The Billionaire’s Desires

Miguel’s POV

I turned my car around heading to the bridge, making all the cars to chase after me. I deliberately took some curves and turns that confused the coos chasing after me, making them crash against each other. Before long, the cars chasing after me reduced considerably, but they never gave up on me, they continued calling for more backup, chasing after me relentlessly.

Ariel was nowhere in sight, but I know she is still controlling these guys. I could have the pinging sound on the phones I took from her guys when I accosted them earlier. Her endless messages were on display on the screen of the phone. Her orders were to shoot to kill. With the way she has been desperately trying to kill Hillary, I think she has found out about her secret marriage with Nathan.

Her guys are good, too good. I think they use the same procedures as the Mafia, they are very efficient and they get information with lightning speed. There is no information that can be hidden from them for a long time, sometimes it surprises me how they manage to find us, no matter where we are hiding. I try my best to hide our locations but they still end up finding us. If Ray were here, he would have discovered the missing link, he would have found the bug they are using to track us down. I’ve searched all our belongings, I’ve changed our phones a couple of times just in an effort to find out how they have been tracking us, but I couldn’t find anything, nothing at all, yet they keep finding us, no matter where we are hiding.

It’s times like this that I need Ray, I just hope he finds his way back home, I hope he is still alive, not just him, Nathan too. This time, I’m going to outsmart them. I don’t care if they use a stronger network, I don’t even care if they have guys on the street that are keeping eye on me, this time,  I’m getting them off my back for good.

I kept driving towards the bridge, trying to stay ahead of all the other cars so they don’t see that I am all alone in the car. The tinted glass has been shot by Ariel’s thugs, the glass has shattered into the car. If they come any closer, they would see that she wasn’t here, so I had to drive faster to stay ahead of them all, I had to make it seem like I was trying to get away from them, they must never find out that I have a plan.

I could see the roadblock up ahead, in the middle of the bridge, they are planning to trap me on the bridge. The cops behind must have informed them that I am heading towards the bridge, they must think that they have me exactly where they want me to be, if only they know that I led them all here for a reason. The cops at my front were pointing their guns at me, trying to make me stop, the ones behind me also stopped and created a roadblock behind me, trapping me in their midst.

I stopped my stolen car a few feet from the roadblocks, looking at the cops through hooded eyes, acting like I feel trapped. I smirked when I saw the smug looks on their faces as they let the feeling of triumph flow through their bodies. By the look on their faces, you could tell that they are feeling excited. An officer brought out the microphone, saying the usual crap that nobody ever listens to,

“Step out of the vehicle, slowly, and put your hands behind your head. You are surrounded, you have nowhere else to go to. Step away from the vehicle, I repeat, move away from the vehicle.” He screamed into the speaker, sounding so serious, actually, he sounded more serious than necessary, you would think that he was trying to arrest a murderer and not a common car thief.

I’m pretty sure that these cops have no idea what is going on here, the dirty cops among them must have framed me with a crime and come up with a warrant to get me arrested. I just hope I don’t end up hurting innocent cops that have no stake in all this, I mean those that are not on Ariel’s payroll.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Wait…

What hell am I even saying?

Avril has no payroll, she has no money in her name, not even a dime. Without the wealth of the Trents, she is nothing but a cheap whore who screws every guy that has a few bucks in his pocket. After her first attempt to kill Hillary Trent, I did some digging into her background and I discovered that her father has gone completely bankrupt. Their extravagant lifestyle is part of the reason why they went bankrupt, her father is a chronic gambler, he spends all day at the casino, gambling his life away. She and her mom live like wealthy divas, shopping and partying every other day. Knowing the truth about her family background raised many other questions that had me digging deeper into her affairs.

I know she won’t be able to afford to live this way, she had no money and no name, she isn’t married to any of the Trent brothers, I wanted to find her sponsor, I thought I could stop her funding if I know her benefactor. The best way to get all that information is by stealing it from the one person who keeps an eye on all the affairs of Nathan Trent. I stole her records from someone that has been keeping a close eye on all her affairs, someone that cares about Nathan as much as I do, Costello. He has been keeping an eye on her, he has always known that she is here for his money, he knows exactly what she is capable of, he has always known. This makes me wonder if he had purposely kept mute and allowed Nathan to go on that trip and face his death. He has all her records, it has been with him all this while, yet he kept all those information to himself.

I’m sure Nathan would never have gone on that trip if he had all this information. Although, I can’t conclude yet, not when I have no evidence to support these claims. All the evidence I gathered could only implicate her thugs and hired assassins. I have no direct evidence that puts her at any of the crime scenes, and so does Costello, he also has details, not evidence. It could be that he had hidden these secrets from Nathan Trent because he doesn’t have concrete evidence either, but the truth remains that he hid important information from Nathan and now he is in danger because he didn’t get all the right information from his trusted sources.

I have all her records, I know exactly what she is capable of. I know all about her shady deals and the crimes she had committed even before she started aiming at the position of Mrs. Trent. I discovered that she doesn’t have a benefactor as I thought, she has many, many benefactors who also happen to be her lovers. But her biggest sponsor and lover is Nathan’s brother, Travis Trent. From the information I got from the stolen documents, I am forced to that believe that he is the one responsible for his cousin’s plight.

