Seeing Red: Book 1 Of The Moretti Series ✔

Ch 22- Remi

When I pulled up to the club, there weren't many cars there. All of them I recognized except one. A pristine white Tesla Roadster, Florida plates. I slowed my pace as I passed it. With the top down, I could see the luggage in the back. Louis Vuitton chest luggage, thousands of dollars of luggage.

"Nice, yeah?" Looking up, my jaw dropped at the woman standing at the curb. She was gorgeous. Her dark hair stopped in the middle of her back and her eyes were just as rich as her hair. Her hourglass figure was modelesque and the hot pink romper glowed against her tan skin. 

She gave me a half-smile as she slid her sunglasses on. 

"Sorry for staring," was all that I could say in response. Not sure how she took it, the car or her, but I apologized anyway.

"It's okay. I'm used to it. I've gotta run or I'd let you continue to stare." She climbed in and pulled out before I could introduce myself or find out who she was. 

Inside the club, I found Micah in his office. 

"Babe! Hey, so I wanted to let you know," I stopped him.

"Who was that woman who just left?" His cool demeanor changed. 

"It doesn't matter," Micah said as he waved his hand.

"How does it not matter? She was here. I'm guessing to see you, and your girlfriend would like to know who she is." I was getting upset. We never held back and sure as shit did not lie about who people in our lives were.

"She is a childhood friend. We sort of grew up together. Shit went down about two years ago and we grew distant. I'm sorry, it just isn't easy to talk about. Her name is Gia." Closing the distance, he ran his hands over my arms. "Is that okay for my bella fidanzata?" (Beautiful girlfriend)

"Yes, thank you." Giving him a kiss on his cheek, I got us back on track, "So what did you need to tell me?"

"Ok, but I need you to sit down." He was smiling like a schoolboy who had just seen tits for the first time. "Ben is no longer a problem." Taking a seat on the couch, I looked at him, dumbfounded.

"What?! How?" The thought of how he made Ben disappear came to mind, "Did you kill-" 

"No, no, no! I promise I didn't kill him. I did everything through the proper channels." He took a seat next to me with a file in his hands. "I have a friend in law enforcement. I gave them his license plate and asked them to keep an ear to the ground. Anyway," he handed me the file, "he was found in Georgia. Romeo was dead in his trunk and he had the weapon that killed him. This friend assured me that, on top of the murder, with the number of drugs they found in the hotel room and in his car, he will be put away."

"Put away?"

"Either in jail or he will get the death penalty, but he will never hurt you again." I absorbed the information, my head swimming with the information. At some point, Micah had reached for me. Holding my hands in his, he waited for me to say something. Anything. So I said the only thing I could think to say.

"I don't know what to say."

"Baby girl, you're safe." When he leaned into me, I realized I'd made a decision before I had even left my apartment.

"I can't do this," it came out as a mumble.

"Remi?"

"I can't do this. I'm sorry. I can't do this." Without another word I left. 

I felt him reach for me, but I moved away quickly. He may have followed me, shouted for me, but my body was numb. All I could hear was my heart pounding in my ears.