AUTHOR’S POV
Rick glanced at his uncle in the backseat from the mirror, his hands steady on the wheel.
“You are awake” Rick said casually.
“Hmm” Dark Caster groaned, pulling himself to sit upright.
“Now, can I have an explanation as to why I have been driving for the past four hours and only taking very short breaks? What is going on?” Rick questioned. He had gone to see Dark Caster to beg him to let go of Rosaline and trash the video of Rosaline kissing Russo but the situation he had met had been completely different from what he had expected.
His uncle had seemed like he was running away and immediately he set his eyes on Rick, he had hopped into the car and asked Rick to drive away. Though confused, Rick knew just how things could take a dark turn at times sso he had known to obey first.
“Give your phone to me” Dark caster demanded instead of answering Rick’s questions.
“My phone? For what?”
“It would be great if you could be less whiny than you are right now” Dark Caster groaned and Rick sighed before pulling his phone out of his pocket, unlocking it and reaching it back to Dark Caster who took it swiftly.
“Why did you come see me?” Dark Caster asked, doing something on Rick’s phone.
Rick’s arched brows relaxed a little as he adjusted himself to bring up the plea before his Uncle.
“I… Actually, the thing about Massimo and Rosa. I was hoping…” He bit down on his lower lip.
“I was hoping that we could maybe not use that again them. I know, I know I gave it to you and… I honestly should not have done that. I should not have done something that would hurt my best friend. One bad deed can clear every good deed I have done for her. If we use that against them, I would be hurting my best friend. I sound illogical right now, in your terms but I promise to find something else. Can… Can we trash the evidence of them being together and not do anything that would hurt Rosa?” Rick rambled on before taking a deep breath and looking into the mirror.
Dark Caster had a deep frown on his face and the phone was pressed to his ear.
“Yes?” Dark Caster said coarsely. Not to Rick but to the person on the phone.
“I have been trying to reach Giovanni. Where the fuck is he? And where is the girl?”
At the mention of the girl, Rick’s interest rose and he focused more on Dark Caster than on the road.
“What the fuck do you mean by… Aargh! That bastard!” Dark Caster took the phone off his ear and groaned in annoyance. He dropped the phone by his side.
“What is going on?” Rick questioned, curious to know exactly what was happening and what girl Dark Caster has been talking about.
“Pull the car over.” Dark Caster ordered and Rick obeyed, Parking the car in the middle of nowhere.
“Now, can you please tell me what is going on? What is this about the girl? What girl are you talking about?” Rick questioned, now paying his full attention to his uncle.
“You are really an annoying weakling, no different from your mother really.” Dark Caster started and Rick felt a sting in his heart.
He was always being reminded that his mother was a weakling and of course, that didn’t go well with him. But like every other time, he pulled himself together.
“You were talking about how we shouldn’t hurt her because she is your best friend? Are you a fucking romantic fool?” He asked.
“I just don’t want to hurt…”
“Whatever it is, I already made a move last night” He cut Rick off and Rick’s eyes widened.
“What moves? Where is Rosa?” Rick felt his heartbeat quicken. Had he been too late to get back to his senses? Fuck! He would never be able to forgive himself if anything happened to Rosa.
“I had her abducted and sent her off to Giovanni, one of my partners. She was supposed to be passed around a lot to ensure Massimo doesn’t get her but the bastard… He found her already and has taken her back. Giovanni is in trouble right now.”
Rick tried to find words to say but he found none.
“Seeing her last night made me understand why you are crazy over her and why even Massimo fell for her. She’s quite the beauty and I would have had so much fun watching her get ruined for Massimo while I threatened him with her life” Dark Caster ran a hand through his hair before gently touching his beat up face. He winced a little in pain before pulling his hand away from his face.
“Good thing you came by and I was able to escape while they were so engrossed in finding her. If I was still back there, Massimo would have definitely come to pick me up. The bastard would definitely be intent on killing me.” He continued.
“So… she is safe?” Rick asked and Dark Caster glared hard at him.
“Her safety is what matters right now?” He thundered in anger and Rick just sighed softly.
“We are in fucking danger! I have nothing to threaten Massimo with. He has no reason to hold back from killing me anymore. And standing up against him for a fight will cause me too much losses, especially as I can’t get a lot of support from the others.” Dark Caster sucked in a deep breath.
He could reach out to other cartels and bosses but he knew he would not get support as he wasn’t in the right. He had been the one who had disturbed Massimo’s business several times, Massimo never disturbed his in return. And he had been the one who kidnapped Massimo’s niece too. He definitely wasn’t getting any support from most of the cartel.
“I need to get out of the country” Dark Caster concluded. He needed to be out of the country for a while for this rage to blow over. He could not bear the losses or the risk of losing his life if he stayed back.
“For how long?” Rick asked.
“Till this blows over and you’d better go into hiding too. Massimo definitely knows that you shared information with me. Your life is a piece of cake for Massimo so go into hiding if you still need your life.”
“What do you mean? Are you just ditching me? Asking me to go into hiding? Where am I supposed to hide?”
“Look, Rick. You are a man and you are old enough to take care of yourself. If you ever want to have your own cartel at any point in life, then you should get used to your life being at risk.”
“I am in this trouble because I divulged information to you and you foiled it up, uncle” Rick stated, boiling a little.
“And so?” Dark Caster questioned and shook his head lightly.
“I have too much to put in place and I have zero time to exchange words with you” Dark Caster concluded and Rick gritted his teeth, almost not believing the words from his uncle.
“It’s all my fault. My fucking fault.” He whispered underneath his breath before grabbing the car key, and alighting from the driver’s seat.
He pulled the door of the backseat open.
“Get out, Dark Caster.” He gritted the words out of his teeth, shocking Dark Caster with his action and his choice of words.
“Are you out of your mind?”
“Not yet and I can assure you would not love to see me out of my mind.” Rick replied.
“Get the fuck out of my car. I am ditching you in the middle of nowhere just like you have ditched me in the middle of nowhere. You are badly injured and even in your healthiest state, I am quite sure I could overpower you. So let’s do this as respectfully as we can, get out.” He gritted and Dark caster could not believe the visible anger on Rick’s face.
But he knew that Rick could truly overpower him in this case.
“I will make one more call then…”
“Don’t fucking annoy me” Rick groaned, grabbing Dark Caster by the arm and pulling him out of the car.
He slammed the car door shut.
“Wishing you fucking die before you get to any town!” Rick spat and got into the driver’s seat.
With an aching heart, regretting every of his actions, he revved the car into motion and drove off. He had no idea where he was going to go and he knew his life was really in danger.
“I shouldn’t…I shouldn’t have done anything to hurt Rosa. I… I should never have tried to gain power by staying by my uncle’s side. A mistake… I have made way too many mistakes.”