Chapter 17

"So tell me more about this misunderstanding you had with Dawn." 

After Stephan had left Olivia's house, the police had showed up and invited all of them to the station for questioning. Olivia tried to explain to them that they had already interrogated them before but they didn't listen to her. She and Damien were asked to follow them.

Damien stared at the officer interrogating him, he knew something was up as regards Dawn's kidnap, he suspected Olivia but he couldn't yet pinpoint it.

"I didn't have any misunderstanding with Dawn, except you mean Olivia."

"Are you sure? Because from what we were able to gather, you and Dawn weren't in good terms for a very long time. So how come you were friends all of a sudden?" The police officer asked opening a file in front of him then staring back at Damien.

"I have nothing more to say about this case, you can speak to my lawyer." He knew how things like this always went, one slip up and it has already been recorded.

Minutes later Damien was let out and Blaire was asked to step in.

"So Blaire, what is your relationship with Dawn?"

"She is like an elder sister to me even thou I work there as a maid."

"On the day she went missing, did you have any discussion with her?"

"Not really, recently since she came back she and Olivia has been having some misunderstanding."

"About what?"

"I don't know really, I am just a maid so I don't interfere in their discussions," Blaire replied.

"Your neighbors said you and Miss Dawn had a little fight before she traveled to school." The police officer had interrogated their neighbors, but it seemed the Hemlocks were very private, all they could get was that Olivia partied a lot because she had been seen drunk a couple of time, and Dawn was quite reserved.

"Yes, she found out I had a boyfriend, at first she was accepting to it but then she saw the boy and we had an argument about that."

"So she wanted you to leave this boy?"

"Yes, and I didn't but he did exactly what she said he would do."

"Which was?" The police officer seemed to know what she was driving at but wanted to hear it from her mouth for record sake.

"That he would use me and dump me." Blaire said sharply and clear, she was done with that discussion.

The police nodded taking it some notes on his file, he motioned Blaire out and called in Robert.

His discussion with Robert was short, Robert wasn't much of a talker and he seemed not to have any idea of anything.

"I drive that's all I do." Robert said

"Alright." The officer motioned him out as Olivia entered 

In the interrogation room, Olivia stared at the police officer. Who was going through his file as another female police officer entered, the male officer nodded at her and left.

"Hello Olivia, I can call you that right, or do you prefer miss Hemlocks?"

"Olivia."

"My name is Mandy," Mandy said taking her seat opposite Olivia and going through the file.

"What do you want? Water? Coffee?"

"I am fine."

"Are you sure? You seemed tensed."

Olivia didn't know if they had been able to fish up any evidence, they had interrogated her before so she wondered why they were interrogating her again. She busied her thoughts with remembering all the answers she had given in the last interrogation.

"It's normal, I am in a police station."

"This is just an interrogation, more like a way to help us find your sister quicker, as well as the kidnappers."

"I was interrogated before and..."

"This is totally normal, we can decide to interview you three times if new questions pop up. Have you been arrested before Olivia?" Mandy had been informed about the case by Alberto who she knew reported to Stephan, she wondered what Stephan had to do with the case. 

It wasn't a new thing for people at the top to set people up and get them locked up for pointless reasons, but when she had gone through the case, it was legit.

Olivia thought for a while, she had to be tactical in her answer, she had plans to request for a lawyer but she didn't want any suspicions to fall on her.

"Yes, I have been."

Mandy had checked Olivia's record as well as Damien but Olivia seemed to have an history with violence.

"How many times?"

"Twice."

"So, tell me about this misunderstanding you had with your sister, Dawn."

"How does that relate to this case?" Olivia sneezed and placed her handkerchief to her nose to clean it. She had done her make up in such a way that she had baggy eyes and chapped lips, she even ruffled her hair a bit. She was happy she did that before the police turned up.

"I will decide that."

"Well we had a misunderstanding over a man, you know how sister's can be."

"I don't, enlighten me."

Olivia explained in details about their misunderstanding but she changed Stephan's name to Alex and didn't mention too much, but it was enough to let Mandy understand that they both had a misunderstanding over a man.

"On the day of the kidnap, did you call Dawn? Because from our records you called Damien."

"Yes, Damien is my friend, I called him and we talked about normal stuffs."

"Details Olivia."

"I was just checking up on him, and then he told me he was on a date with Dawn."

"And why did you tell him you had a plan to help him?"

Olivia was caught off guard by that question, did Damien inform them about their conversation. That idiot, she was trying to help him and he turned the tables on her.

"What?"

"Also what is your connection with Mr Stephan Klar?"

*******

In the warehouse, Stephan and Matteo sat down opposite Scar, he was strapped to the chair from his waist down to his leg, After Sarah had made sure Dawn was referred to the best surgeon in her hospital, Stephan had told her he had another job for her.

