When We Were Perfect - Chapter 129

Okay, I’ll leave now,

Remember me in your prayers,

Keeping the taste of my mention on your tongue

Keep my good deeds in the boxes of the heart

And keep my greetings in letters and telegrams

I have taken your darkness,

And my bright shining star is yours now………..

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Black SUVs made their way through the deserted roads in a hurry to reach their destination. It was a convoy of four cars belonging to the national investigation, each of them had three to four officers ready to fight and handcuff Gonsalez and his men.

The convoy was led by Emir who was seated in the first car along with a frightened Silas and anguished Daniel who was still in his place, clenching his jaws and fists considering himself to be responsible for this. Only if he had figured this out earlier, Amy’s behaviour and paid more attention to protecting her.

“Stop blaming yourself, Daniel. It wasn’t your fault!” Silas tried to soothe him by rubbing his shoulder.

“How am I supposed to stay calm and not blame myself when I could have saved her and be more vigilant about her protection!” He shouted in frustration slamming the front seat, jerking Emir who was holding a tracking device.

“Daniel, calm down for now. We will save her!” Emir spoke in his gruff voice trying to ease the tension which couldn’t be helped. The worry lines appeared on his forehead as he guided the driver further towards the location.

Daniel only exhaled in frustration, leaning back in his seat trying to hold his emotions. His stomach was falling in the deepest pit of the oceans, his mind raging thinking about what situation his tesoro was in. Gonsalez already had a beef with her and now he had more reasons to torture her which shook him in panic and fear.

After Emir announced that Amy was in danger, he asked them to dash towards his car explaining everything in their way.

Turns out that Emir always had suspicions about Kevin and wanted to work himself on this case but the confrontation he had with Amy on the day of Ayla’s funeral didn’t let him. It was during the last year when he saw that this case wasn’t progressing at all and took the matter into his hands, working secretly.

His doubts were proved right when Kevin withdrew from the case causing him to stalk him which resulted in revealing his connections with Gonsalez. If he wanted he could immediately report that to the bureau with solid evidence but he wanted to go further deep into the matter. One day he visited Kevin just to randomly ask him about the cases and luckily when he went to the corner to talk to his assistant, Emir very vigilantly installed a tracking chip in both his phones.

He tracked him every moment which provided him with many pieces of evidence and when he decided to confide in Amy and the bureau about this matter but Kevin went missing for some days causing him to wait for him. He was there when he saw him entering and leaving Amy’s office in a suspicious manner that’s why he alerted the whole team making a plan to invade and arrest him tonight. Arresting him would automatically lead them to Gonsalez but he did keep an eye on him all day and called the team instantly when he sensed danger seeing him reach Daniel’s home.

Emir’s senses skyrocketed when he saw Amy sneaking out of her home, his only regret is he wasn’t efficient in calling the team on time and saving Amy when he hit her with an iron rod. But if he went behind him immediately it could have made him suspicious, making him change his strategies. Gonsalez was in rage now and one wrong step could make them lose Amy forever.

………..

Amy stirred coming to her subconscious feeling something hard and rocky beneath her body. She groaned from the pain that bleared in the back of her head.

“Ah, I see our guest has awakened!”

Visibly shaken, her eyes flashed towards the source of the voice but her stomach plummeted down seeing the face she had so badly wanted to shred in her life.

It was then she noticed her surroundings, it was an abandoned place with a cluster of bushes and dry trees. From her peripheral vision, she saw Kevin standing near her and at least six to eight of his men were surrounding them in a circle.

A whimper escaped her lips when she tried to lift herself from the dusty and rocky ground. At least she wasn’t tied in ropes but honestly with so many people around having guns with them, could she escape.

“Still trying to act strong I see. Don’t try my dear, you have reached your end just like that pretty sister of your’s”  He chuckled in mirth, his eyes blotched in red as he stood there like a deranged king.

This only brought racking through her body in revolt as she stared hard at him. If she was going to die then why beg and fear him.

“You are a monster, a fucking trash on this earth. You deserve to rot and burn in hell!” Amy spat at him only to receive a tight slap on her cheek, splitting her lip causing the taste of iron to flow in her mouth.

“Watch your tone, I will not hesitate to rip your tongue!” Kevin’s heavy voice reached her ears as she lifted herself again holding her swollen cheek. She couldn’t make a move to throttle him.

“You still dare to act feisty Amy, despite what that husband of yours did to destroy him huh?” This he roared, the malicious grin now switching with a murderous look.

