Chapter 7

|| VALERIA ADDAMS's POV ||

" Thank you for keeping my word, Mr.Mayor. I will keep my promise as well."

I thanked the man who had been a great help during the trial of Mr.Addams's case. Mayor Hendrix was a man of fifty. He was a wise man. When I had given him the offer of controlling the North state, he agreed quickly. In exchange, he helped me, dig out all the buried crimes of Mr.Addams.

Mayor Hendrix chuckled, raising the glass to clang happily,

" Mention not! But I don't understand. Why are you suddenly interested in bringing hell to Mr.Addams? His power has ended long back in this city. "

I stayed silent without telling anyone. His power might have ended but the scars that he left on everyone's life were never gone. Now, it was his time to pay for every crime that he did. The things that he had done to me would be his worst nightmare because I was going to make him and his dearest daughter in the worst way possible.

I replied, taking a sip from my drink,

" Some debts have yet to be settled. I have no interest in his money except for his downfall."

Mayor Hendrix didn't inquire further. He raised his wine glass to toast before saying in a chirping voice,

" Then.. mission accomplished.. With the number of twenty new cases, he will spend another ten years in jail."

I clanged our glasses with a smirk, smiling contended to remember how he ruined my life ten years ago. I would have been dead if it wasn't for one person who brought me out of that hell.

Max, my assistant suddenly entered to be notified as he carried the papers,

" Sir! Miss Valeria..she is here to meet you. Should we let her enter? She is waiting at the gate of the mansion."

I fell silent even though I was expecting it from the beginning. She came back too fast to submit herself to me. I got up to move next to the window that could give me a better view of the outside. The rain was hitting harder against my tainted glass. My eyes passed through it, falling on the girl who was standing in front of my gate, not caring about the rain that was wetting her.

For a second, I forgot that she was the woman who killed my child, my heart. She seemed so fragile in this state but then, I recalled her last words which aroused the hatred in my heart again. Pressing my lips together, I blurted breathlessly, gritting my teeth together,

"Let her suffer there. Don't let her enter until I give the order. Understood?"

Max looked doubtful but he nodded his head anyway, remembering my past probably. Even though he had become my assistant now, he was the only one who stayed by my side during the last few years. To be honest, he was the only person that I could trust now.

I hated Valeria Addams more than anything in this world. Yet watching her standing in the rain, I couldn't stop myself from sinking into the memories that filled my head. Several years ago, it was raining just like today. The only difference was that I was in her place. But look at the karma now. It was she who was begging to meet me to save her father or save herself just like me.

Flashback From Ten years ago

It was raining heavily on that day as well. I was waiting at her mansion's gate for hours, waiting like a beggar after her father left me beaten black and blue. The bruises, and blood marks all were fresh on my skin.

The door finally opened when I felt her presence, opposite the door. The Mafia finally let her precious daughter out of his golden cage. Valeria was looking like a robot who had no reaction or remorse after she saw me in this state.

I rushed to the gateway, asking her in tears,

" Val!! Listen to me, we will go far away from here. I will get you out of here. Wait for me, okay? Our baby...our baby will be fine. Your father won't control you any longer. I will do something..to get someone's help."

I had no one to rely on myself at that time. But all I wanted was a family with her and our baby in her stomach. Valeria remained silent for a while until she uttered those words in a breath,

" The baby isn't here anymore."

I was stunned, frozen, staring at her like a statue who forgot to move. Swallowing hard, I muttered, asking her back again,

" What.. what do you mean? We went to the hospital just a few days ago. Valeria..I promise to take care of you. I told you that I won't ever abandon you or our child."

Valeria stayed tongue-tied and finally showed some reaction when she pushed her eyes up to look into my crying eyes. Each word that came out of her mouth stabbed my heart like a poisonous arrow, cutting down deeply yet leaving an imprint for eternity,

" I got rid of it. I am only 17. I want to focus on my career. Don't look for me anymore, Gideon. We have nothing left between us. Go away from my house."

I lost control of my rage. Shoving myself against the gate, I grabbed her by her throat, squeezing and shouting crazily in tears,

" HOW DARE YOU KILL MY BABY?? I told you...I told you that I won't abandon my baby ever..how dare you kill him??? I will kill you, Valeria..Why did you have to ruin my life? You know how eager I was to get that child. You...I will fucking kill you, Valeria..."

Valeria coughed under my grip, then shouted to call her father's dogs,

" Sevas..Matt.. Throw him out of here..Get..get him out..."

I kept crying and cursing her hysterically but she had no remorse on her face. As if it wasn't enough. When I came back to my house, I found my mother, hanging from the ceiling.