Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 61900 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 310(@200wpm)___ 248(@250wpm)___ 206(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 61900 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 310(@200wpm)___ 248(@250wpm)___ 206(@300wpm)
It blew up.
They knew it would.
They were told by Bassel that it needed to look like they had nothing to do with it so they were purposefully seen out of town doing a charity ride. As far as anyone knows, the source is anonymous, and Delilah’s family is going to come crashing to the ground. The most powerful family around is now going to be taken out.
“She good?” Hugh asks when I approach him.
He puts an arm around my waist, pulling me close.
“No, she’s not, but she will be.”
“We knew it would end like this, didn’t want to hurt her but in the end, there really was no other choice. That family needed to be brought down for what they were doin,’ and this was the only way.”
“I know, but it’s so so hard to see her suffering like this. She honestly believed the best, she thought her father was a good man, this must be absolutely horrible for her.”
“Yeah, it is, but she’s got us, and we won’t let her down.”
I turn my attention to the television and watch as a reporter on the screen speaks. She talks about the video proof that was leaked, the allegations against the family and names the people involved. As it stands, Delilah’s father is in custody and will be held there until an investigation has been complete.
He won’t be getting out anytime soon.
Not when people are speaking out against him.
It’s over for them and their fortune.
I exhale and close my eyes. Hugh brings me close and presses a kiss to my forehead. I turn into him, wrapping my arms around his waist and breathing him in. I need his comfort right now, but I know Delilah needs us all a whole lot more. She’s asleep, so I’m going to take a second to let the shock of what just happened sink in.
It’s going to be a long, hard road for her family.
If they survive this, life going forward will be nothing like what they’ve lived so far.
Riggs gives us all the information we need and nothing more, and it’s only incase there is any link back to the club which there won’t be, because everyone’s focus is going to be on that family. Still, they’ve covered every angle. They’re smart and they’re not going to risk anything happening.
We all agree to tell the same story, if needed, and then they all leave.
Hugh and I check on Delilah before retreating to the spare bedroom.
She’s asleep, but she’s restless.
The look on her face, even during rest, is heartbreaking.
She’s worried for her mother, for her family, and no doubt, somewhere deep down, for her father.
It’s going to take a long time to process this.
“Do you think we’re safe?” I ask Hugh as we lay in bed, his arm around me, pulling me close.
“Anyone directly involved has been arrested, right now, we’re the least of their problems. You’re safe, I told you I’d make sure of that.”
“Delilah won’t get into trouble for any of this, will she?”
“No, we’ve made sure her name is protected. As far as anyone is concerned, she didn’t know. I know she didn’t, and by the sounds of it, neither did her mother. The two of them will be protected.”
“Maybe by the law, but not from the gossips, the hate, and the people who are going to look at them as outcasts. It’ll take an awfully long time for them to recover from this.”
“Her mother more so,” Hugh agrees. “She’s goin’ to go through a lot, but what that man was doin,’ it had to be stopped. It fuckin’ sucks others had to be hurt in the process, but there was no other way around it.”
“I know you’re right,” I agree. “I just feel so bad for them. Imagine finding out someone you loved and trusted, was a god damned monster. It would be the worst feeling in the world.”
“Yeah, it wouldn’t be fuckin’ nice. Deep down, too, they know they’re goin’ to lose a lot, if not everything. The life they’ve been raised to be familiar with, will be no more. Delilah will recover, but someone like her mom might not. She doesn’t know what the normal world feels like, that’ll be tough for her.”
I can only imagine.
Going from everything to nothing, that is going to be a pretty big shock to the system.
I breathe out, but it does nothing to relieve the heaviness in my chest.
So much has happened, I don’t even know what to do with it.
I close my eyes, taking a deep, shaky breath. “Where to from here?”
“Forward, babe. There is only forward.”
Right, forward.
But where does that lead?
24
It has been three weeks since everything went down with Delilah’s family.
Her father has been arrested and is awaiting trial. So are all the people involved. The gossip around town is huge and Delilah has told us that because her mom has been proven to have had nothing to do with it, she should get something to keep her afloat. She won’t be left with nothing, and their savings and home should be left with her unless it is proved that she was involved.