, obviously I was just a distraction while he was gone."

I stare at him in complete shock. I couldn't believe Tucker would be so willing to help them out.

"Anyways, they offered me a beautiful sum of money to continue our little relationship. I purposely caught the two of you in the store so I could prove he was back and get you away from him so they could use you as leverage."

"This is fucking insane, Tucker. You know it is."

He rolls his eyes," Business is business, Olivia. You automatically assumed what kind of person I am. You don't even know me."

"I can't believe this."

"Believe it, doll. Alessio is no better."

I shut my eyes tight, "Shut up."

I don't want to picture Alessio doing any of this. It's all too much.

"Act oblivious, Olivia, "He says and I feel his fingers touch my chin. "You knew what this was."

"Just get it over with, Tucker, I'm sick of the taunts."

I open my eyes and see that he has moved from the chair. "I'll let Jesús take it over from here."

The door at the front of the room opens and Jesús steps through with two unfamiliar men following close behind. He takes a few steps towards me and smiles.

I silently study his face and notice the three tear drops directly under his left eye tattooed there.

"Glad to see you are awake," He comments and sits in the same chair Tucker was in, "Sorry, we had to get a little rough."

"Tell me what is going to happen and stop wasting my time." I snap and despite my best judgement, I actually spit right on his forehead.

He grimaces and wipes the saliva away. "Nice."