Chapter 16
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Lily
We drive up to a house and they yank us out of the car. When we get inside, they throw us in a room and I hear the door lock.
“Well that’s new. A door that locks on the outside.” Giovanna sighs as she looks around. “Do you know him?”
“His voice is sounding more familiar. But I don’t know who he is.” I burst into tears.
Giovanna comes over to me and hugs me.
“I have a tracker in me. They’ll come for us.” She whispers to me.
I look at her as she’s nodding. I want to ask more questions, but I don’t know if they’re listening to us.
So I sit down on the bed and hold Giovanna’s hand.
After what seems like hours, we hear the lock click and the door opens.
The guy that held the gun to my head comes over to us and stands in front of us.
“I think it’s time you know who I am.” He smiles.
I frown as I stare at him. He’s still smiling at me and I don’t like it.
As we watch him, he reaches up by his hairline and starts to peel his face.
It’s taking everything in me not to start screaming.
And I feel Giovanna squeezing my hand even tighter.
He continues to peel his face. Then he bends over and I see little colored things falling.I’m guessing they’re contacts.
“Fuck that feels better.” He says as he rubs his face. When he stands back up, I’m looking into the face of the man I once loved.
Carson Masters.
I don’t know what to say, all I can do is stare at him.
“What the fuck.” Giovanna says as she stares at him too.
Carson laughs. “Pretty good parlor trick, huh?”
Now he even sounds different, he sounds like the Carson I knew.
“Why are you doing this?” I frown at him. “You left two years ago.”
Carson laughs more as he looks at me. I thought that if I saw him again, I would feel sad or that I missed him. But looking at him now? All I feel is anger.
“I left because you were starting to bore me. I needed to leave for work and I didn’t want to take you. You didn’t even know that I was seeing other women.”
“Wow. And you’re sharing that piece of information now? Do you think that makes you a big man?” Giovanna snaps at him.
“I am a big man, just ask Lily. I’m sure she remembers.” He smirks at Giovanna as he rubs himself.
How could I have ever loved him? I dreamed about having a family with this narcissistic asshole. Giovanna stares at him. I’m pretty sure the looks on our faces match.
“Now. You’re going to tell me what made you write this book.”
I stare at him and frown.
“What are you talking about? What book?”
“Don’t play stupid with me. This book.” He says as he throws a book at me.
It’s the most recent book that I wrote for Carter James. How the fuck does he even know I wrote it? The contracts authors and I sign says I can’t tell anyone that I’ve written the book. And I’m not about to break that now.
“You realize I’ve kept tabs on you since I left right?”
“Why would you do that? You just told me that I bored you. Why would you need to keep tabs on me?”
“Why not? I knew there would be a day I would need company and you’ve always been good for that. Just a warm body to fuck. And you’re stupid enough to believe that I loved you. So I knew you’d let me back in.”
Again. How the fuck did I ever love him?
“But then you wrote this book. And I knew then that you needed to be gone. You can’t write a story about me and get away with it.”
Holy fuck. Does he really think that book was about him? I’m so confused right now.
“Wait. You took us because in your twisted mind you think that this book is about you?” Giovanna asks.
“Of course it’s about me. You dumb bitch. Who else would it be about?”
“A fake person maybe?” Giovanna rolls her eyes.
“Again, why do you think I wrote that? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Don’t play stupid. You know how I know.”
I give him the blankest stare I can muster up.
“Wow. You really are that fucking stupid.”
“Actually, I think you’re that fucking stupid. You keep saying things like Lily should just know. Either tell us of shut the fuck up.”
“I bet you get put in your place a lot. I know mafia families. And your mouth must used a lot.”
“I can’t wait for you to meet my papà.” Giovanna smiles.
“Me too. He’s going to thank me for teaching you this lesson.” He says as he slaps Giovanna.
“What the fuck is wrong with you?” I scream at him.
“Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to leave you out.” He says as he punches me in the face.
I can feel blood dripping down my mouth. Just as I’m about to stand up, he pulls a gun out.
“Sit the fuck down. We’re not done talking yet.”
I look at Giovanna and I can see the hate in her eyes. I know for a fact that no one in her family would ever lay a hand on her. Carson calls in the other guy and he takes Giovanna out with him. I scream at them to leave her alone.
“My papà and my brothers are going to love meeting you both.” She snarls at them.
Carson laughs as he closes the door.
“Now. You’re going to tell me how you know this story. I don’t care if I have to beat it out of you.”
I continue to stare at him because there’s really nothing else I can do.
“Okay. I’m going to spell this out for you. Why do you think Carter James never wants to meet you in person? Or even talk to you on the phone?”
Holy shit. Is he saying what I think he’s saying?
“Y-you’re Carter James?”
“DING DING DING! You’ve finally activated your brain. Took you long enough for fuck’s sake.”
I never once thought that Carter could be Carson. Why would I have thought that?
Carson slaps me across the face. “Tell me how you know the story.”
“You told me what to write. So what the fuck are you talking about?”
“No. You knew details no one’s ever known and you put it in this book. Now tell me how you knew.”
I’m wracking my brain to try and figure out what details he’s talking about. It’s about an assassin that kills the wrong man. Then he falls in love with the man’s wife and they get their happy ever after. Is he saying he’s the assassin that did what I wrote? What in the fucking fuck?
“Knew what? Again. You told me the basics like always and I wrote it for you.”
Carson slaps me again. “Do you really think I’m that stupid?”
I can see that he’s starting to get more agitated. And it’s starting to scare me. He’s waving the gun around like it’s a toy. And I need to know that Giovanna’s safe. If something happens to her, I’ll never forgive myself. She was only taken because she was with me.
“I guess you need more motivation in order to tell me what I want.”
Carson ties me to the bedpost and smiles. He slices open my shirt and my jeans.
“I always wanted to do this to you. See how far I could push you before you broke. That was my only regret when I left.”
Now I’m really starting to panic, no matter what, Carson was never mean to me. Even though he says he never loved me. Nine years is a long time to be with someone you don’t love. Please let them rescue us before he touches me.