CALLIE'S POV
Naomi and I made our way along the path of the apple orchard, lots of small birds kept dashing in and out of the trees, it was beautiful to watch. Finally the old gardeners huts came into view "you sure you want to do this now?" Naomi questions as we get closer. "Yeah. Let's get it over with" I shrug.
The two guards at the entrance of the huts greet us and instantly open the door. We make our way inside and are met in the living area by a smiling Steph, Leigh, Cole, Ryan and Mal. "Finally" Steph laughs as she wraps her arms around me with the rest of them following her actions tightening me into a group hug. "Be careful" we hear a dark voice growl.
They instantly take a step back from me and Mal comes into view stopping by my side. He protectively puts an arm around my waist "you okay?" He questions as he rubs circles on my lower back. Naomi looks at me curiously as I take a step forward which causes his arm to drop and his eyebrows furrow in confusion. "yeah I'm good. Where is he?" I ask whilst keeping my eyes on Steph,Leigh, Cole, Ryan and Naomi.
Cole clears his throat and walks towards the hallway "he's in the room at the end of the hall" I nod and follow him. I stop when I hear the everyone following "you can all wait here. Naomi come with me" I say sternly before I continue to walk along the hall. Naomi reassures Ryan that she will be okay before following me.
As we reach the door Mal puts his hand out stopping me from unlocking it. I turn and look up at him "Move" I say sternly looking into his eyes. "Your not going in there just the two of you Callie. It's not safe" he answers back in the same tone in which spoke to him.
I sigh and shake my head before making eye contact with him again furrowing my eyebrows "you know I'm getting really fucking fed up of men telling me what is safe and what isn't. I'm a grown ass woman and I managed perfectly fine before you showed up" I yell at him as I poke him in the chest. He scoffs and takes his hand back off the door before storming away. I shake my head at Naomi who just smiles back at me and I unlock the door.
"Callie, is that you" I hear Luca ask as Naomi and I enter the room. He is huddled against the wall dirty and bloody, only wearing a pair of underwear. His hands and feet are swollen and purple. I turn to Naomi and ask her to close the door slightly before I pass her a chair and we sit a few feet from the door, keeping our distance from Luca who is on a short chain near the wall, unable to move more than a few feet.
I stay silent and watch him, trying to find the courage I need for what I'm about to do. Luca continues to try and speak to me but I zone him out unintentionally as memories quickly started flashing in my head. He had been my best friend, Luca had helped me through the darkest moments of my life but now he had added more trauma to it. I was heartbroken that someone I trusted so much, could treat me the way he had.
I flinch back to reality as I hear his groans and the chain rattle as he tries to move into my eyesight. "Callie please. Listen to me. I'll tell you everything". He pleads as I look back at him. I nod and his face shows the look of relief. "Speak" Naomi grunts, obviously angry at the fact I'm giving him the chance to speak in the first place.
"I just wanted to keep you safe Callie. With all the warehouses being hit and then the attack on the gala happened. I just had to get you out. You have to believe me when I say I didn't mean to hurt you. I just wanted to keep you safe" Luca spits out looking at me with pleading eyes. I hear Naomi scoff before shuffling in her seat. "This is all something I already know Luca. Tell me something I don't know" I glare at him as his eyes move between Naomi and I.
Luca shakes his head "I don't know what you want to know. Callie please just tell me. If I know anything I'll tell you. I swear it." He continues to plead. I look at Naomi who has a massive grin on her face "why are you so worried about the warehouse hits? Why would you need to protect Callie from it" she asks Luca before she turns to me. I smile back at her before standing up.
I feel Naomi's eyes burning into the back of my head as I walk closer to Luca and squat down so he is directly looking into my eyes. "Callie please" he pleads as I smirk at him. He continues to shake his head which instantly annoys me. "are you going to answer her questions?" I ask which makes him look back at me.
After looking into my eyes for a few seconds fear instantly shoots accross Luca's face. I smirk as I stand back up and walk to Naomi "the counterfit money" Luca whispers sounding defeated. I stop and turn back to him, Naomi instantly by my side. "What about it?" I question looking down at him.
Luca had been in my life for what felt like forever. This is the first time I had ever seen him break down even when his were brutally killed, you could see it was hurting him but he just got on with his life. "I know who's behind it. Callie I know that look in your eye. I'm dead eaither way, even if you don't kill me he will which means I can't keep protecting you anymore" he sobs. I feel my heartbreak more seeing his tears fall to the ground so I move to walk closer to him but Naomi grabs my arm and shakes her head.
"Who is behind it Luca" I question turning back to him. He looks away from me. Naomi scoffs "so much for loyalty" I turn back to walk towards the door. As my hand touches the handle to open it, I pause as Luca whispers "Dominic Linziski". I hear Naomi quickly turn back to him. As I turn around to see what she is doing aloud slap sounded thought the room before Naomi started screaming at him "what", slap, "the", slap "fuck", slap, "has", slap, "it", slap, "got", slap, "to do with Dom", slap, slap, slap. She screams as she slaps anywhere she can as Luca tries to protect himself. I can't help but smile as she hits him again and again.
Seconds later the door slams open and Ryan and Mal come running in pointing the gun at Luca with Steph, Leigh and Cole seconds behind them. "Naomi it's okay" Ryan continues to whisper to Naomi as he pulls her away from Luca into his arms. I feel Mal put his hand on me but I shake it off and walk over to Luca and look down at him "where is he" I growl. He looks at me with a defeated look "He built a house where he first met Naomi" he sighs before looking away from me.
