Alex
Thomas is telling me, Frank, and Oliver about the clean-up of Nick’s condo. I glance at Frank and I notice that he is upset about Nick. I keep thinking that Adele was supposed to be with him, what if she had been? I don’t even want to think about Garth being anywhere near Adele. He just proved to be more dangerous than I thought he was. I warned him, Oliver threatened him, and yet he just won’t fucking disappear. When he killed Nick, that just proved to me that he needs to be taken care of permanently.
“You got rid of the body? You couldn’t have called the cops?” Frank asks Thomas and I roll my eyes. Frank used to be a cop and every occasionally, he’ll forget cops are now the enemy. Thomas shakes his head and looks at me to explain.
“We couldn’t call the cops, Frank. They would have come in and checked for fingerprints and shit. They would have questioned everyone and Adele’s face would have been all over the news. This guy doesn’t know where she is and they would have led bread crumbs directly to her.” I tell Frank as I stand and start pacing the room.
“You’re right,” Frank says as he drops his head into his hands. “I don’t know how I’ll tell Lola any of this,” he frets.
“Don’t tell Lola shit. As far as any of us know, Nick just left town. We don’t know where he is,” I tell him as I continue to pace.
“You don’t think anyone will miss him, Alex?” Frank asks in frustration.
“It doesn’t matter if they do. They won’t come back to us asking,” I reply and notice as Oliver stands and runs his hands through his hair.
“Look... I hate to be heartless, but Nick is gone. This Garth person killed him and he is out there somewhere, probably looking for your girlfriend. We need to track his ass down and put him with Nick,” Oliver says and I couldn’t agree with him more.
“Where is Adele now?” Frank asks and the three of them look at me.
“She’s at my place.”
I hear Frank sigh and I look at him with narrowed eyes.
“I told you not to mess with her, Alex. She has enough problems without having to add yours to her plate,” Frank says and I shake my head at him.
“If I would have left her alone Frank, she would be with Nick right now. Would that make you happy?” Frank looks at me and closes his eyes.
“We don’t have time for this shit. Her husband killed one of ours. No one touches one of us and lives to talk about it. We need to find him,” Thomas reminds us as he looks between me and Frank.
“Is anyone watching your place now, Alex?” Frank asks me.
“Yes. Oliver has put someone on my place and they won’t let anyone near my door,” I let Frank know as Oliver’s cell phone rings. He walks out of the room to answer and Frank shakes his head as he walks back to the desk.
“I can’t believe this shit, Alex. I can’t believe that you would fuck around with her knowing she isn’t capable of dealing with you right now,” Frank continues to berate me.
“What do you mean by that? I am not a fucking drug, Frank. I care about Adele and I won’t do anything to hurt her. You make it sound like I am a poisonous disease and her immune system is compromised.” I roll my eyes
“You care about her?” Frank asks me.
“Yes, I do,” I confirm as he narrows his eyes. I open my mouth to say more, but Oliver comes rushing back into the office.
“We have a fucking problem!” he shouts.
A few minutes later, I am in my car driving eighty headed back to my house. Frank is in the passenger seat and Oliver and Thomas are following us. Oliver received a call that Adele’s security had been compromised. Adele had left the house and when he went to follow, he was knocked out from behind. I am looking through the house for any clues to where the hell she would have been going. I can hear several conversations going on in the background, but I don’t hear a word they are saying. I only have Adele on my mind and I am praying that Garth didn’t get to her. Why in hell would she leave this house and where the fuck was she going? Frank walks over to me and puts his hands on my shoulders and I look him in the eyes.
“Did you hear what I said, Alex?” I look at him and shake my head. I haven’t heard anything since I found out Adele was missing.
“I gave Adele a cell phone. It had a tracking device in it. We’ll just trace it and we’ll know where she is,” Frank tells me and I am tempted to kiss him.
Thirty minutes later we are watching as Frank tracks the phone and watch the address display on the screen. I can’t help but notice that it’s indicating that she isn’t moving. Why in the hell isn’t she moving? Did Garth get to her, is she dead? We jump in Oliver’s truck and he drives as Frank gives him the directions. I am sitting in the back with Thomas and I start to feel sick. I can’t believe that I am sick with fucking fear. I am not used to being afraid of anything. I have been afraid one time before and that was when I feared my father dying. I am now afraid for the second time in my life and I can’t believe that it’s because of Adele. I can’t believe this girl that I promised to get rid of has me practically shaking in my boots. If Garth did anything to her, he is dead. Is this what it feels like to care about someone? Adele isn’t family, but I would kill to protect her. If anyone hurts her, they will feel that hurt.
It’s getting dark when we finally pull off the road into a park and continue to drive. There is a parking lot in the back of the park and a car is parked there. Oliver parks next to the car and we all get out. We walk over to the car and Frank pulls out the tracking device and it shows that she is here. I look inside and there is no Adele. I look in the front seat and the back. It never occurs to me that she could be in the trunk until I look back at Frank, Thomas, and Oliver and they are staring at the trunk. I pray that she isn’t dead in the trunk. I close my eyes as Oliver heads to his truck for something to use on the trunk. He hits the trunk handle a few times and it opens. There is a body curled up inside and I see blood in the trunk. I lift her out and lay her on the ground as I pull her arm away from her face. We all gasp when Alexis’ arm falls from her face.