Still Drakes POV
I stayed with her for a while, I tried my best to comfort her. But she was too pained to be comforted and she never stopped sobbing until the doctors confirmed to us that her husband was out of danger. I watched her as she brightened up with a smile when she walked into the hospital room and discovered that her husband was put in the same room as Mia. I don’t know why the doctors did this, I never instructed him to put them in the same room. I guess he was just being thoughtful, and I’m grateful for his thoughtfulness.
She perched on the bed beside him, holding his palm in hers, looking deeply into his eyes as tears slipped down her cheeks. He tried to reciprocate her smile, but the sadness in his eyes could not be mistaken. I could not sit there and watch them anymore, it hurts to know that I am the cause of their sadness. I couldn’t even look at her this way, the mere sight of her was making me so furious. I got up and walked out of the room in anger, I need to find someone or something to channel all this anger that is stored within me.
“What is wrong, Drake?
Where are you going?” Mrs. Remington asked me as I approached the door. I did not turn around, I don’t know how to tell her that I don’t want to be here with them. Being in here is choking the life out of me, I have the urge to lash out at someone, and I can’t do it in here.
“I need to take care of a few things, I’ll be right back.” I responded brusquely, with my back still turned to her, trying to keep my eyes away from either one of them. I’m sure their feelings would be hurt if they see the rage in my eyes. I opened the door quickly and I stormed out of the room, going in search of Riley. It’s all his fault, and from the look of things, I think he deserves more than a bullet and a few punches, he deserves to be shot in the fucking head.
“What the hell are you doing here Drake, what do you fucking want from me?” Riley yelled out furiously as I took out the few thugs he that were following behind him and I dragged him out of the hospital. He is such an unlucky bastard!
I sported him coming out from the hospital, I guess he came here to take out scraps of bullets from his shoulder, and stitch his arm. I can’t believe that he is walking out of the hospital just after a few minutes in there, while my wife is going to be spending a good few weeks in the hospital because of the injuries he inflicted on her. I couldn’t let him leave, and I certainly won’t let him walk out here like a fucking Don, while the cops are out there, searching for him all around the city.
Liam has been searching for him as well, he stayed back at the crime scene to erase all traces of my presence. While he was there, the cops arrived at the scene, so he had no choice but to cooperate with them in their investigation. I’ve already made it clear to him that I want this case to be handled by the DEA, I want Riley behind bars and I want him to stay there for a very long time. All Liam had to do is to hand over the edited footage from the security cameras in the building. He had it edited before they arrived, and when they doubted his story.
They never believed that someone from the repeatable Osborne family could do such a thing. Murder and attempted rape are so hideous for someone related to our family to engage in, it is so unbelievable, and I’m sure they would not have believed that Riley could do such a thing if they didn’t just watch him doing it in the footage from the security cameras. There was no need for further investigation, they set out in search of him immediately, and an arrest warrant was issued and sent out to all the precincts in the city. A picture of him and his accomplice was shared with all the police departments. They were going everything they can to find him, but it seems like he has fallen off the surface of the earth because they couldn’t find him anywhere in the city.
They all wondered why he could not be found, they keep arguing and speculating about his whereabouts, but I didn’t stress myself with all that because I was still trying to figure out my wife’s health condition, and I was still sorting out her surgeries and her father heart transplant as well. Besides, I know exactly what is happening here. I know that there is someone, somewhere, pulling the strings behind the scene and he is also helping them to escape the cops…
It’s Austin Foster…
He has a bunch of dirty cops on his payroll, and that is why they have been able to evade the cops all this while. When I spotted him at the hospital, I knew he would not be seen after this moment because he would go underground. Austin is going to keep them hidden until the cops get tired of searching for him. So I picked him up and dragged him into my car, and I handed him to my boys to turn him in.
I felt a bit relieved when I received the call that he has been put behind bars, I wish I could find Loretta as well, but she is way smarter than my stupid brother, she did not follow him to the hospital, and she hasn’t been seen since she ran off from the restaurant. I guess Riley had thought that his silly rent-a-thug could save him from the cops and my boys as well. Even in his wildest dreams, he would never have imagined that I would be the one to turn him in.
After confirming with my boys that Riley has been caught, I went home to inform my parents as well. I told them what Riley has done, and I assured them that I have taken care of the issue. I thought my dad would be proud of my actions, after all, he did say that Riley is mingling with the wrong crowd and he needs to be stopped before it is too late. Now I’m taking care of the matter, just like he instructed, and he is getting mad at me for sending my brother to jail.
“You need to get him out, Drake. There has to be another way, you have to find a way to stop this Austin guy without implicating our family. Riley knows too much, and Austin may for e him to spill our family’s secrets to the cops. If the cops find out, we’re all going to pay for our crimes. You have to stop this before it is too late.” He pleaded hysterically sounding so scared and pissed at the same time.
“I don’t get you, dad, you can’t just tell me to get him out of jail, not after everything he has done. What is going on, what are you not telling me?
You have to tell me what is really going on here, that is the only way that I can save our family.
What secrets are you referring to dad?
As far as I’m concerned, there is no secret in this family that the whole world isn’t already aware of. If there is something you are all hiding from me, I’ll suggest you spill it out, if I don’t have a good reason to get him out, then he stays!” I scolded him angrily. I was looking from him to my mom, and the fear was evident in their eyes. No matter how hard I think about it, I just couldn’t think of anything that could destroy our family as he claims.
I’ve always thought that Austin Foster was blackmailing my brother, I mean, Drake would not be this stupid. But I never thought that it affects my entire family as well.
“Enough with the question, Drake. Just get him out already!
I won’t go to jail, Drake!
I won’t go to jail!” my mom yelled angrily, being dramatic as always.
“Don’t you fucking walk out on me mom!
I’m not taking it today, you won’t get away this time, mom. No one is leaving here until you tell me what exactly is going on here, I’m not buying your dramatic act mom. I need the truth, and I need it right now!” I yelled at my mom when she tried to walk out on me. She always finds a way to avoid questions and scrutiny if she thinks you are getting too close to her secrets. She uses this method to evade any question she doesn’t wish to answer. But not this time, I’m not letting her get away this time.
“Do not talk to your mother that way, son!
I won’t let it slide next time.” My father warned me firmly. I knew I was being rude and mean. Don’t blame me, my wife is lying in the hospital and my life is in a mess right now. The truth may not be as bad as they as they are making it look. I can’t help us out of this mess until I know exactly what is wrong. What really went wrong, where did they lose their way, at what point in my absence did it happen, and how the hell did I fail to keep track of my family?
Lots of questions?
I know, but don’t blame me. I’m desperate to know exactly what is going on in my family. Knowing the truth is all I need to save my family, and who knows, I could even save Riley from that bastard, I can save him from himself.
“Dad, please trust me to save our family. I need to know the truth, I need you to tell me everything…
Please dad,” I pleaded.