Evelyn finished with her late breakfast and went into Adrian’s room to check up on him. She didn’t know why she still bothered checking on him when he had been the same for days. No real progress had been made with his health, and he wasn’t even showing any signs of recovering.
It was driving her crazy. Another thing that bothered her was the fact that Stacey had ignored her text. She didn’t even send a single reply. Evelyn almost thought she didn’t see the text but, it ticked twice, which meant that she had even opened the picture.
‘Does she not care about her son anymore?” Evelyn wondered.
She desperately needed the money to fly out of the country. If Adrian wakes up, she would no longer need to worry about anything as he would do the thinking. But, since he was half-dead, she had to take matters into her own hands.
Her plan was to blackmail Stacy into sending her some money, so she could leave the country. She didn’t mind leaving Adrian in the house. He was already dead, so there was no need to hold on to him.
“Your mother needs to send the money, my love. Do I have to kill you for that to happen?” She said, staring at his body with hate and annoyance.
She was about to leave when she saw his finger move and his lashes flickered.
“A-adrian?” She got closer to him, touching his hands to be sure that she wasn’t seeing things.
“Are you awake?” She asked, creasing her brows in confusion. As she got closer to him, she heard some movements in the house, causing fear to crawl in.
“Is someone there?” She moved away from Adrian and went to the wardrobe to get the gun she had taken from Damien to use for her protection. But, before she could move away, the door suddenly burst open and three strange men who were armed with guns appeared in front of her.
“Who are you?” She screamed, pointing her gun at them even though she knew that she didn’t stand a chance.
“Come on, honey. Drop the gun. Don’t make this hard for yourself.” Dante said with a smug look, but Evelyn wasn’t going to back down just like that.
She could see that the men weren’t police officers, so she thought that if she could escape from them or kill them somehow, she’d be safe.
“What do you want? Did Damien send you?” She asked in disbelief. She was sure that she left no traces, so how was he able to find her?
“You’re not as smart as you thought, Evelyn.” She heard a familiar voice, causing her to stumble in fear.
“Damien?” She said as soon as he showed his face. His eyes shifted to the almost lifeless body of his brother and he felt a pang of guilt in his chest.
Evelyn looked around, seeing that she was surrounded. Since there was no other way of escape, she shifted her hand and pointed the gun at Adrian’s body, causing Damien’s eyes to widen.
“If you don’t let me walk out of here, I’ll shoot him. You should know that I am not bluffing.” She threatened with a sinister smirk, moving closer to the bed.
Evelyn knew that even though Damien hated his brother, he wouldn’t want to see him die, so she was going to capitalize on that.
“Get away from him. Stay the fuck away from my brother!” Damien growled. He knew how crazy Evelyn could be and if one wrong move was made, his brother would die.
He couldn’t let that happen as it would kill his mother and leave him with guilt forever.
“You, stay away from me. I swear I won’t touch them if you let me go!” She screamed like a maniac.
Damien looked at Dante and the others who were watching to see what choice he would make. If it was four years ago, he would have stupidly agreed to let her go but, this time around, his senses were back and he was no longer an idiot.
He gave Dante a little nod, signaling him to carry on with the plan.
“Fine. We’ll let you go….” Damien said, and Evelyn’s eyes widened in surprise but, it was short-lived as Damien’s expression changed.
“After you have paid for your crimes,” he said, and before Evelyn could register what was happening, a shot was fired from Dante, aiming directly at her hand.
Since Dante was skilled, he was able to shoot the gun out of her hand without hurting her.
It all happened so fast. One minute, there was a gun in Evelyn’s hands, and she was feeling hopeful about escaping. The next minute, she was being hurdled by a bulky man.
“Fuck! Let me go!” She screamed, cried, yelled and kicked around. Her heart was pounding harshly against her chest because she knew that this time around, there was no escaping for her.
Her savior, Adrian, was not going to save her this time around.
“Damien, please. Don’t take me back there. I’ll leave the country and go somewhere far away. I’ll live like a dead person, Damien. You’ll never hear from me, but please, don’t take me back to prison. Please!” Her screams changed to pleas as tears gushed out of her eyes.
Damien stood in front of her and held her chin, making sure that she was looking at him.
“We’re not taking you to prison yet, Evelyn. That place isn’t enough for you to pay for your numerous crimes.” He smiled at her and let go of her chin harshly.
Her expression immediately changed to that of confusion and fear.
“W-what are you talking about? Where are you taking me?” She asked, but Damien waved, ordering the men to take her away.
“Wait, please! Damien, please don’t do this to me. Damien!” She said continuously until her voice could no longer be heard.
Damien turned to his brother and sighed. His father told him that Stacy begged to see Adrian before he was taken to the police. She wanted to be sure that he was treated fully before going to prison.
She wanted to do that much for him as he was still her son.
Damien called his father and let him know that they were successful. Then, he called Harriet, who had been waiting impatiently for his call.
“It’s done, Harriet. We have her.” Damien said, and Harriet let out a breath she had been holding since she picked the call.
“Finally!” She exclaimed, almost in tears. “How is he?” She asked, referring to Adrian and, Damien hummed before he answered her question.
“Alive.” He replied, watching as Adrian was moved out of the room by Dante’s men.
“I called Tony a few minutes ago and let him know that you guys were going to find Evelyn. He said that he’d like to know when you guys find her. He uhh…. he wants to speak with her.” Harriet said and Damien nodded.
“She still doesn’t know that he’s the same Tony from back then. Even better, we can add that to her charges and give her a life sentence. We’re taking her to a private building first. There’s a lot we need to find out concerning the company. Since Adrian is asleep, she is the only one who knows about his plans and the moves he has made. I have a feeling he has already put things in place if this happens. I have to stop them before they happen.” Damien said, and she nodded in understanding.
“I’ll let him know.” Harriet said and stayed on the call for an extra minute, a broad smile making its way to her face.
“Congratulations, Damien. We’re finally free.”