70. LUKE
Chapter 70
LUKE
In the next few weeks, Bruce worked round the clock to find Lily’s partners. She refused to give up the names of her accomplices. Bruce picked up Dr. Beiz, who had sworn that he was blackmailed, with receipts to prove it. It turns out Dr. Beiz had had sexual relations with an underage patient, which could easily cost him his license. Lily had paid someone to spy on Dele and her spy had informed her about Dr. Beiz. She had picked him because she thought he would do anything to have Dele, only he loved being a doctor and she decided to use his license as blackmail.
Bruce let him off with a warning to stay far away from Dele, because he saw him as a victim as well. It was clear: Dr. Beiz was forced into the kidnapping.
I asked Bruce to look into Levi Grayson, but we didn’t find anything connecting him to the kidnapping. The guy was happily living his life in Atlanta.
Bruce sent Dr. Beiz to speak to Lily; that did not yield any results. If anything, he was threatened into keeping quiet or having his past leaked.
Bruce dug through Lily’s electronic devices. Her phone had been taken when we picked her up, and men were sent to her place to get her laptop and all her devices. It took a lot of digging, but the name “CB” kept showing up. At first, we couldn’t decode who it was. Then Dele talked about us going back to Honolulu and hoping we wouldn’t run into that guy. She’d said it, and I remembered—Chase. Holy shit. Chase Brock is Lily’s accomplice, and I know my wife isn’t safe. I called Bruce right away to let him know.
I also ordered round-the-clock guard for Dele. Crazy Chase is still out there. I called Adam to investigate him and find loopholes to buy out his company. Chase must have guessed we were looking for him, because he went into hiding, but we were determined. It took months, but we found him in a small town in Costa Rica. I immediately flew out to speak with him face to face. If he had the guts to kidnap my wife, he should know I will face him.
He’s tied up when I arrive. No time like the present to get right to business.
“Why did you have my wife kidnapped?” I ask. He scoffs at me.
“Why not? After the way you dumped my sister and leaked a sex tape of her to the world, she was never the same after that. You deserve every pain you get.”
“I’m genuinely sorry that happened to her, but she broke up with me and I told you, I had nothing to do with the sex tape. You should have done your homework and tried to find out the truth. Instead, you kept your focus on me.”
“I didn’t believe you then, and I don’t believe you now.” I turn to Bruce, who opens his computer and plays the video. “You see, when it happened, my dad asked me, and I told him it wasn’t me. But to be certain, he spent time and money getting to the truth, which turned out to be your sister’s boyfriend after me. He did that to extort money from your parents.” I nod to Bruce, who plays the video. Right there, the guy is confessing in a police interview to leaking the video because the Brocks wouldn’t pay the extortion money. When the tape ends, I turn to him.
“Fuck you, Luke, you could have told me!” he shouts and fights to break free of the ropes.
“No. Your parents should have told you, and I’m sure they tried to tell you to let it go, but you kept your focus on me.”
“Fuck you, what do you want now?” he sounds dejected, knowing his hatred has led him down the wrong path.
“You went too far. My wife didn’t deserve what you did to her.”
“Well, I’ll kiss her feet and apologize.” I scoff. This asshole still thinks I’ll take a chance on letting him live.
“See, that’s a chance I can’t take. I stayed away from you, and you should have done the same and stayed away from me.” I stare him down, knowing I won’t shed a tear for what’s about to happen.
“Goodbye, Chase.” I leave the room, knowing it’s the end of Chase Brock.
Bruce’s men took him out. I knew he would never stop coming after me, and I couldn’t gamble with Dele’s life in his twisted game. Though I do not understand his hatred for me, I also knew that punching him had probably aggravated whatever grudge he had before. But kidnapping my wife was crossing the line. A newspaper report of his death was sent to Lily with a message: Fuck with me again, and you’ll find out.