chapter 52

"Can I see the letter she wrote?" Massimo asked, Alex gave him the letter. He looked at it and a smirk pulled up on his lips. "We overlook certain details at times in life even though it is staring at us in the face with a bride smile." He chuckled, leaving Alex confused."What does that mean?" Alex asked."Is this Laura's handwriting?" He asked looking at the letter."Yes, it is, there was a time she wrote a poem because Kimberly asked her to."........Flashback.....Kimberly picked up a pen and paper and rushed to Laura's side, "Mummy let's write a poem together." She looked at her with puppy dog eyes."I don't know how to write a poem, I have never liked that genre of literature." She carried Kimberly and placed her on her leg."We can write the ones we know like twinkle twinkle little star." Kimberly was determined to write a poem with her mother, no matter what it is."Hmm ok, I think I can work with that." She picked up the paper and pen and scribbled on it, she wrote and memorized the poem with Kimberly, and they both laughed and spoke the lines of the poem.Alex stood at the staircase looking at the both of them with a smile on his face, he looked like the happiest man on earth who had everything he wanted in life.Kimberly saw him, she jumped down from her legs, took the paper, and rushed to him "dad look we wrote a poem together." She jumped from one foot to another.He took the piece of paper and read, and he smiled. "I will keep it in my room, it will be my treasure." She folded the paper and placed it in his pocket."Come on, let's get you ready for bed, it's way past your bedtime." Laura carried her to her room and got her ready for bed.......back to the present......"Can I see what she wrote?" Massimo asked. Alex didn't know what he wanted to do with the letter but he gave it anyway. "Alexander, never jump to conclusion, you should know better." He took the two pieces of paper and went to a desk."You see the poem, the writing is in order, it looks neat and it seems like she took her time in writing it. But look at the letter she left for you, the letters are shaky like her hands were not in order, it looked like she was scared." He explained Alex took the papers and that's when he noticed it.Alex, I never loved you, I had to play along so I could turn things around. I hate you with everything in me, I needed the opportunity to run away from you, I've been planning this for a while. I never planned for our child to die but his passing was a liberation from you, who would want to have a child with a monster? I never want to cross paths with you again. Move on and find someone who will love a monster like you, kiss Kimberly for me, I will always love her."See the M in move on, she added pressure while writing it, the A in and, the cut in between the two lines is bold, the S in someone is printed, the O in someone looks like a Q and the N in monster has a curvy mark at the top." he took a piece of paper and wrote on it,"If you bring all these letters together, M.A.S.O.N, Mason. Do you know anyone who goes by that name?" He asked looking at his son who was seething."The son of a bitch, it's time I sent him to the afterlife." He gritted."Nemesis?" Massimo asked."He is a punk who is trying to take over my position as the Don and is obsessed with Laura. Thank you for pointing this out, I will settle this once and for all." He left the house.Meanwhile, inside a dark room on a comfortable bed covered with a soft blanket was Laura, she was unconscious. Mason sat on a chair with a cigarette inhis mouth and recalled how he took her without anyone noticing.....flashback....The moment Alex left the house with Massimo, a man dressed in black scaled up the fence, climbed the roof, and sat on it waiting for the signal. When Alex was talking about Mack, Mason sent the signal to his men, and Dexter was called to the airport, he brought Kimberly back home and went to the airport with guards. The house was left with little security, the man dressed in black tied a robe on his waist and hooked it on the roof, he opened the stairs leading to the roof, which was not far from Alex's room. He slide down and went into the house, he hide behind a door when he heard footsteps.He located Alex's room, he looked at the girl sleeping on the bed and smiled to himself, he took her hair away from her face. The little touch woke Laura from her sleep, she tried screaming but her mouth was gagged immediately with a thick cloth."Follow my instructions and no one gets hurt, the girlin the next room will be spared if you cooperate." Heremoved a pen and paper from his pocket and gave itto her "write a letter telling Alex you are leaving him,make it believable." He instructed, and Laura lookedat him with teary eyes.She wrote the letter with shaky hands, she tried taking off the cloth but a gun was pointed at her head, and her tears spilled out of her eyes as she wrote. She decided to leave a clue for him and prayed he sees it. The man hit the back of her head with his gun sending her unconscious.He picked up the letter and placed it under the pillow, he carried Laura on his shoulder and walked out of the room, he held the rope and was pulled up by it, he jumped down and carried her to the fence. He tied her to his waist and climbed the fence......back to the present.....He chuckled to himself "I have you now little one, you belong to me. Alex can have the title as don I don't need it.