Chapter 54

• MAVERICK'S P. O. V
• By the time I went back to the hotel it was already evening, because I had to stop by somewhere to speak with someone about business. I went back feeling a little bit sad and worried about everything that Vida had told me. I didn't want to feel like I couldn't do anything, but that was exactly how I felt about Natalie. I felt like I wouldn't be able to protect her when the time comes. I didn't want anything to happen to her, she was a very young and innocent girl that didn't know anything about her life and background. 'Poor thing'. If only she knew, maybe she would have had a chance to choose a path in life. But here she was just being human and living doing what her parents wanted her to do. As if she didn’t have a say she just lived for them. That moment I made a decision to protect her no matter what happened. Even though I didn't know why I wanted to protect her so badly. But maybe because I didn't want to lose her, I mean not after being heartbroken by the way Ruth left, I wanted to fight for Natalie should in case anything bad happen, I wanted to protect her. But I still needed to also know everything that had happened in detail to help me have a plan to protect Natalie. I wasn't even thinking about myself in any way, all I thought of was how to protect Natalie and keep her away from harm; because as far as I was concerned, she was mine and mine alone from the moment I saw her photo and accepted to marry her. And so it would be my duty to protect the innocent girl when the time came.
• I didn't see Natalie when I got back but I was guessing she was in the bedroom. I sat still on the couch as I thought while I looked through my phone contemplating whether or not to call my father. Would he open up to me and tell me all I need to know? What is the worst that could happen? Even my mother wouldn't say anything to me even if she knew something. But she should know something if not everything. She was in support of my marriage with Natalie and she encouraged it. After a long, hard thought, I decided not to call anybody, including my father but wait on Vida and hear what she could find out. Because of course my father would shut me out and tell me nothing like he always did. So there was no need wasting my time calling him to ask him about anything. I sighed and tossed my phone to one side of the couch then sat still because I didn't exactly know what to do.