Coming Home For Christmas

'Trust is the foundation of every family, secrets and lies are like poison'

- Unknown Lacey's

P.O.V.

As much as I wanted to go to sleep and ease the exhaustion I was currently feeling, I couldn't because I was still feeling really tense and I couldn't relax long enough to drift back off into a happy slumber.

For the past few minutes, I've been lying on my bed and running my fingers through my hair as I considered what I should do.

In the end, I decided to go and see my grandfather or my cousin so that I can hopefully get to the bottom of what's going on between them and Logan because if they think I'm gonna believe the BS they're feeding me then they're very much wrong.

I'm a smart woman and I know when someone is being real with me and when they're putting a filter over something if you will, I also know my cousin like the back of my hand and I know when he's hiding something from me and I'm determined to find out what he's hiding from me even if his stubborn ass doesn't wanna tell me.

I got up from my bed and did a quick stretch before standing up and leaving my room.

I knew I'd find either my cousin or my gramps in Klayton's office upstairs because there's no rest for the wicked in this world even when they're on a beautiful island in Italy so I headed up there but I never expected to hear what I heard when I got there. "Well, no offence Katerina but I don't know you except for the fact that you're related to the piece of s**t who is currently threatening my wife's life"

"Technically...Trevor isn't threatening Lacey, Logan, he just wants her, that's all"

Trevor?.

Who the hell is Trevor? and why is he threatening me?.

"Klayton..."

My husband's very angry voice said only to be cut off by my cousin.

"Look Logan, If you can't trust her then trust me, ok... Kat's my cousin and I would never EVER have her around my wife, n kids, my famiglia and especially not my principessa if I couldn't trust her" "What the f**k?"

I said absentmindedly earning everyone's attention as several thoughts ran through my mind.

Katerina is Klayton's cousin?.

How did I not know about this?.

Actually, why would my cousin keep this from me? that's so strange.

"Babe, what are you doing here? I thought you were sleeping"

"I was but I couldn't drift back off so I came up here to see Klayton"

I said as I looked around the room until my eyes landed on my cousin who looked horrified and scared which is extremely strange and rare to see on a mafia Don's face.

"What's going on?"

I ask barely above a whisper.

"Principessa"

Klayton stepped around his desk and tried to approach me but I backed up and held my hand up stopping him.

His eyes instantly flashed with hurt but I didn't care right now because I was more concerned with what I had just heard and getting to the bottom of it without him or Logan sugarcoating it for me. "Who's Trevor, Klayton? and why is he threatening me?"

"Sweetheart, come and sit down and....

"NO!!"

I shouted startling everyone.

"No, I won't sit down, Klay, not until one of you tell me what the f**k is going on here"

I said as I narrowed my eyes between Logan and Klayton who looked at each other anxiously.

"Either one of you tell me right f*****g now or I'll go and find our nonno and ask him what the f**k is going on?"

"Stop cursing principessa, it doesn't suit you"

Klayton growled at me.

"Yeah and you lying to me doesn't suit you either, Klay but here you are lying right to my face and keeping secrets from me"

I said in a harsh tone and Klayton flinched like I had just sucker-punched him in the throat.

"Baby, come and sit down and we'll explain everything to you"

"Logan, what are you doing?"

"I'm doing what we should have done days ago, Klayton"

My husband says through gritted teeth as he grabs hold of my hand.

Logan then led me towards the chair in front of Klayton's desk where he sat down and pulled me down to sit on his lap. "Logan..."

"Don't fight me on this right now, Lace, I need you close to me"

"Ok"

I let out a sigh as I looked down at my husband who looked both angry and distressed and his expression only eased a little bit when I caressed my fingers up and down his arm. Everyone else in the room also took their seats as Klayton and Cassidy sat behind his desk.

I was still looking down at my fingers which were drumming along Logan's arm when I heard my cousin's pleading voice call to me.

"Can you look at me please, principessa?"

I didn't want to look at him because of how angry I was feeling but I knew I couldn't avoid his gaze forever, so I looked up at him and my heart broke when I saw how scared and hurt he is.Please visit Job nib.com and search the book title to read the entire book for free. A mafia Don is supposed to remain emotionless at all times and he certainly isn't supposed to look at people like how Klayton is currently looking at me, so I guess this is a first in more ways than one because this is definitely a rare occurrence for me too. "I'm sorry, Lace...I'm so, so sorry, kid"

"For what?"

I ask confused.

"For lying to you...I've been keeping something from you for a few days now because I...I honestly thought you'd be safer that way and I thought I could nip this in the bud as soon as possible while keeping you fully protected here on my island but it turns out that's not the case" "What do you mean?"

Klayton briefly looks at his wife before looking back at me.

"Lace...before I tell you what I'm about to tell you, I need you to know that I love you so much and I'm gonna do everythin I can to protect you and keep you safe, ok"

He says and I nod my head.

"I've spent the past thirty years protecting you and keeping you safe, even when you were in your mom's belly, I was supe protective of you because you were our only girl"

He says and I feel tears well up in my eyes from his words.

"And I hate to toot my own horn here but I think I've done one hell of a job up until now"

"Yeah, you have"

I said barely above a whisper and both Klayton and Cassidy smiled at me.

