Page 65 of Always Yours

After Tech had woken up and gone through any camera footage he could find, I noticed the vehicles that had gone through town passing the clubhouse during the explosion. There was a bodyguard I thought looked familiar and, when I went through my contacts to retrace the steps, it led me here.

I make a call to the club, so they know what I’m up against. I have no doubt that Bear will have filled them in on everything they don’t know about my past. We had kept it a secret for so long, but now was finally the time to release the information.

I hated that I had to keep anything a secret from the people I loved, but I figured that the less people that knew about my past; the better. It lessened the chance of anyone finding me. You never know if there are any ears around that you shouldn’t trust.

I spend days watching the warehouse and seeing everyone and everything coming in and out of the building. Tonight is the night I need to get inside. I’ll have to wait for dark, but I think I need to refuel and come up with a plan that doesn’t involve me becoming captured as well.

I visit an old friend; Dawson. I go straight to his old house. I watch outside for a bit until I see him walk by a window.

I climb a tree outside of the house and into the second-floor bedroom.

I make sure to stay quiet, so I don’t scare him. I guess, either way, I will scare him because he’s not going to be expecting me.

When I get to the stairs, I slowly walk down as the living room comes into view.

He’s the only one in the room. He’s watching the news.

Slowly, I step into view.

“Dawson,” I say softly.

He startles for a second before there is a gun pointed at me. When he sees I have my hands in the air in a nonthreatening way, he lowers the gun slightly.

“Who are you? What do you want?” he says in a cold tone.

“Dawson, it’s me; Lilianna.” I say, not breaking eye contact.

“Lilianna Romano?” he breathes out with wide eyes.

“Yes. Long time, no see,” I say with a smirk as he puts down his gun.

“What are you doing back here? You shouldn’t have ever come back,” he hisses out before pulling me into his arms in a tight hug.

“They took my man. I know they did. I haven’t been able to get a visual on him, but all the signs are pointing to my father and Matteo,” I tell him.

“Your father is a terrible man. He has been making my life a living hell, but I told him I didn’t know where you were. Not that I would have told him If I did know,” he tells me.

I take a seat on his couch, and he sits on the other side.

“I’m going after dark. I need to see if my gut is correct,” I tell him.

“Your father has been into some pretty messed up shit since you left. I was shocked when he wanted to marry you into that family, but they have been tearing down this city for a long fucking time now. There isn’t going to be much left after a few years,” he says.

“Why are you still here? You could have moved to a different town,” I ask curiously. Sure, they had people watching him, but that didn’t mean he was stuck here. They would just send men to wherever he ended up making sure he wasn’t in contact with me

“I can’t leave until I get answers,” he states.

“Answers for what?” I ask.

He lets out a sigh. “Lorenzo wanted to tell you himself, if he was ever given the chance. We fell in love and then, one day, he was just gone. I don’t know what the fuck happened to him, but I knew something wasn’t right. Your father didn’t act any differently despite all his boys having gone missing. He went on with life. I spent so much time looking, but I couldn’t find anything. Every single child and heir were gone. Anyone would be affected by that unless they have something to do with it.”

“My brothers are missing?” I breathe out harshly and feel a piercing pain in my chest.

“They have been for a few months. I haven’t been able to find them,” he tells me sadly with tears welling in his eyes.

I look at him with a sense of loss. “Well, I found a place that was being too heavily guarded to not have something important in there. I thought it might be Derek, but now I’m thinking that maybe my brothers are in there. Why would they hide my brothers?” I ask in confusion.

“Your brothers never agreed with the way your father was running the family. Not only was he financially ruining the family, but he was also needlessly killing, so there was no one your brothers trusted. Heck, he killed his right-hand man and his wife just to show he didn’t care about the lives of anyone but himself,” Dawson scoffs.

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