Robbie's POV
I don't know why the idea of being unclean had lodged in Tony's head. Why would he think that just because of what happened I would look down on him or not see him as fitting to be my partner? I am not one of those outdated person who thinks only virgin guy and girls are pure and clean. But most unfortunately, our society had always promoted such inferior ideas. And many of the men have even gobbled down that idea without once thinking how demeaning and downgraded the thought was. But maybe Tony's case was different. It might be the shock of what happened rather than the society's regressive ideologies. But I won't let him wallow in self hatred and disgust.
I calmed him a bit, though, he was still looking disturbed. I made him close his eyes and lean on the seat for rest. Closing the SUV's door of backseat, I took long strides to where Fred was. He looked extremely mad about something. I have to stop him before he ends up doing something and landing himself in jail. I heard Fred yell when I reached closer,
"Why not? You saw it with your own eyes" Fred was so close to the officer that the officer had to step back
"Mr. D'Souza it is not in my hand!" the officer said looking at Fred firmly
"So, your just going to let that bastard get away with it?" Fred shouted throwing his hand in air
"Mr. D'Souza, there is no law-" the officer started looking at Fred angrily
"F*ck law" Fred roared like an injured bear
I quickly held Fred by his shoulder before he start attacking any cops. He turned to me, eyes red with anger and almost ready to punch me, but the moment he saw my face, he controlled himself and the anger in his face became milder. He spoke to me urgently and with so much frustration that he looked like he might start tearing off his hair,
"This damned officer is saying that they will only hold that a**hole accountable for just second degree kidnapping of Tony, but not for the kidnap of Twen or attempted r*pe of his!"
Actually, I already knew it. In this society, Alpha attacking Omegas sexually was not considered a crime as it was thought of as natural thing since Alpha's are built to be attracted to Omega's pheromones. Therefore, there was no law protecting them from such attacks. In fact, in several cases the Omegas don't even inform about the abuse fearing the reaction from the society which obviously was biased towards Alphas.
"Say something old man! You saw what condition he was in. You can't possibly think of letting him get away with it" Fred said to me in an agitated tone
"There is no law, Fred. Even I want nothing more than to see justice served to that a**hole, but there is no law protecting Omegas from r*pe attempts. You know it well, it is considered natural phenomenon of Alpha-Omega pheromones pull!" I said clutching my fist and looking at the grassy ground
"But he is BONDED!" Fred bellowed, "How can they explain it with pheromones pull"
I was about to answer Fred when we both heard clicking of tongue. We both looked to our side where Mr. Olsen was standing, still shirtless, hands cuffed and looking bemused. He spoke mockingly,
"What happened? Put too much faith on law! Well, you were bound to be let down"
I gritted my teeth on hearing his words while Fred looked like he might as well tear him apart. But contrary to our raging emotions, Olsen looked mightily non plussed. He was giving us both a wicked look. I spoke through gnashed teeth to the officer beside,
"Officer, tear down this place. Search every nook and cranny. You will definitely find some clue or evidence" I said, but Mr. Olsen's expression remained unchanged. The officer looked surprised but didn't question me. He turned to call the other officers when I recalled something and called him, "Officer...officer"
He stopped and looked back, "Yes Mr. Walker"
"In the room, where we found that blonde lady, there is a glass and water jug...send them both for drug testing" I said
The officer blinked, astonished but nodded and went his way towards the other officers. Fred suddenly came in front of me and asked me through gritted teeth,
"Why Twen's kidnapping is not pinned on him?" he asked pointing at the chuckling bemused Olsen
I spoke in a whisper, "Haven't you realized it? There is no evidence. And whatever evidence is there it points towards my dad which means it will fall under parental kidnapping seeing as dad, by default is also Twen's grandfather, and unless there is any serious harm done to Twen, even dad would just be punished with some fines! Until and unless Amanda confesses to have done it in Mr. Olsen's order, he will not be held accountable"
Fred hissed, "Then, we will make her confess!"
"She is not just an accomplice, she is also a witness. We can't mishandle her" I said heavily
"What the....how can this be!! A mere second degree kidnapping charges with the fact that he is a first time offender and a politician with great power in hand, can hardly hold him in prison. He will be out in a few days!! Have you realized what impact would that have on Tony?" Fred asked looking extremely pissed
"I know that's why I am trying to gather more evidence against him for more serious offense. But this man had evaded law all his life, it won't be easy!!" I said looking thoroughly frustrated
"Old man, you can't let him out of your hand esp not after what he did to Tony. You can't let him fly free after that" Fred said, his anger now changing to despair
"Do you think I am happy about it? I am just as pissed!!" I grumbled
"Pfft" I and Fred both turned to Olsen who guffawed seeing us both so annoyed and angry. He looked at the officer in-charge of him, who had also put a jacket over Mr. Olsen as if his shirtlessness was bothering him, and spoke in a false good manner,
"Officer, may I just have a few words with this wilful boy?"
