“Any news yet?” Darius asked when Julius was summoned to his office, he was getting impatient because his plan was long overdue to be executed and he needed Cade to be with him so that he can carry on with it.
“Nothing yet sir” Julius responded and looked at the two guards that stood behind Darius and the other two that stood by the door.
He was a bit scared of Darius because he knows what he can do and not do, he has seen this man make harsh decisions without turning back and he isn’t even sorry about it most of the time.
It was weird that he let this much guards in his office as he talked to his most trusted employee which is him and he so hoped that Darius hasn’t found out about what he did else he would pay the great price and even if he found out, he shouldn’t find Cade.
The last he saw of Cade and the Devanto’s was a couple of months ago and they seem to be doing fine except that Cade still doesn’t have his memory back which he hopes he get back so that he can return back to his family. It’s been almost two years now and his family and mum are still mourning him.
“Julius, Julius, Julius” he snapped out of his reverie when he heard his name been called repeatedly by his boss.
He didn’t know that he had zoned out that long and wondered what he was saying to him.
“Yes sir”
Darius chuckled and stood up from his chair then walked over his table to stand in front of him. He was a foot shorter than Julius so he looked up at him strictly then laughed after a moment before walking away from him and towards the opened window.
“A penny for your thought?” he asked and Julius shook his head and his Adam apple bobbed as he gulped the bulge in his throat.
“Err… nothing sir, I am not thinking about anything” he cleared his throat and scolded himself of how heavy he sounded. Now Darius might start suspecting something being off.
Darius chuckled again and nod his head then turned to look at him “I don’t want to sound persuasive but you sound like you have some explaining to do” he put his hand in his pocket and stared straight at him.
“There is nothing sir, I assure you that there isn’t anything that needs to be talked” he answered.
“You sure?” he asked.
“Positive boss”
“Okay then, I need you to see something but that would be later. I will let you know when,” he walked back to his seat and sat there then placed his hand on the table and began tapping the table “Go check up on your buddy, you might need to see him now” he said then dismissed him.
Julius could feel his heart race when he spoke in such manner and fear went through his entire body but he didn’t want to show it so he tried to behave and not act rationally when he turned around and looked at both guards before leaving the office and walking as fast as he could to their quarters.
“Gills be fine, oh GOD” he pleaded and left the building then went inside the quarters compound in a rush, he noticed some unusual activities among the men inside but he was too focused on seeing Gills than whatever they were doing.
He went into the hallway and made his way to the floor that Gills bedroom was located at, he stopped in front of his bedroom, closed his eyes, said a little prayer, placed his hand on the gun strapped inside his jeans before opening his eyes and entering the room that wasn’t locked.
When he entered, he wasn’t expecting what he saw and didn’t know when he started feeling weak, his legs felt like they would give up on him, his hands shook with the gun he was now holding, his heart raced so fast, and the tears threatened to spill as he watched the lifeless body of Gills lay in the pool of his own blood and then his mind went to them.
“He found out already,” he whispered to himself and jolt out of the room to the secret back door that gets him out of the quarters and estate they lived to try and warn them of the danger that was going to meet with them but he doubts that he would be able to meet with them on time since they lived outskirt.
He ran to a gas station and went inside the store to grab something to drink before fishing his phone out and trying to call them to leave before it’s too late. He tried several times but couldn’t get to them then hoped that they are okay. When he couldn’t get to them, he decided to try and call Lexi and explain everything to her.
“Hello” her voice sounded after she picked the call and he sighed really loud and the distress he was feeling could be heard in his voice.
“Lexi, you need to know something”
…
“So, he ran away?” Darius asked his men who came to report that they didn’t see Julius after he went to see Gills, he was pissed but that was the least of his concern right now, he was about to get his package soon and Julius could be handled properly later.
“Yes sir, we are sorry but we will make su-”
“Oh, shut up you fools” he snapped at them and they shook at how loud he sounded. “You all are always messing things up, something that simple, you fail at it… all the time” he said and went to grab a drink from his little bar at the corner “Most times I wonder what use all of you are” he grumbled.
“We will make sure to find him and get him back here” one of them said and he scoffed.
“Whatever, I don’t need you to bring him here once you find him, I just need him out… I don’t need his service anymore, he’ll just be another tick on the skin and I don’t need such, especially now that my work begins” he tells them “You may leave,” he dismissed them and they nod then left his office one after the other.
He drank from his cup and shook his head, most times he wondered why these men get so stupid and act like fools “GOD, why did I have to get the stupid ones?” he shook his head and then his phone rang and he walked to his table to pick it up.
“If you haven’t done what I required of you or have my package with you then you all should con-”
“Everything is settled boss and package has been acquired, he might seem a bit faulty but he is okay enough to take some punches” the man said and Darius grinned then sat on his chair and placed his legs on his table.
“It’s a good thing that you guys didn’t disappoint me like these idiots do, anyways bring him home and I might consider giving you all a higher rank after your hard work but there is something else, I need you to do” he said to the man.
“Anything for you boss, we’ll be on our way” he said and Darius disconnected the call.
“Soon everything will be clearer and better. You really don’t know what is coming for you now” he laughed.
…
“Dad, he cancelled” Dimitri informed his dad as soon as he entered his office.
“What? How… why? Did you send the proposal details to him as requested?” Donald asked as he sat up on his chair looking at his son who had no smile on his face as he spoke to him.
“Yes, I did dad, I wondered why it was taking longer than usual to get a reply and his secretary informed us that her boss wasn’t interested again” he shrugged “I mean, they wouldn’t have at least told us their reason and not just cancel like that”
“Yes, you’re right, they would have told us why so we know if its from our end or not” Donald relaxed in his chair and sighed then rubbed his eyes with his fingers before letting out a sigh “Dimitri, I wanted to say how much I appreciate all the hard work you have put into making this company grow” Dimitri stared at his dad as he spoke.
