TWENTY-SEVEN
LILAH

"Seriously, son. Are you trying to put me in an early grave?" Nasir chuckles lightly at Ollie. "We have to take this day by day, alright. I know it's stressful and I will do whatever it takes to get your son back to you."

Nasir's eyes then fall to me.

"As for Dale, that man sure has a lot to say, shame I had to pull a couple teeth out to shut him up." I choke on my spit. "Too much information?" He chuckles but my mouth is open in shock.

"What are you going to do with him?" I whisper, tilting my head. "You're going to have to let him go at some point, Nasir." I begin to worry about what could happen to me when he does let Dale go.

"Did you know, Lilah, that his family is in a tremendous amount of debt? Has been for a very long time." Nasir copies my action by tilting his head. "It's your parent's that are financially stable." My face falls at the new found information.

His parent's are in debt.

That can't be true.

"I've also found out that your parent's were never the ones who needed the money. Dale's parents blackmailed them, resulting in your marriage with Dale." My eyes begin to water. "His parent's are part of some dodgy organisation. You may think your parent's betrayed you, Lilah, but what they were doing was keeping you safe."

A shaky breath escapes my lips.

"I-I....." I can't even begin to speak as I stand, stunned.

"His parent's threatened to have you killed. Your mother and father could not go to the police so they did what they had no choice in doing. They married you off so Dale's family could take all your money."

I release a shaky breath.

All this time I've suffered. My parent's have suffered because of Dale and his disgusting family.

I always found it odd how my parent's had suddenly got in to debt. I did feel betrayed by them, hurt by how they could just sell me.

But it all makes sense now.

"Where is he?" I question, feeling anger begin to rise and now all of a sudden I want to punch him in the face.

"Down in the basement. I'm guessing you want me to take you down there." I nod my head at his words.

"No." My head whips to Ollie to see him shaking his head, a frown on his handsome face.

"Why?" I ask, furrowing my eyebrows.

"I don't want you anywhere near that scumbag." He grits his teeth and I sigh gently, taking a seat.

Ollie crouches down in front of me and reaches up to stroke my cheek.

"I'm sorry, baby. I just worry that he might say something to trigger you." He whispers gently.

"It was never my family, Ollie. They've been blackmailed this whole time." My eyes begin to water. "These past few years I've wasted my life in a marriage with that piece of.....piece of shit! I thought I was helping my parent's!" I exclaim and let a small sob leave my lips. 

"Come here, beautiful." He opens his arms up and I don't hesitate to throw myself into his warm embrace. "I'm sorry, my love, so so sorry." He whispers while rubbing my back gently.

"I can take you down there and I promise if he steps out of line I'll deal with it." Nasir holds his hands up and I look back at Ollie to see him inhale a deep breath.

I give him a pleading look.

"No."

•••

I stare at Dale who is sat in a chair falling in and out of consciousness.

My jaw and fists are clenched tightly.

"Wake up you motherfucker!" I cover my mouth in shock as I watch Nasir pick up a bat and hit him in the stomach.

Dale groans and hunches forward in pain. It takes a couple minutes before he looks up at me.

"You fucking bitch! As soon as I get out of here I'll make sure my family murders you, painfully." He snarls and I stumble back into Ollie's chest. Ollie doesn't hesitate to wrap a protective arm around my waist.

"That's enough chit chat from you mister." Nasir tuts and grabs some duck tape, slapping it right over his mouth. "Go on, Lilah. Say what you've got to say before he manages to chew the tape off like the animal that he is." Nasir chuckles lightly and I take a deep breath.

I nibble on my bottom lip as Dale stares at me with hatred in his blue eyes. Ollie squeezes my hip gently and I look up at him to see him give me a reassuring smile.

"Go on, baby." He places a kiss on the top of my head and I look back at the disgusting man in front of me who begins to thrash about in the chair that he is tied to.

I take a step forward and smile at Dale.

"All these years I've been hidden in your shadow. I've let you belittle me, watched you cheat on me. I would lie awake at night wondering why my parent's gave me up so easily, how they managed to get into debt." I shake my head and step closer to him. "When really it was you and your horrible family struggling. Abusing the fact that you're criminals to blackmail my family."

I continue to stare at the poor excuse of a man that now has tears falling down his cheeks. I laugh.

"I'm done with your stupid threats and yes, I am fucking your boss. We're in love, Dale. He treats me better than you were ever capable of." I smile in his face as he mumbles something incoherent under the tape. "And at least he lasts longer than twenty-five seconds." I pat his head and hear Ollie and Nasir snicker behind me.

I rip the tape off of his face.

"You're gonna regret messing with me, Lilah." He growls snd goes to spit at me but Ollie pulls me back by the waist before it can land on me. "You're going to die for all this, Lilah. I promise you." He laughs, throwing his head back.

"Come on." Ollie whispers, his face hard as we watch the crazy man in front of us. "You okay?" He leans down to whisper in my ear as he leads us up the stairs.

All I can do is nod.

"I love you, Lilah." Ollie reassures me.

"I love you."

"You're dead, Lilah!" Is the last thing I hear from the basement before the slamming of the door.

•••

"Lilah baby, you're worrying me. Speak to me." Ollie whispers as we sit in the bath together. His hands rub up and down my stomach slowly, with his face buried in the crook of my neck.

"I'm just overwhelmed that's all." I whisper and lace my fingers with his.

"I'm going to keep you safe from him. He won hurt you, so anything that scumbag said, forget it because he will never ever get the chance to hurt you again." Ollie says, placing a kiss on the side of my neck.

"Thank you for everything, Ollie, for making my life better." I smile even though he can't see it.

"No, thank you my love." Ollie turns my face with his finger and places a soft, gentle kiss on my lips. "We'll get our happy ending. I promise."

I really hope so.

A/N
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