Chapter 37
I was terrified out of my minds after reading the letter sparrow sent to me. I felt like eyes were everywhere watching me and it gave me chills of fear.
“Hello….” I called to the person on the other end of the call. I was quivering feeling scared and I could feel my voice getting cracky as tears Welled up my eyes.
“Hey… Thea.” Carl answered on the other end. He sounded a bit sleepy.
“Where are you?” He answered with a clearer voice being more alert. I sniffed and tried to speak brightly but a sob came out instead.
“Hey, what’s wrong Thea? Where are you right now?” He kept pressing with his questions but I just slid my back down the wall where I stood till my butt reached the ground. I let myself bare and sob some more while Carl listened patiently without saying a word untill I had my fill.
“Do you feel better now?” He asked when my sobs calmed down.
I nodded even though he could not see me before speaking up. “A little.”
“I’m coming over to pick you right now. Just find a safe place to stay and send the address to me.” He said hastily but I could hear the concern in his voice. I simply nodded, I hung up sending the address to him. I rested my head on the wall as more tears streamed down.
I had called Carl with the intention of asking him to pick me up. I didn’t want to go home on my own. I was scared, what if the cab I entered was sent by sparrow?
What had I gotten myself into? I thought my life would be better getting a VIPs ticket but the very opposite was happening to me right now.
Carl soon arrived at the club and I met him outside. He hurried towards me, worry evident in his eyes. I wanted to ask why he was so concerned but I was too lost in the reality of my situation to make it a big concern.
“What happened Thea?” He asked again but I shook my hair bending it as tears streamed down my eyes. He sighed deeply and pulled me into his embrace. It felt warm as he stroked my back and soon I reciprocated hugging him back.
I needed the hug and soon he pulled away and led me to my side of the car before getting into the driver’s seat. The windows were up and I rested my head on it looking out to the city as we drove by. I could feel Carl taking glances at me as he drove.
We drove in silence and I kept pondering on Angel’s warning and sparrows message. If he had me followed down to the club, then he probably knew where I stayed and the realization made my heart race fast. I was putting my loved ones in danger if he knew.
I knew what to do if Angel’s warning was coming to pass now. I didn’t want anyone close to me to be affected by my choice of lifestyle. I had to go back to the club and thinking about it brought tears to my eyes.
I tensed as I felt Carl’s hands on mine rubbing it so gently. I turned to look at him with my swollen eyes and he gave a weak smile to me before turning his gaze back to the road.
“It’s okay if you don’t want to share. I’m just glad you are okay.” He said and I pressed my lips smiling bitterly at him. I returned back to looking through the window. I would return back to the club and work for sometime at least to get sparrow off my back. I would endure whatever I get at the VIPs, I hoped that Angel would fulfill his promise and protect me like he said even though I had no plans of staying under his protection for long.
Once I stayed a little at the club I would plan to leave town and go somewhere far away where sparrow hopefully would not find me easily. Maybe I’d dye my hair blond and wear nerd glasses with oversized clothes to disguise as long as I could untill I feel sparrow lose interest in me. I had always wanted to leave town briefly but I was too engrossed in work life here and being around my mum that I had not taken the bold step.
“Here….” Carl offered his hand to me once we got home. I looked at it before placing my hands in his. Why was he so caring to me today? All we ever did was have sex.
He led me till I got to my room. I opened my door and turned to face him. I may have been rude earlier but he didn’t take it out on me and turned up instead when I needed him. Since all I did was fuck the man I didn’t know his personality, maybe that was one thing my mum loved about him.
“Thank you.” I said in a low voice and he nodded still bearing that glint of worry in his eyes.
“Goodnight Thea.” He said and made to leave but I held out my hand grabbing his shirt. He turned slightly to see my hand.
“Please stay… Stay with me.” I pleaded. I was scared to sleep alone so I begged.
“Are you sure about this?” He asked with a serious gaze and I nodded. He took a quick scan around before entering my room. I took off my coat and he just paced about before sitting on my bed.
“I’ll just take a shower.” I said to him and he nodded. I spent sometime inside my warm bath and it helped me relax a bit but once I was done I tensed up again. I felt chilly and Carl stood up rubbing my shoulders. I could tell that he was itching with curiosity but was holding back.
“I’ll get you some hot chocolate to warm up and relax.” He said and made for the door without waiting for a response. I also took the opportunity and quickly went to my laptop.
I searched through the web about real cases of mafia bosses and strippers and my jaw fell in shock at my discoveries.This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org: ©.
Missing girls, gruesomely killed ladies, totured ladies for years. The ones who escaped and were still abducted again only for the police to retrieve their bodies dumped carelessly. Some sold into trafficking. Sex slaves and all sorts of terrible things that went down with them. I became nervous wondering if this would happen to me if I refused to return to the club or try to run away from it. Why did Sparrow or Angel have to pick interest in me?
The mafia was known to be ruthless and I was never involved in their world either way I’d prefer to be under Angel since he was my stepbrother than be with sparrow who I knew nothing about. I shut my laptop and ran my fingers into my hair nervously pacing the room.
The door soon opened and Carl walked in with a cup of hot chocolate which he handed to me.
I took it gradually feeling the warmth travel down my throat till the cup was empty. I went ahead to lay on my bed and Carl lay beside me. I shut my eyes but couldn’t fall asleep and as if he knew of it, Carl drew closer to me. I didn’t know what his intentions were but I let him.
He wrapped his arms around me and I felt his body against mine warming me up. He rubbed my arms gently and fanned a hot breath to the back of my neck.
“Don’t think about anything, just try to sleep.” He said to me. I adjusted pressing my body more into his arms while he held me tightly. Somehow having him hold me up close was comforting.
“Why are you taking care of me?” I asked, I needed to know. He nudged himself against me and kissed the back of my neck.
“Because I care about you Thea.” He said and I didn’t read anything serious to it.
“What about my mum?” I asked knowing how loyal he was to her. He exhaled deeply hesitating before replying.
“Some feelings a better left unsaid.” It’s easier to deal with it that way.” He said and I didn’t press further. He was obviously attracted to my mother in a special way, I could tell but her marriage was in his way and I guess he wasn’t working on his feelings. As for me he may have felt drawn to me but maybe not as strong as the way he felt for my mum. Either way, I didn’t care about that. He was better off not having any feelings for me because it would only end in heartbreak, I wasn’t the type to commit.
I felt warm in Carl’s arm the rest of the night and tried not to think about my reality now. Thankfully I was able to fall asleep escaping with him cuddling me in a way that made me feel safe and forget about my worries.