Bound by love

Chapter 2

Alexander

I paced around my office anxiously. I downed the whisky I had in my hand and sat back on the chair. I sent my second and third in command to go get the love of my life and our child. This was not the way things were supposed to go but hey, life doesn't always go as we planned it much less my life. There are a lot of things that I never planned but ended up having to go along with. My life is a mess of unplanned series of events and they seem to be never-ending.

This is all because of that stupid fool, Samuel Aguilar. He has always been a backstabbing bastard and he had no intention of reconciliation. I wish my father had seen right through him but he ended up paying the price with his life for trusting an enemy. 2 years ago, he sent my father into an ambush and he was shot several times. He died on the spot and Samuel was not at the scene. He spun some bull crap story about not being aware of the attack on my father but I knew he planned it.

I could never find evidence on him that would confirm my suspicion but I know that he is concocting schemes to get rid of me and my bloodline. I've been letting him get away with a lot of things but not for putting a target on my son's head. He has compromised my son's existence and now all enemies are out to get him.

Everything changed five years ago when my father decided to ally with a snake like Aguilar. I understand him. He wanted one less enemy especially the one who had always been an enemy for decades. The deal was for me and Vanessa, Samuel's daughter to get married. I did not want to but I had to, for my family. Everything was arranged and ready and I met Vanessa only once during that time.

Things went sideways when my father sent me on a mission. I had to retrieve the supply for the next gun and transport it to the border. Somehow the plan failed and it led to me and the guys firing off with the police. I managed to run the spot and headed towards my uncle's place in Portland, Oregon to lay low and let the dust settle. He was in the business too so he knew what to do.

There, I met the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. Maya Bennett. The image of her is engraved in my mind. Her pixie-cut blonde hair and hazel eyes were hidden behind thick glasses, a litter of tackles on her cheeks, button-straight nose, and those juicy pink plump lips. Her figure is slender with some fat in all the right places. I was entirely drawn to her beauty and innocence that I forgot my status quo. She was my cousin Dario's best friend and when I arrived she was in the house.

I am a mafia and all I knew was how to shoot a gun and make a deal. I knew nothing about love but at that moment, my heart skipped a f*****g beat. I was immersed in her presence which caused Dario to snap me out of it. Emotions in me were foreign and I thought I was losing my marbles. Never had I looked at anyone like I looked at her and right there I knew I had to know her.

To sum it all up, my life changed and I suddenly wished that I was just a regular guy not involved in crime or running from the law. And that remained just a wish when I had to leave the love of my life behind to fulfill my duty. Oh, how I regret it. I mean not because I had any expectations or anything but because my heart was for only one person. It is because Vanessa turned out to be one messed-up chick with a lot of issues, bigger than I could ever handle.

Right now as I speak she is in the madhouse. Vanessa Aguilar was a few months along in pregnancy when we got married. I knew that it was not mine because I never came close to her. I confronted her and she said that her father knew and still put her up to marry me. When I asked her who the father was she said he disappeared and he did not want the child she was carrying. My father pardoned them for their indiscretion. I did not mind because I was not going to touch or love her anyway.

We decided not to get involved in each other's business and just live out our lives as normally we can. I later noticed her sketchy behavior and when I looked into it, she was sniffing coke and drinking alcohol. I could not stand for it. It was one thing not to love her and another to let her harm her baby. She was not in her right mind and it was horrible. The baby nearly died because of her irresponsibility. After the baby was born, she fell went into prenatal depression, and refused to see her baby for several months. I had to hire a nurse to take care of her while she was still dealing with her issues.

Maribella is a happy and lively 5-year-old child. I raised her and became the father she never had. Vanessa on the other hand was just excelling at being a bad mother time and theme again. One night, she was about to throw the baby in the fireplace. I don't know what I would have done had she succeeded. Luckily I thought of monitoring her so she would not harm the baby during her mental breakdown phases.

The door to my office was opened and Antonio, Raphael, and Luca came inside, breaking me out of memory lane. I stood up quickly.

" Is it done? How did it go? Are they both okay? Answer me for goodness sake," I raised my voice, worry eating away at me.

" Calm down Alex. Everything went better than expected, " Antonio, my second in command said to me patting me on the back with a smirk on his face. Raphael took a seat poured a glass of whiskey and downed it in a second. He is my third in command.

"Yeah, I almost regret kidnapping them. Maybe if we had asked them politely to come with us they would have obliged," Luca injected with a chuckle. I was not at all getting what they were saying to me so I asked again.

" What are you guys saying?"

" Well, your pretty lady was not at all a hustle. I mean she did try to fight it but it was of no use so she did the best next thing and cooperated with us. As we speak, she is in the guest room in the west wing of the house as you ordered. Both of them." Raphael explained and I sighed in relief. Suddenly I became nervous at the mere mention of her being under the same roof as I am.

" Great job," I poured another glass to calm my haywire nerves. Antonio was looking at me like he wanted to say something.

" What?

" Are you not going to see them?" he asked curiously. I took a sip of the bitter drink and shook my head no.

" I'm not going to see them. At least not now. " I can't believe that I am scared of facing her. It has been so long and I don't know what to say. How will I face my son after being absent from his life despite knowing of his existence?

I might have left but I made Dario send me pictures of them. When he told me that she was pregnant I almost jumped straight into a plane back to Portland but I did not. I could not be selfish and endanger their lives. If I had done that, there would have been bloodshed. Since then, Dario sent videos and pictures of every milestone of my son's life.

" Did any of you call Dario to tell him of the situation?" I asked

" Well I tried calling him but he did not answer," Antonio replied nonchalantly. That's strange. He always answers when he is called. Anyway, he'll call me when he does not find Maya and Xander. I'll him inform then. I don't want him going into a frenzy and slipping up.

The guys went out and I was left alone to my own thoughts. This is not the way I wanted to reunite with Maya. Those bastards, Aguilar and Medrano know how to push my buttons. I trust them to mix business with personal life. Going after my son won't be easy. I will give my life to save him and I will destroy whoever dares to harm him and Maya.