The Love From Vengeance

325: DARK CONFRONTATIONS

ANDRE’S POV

It had gotten dark, and everyone had left the company, going to their various homes. Ariel was the last one to leave, and before she did that, we had a little conversation- just a normal conversation, actually.

I was exhausted from work, and my thoughts added to my stress. I had no idea how this all started, but my head couldn’t shake the thoughts away.

Walking to my car, I spotted a light of another car coming in my direction. The light was pointed at me, giving me the feeling that whoever was in that vehicle came to see me. So I stood, waiting for the car to stop and for the driver to leave.

When the car finally stopped, I didn’t take my eyes off it. The lights were turned off, and I stood still, letting the scene unfold. To my surprise, a familiar face stepped out. And this was not just any familiar face. It was my brother Mason. He was the one

who burst out of the car.

He wore a leather jacket and grey jeans. His face had several scars, and he was definitely not as handsome as he used to be.

“Mason? Is that you?” I asked cautiously. It could be that my thinking had brought me

to this imaginary world.

“What are you seeing, brother?” He replied, opening his arms wide.

He took some steps forward, but it was like he had been injured in the leg. Of course he was. His encounter with Luke was definitely the cause of it. I was quite sure about

that.

“Where have you been all these days?” I quizzed him. His steps were getting closer

each second.

Just trying to build myself.” He shrugged, making that not–caring face. “You know, after what your friend’s lover did to me.

But you deserved it, don’t you?”

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“Ha!” He snapped his fingers. “You know about everything now. I noticed that.”

“Do you have to be so cruel?”

“Cruel? Is that what you call me now?”

“Yes. Mason! You murdered a five–year–old kid who literally had no idea about

anything.”

was the son of

boy was innocent!” I bawled right away. “He had nothing to do with any of your… problems with Luke. If you wanted revenge, you shouldn’t have touched any

moving his fingers together. “Then it wouldn’t be

Mason? Seriously? That’s what you’re going

have any idea what Luke did to me, do you? Do you know the pain that he caused me, the pain that I had to

and kill his son. In case you don’t know,

a son to me. He was

I loved her with the whole of my heart. But Luke had to take her from me. So I followed the law: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Karma came knocking right on

at him in silence, scanning him

were walking by.

“Let’s find somewhere

my car, and Mason followed promptly. We didn’t say anything to each

while I drove.

the occasional whisper of the wind. Weathered and cracked asphalt stretched out like a yawning chasm, disappearing into the horizon. The

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and It could leave someone

heading to?” Mason asked, looking

you asking? Are you afraid?”

I’m

the saying goes: curiosity kills the

chuckled, still looking through the window. “That’s an old season.” He looked at me with his sardonic smile. “Those are for babies, not for

further. I only carried on with my driving.

cast elongated shadows that danced across the road, adding to the sense of foreboding. The sparse foliage that

backdrop of the starless sky. Its silhouette loomed like a specter, beckoning you forth with an unsettling allure. I approached in that detection, and the incline became steeper, the road winding

were suffocating under its weight, with the air growing colder. It would look like

the darkness below. From this vantage point, I could see nothing but emptiness, a vast expanse of nothingness

told Mason, not glimpsing at him.

brother? What are we doing here?” he asked me. His tone indicated that he

tardily fixed on him, unwavering.

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face,” he spat. “What the hell are we doing

hoisted my brows at him.

promptly. “Enough with that ‘why are you

I only asked you twice,” I told him

“Bullshit, Andre! Bullshit!”

down and leave the car.

all the places in this city. You

you have a problem

it? If I don’t, do you think I’ll