Is Trust Really Earned?

Chapter 13

Savannah's POV

My father is absolutely fuming as he looks between Morgan and me, Lorenzo however has just confirmed every suspicion Morgan had but also caused more questions that will need to be answered. My father slams his fist on his desk causing us all to jump a little and look at him.

His dark eyes were firmly set on me as he growls slowly “How. Could. You. Be. So. f*****g. Reckless?” I have to fight the urge to roll my eyes at him, I match his glare jumping up I ask “How else did you expect me to act? I did what you trained me to do.” I growl back to which he huffs before sitting down and running his hand through his hair, Morgan and Lorenzo haven’t said a word yet both shitting themselves from the looks on their faces.

I take a deep breath and retake my own seat, I look up at my father only to be met with worried eyes so I guiltily say, “Daddy I’m sorry, you couldn’t find him, I could. I only did what you taught me, that’s why I ended up calling Morgan and convincing him to stay. Before we went in, I made him promise to only intervein if he really needed to, which as you just watched he did.” I finish giving him my doe eyes.

My father scoffs causing me to smirk before he says, “Don’t f*****g give me them fake arse doe eyes, we both know your mother’s moves don’t work on me anymore.” I can’t stop the snort that escapes my nose, causing my father to let out a laugh of his own. Lorenzo and Morgan visibly relax, as my father and I compose ourselves.

When we do my father clears his throat before asking seriously “So what do we do now, we’re still no closer than before you found him.” I shrug unsure what to tell me, I look between the three men in front of me before saying “I honestly don’t know, what do you think?” I question looking at Lorenzo, who continues to remain silent with a nervous expression.

My father notices and draws my attention back to him with a confused look of his own, I give a very subtle head shake indicating for my father to drop it. Lorenzo clears his throat drawing our attention to him before asking in a nervous tone “So, what do you remember?” I regard him for a second before slowly saying “Everything.” I let that hang in the air for a few seconds as Lorenzo gulps nervously again, I narrow my eyes at him before turning back to my father.

I look him in the eye and say, “Look whoever did this is powerful enough to scare Craig into thinking I’m the better option when it came to his death, I say we drop it for now and see what happens I mean no one has come forward claiming it was them so let’s wait and see.” I see my father’s eyes widen.

He starts shaking his head clearly not happy, unfortunately I need Lorenzo to believe we have let our guard down so I can see what his next move is. Morgan jumps up and starts pacing my father’s office before he stops and glares right at me and says, “Absolutely not, there is no way we are letting this go unpunished.” I look at Lorenzo as he’s talking.

Morgan notice’s and turns to Lorenzo himself before continuing “This crime can and will not go unpunished, don’t you agree Lorenzo.” I keep my eyes on Lorenzo to see how he is going to respond, he glances between my father and I before he clears his throat and stutters “I, I agree. Th, this should no, not go unpunished.” I watch as he cringes at his own words. I look at my dad who has a scowl on his face directed at Lorenzo.

I almost chuckle at the situation in front of me, I clear my throat this time getting everyone to look at me before saying “I’m not saying we let our guard down, I’m saying we keep our ears to the ground and see what whoever this is does next. You can even double my security if it makes you feel better.” I finish with a bored shrug.

My father’s eyes widen before they narrow at me, he chuckles as he reply’s “Nice try Principessa, I’m not that stupid. I know the second you can, you will ditch them just like tonight.” I can’t help the smirk on my face, even though I try my hardest because he is 100% correct. The second I get the chance I’ll be running off; I don’t do it for the reasons my father thinks though. It is all strictly for work, just work my family and friends don’t know about. Well except Morgan now, but that was necessary.

I just prey Enzo doesn’t find out, especially about Morgan knowing. He will never trust me again, but this is my security not his or anyone else’s. I shake away them thoughts and start paying attention, my father huffs crossing his arms over his chest before saying “This is how it is going to go and without any arguments from you, you will have extra security at school and whenever you are alone and away from home. If you are with your friends, you will have your normal security detail and no more security in the house and there is no negotiation here.” I look at his expression and see there is no point fighting him on this, I guess it is a little reasonable.

I flop back in my chair in defeat with a forced nod pouting, my father just chuckles before saying “Now f**k off, before I decide to punish you for tonight’s little stunt.” I’m up and running to the door before anyone can register, I don’t even look back to Morgan as I make my run for it out the door and straight to my mother in the kitchen.

As I come to a stop in front of her, she chuckles and says, “He let you off again didn’t he, THE BIG f*****g SOFTIE.” I chuckle as she shouts the last part so my father can hear her, he grumbles something back but not loud enough for us to hear.

We both burst into laughter as Morgan comes walking in with a smile on his face, my mother hugs him and says, “Thank you for bringing her home safe, again.” I give Morgan a knowing smirk to distracted to duck as my mother smacks the back of my head, I clutch it saying “Ouch, just getting over a fractured skull here.” I finish rubbing where she smacked me, f**k I forgot how strong my mother f*****g is that hurt.

She gives me a stern look before rolling her eyes and saying, “Don’t go playing the whole coma s**t missy, we both know that skull of yours is as thick as ever.” I look at her wide eyed as Morgan burst into fits of laughter, I growl at them both causing my mother to join Morgan laughing as I turn away from them and open the fridge to get something to drink.

I grab a bottle of water and turn back to the two hyenas slamming the fridge door, my mother quickly grabs my water and opens it drinking from the bottle. I look at Morgan and open my mouth to complain when he beats me to it and says, “Don’t cry at me, I’m not your mother.” I scowl at him as my mum laughs even harder, chocking on her stolen water. I ignore her and turn back to the fridge grabbing another bottle, when I turn back around my dad is there patting my mother’s back concerned.

I glare at my mother bent over with her hands on her knees trying to catch her breath, I smirk at her as she looks up at me and say, “Karmas a real f*****g bitch.” I then turn and walk out to my father shouting after me “SAVANNAH.” I keep walking as I hear my mother roaring with laughter.

My father asks confused “What the f**k just happened?” I hear Morgan laughing as my mother composes herself and says to my father “Don’t worry Tesoro. (Treasure)” I didn’t hear anymore as I walked upstairs and into my room, Morgan text me as I was stepping into the shower.

He wanted to know what we do next, as everything I told my father about leaving it was bollocks and it was. There is no way I am letting this go, I nearly f*****g died and Morgans right that will not go unpunished. I text back telling him we will talk soon and then finally jump in the shower, I need to wash tonight off me because I get a feeling something bad is coming and I will need to be ready.