Shadows In Durango

Chapter 82

*****Vincent's POV*****

Sinking down into the sofa by the window, I rip open the top of the white envelope and waste no time on removing its contents.

I empty it out onto the coffee table in front of me, my eyes scanning everything as it falls out.

"What the fuck?!" I say out loud, taking a moment to spread it all out before me for a better look.

This was fucked up...

Deciding that now was the time to call my father to explain everything, I retrieve my phone, rub a rough hand down my face and hit the call button.

It rings, and then rings some more, before it rings out completely and goes to voicemail.

"SHIT!" I grit loudly, before hitting the buttons to call my mother this time.

It rings once or twice, before she answers, her false tone filling my ears.

"Vincent? What's the matter baby?" She asks, as I take a deep breath to prepare myself for dealing with her.

"I'm looking for Dad." I state, as the line falls quiet for a moment.

"Oh... well he has company in at the moment..." she informs me, as I feel the bile rise in my throat knowing exactly what that meant.

How she could just stand by for so many years watching different women enter their home to please my father was beyond me.

But I guess she didn't care, since she was regularly passed between the men herself...

What a fucked up family!

"GO TELL HIM THAT HIS SON CALLED AND THAT ITS IMPORTANT! GET HIM TO CALL ME BACK!" I yell, before ending the line, suddenly riled again that he couldn't just answer when I actually needed him. Bastard.

no other choice, checking my watch and seeing that it was approaching four and that school would be over soon, I hammer

some sense. Somebody from an outside perspective

phone to the side to look over everything laid out in front of me. "Vin?" He questions, his voice filling the quiet space

silence fall between us -

I clench my jaw in defence but

me dumb questions as though I was incapable of keeping her safe... but perhaps he was

I was incapable of doing just

bath." I deadpan, as he sighs heavily before I hear the school bell

then hear him talking to someone briefly, saying a quick goodbye as I squint down at

It certainly wasn't Reid...

that?" I ask, curiosity getting the better

to show him around instead of doing detention." He explains, before

replaced me already." I attempt to joke, but Daryl doesn't give me the satisfaction which causes me to roll

just call to rub shit in some more?!" Daryl's patience quickly plummets, as I sigh heavily knowing that there was serious shit to discuss. "Alright, ok, you're right. Stuff hasn't gone great today... I hate to admit it,

He grumbles, as I nod

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gotten intense today..." I choose my words carefully, unsure of what to

do you mean by that? What's happened?" Daryl pushes me for more as I begin to

I needed somebody to

was in the bathroom taking a piss. I literally walked out to find him trying to drag her off..." I explain. "What the fuck?! Who was it?!" Daryl fumes, as I rub my

who had recognised her from a missing person poster at the bus station... said there was a hefty reward

he wanted to curse me out but was holding back, knowing I should have listened to

what did you do?!" Daryl questions,

us to one of the biggest bus stations and we found the poster. I ripped it down and I've got it with me, there's a number on it which I think might be her Fathers or at

in a cheer uniform - obviously taken from when her life was normal, I'm assuming

think that the person in the picture at the time had no idea what her life was

Are you coming home? Emma said Sofia text her and said she would hopefully be back tonight?" Daryl questions,

now that things

apartment to be safe, only to discover that one of the dumb receptionists let some random men up to my floor... now they know what number our apartment is and better yet, they've left an envelope which is why I

glance at it, expecting to find my father's name, but instead finding that it was Daryl requesting to switch our phone