I try to catch Bay’s gaze but he won’t look at me, he keeps staring at the ground, and we all get into the car, except this time they put me in the front seat next to the driver.
When Bay and Ennio and one of the alphas sit in the back, Ennio suddenly lowers the sliding divider window, sealing me off from whatever is said in that part of the car.
A frustrated sound escapes me.
Then the driver glances at me and says, "Give me your address, we’ll take you home."
I mutter the address, then add, "And Bay? What are you going to do with him?"
"We’ll take him home too," the driver says dryly, and we head out.
I sit there curled up, just crying and crying and crying.
When we pull up in front of my house, I get out of the car and Ennio steps out too. There’s no sign of Bay, he stays inside.
The tall omega walks up to me and says,
"Bay is asking you not to tell your dad about what happened."
I try to say something, but I can’t, I’m shaking too hard, my jaw won’t cooperate.
I glance toward the car, I know Bay is right behind that dark window, but because it’s completely black I can’t see a thing.
"This should be reported to the police, it can’t keep going like this, they got away, what if they try again…"
"For now just go home, you’ll be able to talk to him when he wants to talk to you, right now you need to be patient, okay?"
I nod.
Then I reach out my hand to Ennio.
After a moment’s hesitation he gives me his, and I lean forward and place a kiss on it, a kiss of respect and gratitude.
"Thank you, thank you for what you did, I’ll always be in your debt."
For the first time a small smile appears on Ennio’s face.
"Like I said, don’t make promises like that lightly. But since you already made one, who knows, maybe one day we’llcome asking for a favor, especially since your dad is Prosecutor Strada… and he handled a few cases against our… let’s call them acquaintances."
A dark smirk crosses his face as he leans slightly.
"When I come to collect my debt, you’d better be ready to pay it."
I swallow hard, give him a short bow, then throw one more look toward the dark window of the car, lifting my hand in the hope that Bay sees me, sending a small kiss into the air.
Then I turn and walk toward my house.
I don’t know how I unlock the door, how I make it to my bed, but I know I spend half the night crying.
BAY
The kiss Alex sends me feels like something reaching me from a different side of reality, from behind a foggy veil where a lost world exists.
Ennio comes back to the car.
In the meantime, the alpha who was sitting with us moves to the front, and suddenly it is just me and Ennio behind the soundproof glass.
I sit curled up in the corner with my head resting against the window, earlier I was broken and now I am nothing but a shadow, I do not want to keep living like this, not this way.
