Chapter 6

Picking up my gun from the table behind him. He watched the handle as his hands gently touched the engraving of my name.

"You know when I heard you die, I was in the hospital just out of surgery. I remember being so angry. I was going to get better and deal with you in my way." But hearing you died in a car accident broke me." Seeing that fucking burnt corpse! I couldn't breathe. I could eat for weeks every one of my dreams was hunted by you."

His eyes were on me now as he walked, still holding my gun. He came behind me pulling me close to him. Placing his head close to my hair he inhaled deeply. I watched as the gun slowly went up my temple and felt the cold metal on my skin. His lips were so close to my ears. I stood so still, knowing like this was the end Bria filled my mind, her laugh, her eyes, her everything.

" Wouldn't you like to know who gave you up Valentina." His voice was so soft yet it echoes in my head. I turned my head away slightly only to get it pulled closer to him. Our eyes met my brown puddles, his raging  green orbs."It was Nate," he declared who else could it be I thought. He was the only one who knew.

Grabbing hold of my wrist now he pulled me into the direction of the hall. His hand held on to my wrist so tightly it felt as though he was stopping blood from flowing my hand and fingers. I stumbled behind him as he tugged me. My cries were becoming louder now as my breath hitch as I was becoming out of breath I was practically jogging with the pace he was tugging me along. 

"Where are you taking me?" We were now in front of the door in the back of the house. He did not even turn around or acknowledge my question; he just kicked the door open and pulled me down the stairs. The room was pitch black and reeks of rancid blood but I heard some movement.

He placed me into what seems to be the middle and the let go of my now throbbing wrist. It felt as if it was broken from his powerful hand and his barbaric tugging. Michael walked to the side of the room and flick on the light. I stood perfectly still as the light came on. It was bright and stung my already tender eyes. 

I haven't cried in a while and I forgot how bad it hurts. I looked down to my feet. Below me, Nate with his dark blonde hair caked with blood and his face was black and blue and looked all kind of distorted. He was badly beaten. His breath was uneven as he grunted. I grasped as I bent down to tend to him. 

I gently touch his hair as my other hand caresses his badly beaten face. He was in bad shape, in hindsight I should not have done that because in the corner of my eyes I saw the flash of jealous rage etch on Michael's face. Before I knew I felt him lift me and push me away from Nate. I landed with a thud as my hip came  into contact with the marble floor. I grabbed my side as the pain shot through me.

"Michael, no!" I scream, rushing at his feet as he kicks Nate in this stomach. Sickening thuds on a defenceless man. I held on to his leg, Nate's eyes were slightly open and he coughed trying to catch his breath. "Val?" Nate whispered unassured if I were real."Yes!" I replied, tears falling out my eyes making me see everything distorted. Michael grabbed me by my hair pulling me up to stand. He held me close to him, placing my hands behind me."Do you love him!" He asked loudly, his voice practically rang to my ears.

"What? No!" Michael pulled on to me tighter as he took one of his hands and pulled my hair making my head sit on his shoulder. "You are lying!" His voice was breaking. I try turning my head to face him. Tears were rolling down his cheeks.

"I'm not! Please, Michael, you're hurting me."

"I want to hurt you, I want you to suffer like how I suffer knowing you betrayed me. You and this fucking succumb." He then pushed me forward and I landed next to Nate almost missing his poor battered body. Michael walked to the table at the side of the room and then opened a drawer taking out a gun.

A big massive silver gun with a snake engraved in its handle. He pointed it at us."You know he gave you up yet you tried to console him. He did it to save himself and his family. " "Were you fucking him?" He asked, still having the gun aimed at me. 

Nate was trying his best to catch his breath as he still winced in pain from the kicks to his stomach.

"No, Michael, please stop this, I never slept with him. I never!!"

"Why do you care for him so fucking much? He betrayed you, Valentina. I was beating his face to a pulp when he whispered you were alive. He could have died and I never would have known."

"What do you want me to do?" I was practically begging "To prove that I don't love him more than a brother." Michael's lips curled as his eyes swirling with something wicked.

"I want you to kill him, Valentina." The room began to spin as the words registered in my brain. I started to tremble all over. Nate grabbed my hand in that instant and looked at me with his puffy black eyes.

"I'm so sorry Valentina, I did it to save Sss Stefania and John. He stammered. I know, I know that I nodded "It alright, Val " He coughed again this time blood specks flew out of his mouth.

"No!" I screamed as Michael grabbed me up again pulling me away from Nate. He lifted Nate up so that now he was in a sitting position."Michael, no!" I screamed, "Please, anything but this please!" Walking back to me he came up behind me and lifted my right hands into his. He placed the cold metal on my trembling hands. It felt so heavy as he held it with me. I was trembling. My legs were noodles. Michael with his strength kept me up.

"It's all right, Val" Nate said again before me he could hardly keep his head straight. Michael held my hands perfectly aimed at Nate's head. He pushed my finger to the trigger I started to pull away. Fighting him he held me so tightly with his other hand.

He pressed down my finger on the trigger and the gun let out a deafening bang and the bullet went off darting through the air and hitting Nate between his eyes his head flung back as brain matter exploded from behind him his lifeless body fell to the ground as a small pool of blood started surrounding him.

The room started to spin. I felt Micheal gripped tighten as if he knew what was going to happen. My head swayed slightly as my eyes rolled back into my head as everything turned black as I drifted into the oblivion.