I stand back up and look at Naomi who has regained her composure looked more determined than before to beat Luca's ass. We nod at one another before I leave the room first making my move towards the exit of the hut. They all soon follow behind "what now" Mal questions when we are finally made it back out the main door of the huts. Letting out a deep breath and looking up at the sky then over to Naomi I simply smile "were going to go find Dominic now, and..." I pause as I hear a phone ring.
*RING* *RING* *RING*
I take my phone out of my pocket and read the screen which is flashing telling me HF was calling. I sigh before looking back at Mal "excuse me, I have to take this" I say before glancing at Naomi and then walking away myself down the opposite path back to the house. I curse as I miss the call but relief soon sets in as I walk out of earshot and the phone rings again, I quickly answer.
"Callie, thank the lord your okay. I was getting worried" Heather says down the phone sounding relieved. "I'm okay listen. You were right Luca was involved. He's named Dominic Linziski" I whispered back looking around to make sure I was still alone. "I knew it. I fucking knew it. What do you need us to do" Heather cheered through the phone. "Nothing. Stay quiet until we question Dom. I'll contact you" I whisper back. I hear her huff through the phone and her excitement quickly disappear.
As the house comes into my eye sight, my eyes are instantly drawn to Mal who is watching me from the patio doors "I have to go but I'll be in contact soon. Stay safe H" I whisper whilst still watching Mal. "You too Callie. Speak soon" Heather replies before the line goes dead. I put my phone back in my pocket and head towards where Mal is waiting.
"Hey" I smile as I reach him. "Everything okay" he questions with a curious look playing in his eyes. "Of course" I smile while walking past him into the house. I make my way to the dining area where I can hear hushed voices. When I walk in I see everyone seated around the table. I raise my eyebrow when they room goes silent and they all turn to me with a large grin on there faces.
I shake my head and go take my seat at the opposite end of the table from my father "how are you feeling my dear" my mother smiles at me as one of the maids fill her glass with fresh water. "I'm starving" I laugh back at her. The room erupts into laughter and we all chat to each other.
Food is finally served and seconds before my plate is put at my space I instantly start eating. "So on a better note. Now Callie is well. Naomi, Ryan when can the wedding planning start" my mother grins excitedly towards my sister and her fiance. Naomi looks disgusted at my mother's question before looking at me with a grin. I shook my head because I had a feeling what she was going to say my mother was not going to like. "they have already started" Naomi shrugged before taking another bite of her chicken.
The room goes silent as my mother gasps loudly. "What do you mean they have already started?" She questions looking between Naomi and Ryan with her eyes finally landed on me. I raise my hands in surrender and laugh "don't look at me I've been indisposed for the past week". My mother looks back and Naomi "well?".
Naomi sighs and puts her fork loudly onto her plate "mother with all due respect. You do not know how to keep events small. Ryan and I don't want a big spectical. We want to keep it small and arrange most of it ourselfves" Naomi pauses before turning to me with a large grin "apart from a few things of course. The hen do. And the decor. Is all on them" she points between Steph, Leigh and I. Steph and leigh break into whooping and cheering shouting "partaaay" but quickly go silent as my mother slams her hand on the table.
My mother stands up and shakes her head at Naomi before leaving the dining room. My father turns to Naomi but before he can speak Naomi outs her hands out "please don't dad. This is my wedding, mine and Ryan's not mother's" she pleads with him. He simple nods and leaves the dining room aswell. Naomi's tablet alert suddenly goes off. We quickly spring into action when she tells us there's movement at Dominic's house.
"Are you ready for this" I ask Naomi as we get closer to Dominic's house. She shakes her head "nope but you survived Callan and Luca so I'm sure I can cope with my cheating ex" she laughs at me. "We're here, it's just through those trees" Ryan points out the passenger window.
It didn't take us long before we were making our way towards Dominic's house. It was unusually quiet which made me feel uneasy. As if he had read my mind Mal came up beside me and nodded towards me, feeling a sense of security knowing he was beside me I nodded back and we continued on.
Once we reached the house we instantly made our way inside. The four men in the house didn't have time to react before we hand them on the ground with their hands and feet zip tied. "Where's Dominic" I yell at them. They all stay silent, I shoot one of the mens knee caps which makes him scream out in pain. "We don't know a Dominic!" he screams as I move to shoot his other knee.
We hear a loud sound of wind whirling above us I notice the men looking around at us before laughing "but it looks like our boss knew you were coming" they snigger. I stand up and peak out of the nearest window. A helicopter was nearing along with a car following underneath it, it was getting close quickly, I smiled when I seen Dominic was the passenger but instantly froze when I seen who was driving. "Callan" I whisper as the sound of gunfire and Mal pulling me into the under ground cellar brought me back to reality.
We heard a loud explosion as bolted the steal door shut behind us. Mal held onto my arm and led me through the passageway under the cellar whilst following behind Naomi, Ryan, Steph, Cole and Leigh who were now climbing a ladder that was leading to a hole above us. "What did you see my love" I hear Mal whisper to me as I put my hand on the ladder to go up. I pause and turn to him "I saw Dominic and Callan" I whisper before I turn back to the ladder and my way up towards the rest of our team.