RETRIBUTION: A BULLY ROMANCE BOOK TWO

An hour ago.."Hello little mouse, it was so easy to get you up here, all I had to do was take that morons phone and text you, and you came running to him without any questions asked," Dylan said, his breath fanning my neck as I attempted to remain still so he wouldn't notice how afraid I was."Where is Leo? If you don't let me go, I'm going to scream bloody murder," I managed to say, but my trembling voice betrayed me, showing my fear."Oh, don't worry about him, little mouse; after all, when his old friend is finished with him, your boyfriend will wish he hadn't crossed me," Dylan said, and I could tell he was smiling."What are you talking about? You sick fuck, where is Leo?" I cursed, causing his hold on my shoulders to tighten."If he ignored you like everyone else and minded his own fucking business maybe you wouldn't have even thought of fighting back then and now" "Shut up! You're sick, you made my life miserable" "Ever since he arrived, you have been acting like you own the

"I can't believe this, Silas. This must be some twisted joke to get back at me, isn't it?" I heard my mother say, her voice filled with a mix of disbelief and anger but my focus was on my father who just revealed that he was going to die.Silas appeared unaffected by her emotional outburst, his gaze locked onto me. He took a deliberate step in my direction, pausing a couple of feet away. The soft glow of the light cast his silhouette, revealing his presence. As he stood there, the undeniable truth was clear: he was my father. The resemblance between us was striking—our eyes held the same hue, the lines of our noses mirrored one another, our hair colors complemented, and our physical builds were eerily similar.He broke the silence, his voice steady yet full of emotion as he began to speak, "I've been diagnosed with stage three lung cancer. The chemotherapy hasn't yielded any results, and the doctors have given me just a few years to live.""Are you here to ask for forgiveness?" I que

"Your father? I thought you said he was dead, " I asked as I stared at Austin in disbelief as I tried to make sense of the revelation."Well it turns out the one who died was not my biological father but my stepfather who was used as a means to an end because my real father's family didn't want me" Austin explained, his voice filled with emotion."Wow," I responded, unable to find the right words. It had only been a few days since I woke up, and so much had happened in Austin's life that I wasn't aware of. "How are you taking all this? Be honest with me, Austin.""I don't even know how to feel about all this," Austin said as he ran his hands through his hair in frustration, "the fact that she lied to me my whole life isn't what is pissing me off. it's the fact that she let that bastard who she called my father beat me up to the point that i had to go to the hospital every other week. ""I'm sorry, bro. That must have been tough. It takes someone who was raised by an abusive father to

"Wait, so you're telling me the guy who owns the illegal fighting ring you where once a fighter at may be responsible for you getting shot," Austin repeated as he stared at me in shock"I'm not sure, but I think he might be responsible or might have something to do with it," I explained "Why do you think he might be the one? You said you were fighting in the void. You must have made one or two enemies who wanted revenge because you beat the shit out of them, " Austin said"That's another way to look at it. That's why I said I wasn't sure," I said as a frustrated sigh left my lips, then my thoughts went back to the strange texts I've been receiving. Austin probably needed to know about those, too, because they might be connected."You look like you might have something else to tell me," Austin said"Why do you think so?" I asked, causing him to roll his eyes at me"Maybe because you look guilty and are avoiding my gaze," Austin said in a matter of fact tone, "I hate and like the fact

"Did you really think we wouldn't be interested in meeting this man who suddenly appears and claims to be your father?" Sophia asked, her curiosity evident in her tone and eyes "I don't know what to believe about all this Sophia, so I need your help because I have no one else to turn to. But I also don't want to inconvenience you guys, or make things awkward, if you don't want to meet up you with him, i will understand" I said as Sophia glared at me but it's wasn't angry one, it was more like the 'are you kidding me' look "Of course we are going to help you through this, because we are your family and also I don't trust your mother as far as I can throw her and I trust this stranger even less, so until i can trust him, i don't want acting like you owe him something" Sophia said as she walked up to me taking my hands in hers, "because from the day you guys walked into my life and made Athena's life better, i swore to myself that I would take care of all of you like my own to the bes