It wasn't a new thing for her, stitching people up in this warehouse but this man injuries were so severe. She had to call one of her workers to bring some more tools but in the main time, she tried to do the best she could do to keep the man alive.

"We need to place him on a bed, he is hurting badly."

"That is the whole point." Stephan said but only got an eye roll from Sarah.

"I can't work like this," she had to stitch his hand first, as she didn't come prepared but stitching this big hole was going to be very painful.

Matteo stood up and placed his handkerchief in Scar's mouth.

"He is sound proof now." 

"Get your men to set up a bed or something."

"If you keep whining he is just going to die."

"You guys are paying triple this time."

"You deserve more than that," Matteo smiled at her, he knew this was always hard for her but in this man's case. He and Stephan wanted him to suffer so bad, they wanted him to feel every stitches one by one."How about we go on a date together?"

"Me and you? Never... I rather go with Stephan," Sarah joked but Matteo took it personally as the look on his face changed instantly.

"Who sent you?" Stephan asked Scar not concerned with what Sarah or Matteo was talking about. Scar mumbled something but the handkerchief in his mouth wasn't helping. 

Matteo removed it and raised his chin up while Sarah busied herself with stitching his hand.

"Aaaaahhhh" Scar screamed in pain.

"I thought the idiot was answering you," Matteo slapped him on the face really hard.

"Can you monsters at least wait till I am done," Sarah pleaded.

Stephan brought out his rifle and cocked it in the air, he pointed it towards Scar direction.

"What is wrong with you?" Sarah asked jerking up from her position away from Scar, she knew what Stephan was capable of and she didn't want to get shot even thou she knew Stephan's aim was very smooth.

"Right here." Matteo pointed between Scars eyes laughing.

"Will you at least let me do my work and leave?"

"If we shoot him at least a couple more times in the right places, he will still live, right?"

"Yes, but then..."

Bang!

Stephan fired him in the leg as Scar screamed in pain.

"Will you both just stop it!" Sarah scolded, she couldn't believe this right now, was this a game to them. She had work at the hospital.

"Nice shot, let's see if you can aim at him chest." Matteo walked back to Stephan side and also brought out his gun. "I think I can do better than you at that."

Matteo fired under his chest, they had intentionally shot Scar in a way that they didn't injure any vital organs that could kill him, but with every shot came great pain, pain that Scar wasn't sure he could endure any more as he coughed out blood.

Bang!

Stephan also fired again this time on the same leg and the shot was so smooth it went through the same hole, Scar scream was more loud this time, it was like adding salt to injuring.

Matteo busted into laughter, he had never seen a clean shot like that done twice on the same spot, Stephan was definitely really angry.

"I would really love to try that out as well."

"A...albe.." Scar muttered with his remaining strength, he had planned to keep quiet during the torture, but with this two sicko's he wasn't sure he could keep quiet anymore. He knew if he snitched his family would be in danger but he couldn't bare the pain anymore.

The thought of them shooting and stitching and shooting and stitching him again, like some Frankenstein work terrified him, he wished they could kill him than doing this to him.

"Alberto Gomez," He said again. It was the name of his boss.

Stephan knew that name very well, he had even worked with him once.

"Stitch him up nicely, we will be taking him for a ride." Stephan informed Sarah as he stood up and walked out.

"I hate both of you so much," Sarah said going back to her work as Scar screamed again from the stitches."Will you come and cover his mouth!" She couldn't believe she was saying that but the sound of Scar shouting was affecting her.

"Yes my lady," Matteo obeyed going up to Scar and covering his mouth. "So about that date?"

"No."

"You always go on dates with me, why are you refusing me?"

"Because you have been acting weird of late."

"Weird?"

"Am scared you are developing feelings or something?" 

"I am." Matteo admitted.

"You shameless man." 

"Were you expecting me to sugarcoat how badly I want to be in your bed, I heard it's king size," Matteo teased. He had recently being seeing Sarah differently, he didn't know why but he just did. He couldn't term it has love but more has lust. He knew Sarah was a free spirit, but she had been denying him any access to her.

"I am not interested in you, you are not my type."

"More reason why we need to go on that date, what are you scared of?"

"I am busy Matteo, stop distracting me." Sarah tried to avoid the conversation, she found Matteo to be very attractive even Stephan as well but she didn't want to ruin their friendship, their friendship meant a lot to her than anything. It came with love, money and protection. She couldn't ask for anything more.

"Why are you denying what you want Sarah?" Matteo knew she wanted him, so why was she refusing it. He knew this wasn't the right time to talk about it, but he hardly saw Sarah.

"I don't want to lose our friendship plus this is totally a wrong place to be talking about it."

Scar couldn't agree more, he was in pain and this sicko was busy trying to get into the pant of this lady.