Her Volkovs #Book 1 novel Chapter 36

Belle's POV

"B, I already booked our flight home. It's going to be two days from now so we would still have time to wrap things up from work etc."

Amy and I are already packing our luggage in her room.

"Aren't you going to tell me what happened?" Said Amy.

"I have nothing to tell you A." If I tell her about what happened I don't know if she's going to forgive me, Nikolai or Alexei.

"Where did you sleep last night?"

"At a hotel."

"Why?" Dammit Amy!

"A, can you please let this one go?"

My heart jumped when Amy's mood suddenly changed.

"No! I moved all the way here just to make sure you're okay. Hell I even left Ana, my sick mother, just to make sure you are fine. You cant just brush me off like this!"

I feel like my heart is being crushed. I did not answer my bestfriend. I continued collecting my things.

"Arabella! You don't get to do this to me!" Amy is now hysterical.

"I said I don't want to talk about it Amy! I'm sorry for taking you away from Ana. We are going home so you can attend to her."

"You one selfish bitch!!!!!" Amy said screaming at me. "Just yesterday you chose to be with your gangster boyfriend and now that things went awry you just decide to suddenly go home without even giving me any explanation? The past few weeks, my life had been dependent on your decisions B!!! You at least owe me honesty!"

I can't stand it any longer. I feel like I'm being choked so I walked away from her.

"Yes, that's right! Get lost again so everyone will get out of their way just to look for you."

I took a halt and went to face Amy. Her arms are now intertwined in front of her and she's full on bitch mode.

"Did I ask you to come and move here A? No! Did I ask for your help when I was at my lowest? No! Did I tell Dylan to get me from the motel? No! Did I ask Nikolai and Alexei to look for me A? No!!! Nikolai broke my heart so I wanted to move on with my life. I never dragged you into this! I never dragged anyone into this. You made a choice!"

Amy and I are in the middle of an argument when all of a sudden the doorbell rang. Good riddance.

I walked away from Amy and went to the main door. My eyes widened when I see Yuri, he's wearing his usual black suit and his serious self.

"Yuri?"

"Madamme, it's the Bosses."

I feel like my heart jumped out of my chest. Oh god what could have happened that made Yuri come here.

"What happened?"

Yuri did not say a word. I know something must be really wrong. I could never forgive myself if anything happens to Nikolai and Alexei because of me.

"Wait here Yuri."

I quickly went back to our room to change clothes since I'm already wearing my sleep clothes.

"What are you doing? Where are you going?" Amy said.

I did not answer her. She then glances at the window and I think that she saw the black SUV parked outside.

"Are you fucking kidding me right now B?"

"Nikolai and Alexei need me. I have to go."

I was about to exit the door when suddenly Amy exclaimed. "The moment go out, you are not welcome here anymore. You are on your own B."

I did not think twice. I decided to go. I know Amy can forgive me but I wont be able to forgive myself if something happens to Nikolai and Alexei.

Before I could exit the house, I heard Amy scream, "B!!!! Don't you dare come back anymore!"

Yuri is still standing outside the door as he waits for me. "Let's go Yuri."

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The atmosphere inside the car is still and quiet, perhaps too quiet. It's like a prelude to whatever disaster I'm going to witness. Nobody talked inside the car. Yuri is on the front passenger seat while Boris drives. I know these two never leaves Nikolai's side. What could have happened to the two?

"Yuri, please tell me that Nikolai is okay."

He did not say a word.

"Yuri, if you cant tell me if he's okay can you at least tell me that he's alive?"

"Yes Madamme."

"How about Alexei?"

"Yes."

I felt so relieved to hear that they are both alive. This means I still have a chance to fix this mess. I remember what Matushka Irene told me. If I decide to go back to their lives, I have to be tough, even tougher than Nikolai and Alexei. I cant believe I am even thinking about this right now. Is this me choosing to go back to their lives?

A few minutes later we arrived at a cemetery. The place is dark with few lights on. There are at least four black cars parked in the driveway. There are several men standing next to the cars but most of them are scattered surrounding someone. The men are facing our direction.