“I know that I haven’t really been easy on you these past year since your brothers passing” he said and didn’t miss how Dimitri’s jaws clenched when he mentioned that “It has been hard for us all, especially you and your mum and I appreciate that you have stop with the drinking and focusing on the family business instead” he smiled.
Dimitri nod then looked away from his dad. He still hasn’t been able to get over his brother’s death and the heartbreak Daniella caused him, he was happy that his mum and Aiden were able to talk to him from time to time before he decided to drop all those and focus on something else.
He had gone to visit Michelle in her hometown and asked her about how it was when he was here and he felt happy and jealous at the same time of his brother. Happy that his brother was able to experience love from Michelle before his passing and jealous that he didn’t get that from the woman he gave his everything to.
He remembered when she told him about when Cade took her to their secret place when she took a break from the hospital because she was a bit sick and told him how awesome she thought the place what and what a great idea it was for them to build that place. She also told him that they were arranging to go there for the second time but things came up and he had to come home to resolve it.
He enjoyed his talk with her and kept in touch once a while and sometimes she would come to visit and stay for a day or two before leaving back to her hometown. He goes to their secret place once in a while to stay when he feels like he needed time alone and away from everything.
“You can get on with your work, its his loss that he didn’t want to work with us, just go ahead with your work and I will let you know if anything else” he said to him “I still need to leave early” Dimitri looked at him “I have a date with your mum and you know how she is like if I don’t come in early?”
Dimitri stood on his feet and nod his head then smiled a bit “You both have a good time” he said and turned and started walking towards the door then his dad called him so he stopped and turned to look at him.
“Don’t you think its time you settled down with someone? Try to give it a try and don’t judge with what she did to you… I get that its bad but what the media says about you and all the ladies you go out with is quite worrisome”
“I heard you dad, you and mum have a nice date” he said and turned around then left his dad’s office.
Thinking about settling down provoked him and he wasn’t down for allowing some lady into his life after Daniella. He has no intention on going through that lane and he would do all he can to prevent something like that from happening.
He went to the elevator so that he can get to his office floor.
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“Are you able to get to them yet?” Julius asked when he saw the caller’s name flash on his phone.
Earlier he was able to get to the house that Dean, his family and Cade were and what he saw there was terrible, he was able to put out the fire in the house and saw the bodies of the whole family laid just outside the burning house.
Never did he think he could ruthlessly do that to an innocent family when he could just to that to him instead. Going to the police would prove to be a waste of time with the numerous connections he had all over, he wouldn’t be able to use just this crime against him.
He did call in the emergency unit and left as soon as he did and hoped that they get a befitting burial, he didn’t see Cade with the rest of the bodies and assumed that he was taken to Darius for his evil plans. He called Lexi before he came down there and explained to her what was up and how he wasn’t able to reach her all those times.
Now he is at the motel running for his life and trying to make sure Lexi gets the message to his family before things starts going south. He had been expecting her calls since morning but couldn’t get to her so when she called, he felt relieved.
“Lexi? Are you there?” he asked and prayed that Darius had not taken her hostage as he planned.
“You think you’re smart?” Darius voice came in, instead of Lexi’s and he felt cold chills run through his entire body “How much of a fool you are Julius, you think you could play me that way and get free with it?” he chuckled “Nope, not possible… did you like the gift I left you?” he chuckled again “I bet you do and you’re too shy to say that to me but anyways, you’re welcome, mess with me next time and you’re dead.”
“They were innocent Darius, they had nothing to do with any of these, I didn’t even let them know what was up and… you that to the entire family, then Gills” he shook his head as deep emotions went through him, he wanted to cry but he wasn’t about to give Darius the satisfaction he needed.
“It hurts right?” he clicked his tongue and laughed “That’s how hurt I felt when you betrayed me, too bad you’re going to waste away soon” he laughed again.
He was going to reply when he remembered something “Where’s Lexi?”
“Oh, you mean the beautiful mother to our dear Cade? Wait let me put her on the phone” he said and he heard the muffled voice of Lexi from the other end of the line. She sounded scared and like she is in pain. “She sounds okay, eh?” he laughed.
“Don’t you dare hurt her, okay? She had nothing to do with any of these too”
“Well, she is trying to break my plan by informing the Lorenzo’s about my special package for them, how does she not have anything to do with this? Tell me?” he asked and Julius hissed.
“I will make sure that you pay dearly for this Darius, I will make sure of that” he threatened.
Darius laughed “Is that a threat I sense? You dare not even… you can no nothing about this and know this, if you try to tell them about all this, just know that more blood will be on your hands and I really don’t need to prove anything to show how serious I am, Julius. So now you will do yourself the favor and stay unnoticed, I don’t need your ‘nosey self’ disrupting my plans, are we clear?” he asked.
He didn’t respond.
“What you should be more worried about now is how to keep yourself safe and away from my eyes or the eyes of my men, else… we all know what happens to betrayers, eh?” he laughed then Julius disconnected the call and groaned loudly as he threw his phone on the bed and punched the wall in rage.
“I want that man dead already” he said under his breath then sat on his bed and buried his face in his palms.
Never did he think that all these would happen, he wasn’t expecting to lose the entire family he had left and now Lexi’s life is in danger, he felt frustrated especially with what he said about him going to the Lorenzo’s, he can’t get them killed too… he didn’t want anyone killed anymore.
“There should be a way, there should be a way” he kept muttering those words as he though of what he could at least do without Darius knowing it’s a move from him then an idea came to him.
It didn’t look promising but he hoped that it worked out.