Page 47 of An Alpha's Affair
I keep trying to discreetly scan the area, but unfortunately for me, even though it’s broad daylight, there’s no one around. I look back at Talia, and she gives me a wicked grin.
“Your little bodyguard won’t be able to help you. I’m sick of playing nice. Now, let’s go.”
Talia leads me to a car that’s parked in a secluded area. I walk slowly, trying to figure out a way to get out of this, but Talia is right beside me with the gun. I don’t want to make any sudden movements because I have no idea if she knows how to use that thing or not. But with the wild look in her eyes, it’s a good chance she will use it on me no matter what I do.
When we get to a secluded parking lot, I know there’s no way out of this. Before I can ask Talia why she’s doing this, I feel a sharp pain in the back of my head and everything turns to black.
When I come too, my head is pounding. I lift my hand to grab my head, but it feels as if it weighs a ton. I manage to sluggishly rub the throbbing knot on the back of my head. I feel something wet, and when my blurry vision clears, I see it’s blood.
I’m lying on my side and I know if I try to move, I’m going to throw up. My stomach is unapologetically swirling, and I can feel the bile rising. The last thing I want to do is be sick, but the pain in my head is making me nauseous.
I do my best to try to look around, but I can’t move my head too much. I have no idea where I am, but the dank smell puts me in mind of a basement. It’s dark in here, but not pitch black. There’s also a small window that has a little light coming through it.
I don’t know what time it is or how long I’ve been out, but from the light seeping through the window, it looks about dusk. I won’t yell out for help because Talia’s crazy ass might come in and shoot me. I still can’t believe she did this to me.
I sit up slowly from the hard concrete floor, andmy entire body is aching. If I get out of this, I’m going to beat the hell out of Talia. She smiled in my face and called me friend. All along, she was plotting.
“Why did you bring her here? How’d you get her away from the bodyguard? Cause I know you didn’t have help.”
The voices are coming from right above me, so I can hear them clearly. I still try to hone in on what they’re saying and if I can recognize the voices. I close my eyes and do my best to focus.
“Where else was I supposed to take her? And I did have help. You’re not the only one that can get their hands dirty, you know,” Talia responds smugly.
“I told you to stay away from Ross. He will fuck this up for us.”
“Ross didn’t help me. He doesn’t know anything about this. Your little friend helped me.”
“I’m surprised they had the time to help.”
“Yeah, well, they did. Now, you can use Mindy to get to her boyfriend, and most importantly, I can finally get what I want.”
I frown because I recognize Talia’s shrill voice, but I have no idea who she’s talking to. The voice sounds vaguely familiar, but the pain in my head is keeping me from pinpointing who it might be.
“You’ve always been selfish. Always worried about what’s in it for you.”
“Who else is going to worry about me other than me? I got you what you needed to get Luca Dalonzo arrested, and you fucked it up. How the hell did he get out so quick? You said if I told them about Matthew Besser, they would bury him under the jail.”
“Shut up, Talia. It takes more than the word of a cokehead party girl.”
“You shut up! I told them exactly what you told me to say. It’s not my fault that it didn’t work!”
“It would’ve worked if you gave them the right name, you idiot. You gave them a fake name that can be traced back to you. You could’ve blown up my entire case! This arrest would have thrown my career in the upward trajectory. I knew I shouldn’t have trusted you to do shit.”
“Fuck you! It’s not my fault that you were fucking your informant and he disappeared. Just drop off what you know in an anonymous letter or some shit.”
“Bitch, you were the anonymous letter! Fuck!”
“Just calm down, Lisa.”
“You better be glad you’re my cousin Talia, or I would kill your ass right now. Just lay low, and remember to stay away from Ross. You two don’t need to be seen together. I’ll have to make it look like Dalonzo had something to do with Mindy dying since my case against him for Matthew is falling apart.”
“Why do I have to stay away from Ross? I miss him,” Talia whines.
“’Cause I said so. Just shut the fuck up and don’t do anything else stupid. I have to go make some calls.”
I hear heavy footsteps before a door slams shut. I tightly close my eyes, but the tears still manage to slip past my lids. My only friend is sleeping with my husband, and is conspiring to kill me with a dirty cop and some other unknown person. I don’t know what I did to deserve this, but this is some bullshit.
“How the hell am I going to get out of here?” I whisper into the dusty basement.