Tangled Lives by Stephanie Harte

Author:Stephanie Harte
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781789546286
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

47

Nathan

Days had passed since Zamir had accused Alfie of roughing him up. Although Alfie had nothing to do with the beating the Albanian had received, the Watsons were convinced he would come after them to settle the score. Knuckles and I had been instructed to take up position at a discreet distance to keep watch on the warehouse.

There was little to do to occupy ourselves during the endless hours we’d sat inside the Mercedes, so I found myself mulling over my current situation. The amount of time Alfie was spending with my wife and child was really pissing me off. He saw more of them than I did, and silent resentment was building up inside me.

Luca was almost six months old now and seemed to reach a new milestone daily. I felt bitter that I was missing stages of his development because of Alfie. I was used to spending all day, every day with my wife and son and that suited me down to the ground. I loved being a dad and hated being separated from my family.

Gemma and I wanted to give Luca the kind of childhood we’d never had. We’d agreed to try and strike the right balance between showering him with love and material things, and not allowing him to become spoiled.

Gemma and I had mapped out our future together, and everything was on course until Alfie came back into our lives and put a spanner in the works. We were meant to be trying for another baby, but that was impossible due to the lack of time we spent together. I was adamant that Luca shouldn’t be an only child. I’d always been desperate to have a sibling and felt cheated that my parents divorced before that became possible.

Gemma, on the other hand, reckoned she would rather not have endured the hostile, conflict-ridden interactions she’d had with her sister. She’d always maintained her run-ins with Rebecca had helped to destroy her self-esteem. My wife thought I had a rose-tinted idea of what it would be like to have brothers and sisters. I’d missed out on nothing, in her opinion. Gemma had said on more than one occasion that having a sister had only brought her heartache and drama. She used to joke that Mum and Dad had spared me from a horrible experience, and I should be forever grateful to them.

*

We’d already been in the car for several hours carrying out surveillance, and the boredom had well and truly set in, when Zamir, Dren, Esad and some other members of the gang came out of unit twenty-two. His men surrounded Zamir, while he locked up for the night. Out of nowhere shots rang out into the darkness as a man on the back of a motorbike wielding an automatic weapon sprayed bullets past their heads. Forming a human shield around their boss, they ran for their lives down the deserted alleyway.

Knuckles and I ducked down when the gunfire started, then peered over the dashboard to see how the events panned out.

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