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I struggled to take a breath against the sharp jab of pain threatening to burst heart open, how could he just admit it so easily?

And what truth was he talking about?

"Now come along this instant or you'll fucking ruin everything!" he grabbed my arm none too gently and began to force me inside the car.

I've never heard dad swear before...Not even once but now wasn't the time to debate on that .one thing for sure, I won't be going anywhere with him.

Hayden was right afterall, they don't give two shits about me, and he's just admitted it right to my face

"Let go!" I screamed and began to struggle against his hold when I felt something metallic press against the side of my head .

A gun?

"D..dad w..what.." I croaked out both in shock and disbelief

"I wanted to do this the easy way..but you're being so stubborn and wasting my time "

I couldn't make out my next words when I felt a deep excruciating pain in my head

"Damn you look so much like her " he mumbled out

That was the last thing I remembered before the world turned black.

Chapter THIRTY SEVEN

Gracie

I awoke to a splitting headache , I felt as if my head is being ripped apart, with great difficulty I managed to peer my eyes open, it was pitch dark, I couldn't see a single thing...

I only remembered.....

The memories came rushing like a heavy flood of water.

Dad....

The gun...

Oh god!He must have hit my head with it.

I tried to move my hands and feet but couldn't , I was tied up in a chair of some sort.

Panic kicked in as I struggle in earnest to break free from my constraints.

Why had he kidnap me?Even more so, why had he brought me here to this place?

I froze when I heard the sound of a door clicking open, I heard footsteps approaching, about a moment later the lights turned on, it was so bright blinding me for a moment.

I stared into the cold eyes of the man I considered my father

"Dad why are you doing this , let me go!"

A chuckle escape his mouth as he straightened down to my level

"It feels good to finally see you after eighteen years Graciela "

I was confused for a moment , but not for long, the realization slowly dawned on me

"You aren't my dad..you are Matteo " even as I said it aloud it sounded so unreal, I didn't believe it...