She is the one by Asheslove (that summer book .TXT) 📗

Chapter 37

Today is Thanksgiving and also the end of almost fourth month of my captivity. Days passed, weeks passed but nothing changed. It started seems like now nothing is left to change, my life is in someone else's hands and I become more like he wants me to be.

My mother is Italian and Italians won't celebrate Thanksgiving but since dad is American and we live in America it become a tradition in our family to celebrate thanksgiving together and mom enjoys it as much as we all do. Dad is only son of their parents just like my mother, raised with all love and affection but his parents were not against their marriage like my mothers, rather they love my mom, even they used to say my father is lucky man to have woman like her as his wife and they accepted my mother will all their heart and showered their love with all blessings.

Talk of Thanksgiving, at Thanksgiving our whole family gathers together and we celebrate it with our grandparents. My grandparents won't leave with us so it's only vacations or festivals when we visit each other.

While talking with maids few days ago they came to know I celebrated both Italian and American festivals. All maids are orphan so they decided to make Thanksgiving dinner to celebrate the festival like family and also invited me so that I won't feel lonely or alone like homeless which I was, the only difference is I am living with and under the roof of my captor which I could say is more worst.

But Nicolas came early before evening and told me he has some plans for today so that idea too dropped. I wanted to deny, I was sad, angry and frustrated due to my scattered feelings of not being around my family for Thanksgiving but masked all my emotions in front of him.

                                             

The car stop at Nicolas factory. The same factory where he brought me before when made deal with Benjamin. 

I don't know much but today Nicolas has some very important business meeting but before that he has to took care about some important work at factory. 

Things are little unstable currently so instead of leaving me home he brought me with himself. Even though there are guards stationing his mansion, Nicolas is still not relieved after that attack but I am also fine getting some time out as it almost started feeling homesick due to the tight security. 

Nicolas held my hand in his but instead of walking in like last time we walked at the back of the factory where heaps of coals were lying and few men were loading a truck whom Edward was ordering.

Not much but from whatever I heard I came to know that many illegal businesses are done hiding behind these factories.

'How's work going?' He asked walking near to Edward who is smoking cigarette pressed between his lip.

'Its the purest which ever arrive to Europe Nic. I tasted it, it's real gold, no lies. Market will be on fucking fire once this will go out' Edward said excitedly showing few white brownish crystals to Nicolas.

'The Chinese Ed' Nicolas replied.

'What's this?' I asked Nicolas looking at those crystals.

'It’s opium' he told.

'Oh, you are also here. Hii Lena" Edward said showing me his teeth when he heard me and I instantly regretted not breaking them.

'So these are drugs' I said and Nicolas hummed in response.

'It’s not like you are unknown or new to this term. After all you are not as innocent as we thought; we all know how smartly you injected one in Sophia to escape Nicolas, right. Do you still remember or forget.' Edward said mockingly with venom dripping in his tone.

I know this will came to me as after what happened everybody had known what I exactly did and how I escaped but its strange Nicolas didn't still question me on that so it's just keeping me at trance. 

Rolling my eyes I ignored what Edward said not bothering myself to reply back and instead asked Nicolas.

'And what does pure means?’

'Drugs are of many types and mostly adulterated is used in markets. This is the purest and best quality, no flour, no salt, no sugar' Nicolas replied but before I could ask any question further he turned to Edward again, of course making sure not to give me much details. Well it's not like I want to get, being all detective like James bond but it's just fascinating to know.

'How much is shifted to our warehouse?' Nicolas questioned Edward.

'Approx half. We shifted half of the stuff by trucks in cargos hiding underneath the coal' Edward replied.

'Half is enough for now, we can't risk all in once. Shift remaining half to somewhere else'.

'When are our shipments coming?'

'They are going to arrive tonight by road' Michael said coming to us.

'Peter and Sophia are on them' he told and then looking at me passed a small smile. 

He was looking better than last time I’d seen him but I can't say his wound is completely healed and he's all fine, I saw him wincing a second ago when he waved at us before he came here.

'So what do you have in your head Nik? Two shipments at the same time, one is coming and other is leaving. Do you think we can trust men with shipments of fuckin millions’?

'We can trust our men but we can't trust the fucking Chinese Michael'.

'All you have to do is wait until our shipments arrive first and shift them to the warehouse. When the shipments will be shifted, you will leave for Harbor and seven tones of cargo is loaded in ships at port and sailed to England. Once they will reach England Benjamin will take care from there until they reach America, James will manage remaing there'.

'It will be more easy using trucks by road' Michael said.

'The seven tones is bound for San Francisco and you know other nations police are not too fond of us Michael. We can't send these directly to America; American police is on their heels. It's not different in England but right now Benjamin will take care of forces there'.

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