Speak To Me
Chapter 45 –

(Jamie)

"I promise I will be back in an hour.." I whispered to my wife before bending down and kissing her for the fourth time.

I could see my mom smirking from here as the doorbell suddenly rang.

"That must be Jolie and Rylan." I mumbled while pulling back and gazing down at Gabriella.

I didn't want to leave her..but I had to.

I asked my mom to come and stay here with her, maybe have a girl's night while I go handle some things with Rylan..Gabriella doesn't know what those "things" are exactly..and I don't want her to.

She doesn't need to see this side of me..to see the side that is ruthless and vindictive. The side that wants to ruin every damn person who ever looked at my wife wrong..no, this will be one secret I keep because Gabriella deserves only the good. "I love you...be good..you too Mom..I'm serious." I grumbled before standing up and pointing to my mom.

Of course she had two wine glasses in her hands and smiled at me sheepishly.

"What can an old woman like me do? I've already lived my rebellious days..and that's what led me to your father." She stated, making Gabriella giggle as I shook my head..not something I wanted to imagine.

I walked over to the door before opening it and I saw Jolie standing there with another bottle of wine..great..

I noticed she didn't even look at me, her eyes darting around me as she just walked in without saying a word.

I know things have been weird between us since introducing Gabriella, but I'm just going to give her space. That's all I can do. "Ready?" I asked Rylan as he frowned at me immediately.

"Can't I at least say hi to my girl?" He mumbled before peeking around my shoulder and waving at who I assumed was Gabriella. "No, and she's not your girl.." I quipped before pushing Rylan out the door and shutting it quickly.

The moment that door closed..I felt my heart ache, wishing I could've said goodbye to Gabriella again but we needed to focus.

“Are you sure you are up for this?" I asked..this was going to be a lot..and I wasn't sure if Rylan could handle it.

"Yeah, I can't let him do this to Mom and Dad again..and the fact that he was the one that sent Gabs that shit..I could've kicked his ass just after hearing that alone.." Rylan rumbled, his anger already spiking as I just nodded my head once. Rylan was more on the emotional side whereas I held it in and planned my next move carefully..hitting them when they least expected it.

"Bruce said he just arrived about twenty minutes ago with Cecelia, so they are probably up in the VIP area." Rylan informed me while we stepped out of the elevator and headed towards the car out front.

Ray was waiting patiently as we slid into the car and pulled away from the curb the moment the door closed.

"She is doing okay though? You know..after all of that?" Rylan asked, making my eyes dart to his briefly before looking back out the window.

"Yeah, but that was just the tip of the iceberg..I have started to question some of the staff at the Kensington residence. It was bad Ry.." I stated firmly..not even wanting to recall what some of them said..

I'm talking neglect, abuse, starvation at some points...fucking sick ass shit that makes me want to rip out every one of those bitches tongues.

But my revenge..it won't be physical..no..what I am going to do to those women will leave them begging for mercy, because I am going to hit them where it hurts..my plan has already begun, and I can't fucking wait to sit back and watch them burn. "What the hell was Nolan thinking.." Rylan sighed for the tenth time. We don't know what the hell is going on with him, but tonight I'm going to replace out.

Ray pulled up to the club as I quickly took out my phone and sent Gabriella a text.

To My Princess: I love you baby, have fun and I will be home soon. Miss you already.

I hit send and tucked my phone away before glancing at Rylan and nodding.

"Let's do this." I said, feeling that usual calmness I get with chaos as we slid out of the car and walked straight to the front of the line.

One look from Rylan and the bouncer let us in without a second glance.

The moment I stepped through those doors, I remembered just how much I hate these types of places.

The loud music thumped around us while we weaved our way through dozens of people. The stares not going unnoticed and Rylan played right into it. He actually even knew a couple of people as he smiled and greeted them casually. Then we got to the VIP section and his whole demeanor changed. He was ready to get down to buisness.

We saw Bruce standing there, he was a huge guy with a black T-shirt and jeans. He had brown hair that went to his ears and kept his tattooed arms crossed in front of his chest.

"Hey man, thanks for the heads up..no one else comes up here okay?" Rylan stated before passing the guy a few hundred dollar bills discreetly with a handshake.

"You got it, boss." Bruce nodded once while stepping aside to let us through.

We started climbing the stairs, my heart rate slowing as I knew I needed to stay calm during this whole thing.

Then we got to the top, our eyes scanning the luxurious space as a few men were getting lap dances. There were two poles in the middle of the room where a group of men and women sat around, watching two girls who happened to be topless dancing seductively. This shit was not my scene..I couldn't help the uncomfortable feeling that rose inside of me as Rylan nodded his head to the other side.

Then I saw them...fucking Nolan had his nose pressed to the table as he snorted some type of white powder as Cecelia rubbed herself all over him.

"I'm going to fucking kill him." Rylan gritted through his teeth as he was about to march over there.

"Hey, remember..we need to be in control." I reminded my best friend as he nodded a few times before taking a couple of deep breaths.

I slid my hands into my black slack, my eyes scanning the room once more as I led us over there.

My gaze was locked on Nolan, the sight before me was pissing me off beyond belief as I watched him shove his tongue down Cecelia's throat after she took a hit off of whatever drug they were taking.

Then her eyes snapped to mine, and the look on her face was fucking priceless..she knew..she knew she was in deep shit.

Rylan and I both just so happened to be wearing all black tonight as well..maybe she realizes this is her fucking funeral. "Nol..Nolan..we..we gotta go baby." She began to sputter as Nolan looked at her in confusion before following her gaze.

Then his eyes widened as he quickly stood, almost knocking over the table in front of him.

"Ry..Jamie..this...this isn't what it looks like." He started to rush out and before I could even respond, Rylan lunged forward and punched him straight in the face, his hands gripping his shirt as he shook his brother. "How the fuck could you do this!"

So much for being calm..for fucks sake.

I managed to pry Ry off of Nolan as Cecelia screamed before going to run away.

"You, sit down." I barked while pointing to her. She quickly nodded her head up and down, then proceeded to sit and cower in the corner.

"And you..you have a lot of fucking explaining to do."