The Outlaw

I knocked on the door before I heard come in. Entering the office I saw two men from earlier, Orlando and Gerardo sitting and talking. Gerardo looked at me and nodded towards the couch near by. I sat on it and waited for them to finish talking.

When they finished talking the two men left, leaving behind Orlando, Gerardo and me.

“Do you know any of your enemies who might wanna hurt you?” Gerardo asked in a serious tone.

“They weren’t my enemies, they were your’s and Flynn’s.” I said just as seriously. The two men looked at each other questioningly.

“What makes you say that?” Orlando asked me.

“Those who wanna kill me, thinks that I am in Maldives, because that what I told getting off work. Also most of them don’t have enough connection to know where I am now.” I said crossing my legs.

“Getting flight information isn’t hard, Einstein” Gerardo said rolling his eyes.

“If you’d know Sherlock, my full name is Klara Lilith Bruton. I go by my middle name only a few know my full name. And even I work I have just used Lilith Bruton and Bruton is a very common surname in UK, so…” I said shrugging off.

“But how did you know we were in trouble?” I asked Gerardo, genuinely confused.

I saw Orlando get a little stiff at the question while Gerardo seemed calm, this did not go unnoticed by me.

“Someone sent me a picture of the two of you with guns pointed at you two.” Gerardo said.

“We already know it was my enemy, we were just interrogating you.” Orlando said.

“But seems like you already figured that out.” He said as my mind raced with Gerardo’s previous statement.

“Today is Friday, the maids leaving for grocery shopping every Friday though timings are different. We left in an old beaten out truck that the maids use at 10. We weren’t even gone for 40 minutes when this happened. Someone from the inside helped them.” I said the last part loudly trying to piece everything together. Looking up I see the two of them a little shock.

“Do you know what you’re saying? You’re questioning the loyalty of my men?” Gerardo said through grinding teeth.

“Gerardo, you have a big company and probably also have many competitors. You might have done some pretty good damage to them or their company, intentionally or unintentionally for them to go at such a length. And in the business world I have seen people kill others for very puny reasons. And I am a criminal lawyer.. even then I know the dirty secrets.” I said calmly trying to make him understand.

There was a minute of silence in the room, Gerardo glared outside the window lost in his thoughts.

“Gerardo, anche io devo essere d’accordo con lei. Ci sono un sacco di…. fuorilegge…. che vogliono che tu e la tua famiglia moriate.” (Gerardo, even i have to agree with her. There are a lot of…. outlaws…. who want you and your family dead.)

Orlando said but I couldn’t help but question the slight hesitant pause.

Gerardo hmmed nodding his head, “Dov’è Landon?” (Where is Landon?) Gerardo asked Orlando.

I just sat on the couch like a confused puppy. God I need to learn Italian.

They talked for a few more minutes untill Flynn and Landon came inside. They were all caught up in a few minutes, they all were talking in their native language only when there was complete silence did I figure out they were all caught up.

“I think Layla and Lilith should go back to London, right away. Flynn, Orlando and I will accompany them for extra safety.” Gerardo said, the three men snapped their head at him. All three had different expression on them, Orlando was shocked while Flynn was looking at him questioningly whereas Landon had a smirk on his face.

Gerardo looked done with their shit.

“Yeah we can do that.. I am leaving after two days, you can come with me then” o said trying to ignore the sudden change in the atmosphere.

I heard Gerardo clear his throat, “No! We are leaving today. If that person can arrange assassins in 40 minutes, imagine what they’ll do when given 48 hours. We leave today. Landon arrange for our jet, nobody should get a wind of this.” He sai dismissing us all.

“Beautiful can you step out for a second I need to talk to him” Landon said pulling me up softly by my hand. I nodded at him and walked out.

Gerardo’s POV

As soon as Lilith walked out of the room, Landon locked the door and turned to me with a smirk on his face.

“You’re trying to pursue her.” He said making me nervous.

“What? No! Are you out of your mind? I just want them to be safe. That’s all!” I said calmly trying not to stutter.

A creepy smile was pasted on Orlando, “Even I am hurt. Hug the pain out of me, Gerardo!” He said with a high pitched voice.

“What?” Landon laughed looking at Orlando humorously.

“Our boss and our his soon to be donna (woman) were hugging each other for 10 minutes. And good lord! There wasn’t even an space for air to pass. They were so close!!” Orlando said making my face heat up.

“Quite fucking around, assholes! Go pack your bags. And Landon you will be taking over until I come back!” I said trying to dismiss them. But those two fuckers of my friends didn’t budge.

“You ass! We’ve been friends for over 20 years! You never hugged me!” Landon said humorously as my two childhood friends laughed at me.

“Shut up and do as you’re told!” I snapped at them but they filled me off by showing their middle finger. Before I could jump on them they were out of the room as fast as the wind.

Flynn narrows his eyes at me, “Is Landon saying the truth? Are you trying to pursue Lilith?” He ask harshly.

“No! Come on! How can you say that? You know how much we hate each other!” I brushed him off without sounding too suspicious.

“That hug didn’t look like hate to me. What did you think I didn’t notice?” He snapped at me.

“It’s nothing!” I confirmed to him making him sigh in relief.

I tapped my pen on the desk, “Off the track,, what did that hug look to you?” I didn’t realise what slipped out of my mouth until Flynn’s attention snapped towards me.

“Longing” he replied back after a while.

“It looked like two people who have been longing for each other for so long have finally met” he added making me snicker.

“Let me tell you.. it’s far from that. I want Lilith to be safe because Layla loves her and Layla is my family. That’s all!” I clarified furthermore.

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“I’ll go pack my and Layla’s things up!” He said waling towards the door.

“If you are really trying to pursue Lilith then don’t break her heart but she is not the type to wallow in pain.. she’s the one to rip your world apart.” He said and hot out of the room.