After the call, I decided to watch some TV, but after some time of flicking through channels and not finding anything decent, I went back up to my room and got dressed to go to the hospital.

When I was done, I went back downstairs, grabbed the keys to my Porsche and left, but not before yelling to Steve that I was going out. He replied with a "Nobody cares" and I left, deciding that the reply was good enough, at least he didn't ask me to go to hell.

I was on my way to my family hospital, the only hospital we ever went to since I was born. I had been there quite a number of times while growing up, so I was quite familiar with most of the doctors. Yes, I used to hurt myself a lot as a kid.

The ophthalmologist was Miss. Allison, who other than being our eye doctor was also a friend to my late parents. She was like family and used to come over a lot when I was a kid, but something happened and then we stopped seeing her, even before my parents died.

The drive there wasn't so long and soon, I was at the reception, trying to avoid the flirty new receptionist. The old me would've flirted back but a lot of things changed after my parents death.

"Can I please just know if Miss. Allison is around?" I asked for the umpteenth time, my voice a bit more firm.

"Yes she is, but she's with a patient at the moment" she finally replied, giving me the stink eye.

"Alright thanks" I replied, flashing her a bright smile and then proceeded to the waiting room to her office.

After sometime, she came out of her office along with the patient she was attending to.

"Alright, make sure you take those medications religiously hun" she called after the girl who was already on her way out.

"Hello darling" she greeted, turning to face me.

"Hi Miss. Allison" I replied, waving a little.

"Oh Blake, how many times do I have to tell you to just call me Allison?" She complained, going into her office. I followed her and closed the door behind me.

"Sorry, I'll try to remember that next time" I replied, chuckling as I took a seat opposite her.

"There had better not be a next time young man" she scolded playfully and I nodded "So, how are you? How have you been holding up?"

"I'm fine and everything's good, thanks" I replied.

"Alright, so what brings you here?" She asked, leaning forward on the table.

"Well, after my basketball game yesterday, a mild fight broke out and someone punched me in the eye. I got it checked by the school's nurse and I'm totally fine now but my aunt forced me to come for another check" I explained.

At the mention of my aunt, Allison rolled her eyes. My aunt Victoria and Allison for some reason never got along, ever. They had some sort of beef with each other and nobody knew the reason, not even uncle Ben.

"Victoria, always the drama queen" she sneered and stood up "Come on"

I stood up and followed her into an inner room. There was an examination chair right in the middle of the room with light bulbs fixed directly above it and a stool situated right next to it, some charts were on the walls and there were multiple cabinets.

"Lie here" she instructed, gesturing to the chair and walking over to one of the cabinets. I did as she said and after some time, she was back with some tools. After examining my eyes for some minutes, she asked "Did your nurse at school administer eye drops immediately?"

"Yeah"

"Okay. Your eye is fine now, nothing to worry about" she replied, bending to pack up her tools from the stool.

"That's what I thought. Thanks" I said smiling as I sat up. Just as I was about to get off the chair, I noticed something on her neck. I looked closer and saw that it was a tattoo and not just any tattoo, it was the same as the one André had but with a slight difference. This one had an inscription around it in a foreign language.

"Allison?" I called.

"Yes honey?" She replied, looking up at me.

"That tattoo on your neck, what does it mean? It looks quite familiar" I asked, still looking at it.

"Oh that" she said, touching her neck "You must have seen it on either of your parent's neck or wrist before"

"My parents?" I asked in shock. Why would my parents, Allison and André have the same tattoo?, I thought and that was when it clicked and I finally remembered where I had seen the tattoo before.

My dad used to have one on his wrist, the one with the inscription and if I could recall correctly, that was the Vipers' tattoo! Oh shit. How could I have forgotten something so important?! André having the tattoo only meant that he was a Viper, but the tattoos weren't exactly the same.

"Oh, I remember now, it's the Vipers' tattoo right?" I asked Allison.

"Yeah, upon complete initiation, every Viper is given one" she explained.

"Okay. Uh is there another Viper tattoo? I mean, one without the inscription, maybe for some certain people?"

"No" she stated looking confused but then like she remembered something, she continued "Oh wait, did you say without the inscription?"

"Yeah" I nodded.

"Oh that's the tattoo of the New York chapter. I mean, that's the original tattoo, but when we split, we tweaked ours a bit for differentiation"

"Oh shit" I cursed under my breathe for the second time in that minute.

"Why? What happened? Did you meet someone from the headquarters?" She asked "Miguel better not be playing dirty"

"Oh no, I didn't" I denied, scratching my nose. My mum used to say scratching my nose always gave me away when I was lying, but luckily, she was the only one who noticed.

"I was just curious. I have to go now though. Thanks Allison. Bye!" And with that I was out of her office. I bolted out the hospital doors and rushed straight to my car, the only thing on my mind was that Dani was in trouble and I was the cause. How could I have forgotten that tattoo?! Yes, it's been a few years since I got involved in Viper business but still.

I knew there was something up with André and maybe I was the only one who could sense the sinister aura he had because I had sensed it before. Damn, if anything happened to Dani, I would never be able to forgive myself.

Okay recap, my parents were Vipers, my dad was the boss and my mom was well, his wife. They died a few years  ago in a car accident which I'm sure was staged by Miguel, the under boss of HQ. Both chapters used to be one until a fight happened some years back resulting in the split. Both sides have hated each other's guts since then and didn't dare approach each other's territories.

I used to be an active member of the Vipers' New York branch and as the son of the boss, I was rumoured to be next in line for the seat of the boss even though I wasn't the under boss. After my parent's death though, I stopped all business concerning the Vipers to focus on taking care of Elsie and school since I was all she had left and I was going to take over all of my parent's businesses. To be honest, it was a peaceful break from all the violence associated with the Vipers that I didn't know I needed.

My decision began to cause an unrest in the gang as they had no one to lead. Luckily, my uncle managed to calm things down and then he became the boss. Steve was also in the gang and he had no problem with it, infact, he was always getting into fights with shady and sketchy people.

Everything just started to make sense. André moved to New York some weeks after Dani and her family had, so that must mean that he was sent after them. His main assignment in New York was to get that pendrive and most probably hurt her and now she was with him, at some place I didn't even know.

I tried calling Dani but she didn't pick up. Some minutes later, I pulled into the driveway of her house. It was a few  minutes after twelve now and hopefully she hadn't left home. I ran up to the door and I was about to burst in when I decided against it and knocked instead. After the third knock, the door opened, revealing a young lady in her early thirties.

"Hello, good afternoon. I'm Blake, a friend of Daniella's" I rushed out "Is she in?"

"Uh hi. Sorry she's not around. She left like an hour ago" she replied. Shit.

"Oh okay, please do you know where exactly she went?" I asked.

"No, she didn't tell me"

"Okay thanks" I said and ran back to my car. I had no idea where to search for her, so I tried calling again but she still didn't pick up. Arghhh. I was so frustrated. Just then I remembered Clover, they were best friends and so she should know where Dani was.

"Hi Blake" she greeted as soon as she picked up.

"Hey Clover, uh do you know where André took Dani?" I asked, going straight to the point.

"Yeah. As a matter of fact they're in the same restaurant I work at at the moment. They're few tables away from the counter and Dani just left for the washroom"

"What restaurant is that?"

"Chops and Fries. It's this new restaurant just few blocks from the mall. Why?" She replied as I pulled out of Dani's driveway and drove in the direction of the mall, breaking all speed limits.

"Nothing. I'm on my way, just keep an eye on André for me, would you?"

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