POV: Victoria
“He likes you, you know. I’ve never seen him this obsessed with a girl, not even when he fooled around with Charlotte. How I would to see him broken and miserable when you finally break up with him, it going to be Epic!” Nathan told me teasingly laughing excitedly.
“Where is my sister, Nate. What have you done with her?” I asked him angrily, hitting him repeatedly as the tears rolled down my cheeks.
“You drugged my sick mom and killed the guards just to take Claire away?
How heartless are you?
You are a murderer, Nathan?
And you won’t get away from this, I promise!
I’ll make you pay for hurting my mom and kidnapping my sister, I’ll make you regret it!” I told him furiously. He scoffed and turned away from me, sipping from his glass of scotch and pretending not to hear a word I was saying to him.
He’s heartless and wicked. I thought I could handle him, but he’s coming up with different requests that are not easy to be granted. I wish Ralph would listen to me, but he has been so busy all morning. He didn’t come back to our room after taking Charlotte to hers. I assumed he decided to spend some time with his ex-girlfriend and that made me so angry.
I thought of a way to find my sister without him, I thought of involving the cops and getting out of this place to be with my family. I pulled out my bag and started gathering stuff, getting ready to leave. If Raphael can abandon me to go spend time with his ex-girlfriend, then I don’t think I’m needed here.
I picked up my clothes in the closet and stuffed them in my bag. But just before I could finish stuffing the rest of my stuff in the bag, I heard the vibration of a phone and I stopped what I was doing to go and find the phone. I thought it was my phone, I thought it was my mom, but it turned out to be the phone Nathan had left for me.
This is the first time I’m getting a call on that phone and it scared me to pick it up. I picked it up and held it in my hand, watching as it rang continuously and stopped ringing on its own. I thought to switch it off until I left this place, but he sent a message as soon as the call ended.
I tapped the screen to open the message that he sent. I almost screamed out loud when I saw a video of Mom sitting in the house, sobbing. Then he sent another video of Claire tied up in a room looking so rough. She looked hungry and tortured. I had to put my hand on my mouth to stop me from screaming so loudly.
“Mom is alone and hungry, why don’t you come to me quickly so I can send your sister over to take care of her. Would you let mommy go hungry all day?”
That was the text the bastard sent to me after sending me videos to confirm that he was responsible for my sister’s disappearance. The video of my mom is even more devastating. I could see the blood stains on the floor and on the wall. They murdered Raphael’s guards, but they didn’t clean up after dragging Claire out of the house.
I couldn’t see the bodies, I guess they moved the bodies to keep the police away, but they didn’t bother to clean up the house to keep Mom comfortable. Mom just sat on the bed crying, I could tell that she was in pain. Why is Raphael not doing anything about this?
I guess he doesn’t even know what is happening, he is too busy taking care of his “Best friend” to bother with me and my family. I grabbed my phone and ran to him, ignoring the maids who were staring at me as if I were a clown. I met him in his room as he asked me. And he’s been acting like a jerk since I got here.
“Are you done?” he asked me as I yelled at him and hit him hysterically. I sobbed so hard, cursing and yelling so loud. He ignored me and dragged on his cigarette smoke, sipping from his glass after puffing out the smoke.
“How did you find out Aunty Laura was planning to set you up, how did you arrange with that man-whore and frame her instead?
This is the same way the cameras in Nathan’s hotel room were tampered with the night I sent you to him. Who are you, Victoria, and how do you manage to ruin everything all the time?!” he yelled in my face, his eyes blazing in anger.
“You knew she was going to frame me and you did nothing about it?
I thought you wanted me close to him, you said you wanted me in his office, didn’t you?
How will I succeed in helping you if I’m rejected by your grandfather?
I only did what you wanted, dear, Nathan. I made sure I’m not kicked out of this house so I can stay close to Nathan and carry out your assignment. I was simply following your orders!” I responded angrily, lying my ass off.
“Do not tell me that you kidnapped my sister a f hit my mom simply because I followed your orders.” I added in a mocking tone, making him look stupid. He smiled crookedly, taking a drag of his cigarette smoke and puffing it in my face with a crooked smile on his face.
“Atta girl…
I love the fact that you are so keen to follow my orders. Now I need you to get me the key to the Hawkins treasury that is below this building. You see, our family has been hoarding some treasures for many years now. Unfortunately, there are only two keys and it is in the possession of your boyfriend and my grandfather.
I can’t steal from Gramps, no one can, not even Raphael. But you, my dear Victoria, are going to steal your husband’s key and bring it right here to me in thirty minutes. Else I’ll chop off your sister’s fingers and bring them to you on a platter of gold.” He threatened.
“I don’t know about any key, Nate. I have no idea where he keeps it. If the treasury belongs to the whole family, why don’t you request for the key from Raphael?” I asked him.
“Because I’m going to steal some diamonds and I don’t want anyone to find out.” He confessed, winking at the end.
“You have only thirty minutes to get me that key, Victoria. I suggest you hurry up and go find it quickly. I’m sure he carries it along in his briefcase. He’s so stupid!” he let out mockingly, laughing at Raphael for no good reason.
I looked at him pitifully, glaring at him and thinking just how ignorant and foolish he was. To think that he is calling Raphael stupid when he is the stupid one. Raphael has succeeded in deceiving every one of them and yet he thinks he is the smart one.
“Run along sweetie, the clock is ticking,” he warned me, forcing me out of the room to go and carry out his plans. I have the urge to tell him that he is so fucking stupid. But I couldn’t say a word so he doesn’t hurt my family.