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"Boss, We found Mrs,Vincent's car. It was parked in the Majestic Society two blocks away from Rose Dallas's house. We separately investigate her but she don't have any idea about her whereabouts and we also found her cell phone in the car", his men informed King.

He took the phone from his Man,
"Hm. And what about the search?"

"Sir, we search all the towns here and also sent our teams in other cities, they reported that they found no sign of her. They are confident that she is not in America."

King nodded and ordered,
"Good work. Now go and find out who else she met before her departure and where." He bowed and left.

King checked her phone, it was empty, no call log history, no message, draft or sent message. Nothing. The backup was also cleared.

She is clever...

King leaned on his chair for a little rest massaged his forhead trying to ease the throbbing pain in his head.  Since the day Emily left, he didn't sleep well or it was better to say that he didn't even close his eyes at all.
Armie entered in King's office,
"Brother?"

"Hm?"

"Are you alright?", Armie's voice was full of concern.

"Why you come.", He replied in a gruff tone.

"Father is calling you downstairs", he informed,
King sighed heavily and rubbed his face to get rid of tiredness, before getting up.

"Let's go", they made their way downstairs, in the hall, Ashley and Nicole were also there sitting worried.

Leo was pacing back and forth pissed off, he was angry when he found out that his future daughter-in-law runs away and now he wanted answer.

"Father",King stood in front of Leo, hands behind his back, head held high but eyes down in respect.

Leo stopped pacing,
"Son,what is happening here?! Huh! Your Emily runs away. Two damn days before the wedding. Was she out of her mind!"

Nicole stood up and held her husband's arm," Leo please, she is our daughter-in-law"

Leo shook his head,
"So what? She didn't even think once before pulling out a stunt like this. She didn't even care about our family's honor. What would happen if we send invitations. Everyone knows that you are getting married but now the Mafia world is curious to know  why you postpone your wedding suddenly."

"They are not worth of knowing", King answered,

"What will you do if they use her against us or hurt he-"

"No one dare to hurt her! She is mine to protect and I will protect her till my last breath", He stated, determination lacing in his word.

Leo paused for a moment before whispering,
"It would be better if you choosed any other girl than Emily..."

"Leo!" Nicole hissed, Ashley and Armie were standing together, watching silently, not daring to utter in King's matter. 

King took a deep breath, before speaking,
"I am ashamed of what Emily did, Father, and I am apologizing from her side."
His siblings watching him with mouth opened, they both looked at each other surprised, then at their Eldest brother, because they both knew that King never apologize or they never saw him apologizing ever before, not to someone and not for someone.

"I know she hurts our family's honor, she did a mistake. A big mistake. But don't worry she is going to pay for this
I will make her regret for that.", King whispered, more to himself.

"King, I don't know how are you going to do that but find her. I want her here"

King looked up in his father's eyes, unwavering,
"Before your wanting, I want her here. But as Mrs King Verlice Vincent",King stated in a steely voice, He paused for a moment before saying,
"Because, she is the only girl I will marry"

Leo sighed when he saw a glimpse of himself in King's personality,
"Hm, Now go and get some rest..."

King nodded, as he passed by Leo, he whispered,
"I am not going to disappoint you, Father"

Leo pattered his shoulder,
"I know, My Son..."

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King slammed the door shut of his room with a loud bang. He raved a hand in his hair, burning with fresh anger, the first thing King did, was kicked the large glass table sending it to the wall, breaking it in two.

"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!!", he growled in rage. He pulled out liquor from the cabinet chugged it down quickly, feeling burning sensation in his throat,
He threw everything on the floor from the dresser, leaned on it it in front of a mirror imagining her,
"Oh Emily, just let me get my hands on you... And I will show you the real me. You took advantage of my soft side... Betrayed me. Too bad for you... You can't hide from me... I will hunt you DOWN!" He punched the mirror,

Broken pieces of mirror pricked into his knuckle making it bleed, he felt satisfied. He took off his sweaty shirt. Wiping sweat from his face and threw it.
There was a knock on the door,
"Go Away!", He growled and took out cigar from his pocket, lighting it, he took long drag. 