“What will you get by killing me? You think you can escape the trials.” Amy scoffed, the drops of blood tainting her chin.

“Daniel will shred you into pieces, this time even the investigation will haunt you!”

She knew that irked him as the veins in his neck popped out ready to explode and it gave her a peace of satisfaction. But he soon covered it with the same vicious look followed by a grin that sent shivers down her body and not in a good way.

“You won’t be able to witness that my dear Amy and what you stated about your husband shredding me into pieces, I doubt it because he would be too weak to fight after all killing you will rip his heart out.” He laughed like a maniac causing the others to snicker behind.

Although the words hurt him but he didn’t let him take the satisfaction of it as she kept her gaze hard and intimidating in the best way possible.

“What a waste of beauty, why don’t we get a taste of her before dumping her dead body in front of her husband’s house,” this time Kevin spoke with a sickening smile. Her stomach churned at his words thinking that she worked with such a wretched man before.

“Maybe you are right, we didn’t get lucky last time with her sister. That bitch resisted a lot but anyway we shut that mouth of her forever!”

This was the last straw and without any input from her brain, she lunged towards Gonsalez extending her hands desperate to gouge his eyes out as well as castrate him but before she could even reach him properly, Kevin grabbed her neck from behind shoving her back to the ground with a great force before being kicked in her abdomen such that she felt her ribcage rattle from the impact. Her body felt weak now.

“You made the wrong move bitch!” Gonsalez growled, tugging out his revolver from his back pointing it at her head. If he was angry as hell before now it looked like the devil himself crawled into his body.

He placed his finger on the trigger, it was then the loud thud from behind that caught their attention seizing their moment.

Standing just behind Gonsalez was Emir pointing his gun at him, the whole team of officers coming out of the shadowed area all pointing their guns ready for action. The scene changed into a war zone as Emir knocked Gonsalez down, hitting the gun as it flew out of his grasp as they both fell against the ground hitting each other. The officers dealing with his men.

Amy’s gaze fell behind the officers to Daniel who was rushing towards her with Silas in tow. A terrifying look etched on his face,

“Daniel,” Amy mumbled with tears, trying to lift herself from the ground. Daniel’s gaze softened seeing her as relief washed over him, he tried to reach her but two officers blocked him from invading the scene.

The sound of gunshots and grunts reverberated around them as Amy continued to gather her strength and look at Daniel who was struggling to pass through the officers.

Gonsalez who saw himself losing landed a blow on Emir’s chest making him stumble while he took the chance and grabbed the revolver and pointed it in Amy’s direction. He accepted his doom but not before killing the cause of it.

He pulled the trigger as Amy closed her eyes. It happened so fast as she felt herself being pushed to the ground again, shot after shot was heard but not for once she felt the impact. She opened her hazy eyes seeing only bits and pieces.

Emir was fighting off Gonsalez pinning him to the ground, Kevin tried to run away from the scene but an officer shot him.

A bubble of scream left his throat as she saw Daniel’s body bleeding on the ground, her heart constricted as she stared wide-eyed. Summoning all her strength she trudged towards him, blood oozing out of his shoulder and chest as he lay there holding his wound and breathing hard.

She couldn’t breathe and see clearly as her eyes brimmed with tears.

“No….” She shouted brokenly, holding his face and placing it in her lap.

“D-daniel, stay with me!” She stuttered putting her hand on his chest trying to stop the bleeding.

“Tesoro…” He struggled to call her name, bringing his bloody hand near her face and caressing it.

“Someone call the ambulance!” She screamed looking around, Silas was already behind her talking on the phone, tears falling from his eyes.

“Thanks for loving me tesoro, even if I die today there wouldn’t be any grief because I got to have a best friend and wife like you, a son like Ozan!” His breath started to wither but even then there was a smile on his face and a loving look in his eyes as he absorbed her features, probably for the last time.

“Don’t you dare die on me, Daniel Saritas, nothing would happen to you!” She cried out, her body shaking, tears falling down her cheeks as she tried to stop his bleeding but it was futile.

A thud sounded near her as Silas fell on his knees, staring teary-eyed at his brother.

“I love you tesoro, for-forever…” he managed out before his hand fell from her cheek and his once lifeless eyes shut completely. A fragment of a smile still rested on his face.

“DANIEL!!!!!” Silas shouted crying out, slapping his shoulders trying to wake him up while Amy sat there, her world-shattering before her own eyes.