“That’s my girl. You are so smart, come give mummy a hug.” Nadia said, spreading her arms but Kendra didn’t walk to her.
“Dad, what is going on?” Kender asked and Axel sighed, he was confused.
“Go on Axel. Tell them what is wrong.” Nadia said with a smile.
“But daddy said you died.” Kendra said.
“But I didn’t.”
“I didn’t know, don’t make it sound like I did.” Axel hurriedly said.
“Really?” Nadia asked.
“Is this why you guys have been acting weird since the ball?” Kender asked.
“They were so shocked to see me.” Nadia replied.
“Anyways, long story short. You are going broke and I want my kids back.”
“What? Dad?” Kender asked.
“You fucking blew up my warehouses! You are the reason I am going broke.” Axel snapped at her.
“I am just fulfilling the promise I made. Give me my kids back.”
“What the fuck Lily? You are saying it like I took them from you.”
“Didn’t you? You kicked me out of your house for no reason!” She snapped back at him.
“What?” Kender asked.
“I was protecting you, I had to…. ”
“Of course, that would be your excuse, from who? Gavin? El Diablo? Oh please, Axel. Give me a better reason.”
“What… ”
“What? What do you have to say? Gavin had a criminal record of molesting children and El Diablo was your rival who wanted me?” She replied and he stared at her surprised.
“We can talk about this.”
“There is nothing to talk about, I want my kids back now!” She yelled.
“I am not giving them to you, you can’t just show up when everyone thought you were dead and expect me to let you be with the kids.”
“Are you so distressed that your plan failed? Because you couldn’t kill me?”
“Daddy.” Kendra called in disbelief.
“I didn’t try to kill you, I didn’t do anything bad to you.”
“Oh please, I don’t care. I just want my kids.”
“What makes you think they would want to go with you?”
“Why not?” She asked with a smile and stared at them.
“Did you really blow up his warehouses?” Kender asked and she rolled her eyes.
“Don’t worry. He had a lot of illegal shit in there.” She replied and the kids moved closer to Axel and stood behind him.
Nadia chuckled and shook her head.
“I guess you told them bad things about me.”
“He has never said anything negative about you, he barely talks about you because when he does, he is always sad.” Kendra replied and she chuckled.
“Well, I don’t care.” She replied and slowly walked towards them. The kids held onto Axel tightly and she rolled her eyes as she walked past them.
She got to the door and paused then turned to them.
“Do you guys know your father is a murderer? He kills for a living.”
“Oh, come on Lily. Don’t do that.”
“Don’t call me that!” She yelled and the kids flinched in fear. She sighed and ran her hands through her hair.
She slowly smiled and looked at their kids as they poked their heads out and watched her.
“I will be visiting again. Bye.” She smiled and walked out of the office.
Axel sighed and his kids let go of him, they both sat on a couch and Axel sat opposite them.
“Daddy, what is going on?” Kendra asked as he ran his hands through his head.
“I don’t know, someone messed up her head.”
“Did you really send her away?”
“Yes, but it was for a reason.”
Kendra didn’t say anything, she just kept staring. She slowly placed her head on her brother’s shoulder and sighed.
“It’s okay.” Kender muttered and stroked her hair.
~
Days passed without any sign of Nadia, the kids were homeschooled and Axel was glad they understood what was going on.
He also tried to fix the loss he had but it was still going so hard for him and Max.
The McCalls were back to being a millionaire, according to the information they heard, Nadia was behind it.
Without showing up, everyone was scared and waiting for her to show up. No one knew what she was up to or what her next move would be. They were sure of one thing though, she wasn’t the same person they knew years ago.
Axel gathered all the information he could about her, she really was working with the Russians. The dangerous ones.
Everyone felt threatened. Axel was also glad his kids weren’t asking questions, they seemed to understand the situation was hard for him.
He could tell they had a lot of questions and he was going to answer them eventually. He just hasn’t found the perfect time yet.
“Daddy.” Axel heard his daughter call and he snapped out of his thoughts. He looked up to see her standing at the entrance of his study.
“Can I come in?”
“You are already in, baby.” He replied and she walked towards him. She got to him and Axel carried her on his lap.
She placed her head on his chest and breathed out heavily.
“Do you want something?” Axel asked as he picked up his phone and checked the time. It was past midnight.
“No. I can’t sleep.”
“Okay, what of your brother?”
“I think he is asleep.”
“Okay.” Axel muttered and stroked her hair.
“Daddy.” She called softly.
“Yes, baby?”
“What are you going to do about Nadia?”
“I don’t know.” He replied.
“She is not so sweet like you said.”
Axel chuckled and wrapped his arms around her.
The door to the study opened and Kender walked in.
“You can’t sleep too?” Axel heard as he walked towards him, he nodded in response.
They suddenly heard a noise coming from outside and Axel raised his brows. It sounded like groans. They suddenly heard a gunshot and they flinched.
Kender moved closer to Axel in fear.
“You both need to stay here.” Axel said as he carried Kendra off his lap.
“No, Daddy, don’t leave us.” Kendra said in fear.
“I am not, I will be back. Just stay here and don’t come out.”
“Kender, stay with her.” Axel ordered as he stood up. Kender held his sister’s hand as she started to cry.
Axel walked to the shelf in his study and brought out a gun, the kids were more scared than surprised.
Axel walked out of the study and walked slowly to the living room, he froze when he saw Nadia walking around the living room.
“Oh, hey.” She called with a smile.
“What are you doing here?”
“I came to see my babies. Also, you need better guards. I kind of beat all of them up and shot one.” She said and Axel stared at her in disbelief.
She felt like a stranger to him.
Axel suddenly heard footsteps and he saw his kids.
“I told you guys to stay in the study.”
“Hey, babies.” Nadia called and the kids rushed to Axel as they noticed the gun in her hand.
“We can just talk normally.” Axel said and dropped his gun. He slowly walked towards her but she didn’t drop her gun.
“I am not here to talk, I just want my kids back.” She said.
“I can’t just give them to you. We need to talk… ” Axel trailed off as she grabbed him roughly and pinned him to the wall. She pointed the gun at him and the kids cried in fear.
“I don’t fucking want to talk to you.” She yelled at him. His heart raced as he stared at her, he could see the rage in her.
“Daddy.” Kendra cried.
The door suddenly burst open and Axel’s guards rushed in holding guns. They corked their guns and pointed them at Lily.
“No, no. Lower your guns!” Axel ordered but they didn’t listen. Nadia moved the gun closer to his head and his guards were also ready to pull the trigger.
“If any of you shoots her I will shoot you myself!”