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My husband and my brothers will come for me; I have no doubt about that Draven isn't stupid he kno the minds of men like Joseph Vidal work much better than most

It's sad to think that I once thought of this man like Superman He was irl, he could do no wrong in my eyes even if he spent next to no time with me, even if he did hurt my mother in front of me a couple of times Then there were all the friends he chased away because he believed theirl Then there was the boy who asked ot told if he didn't leave o home after school one day to find his whole fae my mind about how much I loved him

He had a way ofme see that what he did was for the best, all to protect me from all the bad in this world

However, nothing he did was for the best None of it was to protect me It was all to shoerful he was, the man who tried to have his own brother killed so that he could take over the family The man I know murdered my mother

The only person who ever had my best interests at heart was et , she tried to show irl in the world, but Joseph never really allowed her to be like otherHe had to be Lord and s

My mother loved me I will never doubt that a day in my life Sheto , told me a million times a day just how much Iher away froirl, after all, but irl She used to tell me never to let aas any man on this earth I've always believed it to be true

It hurts to think my father would think so little of me that he'd do this to me What on earth makes a man treat his own child like this? Then there'sof theet what he wanted

That's how I knoon't think twice about killing my unborn baby and me

Talking of ht and cra I don't know if it's because I' it, or my baby is on the way, but this really hurts

I'm scared out of my mind because it's too early for Jessica to be born Just a feeeks, but still, it can't be good for her I need to get out of here I need to get to the hospital and get checked out It would killto me already

She's going to be a very lucky little girl She'll never know the monster in front of me because I know, either way, he'll be dead theto have the best daddy and uncles in the world

Jett and I can't wait to irl that binds us together However, what if I never see hi was the last kiss I'll share with him?

I can't bear it I just can't

All I want is to close ain, be safe in my bed with my husband's aroing to work, but I had hoped all of this was just one big nightht

I look around the roo me in I can tell no one has been here for a while; the wallpaper is peeling The furniture is old and dusty, and it smells musty and stale However, it looks like it was once a beautiful house, even if it does look like it's been abandoned for ten years

“Why are you doing this to me?” I finally ask out of curiosity

Joseph is sitting behind a desk to the right of the rooer than his sixty-two years His s on my nerves

“You're the key to the empire, Maria”

“Draven is not going to hand the falia would kill you the second you walked into that office Why on this earth do you believe they'd be loyal to you in any way? They knohat you've done They knoho you are”

“And that is exactly why they'll follow me, little lady Your brother has half an hour to do as I say, or –”

“What, you'll kill me?”

He laughs loudly, and oing to killto hi I know that now

I watch hih scared eyes as he takes his phone from the inside pocket of his expensive suit jacket I hear the ringing tone on the other end of the line the second he puts it on loudspeaker I knoho before the person answers “Where is she, old man?”

“Safe For now”

“I'ames here!”

“No,” Joseph laughs “You knohat I want I warned you ould happen if you didn't coame, Draven! I hat's mine”