Page 14 of Octavious
I swallow around the huge mass in my throat of nerves. I fucked that Octavious? There is no way in hell I did that. I would have known if he was in the life, wouldn’t I have? I’m not that stupid. Right?
“I’m here.”
“Then answer me when I’m talking to you!”
“Look, dad, I’m kind of busy. Can you just tell me what you wanted to tell me?”
“I sent Felipe to the lodge to do some recon and take all of the financial information. This morning, I received an ear in the mail with a picture of Felipe.”
A lot of fathers in the mafia don’t share this much information with their daughters. Mine shares this much because he has always wanted me to be the one to take over the family after he retires. No matter how often I tell him I don’t want it, he insists.
“What would you like me to do?” I question and then immediately regret it. Whatever he wants me to do can’t be good. He’s probably going to have me do some crazy sting.
If I truly just slept with Octavious, I have to forget about him. If our families found out we slept together, people are going to die. My father would kill him and then kill me like he did with Servos.
I don’t want that kind of stress on my shoulders.
“Vera, I need you to go to the lode and see if you can see Felipe.”
“Dad, I don’t want to be in this…” I try to reason with him. He would kill me if he found out I just slept with his arch rival.
I couldn’t tell you how many times I have heard my father complaining about Octavious and The Andino Family.
“I also want you to get some intel on Octavious. He has to have something I can use to take him down.”
“Dad, I’m not going to tell you again. I don’t want to be involved with this.”
My body is suddenly very cold. I just realized what my father is wanting me to be used as. “You want me to be used as bait?”
My body shivers from the amount of anger coursing through my bones. I have never been this insulted in my life before. I’m worth more than bait.
“You don’t understand. We have to get Felipe back.”
I scoff. “So in the meantime, they can kidnap me and then cut off my ear!”
He takes a deep breath. “You aren’t listening to me…”
I hang up on him before he could say anything more. The sound of his voice is pissing me off. The last thing I want to hear is how I owe the family or whatever bull shit my dad is going to be spewing.
Did Octavious know who I was when he picked me up at the bar? Is that why he approached me?
With all of these unanswered questions, I throw the blanket off of me and clamber out of bed to get dressed. I need answers.
I pull out a fresh pair of underwear, a fresh pair of leggings, my bra and a fresh tank top to wear down to the main lodge area.
I know exactly who my father thinks he is. I know exactly how controlling he has been my whole life and no matter what I do he is going to be this controlling. The more I pull away from him and the Baros legacy, the more he tries to pull me back.
My mind is focused on finding Iago. I need to talk to him about what happened last night and the conversation I just had with my dad. He understands this life and will know how to calm me down.
Right now, I feel used. Did Octavious know who I was and wanted to stick it to my father? If that is the case, I must be really sick because I still very much enjoyed last night. No man has ever made me come like that. No man has come close to fucking me to the brink of insanity.
Stop!I scold myself and concentrate on getting coffee and finding Iago.
With the coffee cart in sight, I almost sprint to it. My tired body and soul need caffeine too much.
“Vera!” Iago yells from across the main area.
“Hey,” I mutter.
