chapter 36

I awoke to a splitting headache, I felt as if my head is being ripped apart . With great difficulty, I manage to peer my eyes open , it was pitch dark , I couldn't see anything...

I only remembered...

The memories came rushing like a heavy flood of water.

Dad...

The gun...

Oh god , he must have hit my head with it.

I tried to move my arms and feet but couldn't , I was tied up in a chair of some sort

Panic kicked in as I struggled in earnest to break free from my constraints .

Why had he kidnapped me ? Even more so why had he bought me here to this place ?

I froze when I heard the sound of a door clinking open , I heard footsteps approaching, about a moment later the light turned on, it was so bright, blinding me for a moment

I stared into the cold eyes of the man I considered my father

" Dad why are you doing this? Let me go"

A chuckle escape his mouth as he strengthened down to my level

" It feels good to finally see you after eighteen years Anna"

I was confused for a moment, but not for long, the realization finally dawn on me

"You aren't my dad...you are Philip" even as I said it , it doesn't sound so convincing to me

Didn't want to...

There wasn't much difference between him and his brother , No, they wasn't any difference except for the harsh lines on his face which couldn't be seen unless you take a very close look.

" Now don't say that because that isn't true, I'm your biological father "

He still wore that creepy smile on his face .

" Everyone thinks you are dead"

Everything started to make sense to me, Mark and his brother had been speaking about him the other night .

" No, I'm very much alive as you can see"

" If you've been alive, then where were you all this years?

They said you disappeared that you didn't even show yourself to your own family

" Who said I didn't? How else was I able to hide without being discovered for so many years?"

I don't know why that was surprising, I guess they also lied about that.

" Well you see, I have enemies, they would waste no time to put a bullet through my head"

I began to struggle against my constraints again

" Why did you bring me here?

" You serve one purpose, they've found out am alive, running for almost eighteen years has be tiring ....which is why I want to end everything on my won terms"

His cold gaze settled on my struggling form

" You are just a bate my dear to bring him to me, after his death , I will start on the rest of his , family , but if I don't have you,how else am I supposed to bring him here?"

" Are you taking about Mark?"

A look of destain spread across his face for a moment .

" They think they've got everything under control , I watched him played after you for so many years .

He called it play? It was torture and he stood back and watched me go through all that?

Watched me go through hell for his mistake

" He would do anything to have you back....and you are going to bring him to me"

A humorless chuckled escaped his mouth

" Then you got the wrong person, he won't come"

A cold smirk spread across his face, he patted my hair like I was some two years old

" For your sake, I hope he does, believe me I also don't want to do this to you, but you see , money can make anyone do anything ....it was all for money I had betrayed the Andrews year ago , a little bit of revenge I might add, I've worked for him for so many years but he always threat me like shit... He killed me but I manage to survive after months of laying in coma, now it pay back time"

A sinister smile spread across his lips as he produce a phone from his pocket and handed it over to me.

" Now call you little lover boy"

I stared cautiously at the cell phone in his hand

"No , I..." Before I could complete my sentence the hard feeling of his hands hitting my cheeks sent me flying to the hard floor , I cried out at the stinging sensation

He strengthened down to make a hard grip on my head, threatening to ripped it off my scalp.

" You really are stupid just like your mother" he hissed

His words piqued up the sensation that had been gnawing inside me for a while now

" My mother... who's she?"

An evil chuckle escape his mouth as if I just asked something amusing .

" She was some prostitute and drug addict I fucked a few times , she was quite young exactly how I like'em...nine months later she returned with a god damn baby"

My eyes burned with angry tears at his cruel words, why was I the one stuck in-between all of this? And this man was supposed to be my father?

" Bitch didn't want a baby, I still don't know why she didn't abort you, perhaps she did it just to spit me"

" Where's she now?" I found myself asking

For a moment something flashed through his gaze then it disappeared and replace by a dark look

"I killed her"

I don't know why his words didn't surprise me in the least bit, maybe because I already guessed it.

I put a bullet in her fucking head, I ought to have killed you too but my sister in-law was too compassionate for that , she offered to raise you... I'm glad she did or you wouldn't be here right now."

" Don't you want to know why my brother and his wife gave you up weeks ago ? Money my dear, I had to pay a lot to compensate them for bringing you up, I needed Mark to take you so everything would come to an end...but the plan failed, he figured out I'm alive which is why I decided to make the first move . My brother and his wife left town rich and satisfied , you'll not allow all the money I paid to go to waste will you?"

" You are disgusting ' you can kill me but I'll never take part in whatever sick game you have in mind " I spat out on his face.

All my fears were gone, replaced by anger , I suddenly didn't care anymore.

Perhaps I've already care for too long...care about the wrong people .

Another hard slap connect with my cheeks, drawing out blood from my lips .

" You'll do as I say" he spat out in furry.

Despite the warning, I wasn't willing to put Mark in danger, I also don't get it... perhaps I realized now that he's the only one who wanted me...

Who will ever want me...and the only one who might miss me when am gone.

" You are just going to have to kill me first dad" I spat out the last part like a cursed words.

He watched me for a moment with unmistakable rage simmering in his eyes .

His hands were raised to strike again when the cell phone in his hand rang.

He took a moment to answer it, a slow satisfied smile form on his lips

That was quick boy, since you already know why don't you come and let settle it squarely

My breath hitched in my throat, Mark?

I could hear his voice from the other side of the line,it filled me with a sense of calm even though now he sounded furious and filled with impatient .

" Remember to come alone or she dies"

He turned to me at that moment and tilted my chin to face his evil grin.

"It seems you both are really fated because he reached out to me before I could contact him...he wants to speak to you"

An unwilling cry escaped my mouth when his grip on my chin turned painful , he held the phone to my face tightening his grip even more .

" You heard that boy , she's alright now but won't be soon"

He pressed the call end button and stared at me with a hardened expression.

" I wish it didn't have to end this way between us daughter "

He let go of me and strengthened to full height .

I watched him turned off the light and left , leaving me once again in complete darkness.