Luca’s Inferno by Karima Sa’ad Usman

Chapter 8

08 By Chance Part 2
Emma.
I was led into a VVIP lounge with only Tomas there. The moment I stepped in, he came to hug me. I cringed at his touch, but I had no choice.
“I hope they are treating you right?” He said, and I nodded. There was no point telling him what was really happening in the place. We suffered everything except for the beating. No one touched us with silver whips, thanks to Tomas’s arrangement with them.
“Come sit next to me,” he said, sitting on a couch. We were not allowed to sit on the customer’s couches, so I shook my head and remained standing.
“Forget about the rules, Emma. You are exempted when you are with me,” he said, and I reluctantly went to sit with him.
Tomas played with my hair and kissed me on my lips, then breathed in my scent. “I am sorry I did not move quickly. I do not know why my phone was switched off. I placed it on the table at home and found it switched off when I returned. I am sorry, Emma,” he said, sounding genuinely broken. Then he held my hand and kissed it. “I have discussed with Don Marcelo, and he is willing to release you to me,” he said, and I frowned at him.

“What about my family?” I asked, and he shook his head. “He refused. He said they will be treated well, but he will only release you to me if I make payment as agreed,” he said, and I frowned at him.
“After you pay him all that money? Why would he still want to hold on to my family?” I asked, and he bowed his head. There was something he was battling with.
“I do not know how you will take this,” he said, but I urged him to speak. He looked at me with heartbreak and concern.
“Apparently, slaves are allowed to gamble their way out. It is a way of tricking them into more debts. The games are rigged. Once they put a mark on someone and he or she does not know how to walk away from a losing game, they get the person,” He said, and I frowned, not understanding what he was trying to say. “Your father’s debt was Eight hundred thousand Leer, which I planned on using money from my trust fund to pay, but as of this morning, his debt tripled. Two million four hundred thousand Leer. Apparently, your father gambled last night, putting all on the line.” I could not let him finish his sentence when I screamed. I screamed with all my might. He covered my mouth and held me. I began to cry. Why were we cursed with the bastard? What kind of an idiot is he? How the hell could anyone pay two million four hundred thousand Leer? There is no way we can come up with that money. That is ninety-five years of servitude multiplied by three. It is beyond our life span. It is forever. We will be in this hell forever. “They are only allowing you to come with me because I offered to pay them four hundred thousand,” he explained, and I cried. “What about my brothers? Please, Tomas, you have to help them. My parents can remain. I do not care, but my brothers, I can’t leave them here. I cannot be happy knowing they are here. I
will do anything you want, please, take my brothers out too.” I pleaded with him, and his eyes filled up with tears.
“I can’t. Emma. I do not have that much, and now that Veronica knows what I am planning with you, she has been blocking my moves.” He confessed, and I looked at him.
“Veronica knows?” I asked, and he nodded.
“I told you I love you, Emma. Everything I said that day was out of anger and stupidity. I am still in love with you. Alpha Gibson has no choice but to let me since he, too, has a mistress. They are unhappy, but I cannot remain unhappy with Veronica. She will always be my wife and Luna, but my heart is yours, Emma. Please let me pay this money and take you out of here. While you are out of here, we can work on helping them.” he pleaded with me. It wasn’t a happy decision. I could not imagine leaving my brothers in this hell hole. If they stay any longer, they will ship them to somewhere I would not reach them. “Please..” I said, and he shook his head.
“I cannot make a promise I cannot keep, Emma. I do not want to continue coming here like this. The killings have increased, and any night could be a war night. I am risking a lot coming here. I will give you time to think about the offer. Once you decide, you can tell Tikka or Heather to contact me, and I will come for you,” he said and stood up. I knew he was telling the truth, but I also knew I could not leave my brothers behind. I knew I would eventually have to turn it down.
The scary part was that once we lost Tomas’s support, we would experience the real hell. What we were experiencing was unbearable; I dreaded the future.
I returned to our quarters, stunned at what Tomas had told me about my father. My mother troubled me to tell her what happened, but I could not bring myself to tell her or anyone what her mate had done. I just sat on the mattress in the room and wept. I was conflicted. A big part of me wanted to go and slit my father’s throat. That part was bigger than any other part of me. Somehow if the bastard had died earlier, we would not be in this mess.
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