Because Iknewhe would shoot Kim, who was knocked out, defenseless on the ground.
I knew it.
“Don’t hurt her,” I demanded. “I’ll…just don’t hurt her.”
“Now, that all depends on you, Devi,” Alvin said. “Get fucking moving, or I’ll have Baker put a bullet in her head.” Taking a compliant step, he stopped me. “I’m not fucking stupid,” he snarled. “Drop your fucking purse. You think I’m going to let Sire find us before I’m done with you?” I felt the strap of my purse wrenched from my shoulder, and I loosened my grip, letting it slide to the ground.
“Is Kim going to be alright?” I asked, scared to death for her.
“She’ll have a headache, but she’ll live,” he returned, cold, like the asshole he was.
Without another word, I followed Alvin to a black truck that had dark tinted windows. He opened the door for me, and I got in and fastened my seatbelt. My head turned, I could see Baker with his gun still positioned over Kim’s body.
Alvin got into the truck, and soon, we were pulling out of The Opera’s parking lot. And all this took place in only a matter of minutes. The longest minutes of my life, but also the quickest. Fast enough, that we were out of the parking lot before anyone had come out from the restaurant or any pedestrians had been able to glance over and see what was happening.
Two blocks down the road, I watched for red lights. There was no way that Baker guy was still in the parking lot. It was too much of a risk to still be there. So, all I needed was for a red traffic light to hit us. I could jump out of the truck and run back to The Opera and get Kim some help.
Trying to distract him, I said, “He’s going to kill you when he finds you.”
“Probably,” Alvin agreed. “But not before I’ve gotten a taste of his woman.”
I shook my head. It didn’t make any sense. I glanced over at him, and he didn’t look bothered at all. “I don’t understand,” I said because I really didn’t. “You’re willing to die for…for sex?” There had to be more to all this. There justhadto be. “That doesn’t make any sense.”
“I didn’t appreciate your boyfriend threatening me, Devi,” he replied. “I don’t care how much money he has or how powerful he is on the streets. Nobody threatens Alvin Fischer.”
“So, all this is for the sake of your pride?”
He glanced my way, his smirk a slimy and evil one. “Ruining you is a bonus,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to fuck you, Devi.” I turned away from him and went back to waiting for a red light. “Ever since the first time your brother let it slip that he had a sister who worked at The Opera. I’d gone in there to eat and do a little homework on my newest fish, and there you were.”
Before I could comment on that, Alvin took a left, heading towards the freeway on-ramp. If he got onto the freeway, there’d be no red lights. “Where…where are you taking me?”
“Like I said, I want to make sure I have plenty of time with you before Sire shows up to get you back.”
“You’re a fool,” I remarked as I looked around frantically for a possible escape. I wasn’t worried about breaking an arm or leg jumping from the car. I was more worried about getting run over by oncoming traffic once I jumped. I wanted to be the hero of my own story, but I didn’t want to die trying to be.
When Alvin crossed a double-yellow line to merge illegally onto the lane leading to the on-ramp, I knew I was screwed. I had no choice but to wait it out until we got to where we were going. But wherever we ended up, one thing was for certain; Alvin was going to have the fight of his life on his hands. He was going to have to knock me out before I’d stop fighting. And if that happened, well, it’d be a blessing to be unconscious for whatever he had in mind.
“You can let me out, and-”
Alvin laughed. “Let you out?” He laughed again like there was genuine humor in all this. “Do you honestly think letting you go is going to keep Cassius Sire from coming after me?” He shook his head, glanced at me for a quick second, then focused his eyes back on the road. “Only one of us is going to make it out of this alive, Devi. And I knew it when I went after you.”
“And yet, you still came after me, knowing that?”
“I told you already. I don’t like being threatened.”
Nothing further was said as Alvin finally hit an off-ramp, only to drive us farther away from the city. We were headed into country territory, and I knew I was going to have to keep my wits about me if I was going to get out of this. While I had no problem with Cassius saving me, I wasn’t going to count on it.
Sometimes, you had to save your own damn self.
Chapter 15
Cassius~
I’ve killed people before. I’ve even tortured the more stubborn ones a bit before finally putting them out of their misery. I’ve done a lot of things in my life, and always with a steady hand because it’s always been just business.
But not this time.
This time it was more than business.
