The King of City

44 WELCOME TO MY HOME

"Elsa still threatening you?".

“Yes, apparently my father's betrayal affected them too much. I’ve seen a couple of men in black vehicles following me when I go to my father's companies. I’m afraid that they will attack me”.

"Why don't we contact Grey Umbrella to send you an escort to give you security?".

"Not crazy, these people are very powerful if I do that, surely the escort they send me will be a spy for them. That way it would be much easier to assassinate us, with the enemy at home”. Elsa said annoyed at the suggestion that Lionel just made to her.

"What if you leave the country?".

"They would track me down right away; they sure think that's the first thing I'll do".

Elsa was very desperate because she felt that she was about to be killed because of her father's treason against her political party.

"Sure, they already hired my executioner". She said with concern.

"Don't say that Elsa, you are being very paranoid, with your death they would gain absolutely nothing".

"Yes, they would win, they would get revenge. My father couldn’t continue living with the remorse that my death was his fault”. Elsa said again very pessimistically.

"I’ll not let anything happen to you, we will think of something, be it a false identity or whatever, but at once I warn you that not even your father can know the plan that we have to save you".

"Then I disappear and What? That would torment him even more".

"Elsa it’s dangerous for him to know where you are going to be".

"No Larson, I can't do what you ask me, with that I’d only kill him, I don't want to be the one to murder my father".

"Let me think of something, tomorrow I come to see you and tell you about my plans".

Lionel was worried about Elsa although he didn’t love her, he felt that he should protect her just as he would have wanted her sister Elizabeth to be protected, so he was going to think of some way out of the difficult situation she was going through since it wasn’t his guilt. First, it occurred to him that one of his gang members would serve as an escort, but then he remembered that none of his men liked being outside his territory. He took another breath to weigh on other solutions, until it occurred to him to invite Elsa to the villa, with that he could expose himself a little in front of his housemate, but he was unwilling to let Elsa be killed, however, he consulted with Beau before making the final decision.

"Beau, you are my ground pole, I want to tell you something".

"You flatter me Cheetah, I thought you just liked hitting me".

"Most of the time yes, but sometimes you need your punching bag to hear it". Said Lionel laughing.

"Tell the bag what you think". Beau replied, laughing.

"As you know some time ago, I was infiltrated in Gray Umbrella, there I was assigned a mission that consisted of being an escort to a girl who is the daughter of a billionaire".

"I do remember, you had told me about that mission".

"What happens is that the girl is in danger of death and I don’t want to leave her alone in such a delicate moment as that, the girl is a good friend of mine". Explained Lionel.

"And does he know your true identity?".

"Of course not Beau, she thinks I'm Larson".

"And how do you plan to help Cheetah? Hadn't you given up being the girl's escort?”.

"I was thinking that she would live with me in the villa?".

"At the villa?". Beau said very surprised because he didn’t even invite him there when he had just arrived in town.

“Yes… Don't think I thought of that option that easy; I was weighing various factors and I think that if the girl stays, I wouldn’t jeopardize my plans”.

"How can you be sure of that, Lionel?".

"I’ll disconnect her from the outside world, somehow she needs to disappear".

"Lionel, if you think she won't interfere with your plans, bring her in, if you want, we send a gang member to watch over her".

"Sounds good Beau, I think I'll tell her to come with me to the villa".

"And what will you say to Mary?".

"Nothing, after all she’s the invader in my house”.

Lionel was determined to take Elsa to the villa, so he went very early the next day to ask her to pack some of her things in suitcases and thus immediately leave for town.

"Elsa pack your bags, I'll give you 10 minutes".

"I don't understand Larson, why are you asking me that?".

“We will go to my house; nobody will find you there. Hurry up, I borrowed a motorcycle so we can go on it. To mislead the men who are watching you, ask one of the housekeepers to put on a wig and get on your vehicle, while doing that, we will go on the motorcycle”.

"What about my luggage?". Asked Elsa who hadn’t had time to accept the invitation that Lionel was giving her.

"Later I come for your things". Said Lionel.

"And my father?".

"We will call him when you’re safe".

Elsa without protest did everything Lionel asked her, trusted him very much and knew that with him her life wouldn’t be in danger, so she agreed to go with him even without notifying her father. During the trip, she realized that they were entering a small town a little far away, when they arrived at the villa she was very surprised because she had never visited a place like these.

"Where we are?".

"Welcome to my house Elsa". Said Lionel when after taking off his helmet.

Elsa was very surprised since Lionel had always been very reserved with her private life, which is why it seemed a little strange that he had taken her to the most intimate part of him that was his home.

"I don’t know what to say ... I didn’t think you would do this for me". Elsa made him hug and kiss Lionel because he was behaving like a hero, however, she preferred to thank him only with words. "Thanks, it's amazing what you do for me".

"I can't let something bad happen to you". Said Lionel, remembering his sister. “Let's go in, I'll show you the villa and your room. But first I must tell you something else”.

"Tell me".

"I live with someone else, it's a girl".

"I didn't know you had a girlfriend; you didn't tell me". Elsa said a little disappointed.

"It’s not what you imagine Elsa, when I got here, I rented the site to a girl but she had problems with her move, she’s here while her new house is being repaired". Said Lionel trying to explain to Elsa.

"I don’t want to bother you".

"If so, I wouldn’t invite you to my house".

"Okay, I promise that as soon as I have another idea, I'll leave your house".

"Don't worry, Elsa, you're going to stay as long as necessary".

Lionel showed Elsa the large gardens of the Villa and the interior of the house, although it wasn’t a mansion as her house wasn’t an unpleasant place, it was incredibly quiet. Elsa felt that at that moment in her life that was precisely what she needed, some tranquility.

"How about?". Lionel asked.

"Everything is very beautiful; they will never find me here".

“I'm sure of it”. replied Lionel, who also made sure that his men regularly circled the villa to prevent strangers from approaching.

"You haven’t introduced me to your housemate". Said Elsa who was anxious to meet the girl with whom Lionel lived.

"I don't know where she is right now, as I told you before, she only stays here while his house is handed over to her". Said Lionel, explaining Mary's absence. "It surely comes back at night".

Elsa was very eager to meet the girl since Lionel didn’t seem to be the kind of man who lived with unknown people.