"Where is Alisha?" Leonardo asked again, and just then his phone rang, he got distracted trying to pull the phone out of his pocket when Mr. Castillo knocked the gun out of his hand and pointed the gun at Leonardo.
Leonardo acted as if his life was not on danger now that the gun was with Castillo, instead he picked up the incoming call and turned around. "Who is this?" he asked harshly.
"If you want to see Alisha, come to the address I will send to you now, don't act smart, come alone." the caller said and the call went off.
Leonardo's eyes cleared off from the drunken state, forgetting to retrieve his gun or utter a word, he left the house in a hurry, and Castillo watched him leave in surprise.
Leonardo sat in his car and waited a while before the address came in.
He entered the address on his Google map and drove there.
Leonardo found himself at a beautiful small building, it was quite late, he had drove for almost two hours, even though he drove very fast.
He knocked on the door and the door flung open.
"Chloe, what are you doing here?" Leonardo asked on surprise, he had not set his eyes on her or heard from her since the last time she had tried to seduce him and he had transferred her to San Francisco.
"I am here for you my love, I have missed you for those 2 years and eight months since I last set my eyes on you, I dreamt about you every night, I day dreamt about holding you and kissing you, I imagined you making love to me and taking me to the altar."
"Cut the chase Chloe, I have never and I will never be interested in you, where is Alisha?" Leonardo asked angrily
"Oh, she's not here, you are here for me, not her." Chloe said and Leonardo held her by the throat, demanding for Alisha.
A large arm came up behind him and pressed and handkerchief to his nose, before he could try to struggle, he felt light headed and passed out on the floor.
Rays of light woke Leonardo up, and he found himself tied to a chair, with a tape, his mouth was covered and he could barely let out sounds from his mouth.
His eyes were not covered so he could see the room, there was a small bed, a window, two doors, one he suspected led to the bathroom and the other to the other part of the building he was in. The chair was to the wall of the to, so he could see all that was in the room.
A while later, the door to the room opened and Chloe came in. "Hi baby, I can see that you are awake, I know you will try to be stubborn for a few days, but trust me after a while you will see that I am meant for you, and you will love me endlessly, and then we will get married and be together just you and I.
Alisha will not be able to come in between us because she will be in jail, and little Ina would be with her Grandpa or maybe in child support." Chloe was saying as she stood by his side, and ran her long artificial nails around his face and neck.
If not that Leonardo's mouth was sealed with a tape, he would have spat on her, she disgusted him. Likewise, there was no way Alisha was going to end up on jail; she would not commit a crime no matter the odds against her.
"I will get you something to eat, one hand will be free and the other tied, your mouth will be free and you will have someone watch you while you eat, and then you will be tied back, as soon as you are ready to cooperate with me, I will take off the tape on you." Chloe said, kissed h on his forehead and left the room.
Just as she had said, a muscular built up man came in with food, Leonardo decided if he needed to get out of here, he needed strength, so he had to eat.
He was curious, he needed answers, so he asked the man with him, if he knew where Alisha was, the man didn't say a word to him, he only waited patiently until Leonardo was done eating before he taped him again, and left the room.
A while later, the man untapped him from the chair and handcuffed one of Leonardo's hand to the edge of the bed.
He was fast asleep when the door came open and Chloe came in. "I have good news, Alisha has been found, well we should see the news." She said as she turned on her tab and opened the news.
Leonardo paid close attention, watching the tab intently. The news came up and they spoke about Alisha, she was found in an abandoned warehouse with gun and a dead pregnant woman beside her. Alisha was the main suspect, the pregnant woman had been tied up to one of the poles in the warehouse and then shut dead, the bullet that killed the woman matched the one with Alisha.
The case was now in court, and all current evidence points towards Alisha as been guilty.
Leonardo used his free hand to push away the tab in anger, the tab flew to the air ad then crashed on the ground. Chloe got up in anger, to look at the tab.
"You are such an idiot, but you are lucky I am in a good mood as Alisha would be thrown in jail for murder.
Two days later, Chloe came to give Leonardo update on Alisha's court case. She told him a man had come up to testify against Alisha.
"Well he said, he was a friend to the pregnant woman, and the woman had claimed she was pregnant for Alisha's secret lover, Alisha had invited the woman to see her so they could reach a negotiation, but the woman never came back home as Alisha had killed her out of jealousy, well he said he regretted not following his friend that day, perhaps if he had gone with her, she would not have been killed.
