Page 73 of Crash and Burn
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Marley
After I finished my breakfast,Maria escorted me back to my room. I turn the TV on for background noise. Every time I start to doze off, I jolt awake. I finally sit up to stop myself from falling asleep.
Everything from the past two years plays out in my head. From my mom dying, to being taken and escaping, to meeting Rascal and the other Savage Menaces. Being back with Rodrigo is the last place I wanted to end up, but I need to keep having faith that Rascal will come for me. I can only hope it has a better ending than my nightmare did.
An hour or so later, my door is being unlocked. I’m expecting Maria to walk in but instead, it’s Paula. I let out a quiet groan.
“Get up.El Jefewants to see you.” She walks over to me when I don’t get up quick enough. Grabbing my arm, she yanks me off the bed and drags me out of the room.
“Let me go! I’m perfectly capable of walking on my own, you crazy bitch,” I hiss out. She turns around, back handing me.
“You’re fucking lucky I have to wait forEl Jefe’spermission before having my way with you,” she says. “Walk. Now!”
We walk downstairs toward Rodrigo’s office and she shoves me through the door.
“Preciosa, come, sit.” He gestures to the chairs in front of his desk. I take a seat, waiting for him to keep talking. He grins at me. “How was your first night here?”
“Cut the shit. Why am I here?”
His face twists as he tries to fight back showing his anger. “That’s quite the mouth you have. I suggest you watch it.”
“And if I don’t? You’ll what? Torture me some more? I’m not afraid of you.”
“Ah,Preciosa.” He laughs, but it’s void of humor. “I could easily blow up that clubhouse with all those bikers you care so much about. All I need to do is make a phone call.”
I freeze. The last thing I want is any of them dying because of me. They’ve all done so much for me in the past six months.
“Now that I have your attention, there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you,” he tells me. “I brought you here to use you.”
My mind instantly goes to him using my body and a chill runs through my body.
“Not like that,Preciosa. Though, the thought has crossed my mind.” He gives me a skeevy smirk. “I need you to lure out your father.”
“My father? What do you know about my father?”
“I know he’s the Sovietnik of the Bratva. Andrei Orlov’s trusty advisor,” he states. “Nikolay Kalashnik. We were acquaintances once upon a time.”
“And why do you need tolure him out?”
“He took something from me. Now, it’s time for payback.” He sneers.
“How do you know for sure I’m his daughter? Or that I’ll lure him out? What if he doesn’t care that I’m his daughter?”
“Oh, Marley. Your mother kept so much from you, didn’t she? Her and I were close, you know. I even saw her before she died.” There’s a gleam in his eyes like there’s something he isn’t saying.
“What did you do to her?” I grit out.
“Ididn’t do anything to her.” An evil grin crosses his face.
“What happened to her?” I shout.
“I made sure she paid for picking that fucking Russian over me,” he growls out.
Tears threaten to spill from my eyes. There’s a knock on the door as one of Rodrigo’s goons walks in.
“Jefe, there’s a phone call for you. It’s really important,” the man says.