The officer shook his head and said firmly, "Sir, you're a suspect. We can't allow-"
"Come now officer, I won't run away. I am not so silly to try to run and increase charges on me!" he said in a false earnest tone.
The officer now looked perturbed and looked over at me. I gestured him to allow him to come.
Mr. Olsen came closer to us. He bent as if he was going to hug us and then his good-looking face cracked into a wide toad like smile. He whispered, his eyes glowing with malicious delight,
"Boy, you are hundred years too early to put me behind bars. Try your best" he mocked and was about to turn but stopped and spoke again, "Oh by the way, neither tearing down this place, nor testing your dearest Tony would get you any evidence. If I was so naive, I would have been caught long back!"
Fred finally lost it. He caught hold of the jacket collar and raised his balled fist to punch him but I instantly held his hand. The officers overlooking Mr. Olsen came running towards us and pulled Mr. Olsen back quickly. Fred's grip was strong but they were able to free Mr. Olsen. I pulled him back and spread my hand in front of him like a live 'STOP' sign to stop him from hitting him. He glared at me,
"Why did you stop me?" Fred asked
"Because that's exactly what he wants you to do. He wants you to lose your temper and somehow, get yourself incriminated. I know your upset and so am I. But we have to hold back our temper" I said, feeling both angry and helpless, "But I have prepared a gift for him" I said looking back at the wicked grin of Mr. Olsen
"Do you mean-" Fred just started in an inquisitive tone when
"Dad?" a shocked female voice called, interrupting him
My face cracked into a small smile, while Mr. Olsen who was sporting an ugly smile over his face all this time, disappeared.
Robbie's POV
Mr. Olsen's face lost its smile as well as its color on seeing Sarah. Once dad casually mentioned that the only person Mr. Olsen ever gave a f*ck about, was his daughter. It was not until I was in last year of college that I knew that Mr. Olsen was Sarah's dad. Dad wasn't sure why Mr. Olsen cared for her so much seeing as he had never loved or respected his wife, but could only guess it was because she was the only person alive who was truly his family with his blood running in her. I feel like I did a good job keeping that in mind as it was coming quiet handy now.
Before we set out for rescuing Tony, I went to pick Sarah, but it so happened that Sarah was not home. So, I called Joshua Taylor, who helped Sarah get Tony's pictures and spread rumours of Tony being Omega, to get Sarah to this location which I forwarded him. He was confused by this sudden request but since he was grateful to me for not firing him from job, he agreed. He asked his sister (who was Sarah's nanny) about Sarah's whereabouts. She happened to be at a club at that time which is why it took a little while for them to reach. Joshua appeared right after Sarah and on seeing me, he nodded in a short greeting.
While, Sarah was looking at Mr. Olsen and the area around in horror and asked urgently, "Daddy what's going on? Why are you handcuffed? Where are your...why are you dressed like that?"
Mr. Olsen looked at her, his expression indiscernable. He spoke trying to keep his voice even,
"It does not concern you, mermaid! You should return home. I will be back in a few days"
"What are you saying? How come it doesn't concern me? You are my father!!" she said, her voice constrained
"Mermaid, I told you, it's nothing important-" Mr. Olsen started in a slightly irritated voice when I interrupted
"Oh come on, Mr. Olsen, she as your daughter deserves to know what her father has been up to" I sneered
Sarah looked at me blankly while Mr. Olsen gritted his teeth and spoke in a low rumble, "Stay OUT of it"
I chuckled glaring at him, "Why? Did you keep my son out of it?" I said through gritted teeth
"Your son? Wha-What is going on?" Sarah asked looking from me to her father, questioningly
Mr. Olsen went completely silent, giving me a poisonous look. I narrowed my eyes, hatred oozing from it. I kept my eyes fixed on Mr. Olsen whose face was twisted in a very ugly expression.
"Oh you didn't know Sarah? Looks like your dad is also into Omega...to be specific, my Omega... Tony!" I spoke the words testily
"What? I-I am not getting you" Sarah said blinking a bit stupidly
Before I could say anything, Mr. Olsen spoke in a hurried voice as if trying to stop me from speaking further,
"Don't listen to him, Mermaid. He is just angry that I wanted him to leave that Omega and marry you, so he is spewing nonesense"
"Oh if Robbie's words are not trustworthy, then shall I say it? I am just an impartial third party, my words should be more trustworthy right?" Fred suddenly spoke, his eyes for the first time since hours showed signs of amusement.
