C29 Chapter 29

I woke up, I remember falling asleep when I saw streaks of sunlight escape through the blinds and now it's was 10:28 am.

The first person that came to my mind was Mandy.

I took my phone and I dialled her number in hope.... It went through.

“Jesus, Mandy, Mandy where the fuck are you? Jeez I've been trying to reach you." I said into the phone but I didn't hear anybody's voice but I could swear that I heard steady breathing, what if it was Geoffrey.

“What do you want with Mandy." I heard. His voice was like the sound of steel when it hit the floor, he had a very annoying voice.

“Who's this?." I asked to be clear.

" This is Geoffrey, Mandeline's husband, who are you?. “ I could hear Mandeline shouting in the background. He introduced himself as the husband, I would kill this man.

“Mandeline, I'm coming, forgive me for not showing up a long time ago, but, I'm coming, can you hear me?."

“Darwin, please help me, I fucking hate this bastard." I heard her clearly, as if she had taken the phone from him.

" Hold on for me okay... “ I was saying then the line went dead.

I fell on my bed, I couldn't help but count the time, when the time sturck three, I started to drive towards Melissa's house.

It was 3:45.

I was parked in front of the house the one Melissa had described to me.

I wasn't driving one of my fancy cars today, today I had rented a car that would blend in with the surrounding.

I watched a car pull up in front of the house and I watched Adrian climb down and walk into the house.

I followed him immediately, I didn't wait for him to even lock the door.

I hit him on his neck and he had fallen to the ground, I shut the door and I kept my leg on his chest.

He wasn't expecting it.

“Jesus, Dee, what the fuck are you doing?." Melissa asked me frantically, I didn't even want to remember what she looked like so I didn't bother taking a look at her.

" Mate, we meet again, what a small world. “ I told him, mocking him with his own accent.

" You followed me?. “ He said almost laughing but the pain stopped him.

" No, your girl here told me where exactly to find you. “

He raised his eyes to look at Melissa.

“You know him?." He asked her, she was silent.

“Oh, we know eachother, we're jusy old friends though." I used his own words on him, I wondered how much he liked them now.

He looked at me and he frowned.

“You know him, Mel?."

“Adrian..."

“Answer my question." He shouted and winced.

“C'mon Mel, tell him how I fucked you the first day we met."

“Darwin!."

“You did what?." Adrian shouted, he was about to get on his feet but I wouldn't let him.

I knew how to use my fist, in a few second, his face was bloody as hell.

“Tell me where Mandeline is or I won't stop punching you till life gets beaten out of you."

“Darwin, please stop."

“Tell me!."

“She's with Geoffrey, she's with Geoffrey."

“Where."

“I dunno."

“What do you mean you don't know."

“I'm telling you, I don't know." He said raising his hands in the air.

Then my fist landed on his Jaw, I heard his bone crack.

“C'mon man" now he could hardly speak “I told Geoff that I had seen Mandeline and he had to find her, I called back to your office, you weren't at work, she wasn't at work either, so.... I guessed something was going on between you two and we just asked the receptionist if she knew where Mandy stayed and... “

" And what. “

" She told us”

" I don't believe you,”

“oh, you should man. We gave her some money and she told us where Mandeline lived and so I got to her house, and I watched her on Saturday, Geoffrey watched her on Sunday and on Monday, we both took her. “

" Where. “

" To his house, but, he talked about moving her away. “

" To where. “

" I don't know, please, just leave me. “

I threw another punch that landed on his nose and I heard it crack.

He shouted in pain.

“Where did he take her?."

“To a cabin, he owns a cabin."

“Tell me where it is."

“Okay, okay, I'll tell you, please leave me."

“Melissa, get me a pen and paper, fucking move!." I shouted, right now I didn't even know who I was.

I wrote down the location and I left Melissa and Adrian, he would be fine, hopefully.

I flew back to London.

I didn't reach home, but I needed a place to rest, I was hoping to rest a little bit in a hotel.

While I was resting.

My phone began to ring, I rushed to pick it up, I was hoping it was Mandeline.

It wasn't Mandeline, it was Ará, this was the umpteenth time she was calling me.

I answered the call and I put it on loud speaker.

“Hello." I said into the phone and I heard her gasp.

“My God, Darwinson, where the fuck have you been? I've been calling you for days, you haven't been picking up my calls. “

“I'm sorry." I told her, I fell back on my bed and I shut my eyes. Everything was moving too slow and too fast, I needed Mandeline by my side at all cost, I needed to slow down unless I would kill someone, I almost killed Adrian with my bare fist. I needed to cool down but I didn't want to talk to Ará, not today.

“.... Are you there?." Her voice rang, bringing me back to the room.

“Yes, I can hear you."

“What's wrong Darwin, are you in trouble?."

“I'm fine."

“Where are you?."

“In a hotel."

Then there was silence.

“Come home." She said lastly.

“I will."

“Today, right now, come home now."

“Ará...." I didn't know what to tell her next, but, I found words and I pieced them together. “I'll be fine and I'm going to come home, I wouldn't stay long."

“Darwin..." She said, I could hear her soft sobs in the background.

" Ará, please stop crying. “

" I saw her. “ she blurted between cries.

" Who?.“

" The woman you brought home on Wednesday I saw her. “

I was silent.

" Aren't you going to tell me anything?. “

" Tell you what?. “

" Oh don't be silly, I knew what you did with her, she stayed in your house till the next day and she went home gleeing. she's really beautiful and I don't blame you, but, you have to come back to me. “

" Ará, I love her and not you and right now, I have to be there for her. “

The line went dead, our call had ended.

That was probably the last time she would be speaking with me again.