Chapter 35
Ravi's POV
Seeing Nicholas in a wheelchair looking all bloody and bruised has got to be the worst thing I have ever seen.
I didn't know him well enough as a person but I do know that he has been through a lot of things that would make any other person insane.
"Sorry Maxwell but I've got to ask what you are doing here John?" Nate asked, looking at the guy that pushed Nicholas in.
"I-I do-"
"Let him be Nate. He is innocent." Niko said.
We all turned to him surprised that he could be conscious with all the bruises and injuries that he sustained.
"Uhm can you guys stop staring at me.and help me out of this damn chair."
"So yeah yeah sorry man." Nate and Maxwell rushed to help him out of the chair and placed him on the bed and I rushed over to his side. I didn't know what I was doing but all I knew was that I wanted to be by his side... Weird.
"So Maxwell go on."
"Wait sorry but what about the cameras that are currently recording everything we say. Are you sure you want to talk about that now?" Niko asked.
"Don't worry about that. You see your friend here helped us solve that problem for now that is. He made the computers that control the camera in here play a recording of you guys acting normally with no suspicious activity but we don't know for sure that is going to last which is why we need to act fast with information I'm about to give you." Max said looking all serious, "I found a medical report on Marcus when I was searching for more evidence to cover up his whole crime as well as that of Samuel. I couldn't take it because he is gonna suspect something. Marcus has stage three cancer and is in need of immediate surgery to remove the tumor in his head, that's why he needs Nicholas to sign those papers for the transfer of assets."
"Hold up, I don't understand. Why on earth would he need my money? I mean seeing as he is involved in illegal business, he is bound to have the money." Niko asked.
"Well that's the thing, Marcus is broke so he can't afford to pay for the surgery or even the upkeep of this place and before you ask Samuel is the one who runs the place."
Adrian cuts into the conversation and asks, "I'm sorry but I don't get it, he has this estate in his possession so why can he just sell it?"
"That's because he can't. The estate belongs to Nicholas ever since he turned 21 besides Marcus doesn't have the right and legal papers to sell this property anyways we need to get out of here because I don't think you can take anymore of what happened back there."
I have been thinking about a lot of things, especially my father. I was wondering why he hasn't demanded Marcus to let us go. Did he not care about me anymore, I know my father loves me but you can't blame me for thinking this way... But I wouldn't put it past him. I'm sorry if I sound harsh but I was abandoned by my own mother in the face of death and she left me with a brother I didn't know I had.
"Ravi Ravi are you ok?" Adrian said.
"Yeah I'm ok, just thinking about a couple of things. There is no need to worry."
"If you say so." He said looking like he didn't believe me for a second but didn't want to push.
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It's been over a month since Nicholas and his friend got caught and two weeks since we found out about the tumor in Marcus.
The man's health has been deteriorating but injuries he inflicts on Nicholas haven't. It seems to be getting worse but there is no need to worry anymore because we leave this hell hole today.
The vent under the bed was too small for any of us to pass through which is why our plans were delayed for quite a while but not to worry because Maxwell and John have arranged an escape route for us. We leave tonight.
"So Ravi, haven't really spent time with you for a while now and I would admit I missed you. You are a funny person." Niko said, slinging an arm around me.
That made me turn red as a tomato. I wasn't used to having a man's attention on me, a sexy man's attention on me. "Yeah I guess so. Everything has been sad and hard for a while now." No pun intended I thought.
"That's true but enough about that. I want to know about how you and Adrian met."
I was a bit disappointed, I wanted him to ask about me but that's stupid, I mean Adrian is his brother, a brother that he never knew he had and I get that.
I went ahead to tell him of everything including the handshake between Marcus and the man we thought Marcus sold Adrian to and the injection that Adam gave to Adrian every morning that made him forget about his past life... Well some of it.
"So you're telling me that a man named Adam gave my brother a substance that made him forget a part of his life?"
"Well technically, Adrian was supposed to forget everything, not just a part of it but I guess something went wrong because he didn't forget about Marcus's study, the death certificate, the journal and you. He didn't forget any of that." I answered, staring at him. "He didn't even forget how his father that was supposed to love him sold him...well kidnapped him in a better sense."
"I'm going to kill that bastard." He practically growled at this point.
"Don't get your jock straps in a twist Nicholas because we, I mean you are not going to cause a sense here."
"And why?"
I facepalmed, "Don't you get it. We leave this creepy place tonight so there is absolutely no need for you to be in trouble. We need to be as invisible as possible."
"Easy for you to say." He sneered.
I wasn't exactly sure of what he was trying to say and I really didn't want to ask but as you know by now curiosity always kills the cat. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Oh come Ravi, don't play pretend here. I'm sure you know what I meant."
"Ok I don't know but I think you should just calm down. There is nothing to get worked up over." He was getting mad. I could see the veins bulging out from his neck and arms. If I wasn't scared as hell right now, I would probably...no definitely be drooling over this sexiness before me.
"Don't try to play the calm person here Ravi. You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth! So don't you try to act like you know what me and MY BROTHER went through in the hands of that bastard. I'm sure your mother leaving you was probably the hardest thing you have ever been through since I am sure you had everything at your beck and call."
Everyone was already looking, staring at me, at the humiliation I was going through and I was expecting someone to step in...but they didn't. They all starred and watched. Tears rolled down my eyes and I couldn't stop it.
"I-I am s-sorry." I stuttered out. If the circumstances were different, I would have walked out and banged the door as hard as I could but just my luck, I was stuck in a 4 walls...a small 4 walled room with people that I didn't want to be within a mile range.
I walked to the furthest part of the room, away from everyone and sat down and prayed that it was all a fucking dream. That the first man I fell for didn't just embarrass me in front of his friends... His friends because I obviously can't rely on them to have my back so yeah his friends.
I was so lost in thought that I didn't notice Adrian sitting beside me till he touched my shoulders which made me flinch back in shock but he took that the wrong way but I wasn't about to correct him.
"He didn't mean that." He said looking down.
He should be ashamed alright, "he didn't mean it huh. What part? What part did he not mean to say? Was it the silver spoon or the using my surrogate as salt to the injury? Tell me what part? Because I really want to know."
He sighed, "I'm sorry Ravi. I was just in shock, I didn't even know what to say."
I nodded, "ok, you didn't know what to say so you just stayed away. Good, fine. I hope we all get out of here tonight so we can all go back to our different lives. Maybe then you can have something to say, ok? Good." I wasn't having any of that half assed ' I'm sorry'
I just wanted to be alone. I don't trust any of them anymore, not even Maxwell, who had nothing to do with all this but still stood there and did nothing. I just need to be patient and wait for tonight. Everything is going to go back to normal, I hope so.
