Stolen Innocence: A Secret Baby Russian Mafia Romance by Aria Ray & Sarina Hart

Author:Aria Ray & Sarina Hart [Ray, Aria & Hart, Sarina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Alissa

He found her. He had her. She was back. My heart felt like it was going to pound its way out of my chest as I Ubered across town to Gregor’s place.

The Uber was one of those blocky former cop cars that I saw on the streets sometimes, with their heavy frames and narrow back seats. I struggled to find a comfortable position while the driver chattered about the ice storm. All I could see of him was a spray of gray shoulder-length locs and a slice of black-and-gray beard.

“Five car pileup that started right next to me. Saw it in my rearview. Ice storms are crazy, man.” His accent was Jamaican, just thick enough to make his words a little musical.

I wiped my eyes. I refused to start sobbing in front of this friendly man. He wouldn’t know that my tears were for the best reason possible. I was getting my daughter back.

He chattered on over the music for an entire ride, lonely perhaps, happy to have an audience for his tales of driving in the big city. I did my best to be polite, but my mind, my attention, raced far ahead of the car, to the apartment across town where my baby was waiting for me.

I hadn’t asked yet how he’d found her, or where. I hadn’t asked who took her. All of that was secondary to knowing that she was safe, that she was protected, and that I would soon have her in my arms again.

When we reached Gregor’s building, I was surprised by its quiet elegance, it had clean, modern lines, lots of light, mostly concrete, steel, and glass. Each one of the apartments took up half the floor, with a hallway bisecting them. I got out, tipped the driver, and nearly slipped on a patch of black ice hurrying down the walkway.

Careful, I told myself. Don’t break your damn neck just steps away from seeing your baby again.

I called up, And Gregor buzzed me in. I took the elevator, and it took ten million years to arrive. On the short ride up, I paced the few steps back and forth while my nerves hummed inside me until I shook.

Gregor’s door was steel, like the others. I knocked on it hastily, wary of the empty hallway.

Gregor opened the door. He smiled with relief to see me. “She’s in here—” he started, but a pink and purple blur had already rounded the corner and pushed past him to rush my legs. I stood frozen for a split second as my daughter’s scent, lost for a year but never forgotten, filled my nostrils again.

She hugged me tight, her face buried against my thigh. I scooped her up into my arms and she clung, hiding against my neck, shivering the whole time. And it was like Gregor had said, not one word came out of her. But right now, I barely cared as I hugged her and sobbed and leaned against the entry wall as Gregor closed it behind me.

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