"Son, it's me", he sighed, half opened the door.

"What happened, Mother?"

"Can I come in?"

"Why?", He asked not wanting her to come inside,

"Because I want to see what are you doing inside?"

"I am doing nothing. Just smoking", he shrugged,

"Then let me in."

"It's all smoky here. No please go from there. It's harmful for you"

She crossed her hands,
"And what about you?"

He rolled his eyes,
"Mother"

"We will open the balcony door. Don't worry"

He pressed his lips in thin line,
"Why you want to come?"

I want to talk"

"Can't we talk later?"

"No."

He huffed before letting her inside, she coughed a bit and gasped at the disastrous scene,
"What is this!?"

Between the mess, he finally made his  way towards the balcony door and opened it. The fresh wind cleared  all the fog.

"Son, I am asking you something! Look at the mess"

"It's nothing Mother, you want to talk about something", he picked Ash tray from the floor and threw his cigar in it.

She stood in front of him, and placed her palm on his stubbled cheek,
"Why are you hurting yourself?"

"I am all fine. Nothing happen"

"Come let's sit", they made their way to the undamaged bed, and sat down,

"Let me bandage you", she whispered,

"I will do it later"

She gave him a Stern look, he knew, she was not going to let this go.

She came back with the first aid and bandage his knuckle, a smile tugged on his lips when he remembered, Emily wanted to bandage his hand, but couldn't did that because of her own broken hand.
She was so... worried for me! Her concern for me makes my heart go wild...

His smiled turned bitter when he remembered her Sin.

"Son, I wanna talk to you about the whole situation"

He got up abruptly,
"If you wanna talk about her then leave. I am not in a mood"

She sighed,
"At least listen to me!"

His back was facing her,

"She didn't runaway, Son! Try to understand it"

He turned to her,
"What do you want me to understand huh! If she didn't runaway then what she did?! Went on a hiatus?!"

"Something like that."

"Stop being her advocate! You can't save her from me!... She'll have to face consequences of her actions", he was seething in anger,

She shook her head in denial,
"I am not supporting anyone. I am seeing this whole situation with neutrality." She paused before speaking again,

"Okay, then tell me why did you defend her in front of your father?"

He stayed silent,

"King, I am proud of what you did. This is what gentlemen always do, defend their women... Stand with their women"
she paused for a moment before continue,
"I Know she did wrong by running away... but if anyone would be in her situation... They would do the same."

She got up and went towards him,
She stood in front of him, he was looking away at the distance rigid,

"King, My Boy..."

He looked at her, his eyes soften,

She continued,
"You pushed her to her limits, King. You forgot that she was a fragile heart girl. No one forced her in doing anything against her wish. She was living a dreamy life full of joy, simplicity and freedom... But then you came, you forced her, scared her, threatened her... Hurt her with your knowing..."

Hurt?

His heart ached by her mother's acidic words,

'After all truth hurts', he thought,

"You made everything hard for her to understand... And she ended up running away from it..."

His mouth twitched in a smug smirk,
"But whatever I did was for her own good...  She don't know how this Mafia thing works... She don't know about the danger of living on your own in our world... I love her that's why I want her to be safe and sound but in my arms..."

She gave him a small smile,
"Give her some air for breathing, give her some time to think...

Are you going to do that?", his muscles tensed at her question,

He cleared his throat,
"I need to think. You should go now"

"Say yes!"

He chuckled at her bluntness,
"What do you mean 'say yes'? Give me some time.. I want to clear my mind "

"No", Her tone was clipped,

"Really?", He arched an eyebrow, annoyed,

She nodded,

"Stay here then, I am leaving!", He grabbed his shirt,

"Like Emily?"

He stopped dead on his track by her words,

"What did you say?", he asked, unsure if he heard her right?

"I said many things... Think before taking any action...", she adviced, pattering his cheek and walked out of the room leaving King, rigid on his spot...

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