Chapter 59

CORNELIUS

“All I need is 24 hours to get the job done”, I snapped.

Lowering his cap eyeing me like the deal wasn’t that sweet to consider he stated the obvious,

“You’ve got a lot of money and we both know you have the means and resources to disappear from the face of the earth”

True.

So fucking true.

I leveled him with a look,

“I have nothing to live for”

I didn’t and that was the fucking truth. A truth that had me mourning for days and wishing I was six feet under and not her.

As for my son, a son I never got to hold or know his name, he was better off without me. Me being in his life would lead the same path to what happened to…her.

She was dead.

Out of existence and I was a shell of vengeance and fury.

Shell of nothing but bitter wounds that refused to heal and I didn’t think I would heal and that’s why I was doing what needed to be done.

For Lydia,

For my son,

Joaquin needed to die.

And he was going to die, today.

“Listen buddy, I’ve helped you tons of times before but this time i