I shake my head side to side not knowing how to take any of this information. It’s possibly been Tommy this whole time?
“I need to tell you something else too. The first night you were in the club, the night Lev and Alina met, the guy you were speaking to…” He says before clenching and unclenching his jaw.
“He was with the Italians, the guy Alina was dancing with is also with the Italians, but the one who was with you at the bar, he spiked your drink. It’s why you seemed so drunk and out of it. I didn’t want you to worry because we took care of him and you got home safe that night but I’m so sorry for not telling you sooner.”
The words come out of his mouth, I hear them, but I can’t believe what he’s actually telling me. Someone spiked me, god knows what could have happened to me that night.
“There’s one more thing and I promise this is the only secret left.” He adds before taking a deep breath in and exhaling slowly.
“I had Andrei follow you, when you first called about the car, I thought you had spotted Andrei, so we didn’t thinkanything of it. Now though, we know they had to have been trying to get to you because of me. I put you in this danger and I will do everything in my power to make up for it, no matter how much you might hate me for it.”
There’s no way this is real life, it can’t be. I’ve had a lot of information thrown at me in the last five minutes that I don’t even know where to begin, but the fact he had me followed by one of his men makes me feel sick.
“You had me followed.” I choke out.
“You have to be kidding me Dragna. This isn’t fucking real!” I scream as I come to my senses and unbuckle my seatbelt, needing to get out of the car.
“Pull over. Now.” I demand and he pulls in to the side of the road as I grab on the door handle trying to open the car door.
“Unlock the car.” I spit out but he doesn’t make a move to do it.
“I’m not letting you out of this car for your own safety Willow. We have no idea where Tommy is. I’ll drive you back to the house and if you want me to stay away from you until you can make sense of everything then I will, but I’m not letting you out of this car.”
I take in a deep breath before that last shred of logic I was holding onto burns to ashes.
I turn my body round and begin kicking at the door and window, doing anything to break out of here and away from him. I realise I’ve officially gone insane, but I don’t care. It’s because of him that I feel like this.
“Willow you’re going to hurt yourself! Stop, I’ll open the doors, just stop!” He shouts as I hear a clicking sound. I stop kicking the door and try the handle and finally the door opens and I jump down onto the sidewalk before slamming the door shut again.
I begin walking down the street as Dragna drives along side me with the window now rolled down.
“Please just get back in the car Willow.” He begs.
“No, just leave me alone!” I shout back at him.
“I didn’t mean for any of this to happenmoya dusha, I’m sorry but please just get back in the car.”
“You didn’t mean for any of this to happen but you did all of it anyway? I feel like I have whiplash with you. One minute I think I know you, then I find out who you really are, then I fucking miss you and wish that you’re able to help us, then I find out had me followed, had me tracked!” I scream through tears that are now flowing freely down my face.
“I’m not letting you walk these streets on your own. I’m not going anywhere.” He shouts back and I feel the irritation boiling inside me.
“You certainly didn’t let me walk any streets on my own when you were having me followed. You were stalking me too Dragna. You thought my actual stalker was one of your men who you had set to follow me. Do you know how you sound right now trying to justify that? I’d rather be fucking kidnapped out here than spend another minute with you right now.”
I don’t really mean that but I have never been this angry in my life and I don’t even know where the strength to stand up to him is coming from. I’m completely breaking on the inside and it’s just coming out in any way I can let the anger out.
“I know you probably don’t believe me but it was all for your safety. This world is different from yours and I did what I felt right to keep you safe. Someone truly is after you and they are either the men you were with this weekend or connected to them. Either way they won’t stop until they get what they want Willow so please, I am fucking begging you to get in the car!” He shouts but it isn’t aggressive.
He sounds so desperate that I almost give in. But he stalked me and tracked me like an animal and I need to try and make sense of it all. I need to be alone.
“I won’t tell you again Dragna.” I say as I take the necklace off and throw it away down the street in complete anger.
“Leave me the hell—”
Chapter Forty Nine
Dragna
The first time I heard a gunshot was when my grandfather shot and killed my own father for what he did to my mother. I didn’t flinch at the thunderous sound when it echoed through the estate then and I didn’t react when it was time for me to pull the trigger myself and end a life at eighteen years old.