I know about the enmity between both brothers, everyone in our family knows the story. I had suspected that he is involved with this, seeing his records just proved to me that I was right all along. Now all I need to do is to find evidence that irrefutable, evidence that I can present in court. I need to know his accomplices, there is no way that he can carry out this mission alone, he had help from somewhere and I’ll find out where his helpers are. First, I’ll take Hillary to safety, I’ll make sure she is out of harm’s way, then I can get back here and screw that dude over, exposing his lies and treachery, then I can also help find my brother and our boss, Nathan Trent.

But all that has got to wait until I make it out of here alive and get Hilly to safety. I put on my headlights, blinking them at the cops in warning, telling them that I’m not ready to back down, not now, not ever. I sped forward, driving at top speed, hearing gunshots going off behind. I knew they were shooting at me, but I don’t fucking care. I stepped on the gas pedal, ramming the car into the roadblock set by the cops. I saw the guys screaming and diving for safety, trying to get off my path. I drove right into the police cars, hitting them off my path, going faster than ever.

From the corner of my eyes, I could see the cops scurrying back to their cars in a hopeless attempt to catch me. I had to make this look good, I wouldn’t want them to think that I have other plans. If I just drove right through the barriers and plunge into the river, they would know that something is up, their curiosity would be aroused and they would start searching for me immediately. I have to make it look like an accident, I can’t let them know that it’s premeditated. If they suspect any foul play, they could dive in after me and that would ruin my plans completely. Besides, I can’t stay underwater for too long and I don’t have an oxygen mask with me in this car.

No, wait…

Actually, I do. I mean, I don’t have it right now, but I can get it straight away with no hassle. I’ve got a friend in the special forces, his name is Cole and they have a sub somewhere around here, I don’t know if they are on a mission right now, but I could get him to send someone to come get me here in a few minutes, he did owe me a favor, I’m sure he would not refuse me. I picked up the phone and dialed his number immediately. I wished I have thought about this a bit sooner, this would be an impromptu request and I know he is not prepared for this, but I’m sure that he would help me anyway. Although telling him sooner would have been better because he would have been better prepared for anything that would come up afterward. But I’ll make do with anything he can come up with, there is no turning back now, I’m already on the mission already.

I spoke to him for some minutes, briefing him on my mission and my plans to get them off our back. I thought he was going to nag at me about my timing, but he didn’t. Actually, he said he has been so bored for the last few days and he has been looking for action. He agreed to come to get me himself and we agreed on the exact spot where he would be waiting for me. He would be underwater waiting with a scuba set for me, I just have to get to his exact location, then he’ll get me out of there. He ended the call, a little bit too excited about helping me. He must have been so bored, he just can’t wait to get into action, u just hope he doesn’t ruin this mission for me.

I kept checking the rearview mirror as I drove, keeping track of my pursuers. Then I slowed down a bit, pulling out my gun and shooting at the SUVs that are driving toward me behind the cop cars. Seeing them driving so seriously, following the cops So closely I’m forced to believe that they have some good connection with the feds, that provided them with some fake ID that they used to pose as FBI agents, or maybe they had somehow managed and gotten it themselves. With these guys, I just can’t tell how they get things done, but in the end, they always deliver to their bosses. I’m going to make them fail, this time around. Hillary would be the first target to escape from their claws, I’ll make sure of that.

I’m deliberately provoking them to fire back at me. I aimed at the driver’s side, firing a series of shots at the driver, but it never went through because the cars were bulletproof.  They kept coming at me, trying to catch up with me, shooting back at me. I pretended to be hit, then I swerved my car out of the right lane, acting likewise been hit, pretending that my car is out of control. I kept veering the car to the left and right, stepping on the break, making it look like I’m trying to stop the car. I was buying some time, waiting for Cole to get into position.

After a few minutes of driving around like a freaking Lunatic, I got the signal from Cole, so I stepped on the gas pedal, turning immediately to face the barriers by the side, I took out a grenade from my bag pack, keeping bit handy, then I rammed into the Barriers, making it look like I lost control of the car. The car went overboard, diving deep into the deep blue sea. I kicked the door open and got out of the car, swimming towards the glittering light that wasn’t too far from my present location. When I got a bit closer to him, I pulled out the pin and threw the grenade towards the car, then I swam faster towards Cole. He swarm forward also, then he pulled me along with him, dragging me further from the wrecked car, sharing his oxygen mask with me until we got far away from the car. We watched as the grenade went off and the car was blown into bits and pieces, the shock waves taking us back. I smile widely as he led the way, leading me out of the water, taking me to their sub. There is no way they can find any evidence in that wreckage, no way at all.

He took me back to the sub, I got into the sub with him and I was taken to another location that is far from the crash site, then I got off the ship, hiding from every camera as I went to get a car. I went back to the hotel to gather all our belongings. We are getting out of this place before they find out that I faked our death. I got all our belongings packed and I moved them into the car I just bought with Hillary’s credit card that Nathan had given to her. After packing everything that we need, I left the room, taking the secret staircase down to the garage, trying to avoid the cameras. I heard the intercom ringing in the room as I left, but I ignored it completely. For all I know, it could be a trap, Ariels thugs could be trying to see if anyone of us is still alive. I have to be extremely careful so I don’t get caught this time. I got the things into the car so quickly, as I drove out of the garage, I spotted Hillary’s best friend, Avril, standing in the lobby, asking questions. I had personally taken her out of this country to save her life, I risked a lot just to protect her, what the hell is she doing back here?