Liam felt a pang in his heart when his eyes met Anna's appearance. Judging by the way she stunk from alcohol and dirt, she hadn't taken a bath for days. She was still in the same jumpsuit he had seen her in two nights ago.
"When did she come here?" Liam asked Stella and Nathaniel who were standing on either sides of the door jamb.
"A few hours ago" Stella replied.
"Can you please help me prepare a cold bath for her?" Liam asked Stella to which she obliged immediately. Nathaniel helped lift Nancy to the side to give room for Liam to carry Anna and he gladly did. He carried her to the bathroom and ripped off the damn dirty cloth from her body and made her sit in the bath tub.
When cold water contacted her body, all sleep flew out of her eyes. Anna blinked her swollen eyes severally to see where she was and who was scrubbing her body. When his handsome face came into view her heart picked a race. She caught his hand.
"Papi" She called in a low hoarse breaking voice.
"Hmm?"
"Eric is missing." She said her eyes watering again.
"We'll find him" Was all he said. That was one of the things he loved about her, her trust in him that nothing can fail him.
Stella brought a long simple dress for Anna to which Liam helped her wear after washing, brushing her teeth and wiping her dry. He led her in the sitting room where Nathaniel was sitting with a cooling plate of food, he gave it to Liam. Liam received it and fed Anna by himself.
"What happened to Eric?" Liam asked Nathaniel without diverting his attention from Anna and the plate in his hands.
Nathaniel was hesitant to explain their problems to an outsider but Stella wasn't. If Liam had found Anna by tracking Nancy's phone; basing on what he told them, she had hope that he could help. So, she narrated whatever had happened to him.
"Give me his phone numbers." Liam said and Stella did. Liam called Gab and told him to track Eric down. He called after some time that he had found him.
Stella ran to wake Nancy up in excitement, "Get up, we found him."
"Hmm? Eric, you found my Eric?" Nancy asked weakly.
"Yes."
"Where?"
"Anna's boyfriend had his men track him. We have to go now meet him before he disappears again but you have to first take a shower and have some food."
"Okay!" Nancy agreed and went to have a quick shower. She changed into Stella's clothes and sat between Stella and Nathaniel as she ate fast.
Liam felt so sad seeing the stubborn and always so talkative Nancy so weak and fragile. He wondered what bad news would've happened if he had delayed in California.
They all got in Liam's range rover and Liam drove off. Nathaniel was sitting in the front passenger seat and the three ladies in the back seats. Liam drove for a very long distance until they reached the the place Gab had told him Eric was. He slowed down and told the rest to keep their eyes on the road as he was around here.
"There he is" Nathaniel said after some time. Eric was indeed a head of them walking barefooted aimlessly in a scorching hot sunshine. Liam made a loud horn for him to stop but he didn't, he seemed not to hear anything anyway. He parked near him and they all got out.
"Eric" Nathaniel, Stella and Nancy called but he didn't respond to anybody or show any sign that he had heard them. Dust and sweat was covering allover him from feet to head. He was looking like a lifeless robot. Nancy stood in front of him to block his way but he passed out as soon as he made eye contact with her.
Good enough, Liam and Nathaniel were near to catch him and they carried him inside the car. Liam drove to a hospital.
By the time Eric woke up, he was surrounded by his people except a white guy he didn't know. He sat upright, he looked around to see Nancy crying which ached his heart.
"How much do you owe?" Liam asked,
"Five hundred million shillings" Eric answered after sometime which caused loud gasps from everybody except Liam.
Liam handed Eric a cheque card as a contribution to his loss. But when Eric saw the amount on the card, he passed out again. The rest came closer to see the cause of his passing out but some fainted as well as soon as they saw the numbers. It was a million dollar!
Liam ordered his men who had arrived at the place to give them security and transportation then left with Anna before anybody would say anything. He had amends to make with her in private so he took her in a presidential suite hotel room.
Anna sat on a couch staring at Liam who was standing at the window his legs crossed staring back at her. The dark circles under his eyes giving away that he hadn't slept well. Guilt and shame filled her heart for all the drama she had caused.
"Are you ready to hear the truth?" Liam asked but Anna stayed silent. He brought his phone and played to her all the videos showing how a man had killed a teenage girl, how he had killed him, how he had served him and a girl the arm he cooked as he explained everything and who Camilla and Rocky were related to him.
"I didn't want you to see all this and that's why I was preventing you from hearing it from Lexie by chance. Besides all this, Lexie is a lesbian who likes you. I wouldn't want to kill my favourite cousin for lusting on you after seeing your nakedness. And that's the reason I stopped her from seeing you at the café till she went back to school in California, I don't share what's mine."
