The Billionaires Desires novel Chapter 2

“If you must know, Costello knew something was up, he knew they were planning something and he tried to warn me not to go, but I chose not to listen.” I retorted defensively, trying not to look so daft and stupid.

“Too bad, Mr. Travis. Too bad. You know, while your Mafia lord was busy distributing his hard drugs around the city, your enemies were sabotaging your planes, ruining your every chance of escape. If you had worked with the Hartford’s, we would have told you all that, and we would have gotten you home safely.” He let out smugly.

“Fine, I was wrong. I should have used the Hartford’s and I should have at least tried to find out why our ties were severed. But that’s water under the bridge already. It’s all in the past now, if you really want to help, you can start by telling me what happened between your grandfather and mine.” I responded calmly, causing him to scoff and snicker at my words, glaring dangerously at me.

“Did you just say if I want to help?

If I want to help?

You ungrateful son of a bitch!!!

I boarded that fucking plane, replacing your copilot who by the way is still holed up with my boys at a basement downtown. I knew that plane was going down, yet I got on it just to save your proud, sassy ass. And you fucking stand there, spitting out trash to me.” He yelled at me, his eyes blazing in anger.

“Fine, its already been established, you still care enough to come to save me. But don’t forget, we are stuck on this island together, we still have no idea if we would be leaving here alive. My grandfather has been hiding this secret from the entire family but someone knows about it, someone is using this secret to blackmail him, that is the reason why he sent for me urgently. You have helped me get to this point, the least you can do is to tell me what all this is all about. I never asked questions before, that is why I’m stuck here on this island. But now I’m asking the questions and I need you to answer me truthfully, what happened between my grandfather and yours that caused the separation between the two families? “he looked at me intently, like he was weighing his options, considering if he should tell me the truth or not. He moved forward and sat on a huge fallen tree that lay close by. 

“Are you waiting for an invitation or what?” he asked me sternly when I didn’t follow him to sit down on the tree. I chuckled softly before going to sit next to him, waiting patiently to hear what this whole secrecy is all about. He turned to gaze at me for some seconds, I could tell that he doesn’t really want to tell me what he know, but I’m not letting him off easy. He ain’t got a choice, he has to tell me everything he knows, I can’t be left in the dark, not anymore.

I sat there patiently and listened as he told me a story that was just too hard to believe. My grandfather had been in love with a girl called Elsa. My grandfather never told her about his feeling for her, he kept it hidden, waiting for the right time to tell her exactly how he felt about her. But he had been too late, his best friend Conor was also in love with her and Conor beat him to it, snatching Elsa away from my grandfather. 

I have always wondered how we ended up in New York City when the rest of the family settled in the Caribbean. It turns out that my grandfather had been too heartbroken to stay back and watch his best friend dating a girl he loves, so he had left the country and settled in New York and there he met my grandmother and they both got married, but his heart never left the Caribbean. He still loved Elsa, even after getting married to my grandmother.

Although he loved my grandmother, he still couldn’t forget about his first love, he felt angry at his two best friends, he wanted to hurt them, he wants them to feel the pain and hurt that he felt before leaving this city. He couldn’t bear seeing them happy, he got even more jealous when they finally had a child together. He orchestrated the kidnapping of their grandchild, a little girl who lost her mom during childbirth. He had sent Raymond’s father to take the little girl away from home and put her in an orphanage, leaving her to face this world on her own. A few months after the little girl got missing, Elsa fell sick because of the pain and heartbreak. That was when my grandfather started to feel regret for what he had done.

“How did you know about Hillary and I?” I asked him, once more. He smirked down at me, making me feel really so stupid.

“You’ll be surprised at all the information I have about you, Nathan. You try to live a very quiet life, but you end up leaving so many clues about yourself, making it so easy to get information about yourself. I won’t tell you how I know about your relationship with Hillary Futon, but all I can tell you right now is that her life is also in danger, she’ll be killed pretty soon by the same people that put you here. I keep wondering how you would defend her when you leave this place, you couldn’t even hit one guy the day you got beaten, not even one guy. You’re so pathetic.” He spat out disgustingly. Although I hate to admit it, but he is actually right. The thought of Hillary is all that keeps me going, she is all I live for. I don’t know what I’ll do if anything ever happens to her. I need to be able to protect myself, only then will I be able to protect her as well.

“Teach me…” I muttered softly, causing him to raise his brows in question.

“Teach you what?” he asked curiously, looking me straight in the eyes.

“Teach me how to defend myself, teach me how to be strong.” I told him boldly, fixing him the same stern look he always gives me. I think I look like a clown right now.