Kimia's POV 🖤.
Diego's henchmen were able to tie me up again but not without sustaining injuries. I was incredibly sure that I had caused a permanent damaged to the reproductive organs of two men.
" Loose the ropes." Diego ordered. They looked at him like he had grown a third head.
" You're not deaf. You heard me perfectly."
They loosed the ropes and took a significant amount of steps away from me. Diego moved closer and lightly touched the bruise on my face.
" Who did this to her?"
" I did sir."
Diego smiled at the man and he grinned in return. Then Diego punched him hard knocking him out.
" Didn't your mother ever teach you never to hit a girl?" He spat.
" Now leave!"
The henchmen were frozen in their spots.
" All of you!, Now!"
One icy look from him had them scurrying out of the room.
" I'm really sorry about my men. They tend to be over enthusiastic sometimes." He said his slight British accent peeking.
When I had heard of Diego, I never saw his picture nor did I ever ask to see it. I had immediately come up with a mental image of him. Darked haired and dark eyed guy with piercings and tattoos all over his body.
But I was way off. He looked totally different from my mental image. I was surprised by how much he looked like he who shall not be named. They were roughly the same height. The same blonde hair but styled in a different manner. The same piercing grey eyes.
Apart from the fact that he who shall not be named has a beard and he doesn't, it was actually hard to tell the difference between them. But I could tell, I had lived with him for a while. I was in love with him. I could tell Diego apart from him because of his slightly lighter skin, his hair lacked the brown streaks and his eyes were darker.
" Allow me to introduce myself properly, I'm Diego Myers. I'm sure my cousin has already told you so much about me."
I just stared at him in response.
" You are awfully more quiet than I thought you'd be. Usually at this point most people would be begging for their lives."
" Would it make any difference if I did?" I asked and he grinned.
God that grin!
It reminds me so much of him!
" No it doesn't. It's usually very fun to watch but it gets annoying very fast."
" I don't understand why you're using me as bait. He's not going to come. You might as well kill me."
" Trust me, he'll come."
" How are you so sure of that?, I mean nothing to him. I'm just his partner."
" Well according to what I've heard, you're more than his partner. And I've seen it myself. Damien would be coming for you soon enough."
My blank mask broke at the mention of his name and Diego noticed it.
" You know ever since we caught you yesterday I've been wondering, what happened?"
I gave him a blank look and he rolled his eyes.
" Something must have happened between you and my cousin. You seemed really mad yesterday. It took 6 of my men up to get you into the van."
I continued staring and he raised his hands in surrender.
" Alright I'll stop asking."
" Why?"
" Pardon?"
" Why all this?, Why did you choose to be the black sheep?"
He smiled slightly and said,
" They made me the black sheep. I'm assuming he already told you their side of the story."
" I want to hear your's."
" Did Damien-"
I winced at the mention of his name.
" I'm sorry, did he ever tell you about my parents?"
I shook my head in response.
" My parents were criminals. Hired killers. Assassins. They were killed by his parents."
" So you're doing this for revenge?"
" Not quite. I was just a child when they took me into their home. I had no idea what my parents did for a living. I was just a young, naive little boy. He was also a little boy maybe about 4 or 5 years old.
We bonded really quickly. His parents were worried about the amount of time he spent with me. I was after all the son of two assassins. I didn't notice how weary they were of me till I got to highschool. They were always double checking everything I said or did. They didn't trust me.
But they never told me what my parents did. Whenever I ask about them, they'd tell me they were stunt doubles in movies. That they had died in a car accident so they took me in."
I listened attentively as Diego told me his story.
" For 10 years of my life, I believed them. I was so proud of my parents. All those lies they fed me became my identity. I wanted to be just like my parents. Imagine my surprise when I found out that had been lying to me. I just turned out I was on observation, they wanted to know how much I knew about my parents. And in the process, their son got attached me so they kept me to make him happy.
But that wasn't what hurt me. What hurt me the most was when I found out that he knew. Damien knew all along and he didn't tell me all. My whole life was a lie. So I ran away. I got into some shady business. They were scared that I would turn out like my parents, but I became worse. I want more than revenge Kimia, on Damien and his family."
" Now I see where he gets the lying from." I said and he chuckled.
" I hope for your sake he comes to save you. I don't want to kill you. I really do like you."
" Am I permitted to ask why?"
" Because you made my cousin feel a kind of pain I've wanted him to feel for a long time, emotional pain."
" You might as well just kill me now cause there's no way he's-"
" We got him." Fransisco said cutting me off.
" Would you look at that?, You were wrong." Diego said in mock surprise.
" I have to leave Kimia. Fransisco be a darling and keep her company."
" Sure." Fransisco replied clenching his jaw.
" So Amelia, oh I'm sorry is it Kimia? I'm not exactly sure of which one to use."
" It's Kimia."
" You lied to me. And my mother. And her friends."
" I didn't want to. If I could've told them the truth I would. But I couldn't have shown up at her door step and said ' Hey my name is Kimia and my partner and I are here to get info about your son whom BTW, is a drug dealer.'"
" I can't believe I actually liked you!"
I blinked rapidly because I was taken back by his statement.
" Well I'd like me too if I were you."
He glared and I shut up.
" I need a favour from you."
" And why would I do that?"
" Because I know deep down, you're a good guy. I might have lied about my identity and I am extremely sorry for that but I meant everything I said. You told me yourself, you got involved with the wrong crowd. I know there's still a part of you that's good."
He moved closer to the door and I stared.
" If you won't do it for me at least do it for your mum."
That made him pause.
" One way or another you've dragged her into this. Do you really think Diego's gonna let her live after she took in agents?, You want to get out of this life. This is your chance to."
He opened the door and walked out.
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Mholweni🤗!,
I've been working on this chapter since yesterday.
Now you finally know about Diego's pasr
I hope you liked it.
Stay safe 😷.
Bye!!