Anna stayed silent for several minutes, somehow, she didn't feel sorry for the guy that Liam killed and and his cousin. After what had happened to Eric, she had realised that merciless people exist which angered her.
"Why are they against you?" Anna asked, leaving Lexie's sexuality aside.
"Our granddad willed that school to me before he died instead of his sons and daughters. It hurt those two the most for not getting it when they're the eldest grandchildren." Liam explained.
"And you let them free after all this damage?"
"I will when the time comes and they'll pay for it dearly," He said, and they kept silent for sometime. "Are you not mad at me for killing a person."
"Why would I when you were serving justice? As long as you love me and only me, Liam, I don't care about what you do or did before. You're a good person and if you did something like that, they must've crossed their limits." Anna said without batting an eye.
Liam lifted her in air with a smile, "I thought you'd completely call it quits this time. Thank you for understanding me"
"I can't." Anna said giggling but the smile on her face vanished, "I'm so sorry for everything mean I said to you that night."
"I know you didn't mean any. I forgive you, but..."Liam said with a straight face.
A shiver ran down her spine, the warning in his eyes scared her much more than the murder scene she had seen in the video.
"But what?" She asked,
"Revenge" He said and bit her on the cleavage.
"Ahhh!" Anna moaned at the pain pleasure sensation that jolted in her body. She wiggled out of his arms giggling as she ran across the room.
"You owe me one too. Remember the day we last slept together that you left me in bed? I haven't forgiven you yet." Anna said giggling.
"And I also haven't forgiven you for flirting with my brother." Liam said running after her in round circles.
"Do you actually know what I told him?" Anna asked, "I was like, 'how do you like it, Papi? You like bald or hairy' "
She saw his length bulge inside his pants instantly. As stubborn as she was, she easily pulled the long dress out of her head in one go and remained completely naked as she had nothing else inside.
She smacked on her own butt, "Ouch, Papi! That was hard"
"Anabelle!" Liam warned standing akimbo, "Do you know what I will do to you once I set my hands on you?"
"What will you do, sir?" Anna asked in the most sassy way as she shook her boobs.
"This." Liam said stripping as well remaining completely naked. They ran around the place giggling and screaming on top of their voice till Liam caught her and carried her to bed, climbing on top of her. Good enough, They were on the last floor and in a private suit where nobody came unless if they were called by Liam himself.
"I gotcha" Liam said bitting all-over her chest but the more he bit her the more she was turned on and the more the playfulness vanished slowly between the two getting replaced by arousal.
Anna ran her fingers in his hair, "I missed you, my love"
Liam paused, he tilted his head to look at her, "What did you say?"
Anna cupped his face, "All this drama proved to me that I can't live without you. You're indeed my life and death. I missed you, the light in my dark world"
Liam captured her lips, this is all he had been waiting for all along. Without remembering condoms, he entered her. They made love to each other wordlessly but passionately. The held eachother in tight cuddles till evening time.
"Let's go for a walk" Liam suggested.
"Sure"
Liam opened a large closet door and brought out two matching outfits. One for him and the other for her.
"How did I get lucky to get a thoughtful man?" Anna said hugging him from behind. "But there is one question I still ask myself. What was that thing you used to unlock the locks on our first night together? And how did you know that I may need it to carry it with you?"
"What will you give me in return if I tell you?" Liam asked.
"What do you want?"
"Something that satisfies a man."
"You want this?" Anna said moving her hips in a thrusting manner making her bare womanhood tap on his still naked butt.
"So you can do my role as a man, huh?"
"Yeah, why not? Just firming my back bone and then pound for hours" Anna said.
"Hours?" Liam asked turning around, "You think it's that easy, missy?"
"Very simple, it's women's roles that are hard to do that you can't manage even for a single minute."
"Just opening your legs wide and; a, e, i, o, u, deeper, harder, faster and many others?" Liam moaned mimicking women. "That's so simple dear, I can do that all day than breaking my back"
Anna was on the floor laughing hard "Was...Was a e i o u necessary?"
"Yeah" Liam said giggling hard as well. "Those words you women say hold powers on us like witchcraft. Like; reign your majesty, long live my king, you will never lack, blessed are you, the ruler of universe, the conqueror the lion. Scatter me, destroy me, manipulate me, grind me, rip me into pieces....."
"Stop!" Anna cried clutching her stomach to stop laughing but in vain "Where did you get all that shit from?"