Chapter 373: Offer (1)
Rafael knocked on the door to let his father know he was there. "Mother is having fun with Annalise picking out dresses and here you are looking over maps," he said, entering the room his father had taken over.
"I know where Travis lives. Now I can move before he does something to someone we love. I can’t have him getting in the middle of your relationship. I can’t allow my past to interfere with your present," River said, continuing to look over the map.
"He doesn’t own the mansion. He’s renting it for a few weeks. Someone is bringing me the plans for the house from one of the workers who built it. I’ll get him out of your hair soon. No matter what your mother says, don’t tell her about him anymore," said River.
Beatrice was doing better these days to not panic when Travis’s name was said, but River didn’t want her thinking or hearing about her brother.
"She says she is fine. She only knew about Travis because she was walking around early this morning," Rafael said, inspecting the markings his father made on the map. "He might be hosting a party to announce my engagement."
"He won’t be alive to host a party then. He has nothing to make you attend the party. I will attack before he has something. We only need to hope we are not missing what makes him so confident. Are you hearing screams?" River asked, looking up at the ceiling. There should be a bedroom above the room they are in.
"I did not," Rafael answered, trying to hear what his father heard. "If there is trouble, someone will come to me. Do you want me to join you in killing him?"
"I don’t plan on killing him," River replied. "That’s an easy way out of all the shit he’s pulled over the years. I’m taking him somewhere. Not here or at my home. Somewhere to hide him if the town guards come looking. I’ve been getting it prepared with everything I need since you left. What I need help with is a distraction to take him."
River continued to explain, "One that he wouldn’t expect since he is smart. I need it at night so we won’t be spotted to be placed as a suspect. Taking him means that your grandparents will come looking for their heir. I worry about your mother seeing them again."
"Is mother afraid of them? She told me more about her past with Travis and I believe her parents were aware something was going on between her and Travis," Rafael said as it was too unlikely they would ever notice a change in his mother.
"They did because I went to her father to tell him after I had enough of seeing your mother walking around like a ghost. I was told to stay in my place and if not for me, Beatrice wouldn’t need to be punished to be reminded of her duty. Her father at least knew," River said, clenching his fist.