CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE
BURKE’S POV
After my fallout with Catherine I was so worried and angry, how could she still be in love with Jaxon, all her secrets are beginning to unravel now that Jaxon is dead, Catherine has betrayed me because all I have ever tried to do was prove my love for her and she still goes and love another even when I am there.
I was hurt by Catherine’s statement but I know I have to move on, there are more pressing matters to attend to than bothering a woman who is not in love with me. All I want to do now is put Hayley in the dungeon for pinning a child that’s not mine on me. I guess she still doesn’t know that I have found out that I am not the father of her child. Well, it’s a good thing and it would give me time to strike.
I called Diago in the room. I wanted to tell him about my plan.
“Diago, don’t you think it’s time we persecute Hayley for her crimes?”, I asked him.
“Yes that’s a good idea but first I think you have to apologize to my lady”, he said.
“Let’s not bring Catherine into this she loves her ex even in his death, can you believe she told me that she still loves Jaxon fuck Catherine, everything I am doing now I am doing it for the kids and not her”, I said.
” I know but she has every right to love Jaxon I mean he was with her when you were not and I am definitely sure that she doesn’t mean it that way, she is only hurt that he died and she didn’t get to say goodbye, I know she loves you and not Jaxon and you should also remember that they once had a thing, they once showed affection for each other, you should apologize, my Lord, she is hurt by your actions”, he said.
“Did Catherine ask you to preach this sermon to me?” I asked
“No my Lord but it’s the right thing to do, and from what I have seen I happen to be your most trusted adviser”, he bragged.
“Oooh Diago you sure do know how to sell yourself, I’ll deal with Catherine later but first let’s discuss how we intend to prosecute Hayley, she doesn’t even have the slightest idea that we know about her pregnancy”, I smiled.
” Yes you are on track, persecuting Hayley is a very good decision now but I think you should do that when my lady is by your side”, Diago said.
“There is nothing you are going to tell me Catherine put you up to this”, I said.
“What can I say”, he chuckled.
“Okay okay, I will go and look for her after our discussion, I’ll apologize I promise you”, I said.
” Okay I’d leave you to do just that, I’ll take my leave now my Lord”, he said.
Diago I don’t know what he sees in Catherine he has always liked her from the day he met her, treating her like his sister, I even feel like he always supports Catherine at my expense well what can I say, even with the way Catherine disrespected him with a slap on his face he still didn’t hold that to his heart most times I feel like Diago is too good to be human I don’t what to even know how to appreciate him, he has done a lot for this family and this pack in general.
I went down to look for Catherine and I didn’t find her.
“Catherine, Catherine, Catherine, I called out her name but there was no response, where could she have gone? I went out to the garden to search for her but she was not there where she could have gone that night. I went up to Nikky’s room hoping she would be there today, lately when we have been having issues she has been staying there.
“Nikky, Nikky”, I knocked at her door.
In no time the door was opened and Nikky was standing right in front of me.
“Where is your mum Nikky?”, I asked.
“I don’t know, she left, she said she needed to be somewhere so she left”, she replied.
“But it’s getting late, have you all eaten?”, I asked.
“Yeah, we ate earlier”, she replied.
“Okay, whose food is on the table then”, I asked
“I don’t know, maybe it’s for mum, she will eat when she gets back I guess”,.
“Where did she go, if you have any idea where she went just tell me”, I asked curiously.
” Seriously Daddy I don’t know but I do know that she is very angry with you and she is going to take us out of crescent pack back to Chicago, and we are going to continue our pretty quiet lives, you fucked up Daddy, badly”, she scorned.
” Language Nikky, language, did your mum tell you anything?”, I asked.
” Yeah sure we saw her crying and she told us everything”, she said.
“Why cat, you shouldn’t have done that”, I grumbled.
“That’s not what you should be doing, you should be looking for her to seek her forgiveness”, she said.
” You are too smart for your age, and I’m sorry whatever your mum told you might be true but that is not who I am, I have been looking all over this Mansion to apologize to her, but she is nowhere to be found, let me go eat her food quickly I’m famished so I can gather enough strength to tell her how sorry I am”, I said.
“Okay Dad, off you go, bye”, she said shutting the door behind me
I went to the table and sat, the food looked sumptuous, I had already started eating when Hayley walked into the dining room with her eyes wide open.
“What is it Hayley, are you hungry, you can join me if you like?”, I said.
” Stop, stop it, stop it, Burke doesn’t eat that food she yelled.
I was really surprised that she was yelling that I touched her. I searched around if there was any other person there but she was talking to me, I touched my nose and there was blood on my hand.
Am I going to die?