Chapter 265: **MISSING CHAPTER ** BETWEEN 262 AND 263

MISSING CHAPTER BETWEEN 262 - 263

River POV

"Hi baby" I say answering Annie's video request.

"Mommy!" She yells as I huge smile comes over her face.

"Hi my love. I miss you bunny."

"I miss you too mommy."

"Are you having fun with daddy, papa and grandma Maria?" I ask her.

"Yes so much fun mommy. Mommy I was scared today."

"Why were you scared?" I ask her as Denalii grabs my hand.

"I didn't want to hide again but my big daddy told it was a vacation not hiding." I smile at her cute little face.

"That's right bunny. You don't have to be scared okay. We will be together soon my love. Do you want to talk to Denalii?" I ask her.

"Yes! Hims back now? My jokes book is here. Mommy I can't see him." I laugh and turn the camera to him.

"Hi daddy." She says, her face is so excited.

"Hi sweet girl." He says to her.

"Daddy said you got a owie and daddy Finn helped keep you safe." I see his face change but he hides it from her. I squeeze his hand tight.

"Yes baby girl, daddy Finn and Uncle Mumford are heros." He says.

"Thats what my big daddy said too. Can I see your big owie.? Daddy said I can't see it till him and mommy tell me about it but if you shhh, then I can see it okay." She says as I try not to laugh.

"Sorry little one but your daddy's right. I will show you whenever mommy and daddy say I can."

"Oh okay I guess." She says. They talk and share jokes for a few minutes.

"Mommy how come you didn't fly in the plane to see me like big daddy did?" I sit up fast.

"What? Is big daddy there in Mexico?" She nods her little head and runs out to another room. I see Pickle with his head in his hands as Maria comforts him.

"See mommy. Daddy came to see me."

"Oh sweetie come with grandma and let's go feed your lizard." Maria says handing the phone to Pickle as he hurries and wipes his face.  Denalii gets up and points to the door, I nod.

"Honey you left?" I say as he comes on.

"Yeah it wasn't good for my mental health to be there anymore. I'll meet you in Texas for Tokash's funeral." He say not looking at me.

"Pickle." I say trying to get him to look at me. He just shakes his head.

"Luca, I'm so sorry my love. It isn't fair that I depend on you. I should have thought about how this hurts you too. Please honey, please look at me." I pled as tears run down my face.

"River I can't fight with you right now. I need time to process everything with Denalii and you. I also just need time for myself to process what Finn is going through." He says with tears in his eyes.

"I'm sorry my love please. I need you. I.."

"River no stop. I needed you too but you again choose not to trust me when I told you not to watch that horrible video and then you chose to run off and find comfort with Nunzio instead of with me. I need you too!" He says getting louder.

I take a drink from my flask "That's just fucking great River. Just keep drinking that will solve all of our problems." He says before he ends the call.

"Fuck!!' I yell throwing my flask. I get up and start getting dressed.

"River you okay." Lincoln says as he runs in looking around.

"Pickle left!" I yell. "I can't do this any more, I need to get out of here. I need a fight or something!" I yell more.

"River, come here sister." I look at Lincoln and he's crying now.

I run to him, he wraps his arms around me holding me close. Denalii walks in and looks around.

Him and Lincoln look at each other for a minute the tears in Lincoln's eyes get heavier and I see that Denalii has tears in his eyes too.

"The video. You guys watched the video what did they say? What happened?" Lincoln doesn't answer me so I look at Denalii.

"You promised you wouldn't lie to me!" I yell at Denalii.

"Baby what happened, what's going on?" He asks trying to pull me to him.

"No tell me."  I say pounding the last of the whiskey Marco brought me. I throw the bottle and glass goes everywhere. Lincoln looks at me like I'm crazy and comes closer to me.

"River please." He says pulling my hand to him.

"No please just tell me! Is he dead?!" I look at them both Lincoln drops in a crouching position putting his head down and I can hear him sobbing.

"We don't know my love we don't know. They killed the other man on the tape." He stops and takes a deep breath. He sits on his bed and pulls me to him "Baby it was another horrible video. If you want me too I will tell you what happened." He pulls me between his thighs and cups my face "Do you want to know?" He asks as he looks at Lincoln. I nod. Lincoln stands and leaves.

"They cut off Mumford's ear and some fingers. They slit the other mans throat and burned his body." I'm crying hard as he holds my face. He's trying to wipe my tears as they come down, I can tell he's holding his own back.

"They cut off Finn's hand." I try to move back he won't let me. "You wanted to hear so you need to hear it all." He says kissing my forehead.

"River. They said no amount of money will ever get them back. They burned their tattoos and half of their faces to make it hard to identify them. We might not ever get them back." He says as tears run down his face. I push his chest "No! It's not true we'll find them." I say sobbing and shaking my head.

He pulls me to him again "I'm so sorry baby. We won't give up. It's time to get back home." I shake my head. "No." I say quietly. I push away from him. He reaches for me "No! I want Finn!"

He stands to grab me "No!!" I scream "No!" I turn and run out the door as I run down the hallway I run into someone almost falling on my ass but they catch me. I look up with tears falling faster and faster down my face.

"Lucky!" I bawl as I throw my self in his arms.

"Shh enchantress I'm here." He says kissing my face and wiping my tears.

"I need to get out of here now!" I scream pleading with him.

"I seen a ad for a fight, let's get out of here and start some trouble baby." He says, I nod and through my tears I turn seeing Denalii coming out of his room. He watches as I walk away with Lucky.