"And I don't plan on failing you now, so just remember that and remember that you've also got so many people around yo who are willing to do whatever it takes to keep you safe and protected" "Am I in danger?"

I ask Klayton and his jaw instantly clenched so tightly that I thought it was gonna break.

"Technically yes but like I said, we're not gonna let anything happen to you, kid"

Ok.

I thought to myself as I nod my head.

"Who's Trevor?"

I ask Klayton and he lets out a breath as he briefly looks down at his desk before looking back at me.

"Trevor's my enemy, Lace, he's the Jefe of the Spanish mafia and he's someone who I've been trying to capture and kill fo the past four years but I've been unsuccessful thus far because he's a slippery little eel who keeps escaping my clutches "Jefe? what's a Jefe?" I ask confused.

"It's Spanish for the word boss, Lace"

Katerina says nonchalantly.

"So, he's a Don?"

"Yeah"

She says with a smile as I let out a breath.

"This is probably gonna sound like such a stupid question to ask but why? why are you after him?"

"Because he messed with what's mine"

Klayton said as he narrowed his eyes to Cassidy who had grabbed hold of his hand.

"What do you mean?"

Klayton briefly looked at me before narrowing his eyes to those around us.

"Can you all leave us alone, please?"

"Sure"

Everyone left the office until it was just us four left alone.

Once we were alone, Klayton and Cassidy told me everything from beginning to end and I was absolutely gobsmacked to hear the lengths this man was willing to go to, to mess with Klayton and our family.

By the time they were finished telling me everything, I sat there in shock as my eyes drifted to poor Cassie whose head was lowered and I could tell that she was feeling embarrassed and guilty about what had happened between her and Trevor.

I don't blame her for feeling guilty because I'd feel the exact same way as well if it was me in her position but she shouldn't feel embarrassed about being taken advantage of while she was in a vulnerable state.

I let out a sigh and ran my hands through my hair as I rested my elbows on the desk in front of me.

"What's on your mind, sweetheart? talk to me"

Klayton asked me but I only had one question on my mind right now.

"Why is he after me?"

I ask as I look up at him.

"From what you've told me, Klay, he seems to be more obsessed with Cassie than me, so why are you all so convinced that he wants me and not her?"

"Because he's been sending threats to Klayton and Giuseppe, love, that's why"

Logan said and I narrowed my eyes to him.

"Threats? what threats?"

I ask sounding panicked as Logan's hold on me tightens.

"These threats, kid"

Klayton says as he pulls two envelopes out of his drawer and puts them on his desk, one of them seemed thicker than the other which concerned me a little.

What the hell is in that one?.

"Trevor sent this one to us the day you all arrived on the island and we received this one on the day of your wedding, he also sent me several text messages at your wedding party insinuating that he plans on either killing you, Logan or the bot of you" "What?"

I ask sounding shocked and panicked.

"Relax babe, he's not gonna touch either of us, I promise you"

Logan said as he pulled me closer to him and kissed my shoulder easing my anxiety a little bit.

Klayton then showed me the texts he had received the day of my wedding including the one with the picture of Logan and me dancing our first dance and from what I can tell, whoever took this picture was really close to us.

Was this Trevor asshole at my wedding?.

I then remembered Klayton's strange behaviour yesterday and I had a slight feeling that it was because of this guy but I didn't realise just how bad the situation was until I asked Klayton and he explained it to me and I felt physically sick to my stomach when he did. "Wait, is that why you were acting so weird yesterday?...because this Trevor guy was threatening you?"

I ask him and he shakes his head.

"No, he wasn't threatening me, kid, he was threatening you"

What?.

"He was threatening me?"

"Yeah, he was"

"How?"

I asked Klayton and he explained what happened that day from receiving the texts to the warped phone call he had with him where he threatened to shoot me and also how he took advantage of the skeet shooting activity to make not only his threats seem real but also to upset my cousin.

"Wow, this guy is really f****d up"

"You've no idea"

Cassie said while scoffing.

"So that's why I reacted the way that I did, sweetheart because I thought Trevor had shot you, I thought he'd killed you an I'd failed in my job to protect you"

Oh my god.

What a sick f**k.

Wait.

"Hold up a second...you said that you'd thought he had shot me and he had also sent you the picture of Logan and me which is creepy as s**t, so does that mean that he's here on this island with us?"

I ask feeling panicked.

Everything Klayton has told and shown me so far has already answered this question because there's no way he'd be able to do any of this if he wasn't here.

"No babe, he's not here"

"How do you know?"

I ask Logan feeling annoyed and frustrated but it was Klayton who answered me.

"Because after I had realised you were ok and you hadn't been shot, I had all of my men search the entire island and all o my properties on it to see if the cockroach was hiding out somewhere and they were also ordered to capture him and tak him to the dungeons if he was here, I also had my tech guys search through every bit of camera footage from the last tw weeks just to be sure and he's not on any of it"

Klayton said confusing my already fried brain even further.

"Then how did he do all of this, Klay? how did he take that picture? and how did he know about the skeet shooting to tricl you if he's not here?" "I think he had help, Lace"

"Meaning?"

I drug out not understanding where he's going with this.

"Meaning that we may have a traitor in our mafia, kid"

What?.

f**k, this isn't good.