Telling about Tim Copley

"So tell us why are you here?" asked Stella as she looks at Lucian.

"I got jumped by The Varrios Riot Cartel," said Lucian truthfully.

"Who is he to you Skylar?" asked Luciano as he looks at Skylar directly who remind quiet.

"Her bully" replied Stella as she couldn't help herself.

"Skylar, don't worry okay. You can tell him and he will still stick by your side trust me, babe. You got other people to back you up now, just let it all go" said Stella as she looks at her best friend in eye-to-eye contact, giving her boost and words of encouragement to which Skylar nod her head.

"Tim Copley is my bully back at my schooling time, he bullied and beat me up because he was in love with me-" said Skylar but cut off by Stella as she rolls her eyes.

"sick bastard," said Stella cutting Skylar's sentence in a fit of annoyance.

"Sorry, continue" add Stella as she looks at Skylar.

"We both didn't know that he was some kind of members of the cartel when I take legal action towards him which throw him inside the prison for his crime. What we both didn't know and not in a million years think that he could escape the prison. So remember that day where we use your car Luciano and leave you two at the mall where we three drove back to the hotel?" said Skylar as she looks at both of them.

"Yes, that night where you three ditch us. Yes, we remember" reply Lucian as he gives the 'I'm done with you two' facial expression to them both.

"Sorry about that, so when we on our way head back to the hotel he calls me using our gym phone so I pick it up without any worry but it turns out to be a bad case in which he kidnapped the person whom we both cherish which is Jacob, George and Isla," said Skylar as she looks at the tree for a small pause.

"Just to clarify that Jacob, George and Isla are like our another family whom we meet through our gym as we train under them for protection" add Stella trying to cover up before both Lucian and Luciano started questioning them.

"Then we both quickly fly to Rome first and sent Marius to our parents before we both head over to the meeting place that was set up by Tim, on the next day we went there and it's at one of his warehouse in which we both assume that it's his. In there, we saw Jacob, George and Isla tied up by the side of the warehouse while both of us kneeling in the middle of the warehouse and tied up too. Then from a normal conversation turn to a heated one as I feel anger Tim, well because his people started to punch George so when I scream and threaten him with my words he let his men slap me hard, twice. But what they don't know is that Jacob, George and Isla know how to fight so when they find an opening to fight all three of them started to fight back and knock them one by one" explain Skylar trying to sound convincing.

"What about Stella? Why isn't she bruised up?" asked Luciano as he looks at Stella using his side-eye.

"That's because I got pushed to the side together with Skylar and the three of them clear them all" reply Stella trying to defence Skylar half fake explanation.

"But why don't they free themselves first? Why do they have to wait for you and Skylar to be there then they release themselves?" asked Luciano again and this time he narrows his eyes in a split second which didn't go unnoticed by Stella.

"That because Jacob wants Skylar to face her own enemy and end her uneasy feeling right there and then" explain Stella trying to make it sound convincing in which it is.

"What about you Lucian?" asked Stella as she stands up and sways from left to right slowly making Marius fall asleep.

"I was driving uptown on that day to visit my uncle but as I was on my way home I notice a black van tailgating me for few miles so I speed up just to lose them but before I could lose them they block my way at the end of the road in which squish me like a sandwich. So I stopped the car tried to call for back up but someone jammed the signal there in which they caught up on me and knock me out cold. When I wake up, I saw a few of them hurdle over playing poker a few meters away from me as I was tied up on the chair" explain Lucian while looking around the room.

Stella and Skylar look at each other than exchange a quick signal through their eyes as they slightly raise their eyebrow knowing and confirming that Lucian didn't tell the whole story. It was obvious that he hide something by the way of his body language, expression and tone.

"I overheard them talking about you Sky, not a good one in which I won't say out here. So I tried to provoke them in which they follow stupidly, from what I know and gather is that, Tim your bully is actually a son of The Varrios Riot Cartel and that he was killed by flames at the warehouse where he asked the two of you to meet with him. So they are pointing and blaming you for killing their leader, in which I believe you two 100% that the two of you can't do that shit. Even if you want to do it, it's hard to find gasoline let along you two were brought there by them" said Lucian truthfully.

"So basically you got beaten just to gain information?" asked Skylar in a disappointed tone while shaking her head in disapproval.

"Don't scold him Sky, he was gaining information and it's bound to happen," said Stella defending Lucian as she slowly lay Marius down in between Luciano and her.

Luciano then quickly put some of the pillows surround Marius making a protective barrier for Marius to not get hurt if he turns around meanwhile Stella quickly went inside her room and get a small blanket for her son to cover his body.

"Is it just me or are they both like a married couple" whisper Skylar to Lucian as they both quietly observing the situation.

"It looks like that to me too" whisper back Lucian to Skylar.

"What?" asked both Stella and Luciano in which makes Marius turn.

Both Stella and Luciano quickly pat Marius body and stroke his head encouraging him to go back to sleep while glaring at Lucian and Skylar.

"Oh, I forget to tell you when all five of us walking out from the warehouse and head over to the car that was parked not far from the warehouse in which for sure that the car belongs to one of them. Along the way to the car we smelled like a small amount of leaking gasoline inside and outside of the car or that car was transporting gasoline in which I'm not sure, but for sure there's a gasoline smell coming from outside of the warehouse" said Stella as she successfully diverts their attention back to the topic that they are on.

"Are you saying that someone in the Cartel Clan wanted Tim to die? And they framed the both of you for this?" asked Luciano in a clarification manner.

"I think so. Well if you see this way from my own point of view. The only one who has bad blood with him is both of us. We both put him in prison in which makes the Cartel Clan fell ashamed of their future leader whom they keep on thinking highly on or there might be a power-hungry member among them when Tim is in prison but now that Tim is out from the prison, well more like escaping from the prison that person won't get what he wanted or his position so there's a big probability on that. But again there are tons of possibility or reasons in this matter" said Stella while looking at the three but sent a silent message as she exchanges eye contact with Skylar who nods her head.

"That kinda makes sense," said Skylar supporting her best friend.

"Still lots of holes and unanswered question about this," said Luciano as he looks at Stella and Skylar closely trying to read them.

"If you think that much then why don't you put it simple in which Tim wanted to get revenge on Skylar and me but mostly Skylar as she's the one who sent him to prison and deny his feelings" reply, Stella, as she raises her left eyebrow as if challenging Luciano in which make him slightly smirk at her.

"Babe are you helping me explain things or throwing me out cold?" asked Skylar in a flat tone.

"I'm just joking babe and you know that" reply Stella as she winked at her best friend.

"Now that you hear from our side of the story, you know where the door at. So help yourself out as I'm not going to do that so excuse yourself and go" said Stella to Luciano as she looks at him directly while raising her left eyebrow while blinking her eyes in a meaningful manner.

"Ouch, you hurt my brother's heart by saying that Stell, he flew over here because he cares about you and Marius. Knowing my brother he would never do that for anyone" said Lucian as he tries to back up his brother.

"You too Lucian. You come here unnoticed and he worries about the wrong people. I'm not your people and definitely not your brother's property so he can take his attention towards another woman out there that needed his attention. Besides a player will always be a player" said Stella full of venom as she gently pick up a sleeping Marius and head over to her room leaving everyone behind dumbfounded.