My Second chance Love

The attack

Daniel's POV

I watched as her fingers started to tremble but she tried to hide it

"And how do you know that?" She asked

"Let's leave here first. It's not safe" I said, looking around "and please don't argue" I added immediately killing the protest on her lips before she spoke.

We got out of the cafe and drove the 20 minutes drive to her house and immediately we entered her house, I brought out my phone and pushed it into her hands

"Go through the messages on the second line in there" I said and she grabbed the phone and I watched her face go white as she read the last message there out loud

"You should have stayed away, Daniel. Now she’ll pay the price."

Her breath caught in her throat just the same time I froze too, the air in her apartment suddenly felt thick, suffocating. I had not seen that one yet, it was new and it suddenly dawned on me as I walked towards the window running a hand through my hair. I was an i***t,

“God I'm an i***t. I should’ve known this would happen,” I muttered but she heard me and turned to me, anger bubbling beneath the fear. “Known what, Daniel? What the hell did you do?”

I just looked at her for a minute, trying to decide how much truth she could handle. Finally, I sighed

“They followed me. It was trap" I said and the fear in her eyes multiplied

"What do you mean by that?" She asked and I felt my eyes burning up with my own rage at myself.

"Sophia lost the baby after my brother beat her up and she also died in the process and now there are people after us"

Ava clenched her jaw. “Us? I'm in no way a part of this and you know that. So now they’re coming after me? Because of you?”

“I never wanted this to touch you. That’s why I stayed away and I came to warn you now but I didn't have any idea that it was a trap.” I cried out and she let out a humorless laugh.

"Stayed away? You left me for someone else, Daniel. Don’t rewrite history like you were doing me a favor.”

She was finding it hard to believe what I was saying and I understood it perfectly because to her it would not make any sense and right now she was too angry, too scared.

Suddenly it felt like we were being watched, “Go pack a bag.”

She narrowed her eyes. “Excuse me?”

“We’re leaving.”

She crossed her arms. “You don’t get to walk back into my life and start barking orders. I don’t need your help.”

I understood her but this was not the time, I stepped closer, his voice low but urgent. “Ava listen to me. This isn’t just about me anymore. If they want to get to me through you, they will. And they won’t stop until they do.”

I knew she didn't trust him but I was hoping that she would trust the fear that I knew was in my yes.

"I'm not packing a bag until you explain to me in details" she demanded and I ran a hand over my face and let out a slow breath.

“Okay fine. Sophia is dead. My brother killed her and her baby and Sophia was part of a very dangerous and powerful family and those are the people who are after us. Her sister in particular because she believes my brother ruined Sophia's life and she wants revenge on all his entire family and whoever is connected to him. You're connected to me and that's why you're involved" I explained and she shook her head in disbelief

"You mean when you ran off with her to protect your brother at the expense of my own life"

"Oh Ava it's all so complicated" I said "When it all started to get crazy, I tried to walk away but you don’t just walk away from people like that when you mess with them. They killed my brother too and that's when I knew I had to disappear. I tried to buy them came the threats that they knew about you and I couldn't just leave. They said the only thing keeping me alive was that I still had something they wanted.”

Her fingers gripped the edge of the table. “Were divorced for Christ's sake" she shook her head

"Yes but only on paper. You are the only woman I have ever loved Ava and they know that"

A bitter laugh escaped her lips. “Oh please spare me all that. You didn’t think to warn me before someone started stalking me?”

“I didn’t think they’d come after you.” I clenched my fists. “I thought I had covered my tracks. But if they know where you are, then it’s worse than I thought.”

I watched the weight of my words sink into her mind. She had to know that she wasn’t safe.

"But all this does not make sense. Why would they want to kill me too Daniel? Do you have something of there's?”

I sighed, I forgot how smart she really was and I was hoping that half truths would at least get her moving for now but she wanted everything and I had to give it to her. I remained quiet but she persisted. “Do you?”

Another silence followed and that was all she needed to know that there was something I wasn't telling her

“Jesus Christ, Daniel,” she whispered. “What did you take?”

But before I could reply, a knock at the door made both of us freeze. It was a slow and deliberate knock and immediately, I reached for the gun in my jacket,

I glanced at her. “Stay behind me.” she looked pissed but she didn’t argue.

The knock came again and this time is was louder and more forceful and before anyone could say anything, the door burst open and man in black shoved his way inside, his face half-hidden under a hood. Ava barely had time to scream before I pulled her behind me and raised my gun to the intruder.

“Back off,” I warned but he didn't blink an eye before lunging at me and I fired the gun at him but the man moved fast, twisting out of the way. He knocked the gun from my hand, sending it skidding across the floor.

I tried to get the gun but before I knew it, Ava grabbed a glass vase from the table and hurled it at the man’s head and he grunted, staggering slightly, and that was our cue

“Run!” I grabbed her hand and yanked her toward the back door. We crashed through the back door, spilling into the narrow alley behind her apartment. Rain slicked the pavement, making every step harder than the last buy I pulled her forward, leading us through the maze of alleys.

“Where are we going?” she gasped.

“Somewhere we can lose him.” I replied between pants, listening for the footsteps behind us to know if he was gaining in us and he was.

We rounded a corner, nearly colliding with a stack of crates. Ava's foot slipped, and she went down hard, her knee slamming into the pavement and I stopped calling out her name,

“Sarah!” I yanked her up just as the man closed in and grabbed her wrist. She shrieked, twisting away from him while I drove my elbow into the man’s ribs, breaking his grip.

“Go!” I shoved her forward and sighed when she nodded and ran without looking back.