Page 101 of Bratva Jewels Box Set
I tense at her words, but I know she is just doing her job.
“Could you tell us, is it true that you are together?” Sophie’s blue eyes look at us, and she gives us a genuine smile.
I take a deep breath and reach out for Tomas’s hand, taking it in mine. “Yes, Tomas and I are together. He is not only my bestfriend and roommate, but also the love of my life.” I turn and give him a reassuring smile, and the look he gives me makes me realize it’s going to be okay. We are going to be okay.
“How long have you been a couple?” Sophie asks.
“We met at a party years ago, we were both with other people and we started off as friends until our feelings evolved.” The public version of what happened to us; we’re not sure if the public is ready for us to say we met at a sex party and fucked straight away along with numerous women.
“Is that when you knew you were both gay?”
Tomas shakes his head. “Mateo and I are bisexual—we enjoy women just as much as we enjoy the company of men. We have each had relationships with both sexes, but this time we happen to have fallen for the same sex.” Tomas’s face shows me exactly how much he loves me.
“So, why did you think you needed to hide your sexuality?”
I take a deep breath. “I was advised that it would be better for my career if I was straight, like my character.”
“And I …” Tomas starts and stumbles over his words.
I squeeze his hand in support.
“It would not look good for my family, for my father’s political vision. It’s not his fault that I do not conform to what he believes is right - that a man and a woman should love each other. We hide our love because of other people not because we are ashamed.”
I’m so proud of him.
“So why do you think someone decided to release personal footage of you today?”
My heart is pounding. Now is the time, the truth as to why we are here.
“Because Tomas and I fell in love with a woman.”
Sophie lets our answer hang in the air, then says, “You both fell in love with her?”
“Yes, Tomas and I didn’t realize that we could love another while having the same amount of love for each other. I know that it is hard for people to wrap their minds around that, but we are in a loving relationship with this woman as a triad instead of as a couple.”
“A relationship?” Sophie prompts.
My words get stuck in my throat, and I’m unable to answer.
“Yes, but the woman we love has been kidnapped,” Tomas says for me.
Again, Sophie lets that answer hang as the information sinks into the viewer’s mind.
“Kidnapped?” she says eventually.
“Yes, this is why we are going public—we need to find her. Time is running out for her safety,” Tomas states.
“Can you tell us what has happened?”
“Zoe, her name is Zoe, and we treasure her so much. We just want her back, safe and sound. We believe she has been kidnapped by Nikolai Petrov, a known member of the Russian mafia, who is wanted for human trafficking crimes. Not only does he have our Zoe, but he has also kidnapped her sister Grace.”
I don’t know how Tomas is keeping his shit together telling our story, but he does.
“How do you know it is him?”
“We know this because we found Zoe moments from death on our doorstep months ago. Nikolai had tried to kill her when she escaped from him. We were able to bring her back from the brink; we fell in love with her while we nursed her back to health. He found out that she was alive and kidnapped her from our Ibiza home. Her sister was staying with us in case he came after her. But we couldn’t protect them …” Tomas’s confident expression begins to crack. “They killed all of our security,fifteen men gunned down, so they could take these women and push them into slavery.” Tomas looks angry now.
“We need to find her; we need information before it is too late,” I add.
