Chapter 43. Refusing to Let Brooklyn Go

“I’ve completed the formalities, Brandon. You’ll be discharged in an hour, but you need bed rest for at least the next two weeks. As Brooklyn had already informed you, your apartment in Chicago isn’t in a livable state, so you don’t have the option of going there. Also, I don’t think it would be safe for you to live on your own now till Freddie Miller and his entire gang are behind bars. Under the circumstances, you have only one option. To return to Napa Valley with me and Brooklyn,” said Nikolas sternly as Brandon listened to him with his jaws dropped to the floor.

“I was thinking of returning the money to you, sir, and going away with Brooklyn to start life afresh, somewhere far away,” said Brandon. A nerve twitched at Nikolas’s jaws as he turned to look at Brooklyn’s innocent face, her wide eyes listening to their conversation quietly. No, he wouldn’t let her go.

Mine, mine!

His mind chanted, and he started getting angry at Brandon for even thinking of taking h