Chapter 1
I pulled up to
the abandoned cabin in the woods reluctantly. My GPS had led me here to this
place but this couldn't be right. There's no way Amber was living, more like
hiding in this dump in the middle of nowhere. I loosened the Hermes tie that
was beginning to choke me. If the Intel I had received was accurate then the
woman I had spent the most wonderful two weeks of my life with was in there,
and she was not alone. If this was true then I would make her life a hell on
earth, no one took from me and walked away, not even the one who had stolen my
heart. It was almost a year since our idyllic time in the Greek isles, two
weeks of love and promises between two strangers who had fallen fast and fallen
hard for each other. Until we had returned to the states and she disappeared
without a trace, it had taken my people this long to find her. Almost one year
of frustration and sleepless nights, one year when the only thing that kept me
going was the business and my burning need for revenge.
I got out of my
Aston Martin and looked around hardly believing that this is where my search
had led me. I couldn't imagine the soft spoken genteel woman I had met being
anywhere near such a place, but then again there was a lot I didn't know about
her; the lying little bitch.
I walked
cautiously towards the dilapidated porch looking for any signs of life. There
was nothing, not even the sound of birds in the trees, of course I could've
disturbed them with my presence and they went into hiding. The sagging
structure looked as if it was about to fall in and I was about to turn around
and leave when I heard a faint sound coming from behind the door. Heart racing
and senses on high alert I reached out to turn the knob. It opened without too
much effort, onto a scene that boggled my mind.
"You
conniving little bitch."
"Ahhhh."
She screamed and turned around shielding the tiny bundle she held cradled in
her arms.
"Co...Colin?"
She stuttered in fear, her eyes wide with terror. She was right to be afraid
because before this day was done I would destroy her completely.
Almost One Year
Earlier.
"Colin you
really need a holiday, you work entirely too much."
"Mom, don't
start." I kissed the exasperating woman on her cheek as she came into my
office. I think I've been hearing that same refrain or something like it since
I was about eighteen.
"Well it's
true, when's the last time you took a real holiday hmmm? Right after college if
I remember correctly. Good Lord son that's a little more than seven
years."
I gave her my
signature smirk to try and distract her, I know her. When she gets like this
she’s like a dog with a meaty bone. If I’m not careful she would have me in the
middle if the Mediterranean on a yacht before I knew what hit me and I didn't
have time for that. No matter how much the papers liked to peg me as the
carefree playboy, nothing could be farther from the truth. I worked hard, and
okay when the opportunity arose I played hard too, but those times were
becoming more and more rare.
Ever since
granddad had retired and passed the reigns to my brother Don and I I'd given up
my late nights and party hat for long days and strategy meetings at the office.
"I'm too
busy right now mom."
"But your
brother always finds time to relax and get away."
"Mom Don’s
a family man, besides you and I both know that Cindy would drag him by the
balls..."
"Such
language Colin really." Her scolding didn't quite work since she was
fighting not to laugh. Mom is a real firecracker, in her cashmere twin sets and
Prada heels. She is the picture of a high society maven; hosting garden parties
for whatever charity or cause she was interested in at the moment. But at home
with her nearest and dearest she was a force to be reckoned with. She kept dad
on his toes that was for sure, at least that's what he's been telling me my
whole life.
"What is it
that you want now mom?"
"Is that
anyway to talk to your dear old mom?"
"Pffft
I pulled up to
the abandoned cabin in the woods reluctantly. My GPS had led me here to this
place but this couldn't be right. There's no way Amber was living, more like
hiding in this dump in the middle of nowhere. I loosened the Hermes tie that
was beginning to choke me. If the Intel I had received was accurate then the
woman I had spent the most wonderful two weeks of my life with was in there,
and she was not alone. If this was true then I would make her life a hell on
earth, no one took from me and walked away, not even the one who had stolen my
heart. It was almost a year since our idyllic time in the Greek isles, two
weeks of love and promises between two strangers who had fallen fast and fallen
hard for each other. Until we had returned to the states and she disappeared
without a trace, it had taken my people this long to find her. Almost one year
of frustration and sleepless nights, one year when the only thing that kept me
going was the business and my burning need for revenge.
I got out of my
Aston Martin and looked around hardly believing that this is where my search
had led me. I couldn't imagine the soft spoken genteel woman I had met being
anywhere near such a place, but then again there was a lot I didn't know about
her; the lying little bitch.
I walked
cautiously towards the dilapidated porch looking for any signs of life. There
was nothing, not even the sound of birds in the trees, of course I could've
disturbed them with my presence and they went into hiding. The sagging
structure looked as if it was about to fall in and I was about to turn around
and leave when I heard a faint sound coming from behind the door. Heart racing
and senses on high alert I reached out to turn the knob. It opened without too
much effort, onto a scene that boggled my mind.
"You
conniving little bitch."
"Ahhhh."
She screamed and turned around shielding the tiny bundle she held cradled in
her arms.
"Co...Colin?"
She stuttered in fear, her eyes wide with terror. She was right to be afraid
because before this day was done I would destroy her completely.
Almost One Year
Earlier.
"Colin you
really need a holiday, you work entirely too much."
"Mom, don't
start." I kissed the exasperating woman on her cheek as she came into my
office. I think I've been hearing that same refrain or something like it since
I was about eighteen.
"Well it's
true, when's the last time you took a real holiday hmmm? Right after college if
I remember correctly. Good Lord son that's a little more than seven
years."
I gave her my
signature smirk to try and distract her, I know her. When she gets like this
she’s like a dog with a meaty bone. If I’m not careful she would have me in the
middle if the Mediterranean on a yacht before I knew what hit me and I didn't
have time for that. No matter how much the papers liked to peg me as the
carefree playboy, nothing could be farther from the truth. I worked hard, and
okay when the opportunity arose I played hard too, but those times were
becoming more and more rare.
Ever since
granddad had retired and passed the reigns to my brother Don and I I'd given up
my late nights and party hat for long days and strategy meetings at the office.
"I'm too
busy right now mom."
"But your
brother always finds time to relax and get away."
"Mom Don’s
a family man, besides you and I both know that Cindy would drag him by the
balls..."
"Such
language Colin really." Her scolding didn't quite work since she was
fighting not to laugh. Mom is a real firecracker, in her cashmere twin sets and
Prada heels. She is the picture of a high society maven; hosting garden parties
for whatever charity or cause she was interested in at the moment. But at home
with her nearest and dearest she was a force to be reckoned with. She kept dad
on his toes that was for sure, at least that's what he's been telling me my
whole life.
"What is it
that you want now mom?"
"Is that
anyway to talk to your dear old mom?"
"Pffft
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