Shadows In Durango

Chapter 60

*****Sofia's POV*****

I felt incredibly anxious after opening up to Vincent about my past but after everything he had told me prior, the timing just felt right.

Despite my nerves, it also felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders as I shared my trauma with someone who could somewhat understand and relate to what I was saying - as twisted as it all sounds.

Our conversation had momentarily halted, as the waiter delivered a variety of tapas dishes to our table that Vincent had ordered - the intoxicating smell invading my nostrils as I held back the saliva from drooling out of my mouth from the smell alone.

"Is there anything else that I can assist you with sir?" The waiter asks, with a kind smile playing on his lips as Vincent shakes his head.

"No, this is perfect, thanks!" Vincent nods, reaching into his wallet to pull a forty dollar tip out for the man as he beams widely and thanks him before walking off.

If this date was teaching me one thing, it was that Vincent wasn't all bad, just misunderstood.

"Tuck in!" Vincent motions, as I scan the mass of food choices spread across our table, unsure of where to even begin.

Glancing at the shrimps, coated in a garlic glaze, I couldn't help but reach for them first - having not had such a luxurious meal in so long.

"Good choice!" Vincent commends, before he too reaches for a couple, placing them on his own plate as we both try them at the same time, humming in satisfaction at the bursts of juicy flavour exploding in our mouths. This was quickly becoming my favourite place to eat already...

"So before we were interrupted doll, talk me through what happened after you left home." Vincent asks me casually, keeping my nerves at bay with his relaxed tone as I swallow the next piece of shrimp in my mouth.

"Yeah, well uh, I stole some money from my father, which sure, I shouldn't have done, but it was necessary for my own safety." I shrug, as his eyes burn intensely into my own, drinking in each and every detail from my past.

of it... some of the decisions I've made certainly weren't well thought out or wholesome, but I reminded myself each and every day that my past does

would turn in her grave if she could see how

should've kicked him square in the fucking balls." Vincent mumbles, as I cover my mouth and almost choke at his choice of words. At least he supported me so

back, I offer him a smile before inhaling my next

even ditched my phone so they wouldn't ever find me, or so I thought at the time. I was in the first place for half of a year before they caught up to me at my new school. They tried to drag me out of there before some teachers stepped in to question their intentions and luckily, I made it out of a back fire exit door and escaped." I grow shaky at the memory of the first time

look in my father's eyes I'll never forget, he was

they got me home was enough to keep

so what did you do next?" Vincent encourages me to continue with the rest of the story, as we continued to eat,

the bus to just drive, even falling asleep until the driver himself had to wake

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figured after that, that it was harder to hide in the big cities,

shocking to hear myself reciting it all out loud, and terrifying to know that my father and brothers could once again creep up on

again. I don't want to be

won't let them get you." His words come as a shock to me, as my lips part ever so slightly having not expected

I..." I begin to babble only to be

do is say the word Sofia - and I'll have them killed." I search

and family if he's offering to wipe people clean off the face of the earth

place to help keep you safe. You are now living under my roof and you are my priority moving forward. I like you Sofia, despite having a shit way of showing it sometimes, and I won't let anybody hurt you in

a temper, this was something darker buried within him. He was no longer a high school bad boy sitting across

had my best interest at heart... who seemed soft only

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around me, I've not even been in town for long, you

past and I also know how your presence in my life makes