Leonardo can you believe this? Our very own Alisha has a secret lover, and she killed a pregnant woman, I hope she gets what she deserves." Chloe was chatting happily.
"She is been framed, I can swear with my life that Alisha is innocent."
"You are such an idiot Leonardo; didn't you hear that I said she had a secret lover?" Chloe was getting angry now.
"I don't care what you or some stupid witness says, I know Alisha and I love her, so the sooner you let me go, the better."
"Never, I will rather have us both dead than to let you go back to that woman." Chloe said and left the room angrily.
"Can I strike a deal with you?" Leonardo asked the bodyguard when he brought in his food later in the day.
"Eat up so I can leave, she would not like me having a conversation with you"
"I know she is gone and it's just the two of us here, I will give you a hundred thousand dollars if you let me go." Leonardo appealed
The bodyguard acted as if he did not hear what Leonardo had said, obviously unmoved by the money Leonardo had suggested.
"Two hundred million dollars, and I won't even mention to the police that she had an accomplice" Leonardo negotiated.
"How can I be so sure?"
"If you can get me my phone right now, I will initiate the payment, and let you leave before I get out of here"
The bodyguard left the room without a word, Leonardo thought he was not interested, but shortly after, he returned with a bag that contained his belongings, as well as Leonardo's phone.
As soon as Leonardo initiated the payment, bodyguard left without taking the handcuff off. Leonardo speedily dialed 911, and put on his location so he could be tracked.
While waiting for the police, he head the door open so he quickly hid his phone.
"Why is this door unlocked and where the hell is Steve?" Chloe asked angrily as she entered the room Leonardo was in.
"There was some noise behind, so he quickly rushed off to check it, I think you should go check him, or keep an eye on me while we talk." Leonardo needed her to stay unsuspicious why he bought time for the police.
"Talk about what?" she asked
"Well you said you love me" Leonardo silently prayed the police came soon, before she jumped on him for sex.
"I knew you would come around" she smiled
"Well, I do love you, since before Alisha came into the picture and stole your attention away, I want you Leo." Chloe said running her hand over her breast."
"Why not you let me bath, change into something decent and we could you know." He dashed her a seductive look, but deep within him he could not help but feel disgusted.
"Not yet, I don't trust you too soon, you cannot just change your attitude towards me swiftly and want to have me in your bed immediately." Chloe shook her head.
She was smart, Leonardo had to admit.
The front door burst open and Chloe jumped up and ran out with a gun Leonardo did not even know she had on her.
He heard some noises and then a gunshot, a while later, two cobs entered the room he was in and hacked the handcuff as there was no key in sight.
They waited for the ambulance to arrive while they searched the house. Chloe was shut on her left arm, but she was still conscious and pressure was placed on the region.
After the ambulance had taken both Leonardo and Chloe to the hospital, she was operated on and placed on handcuff right on the hospital bed.
Leonardo was examined and given some vitamins, even when the doctor had asked him to stay at the hospital for the evening and over the night, he had left after giving his statement to the police.
He went to the police station where Alisha was apprehended, but he was not allowed to see her. Going home to shower and call everyone he could to facilitate Alisha's bail, he met Grandpa Alexandra and Nana at the mansion, they had been in California since he went missing.
Leonardo was not happy to see them, instead he was furious that Grandpa Alexandra had not used his influence to sustain a bail for Alisha, and had made her spend two nights in custody.
He had a quick shower, and changed into clean clothes, before calling his lawyers and some judges that owed him favors.
In less than an hour, Alisha was released to him, she looked pale and sick. Leonardo carried her from the release desk down to his car, and when they got to his mansion, he carried her from the car, up the stairs and to his room.
Alisha had insisted she wanted to go see Ina, and then sleep in her own bed, but Leonardo had refused. He had told her she looked too pale to see Ina, that she would worry the poor child, but he called Adams so Alisha could speak to Ina over the phone and promise to see her the next morning.
After she had finished the call, he prepared the bathtub for her, and eased her into the steaming water.
He gently washed her body, paying attention to every muscles to make her relax. After he was done, he took her out, dried her up and place her on his bed, and then he wore one of his pants on her and his over sized shirt.
"Leonardo, come closer" Alisha said and he smiled hoping she was going to give him a "thank you kiss", instead she gave him a slap across his face.
"Fuck, what was that for?" he yelled from the sting of her hand on his face.