Mr. Olsen gave him a vicious glare but Fred was just not the type to be scared of angry looks, afterall, he didn't even flinched when I almost attacked him on our very first 'civil' conversation in his dad's restaurant. He casually waved it off like Mr. Olsen's glare was nothing more than a fly bugging him and spoke in a malicious tone,
"Miss Sarah, I am Fred D'Souza, who came here along with this uncle (I grimaced, which he ignored) for a rescue mission. The rescue was of my close friend, Tony Hawker, who also happens to be Mr. Walker's partner and who your father abducted and tried to r*pe"
"LIES" hissed Mr. Olsen, taking a step forward but was obstructed by the officers.
"Oh is it now?" Fred said giving him a crooked smile, "Then, please go ahead and explain your daughter, as to why the cops have restrained you and why are you in such a sorry...uhm half naked state!"
Fred has a gift of getting on people's nerves. I could see Mr. Olsen almost looking murderous. If the cops had not been restricting him he might have strangled him. Fred shrugged nonchalantly and looked at Sarah again whose eyes were wide in disbelief.
"That's-that's not possible....my-my dad wouldn't-" Sarah took few steps back shaking her head, as if what she was seeing was just an illusion
I glared at her and spoke in a razor sharp voice, "So, you think we are playing a skit here? Look at that man, this is your father's true face-"
"NO!! Daddy loved my mother. He would never...why would he-" she said, with an air of disbelief and agitation. She looked at her dad and took few steps towards him, "Daddy, tell me it's all a lie"
Mr. Olsen remained silent. He was looking at the floor, his face hidden behind his voluminous hair. Sarah held Mr. Olsen's hand impatiently, "Dad, answer me. This is all not true...let go of him...why are you restricting him?" Sarah spoke trying to free his dad from the cops grip but the cops held on tightly
"Madam, please restrain yourself. Mr. Olsen is a suspect for second degree kidnapping and threat"
"No...lies...this is not true....this...this" Sarah's face contorted in a painful twisted expression, her eyes started watering as she looked at Mr. Olsen, who had gone on a mute mode.
Honestly, I felt a bit bad for Sarah. She had been kept in the dark all her life. Mr. Olsen created a bubble of perfect world for her, providing her with everything that she ever wanted and pampering her rotten. To keep that bubble of perfect world intact, he even lied about his profession (ofc not informing her about his illegal activities) and loving her mother. She neither knew that he in fact married Miss Charlotte as a revenge nor that her mother was actually an Omega.
"You-you- didn't you say that you never commit any wrong deed? That you have a clean record? Didn't you say that you never remarried because you didn't want to ruin mum's memories? Then, why would you lay hands on any other person and disrespect her?" Sarah screamed, making the cops around coming forward to pull her back but Joshua quickly blocked them.
Mr. Olsen didn't speak making Sarah rage even more, "Say something, Dad....at least SAY something!!"
"Take her" I instructed Joshua, seeing that Sarah was losing it.
Joshua quickly followed the orders and took her but it was no easy task as Sarah didn't wanted to go. She pushed him, threw him aside, yelled and cried creating a huge scene. I saw Fred looking at her without a slightest concern but maybe because I had been her friend, unintentionally, I felt bad. Her bubble was going to burst anyway but never did I thought it would be in such a manner.
"Did Ricardo tell you where I was?" Mr. Olsen spoke the moment Sarah was out of sight. To my surprise, I detected a faint tremble in his voice
"Not really. He only told us to track Amanda's cellphone" I replied, flatly.
"That cowardly son-of-a-b*tch!!" he growled, his voice shaking even more
I didn't know what was going on. Why did he suddenly asked this question or why he swear at dad but I didn't have the opportunity to think it through as I saw a familiar bronze skinned, bespectacled man with cold, calculative look on his face walking towards the cops who held Amanda. It was Mark Winters, my dad's lawyer. Was he here for my dad's case involvement?
Mr. Olsen too noticed him and chuckled shaking his head,
"That coward! He would always be such a damn coward!!"
"Well, you haven't done anything that can be categorised as brave either!" I spoke agitated by his repeatative words
Mr. Olsen gave me a weird smile, saying, "I am what I am and he didn't hesistated to reveal it in front of you but if you ever get the opportunity, then ask him if he is really who he shows to be" I creased my brow, blinking blankly. Mr. Olsen turned away his face, gesturing the cops to take him to the car. He gave me one last look before leaving with the words, "I wasn't the only one deceiving!"
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