EPISODE ELEVEN
HAZEL
Luca blocked my ears till we got into the car. He doesn’t want me to hear any of the conversations.
Will Stefano be safe? What if the men are dangerous?
One of his men is sitting in the driver seat, ready to take us home. I sighted a black pistol on his lap. My body stiffened.
Luca notices immediately since he’s holding me.
“Hide your fucking gun you bastard!”He cursed trying not to raise his voice at him.
The guy quickly pushed the gun into the safe and shut it.
“Hazel, are you okay?”Stefano’s Mom asked the moment I entered the car.
I nodded, holding her hands immediately. “I’m fine.”I stutter with fear clearly written all over my face.
“Are you not going with us?”I ask Luca after he closes the door.
“I will be right behind you. Don’t worry.”
“Lu…”
“We will handle it. Princess.”He coos.
“Mom, will Stefano be fine?”I ask during the ride.
I couldn’t help but be worried about him.
What if he’s hurt?
“He will be fine,”She assures.
STEFANO.
“Who’s that bitch? Your new chick? She must be lucky enough to ride in the same car with your mother.”
Chad says grinning ear to ear the moment the car drives away from the scene.
“Keep the women’s name out of your fucking mouth you bastard!”I cursed pulling out the gun in my pocket.
“Woah. Chill. I’m not here to pick a fight with you.”
“Why are you here, Chad? Your sister gave you a second chance to amend your ways. Is this how you pay her back?”
“Common. I know she’s not aware that I’m back in town. Why are you scared for me?”
“I’m not scared because of you. I’m worried about her. Have you no shame at all?”I shouted in anger.
The men with him easily outnumbered us. There are only three of us. Me, Luca and Marcos.
I need to buy time so we can get out of this place without getting hurt or killing anyone but Chad is determined.
“How’s Amanda? I’ve missed that tiny pussy of a woman.”He taunts.
My eyes glinted in pain and anger the moment he mentioned Amanda’s name.
Luca shoots the road, close to his legs leaving them in awe.
“I swear on my life, If her name comes out of your mouth before we leave this place. I won’t hesitate to kill you.”He threatens.
“I need money. Money. Gold bars. The women. And drugs.”He rambles, finally telling me the reasons for his sudden visit.
I scoffed before bringing down my gun. This fucker still begs for money despite the fact that I paid him off?
“Why should I give you my money?”
“You have more than enough. You don’t have anything to spend them on. Give them to me. Or I pay Amanda a visit.”
This is the climax. Luca shot him on his arm immediately after he finished talking.
His Boys pulled out their guns, pointing it at us, Their boss is half-down.
Chad writhes in pain with shock written all over his face.
“You bastard! How dare you pull your guns at me?”
“I don’t make empty threats you asshole!”
“Bring down your guns.”Marcos ordered his boys in a harsh tone.
Chad was already on his knees, Blood gushing out of his arms.
He pointed the gun at Luca angrily.
“Drop down your guns.”Marcos repeats. They hesitated before bringing them down but one of them was adamant. He must be the closest to Chad.
“I told you to bring it down.”Marcos hissed angrily and shot him in the head.
“Tell your men not to hurt my boys!”
“They should be obedient while they are at it.”
“Give me the damned money!”He demands.
The wound from the shot shouldn’t be a fatal one but Luca never misses the vital points, Chad might die soon if care isn’t taken.
“I don’t have any money to give. If you ever trouble Amanda, I won’t have any choice than to kill you myself.”I threaten.
Luca and Marcos were already returning to the car, They hate Chad. We all hate him. He ruined us, Our childhood and family.
He’s a fucker who deserve nothing but death but I don’t want to hurt mom, She’s just recovering from the trauma he did to Amanda, Telling her about Chad will break her.
“You son of a bitch!”He roared in anger pointing his gun to my direction with his free hand.
He already pulled the trigger, Luca turned the moment he heard the gunshot.
“Stefano!”Luca shouts behind me.
The bullet grazed my shoulder, tearing the fabric apart.
Luca pulled out his two guns immediately, He didn’t stop shooting until he emptied the bullets on Chad.
I held my shoulder gritting in pain as I stared at Chad’s lifeless body.
Shit. This is what I avoided all my whole years.
“Are you okay?”Marcos asked, bringing down my hand.
Fuck. I’m bleeding.
“Take me home.”
HAZEL.
“He will be fine. It’s just a scratch.”Luca assured me as I paced to and fro in the living room praying silently.
“It’s not. He was bleeding a lot when he came back.”
“Three bullets can’t take him down not to talk of a scratch. Your husband is a strong man.”He teases.
“I’m so scared.”I sob. Luca came to me slowly. He looked hurt and pained but his smile concealed them.
How do they control their emotions? Are they robots?
“Are you fine?”I asked, wrapping my hands around myself trying to calm my nerves down.
He nodded pulling me to himself. Oh.
I stayed in his arms for a while, His arms are so strong, yet safe.
I relaxed myself in his arms, He assured me again that Stefano will be fine.
“I can’t find the sugar!”Marcos complained from the kitchen.
I pulled away from his hug, smiling.
“Go attend to the glutton.”He says, laughing briefly.
“Oh, I will.”I nodded.
I wandered to the kitchen just to see him rummaging through the cupboards.
“It’s not there.”I say behind him.
I walked to where Stefano’s Mom kept it earlier and brought it out.
“Thank you.”He winked before scooping a teaspoon from the container into his tea.
“Are you his friend?”I asked after he gulped down the content inside the small ceramic cup.
“Yes. More than a worker. But of a lower rank to Luca.”He nodded, dropping the cup.
“Wow. This is good good.”He compliments licking the tea off his lips. He stretched his neck tiredly making some cracking sounds.
“That means you know some things about him?”
“Yes. You have a question?”He asked, turning to me.
Marcos is a Russian. He has lots of tattoos, But they are manly.
He kept his hair short unlike Stefano, His features scare me a lot even though he’s very attractive but He looks dangerous.
They don’t look like normal office men but I’m trying to not have negative thoughts about what they do.
The events of today scared me to the bones. The way they handle things is different from how other civilians do theirs which bothers me a lot.
“About Stefano… Is he a good man?”I ask slowly.
He chuckles heartily. Marcos stared at me in an amused manner before spinning the ceramic cup, dangerously.
“I’m just curious. I.. don’t know anything about him, I…”
“I don’t know what pushed you into this but getting Stefano is the worst mistake you made. This shouldn’t have happened.”He cut me off calmly without turning to me.
“What….”
“He’s a bad man. He doesn’t deserve you. If you can pull out of the marriage now, I will advise you to do that before it’s too late.”
“You can just tell me something about him. This is what Luca told me too and I’m tired of hearing it.”
“You will get attracted to him. I don’t know how you’re going to restrain yourself from that but you will. And it won’t pay you. He will be your damnation, Hazel. Stefano will ruin you.”
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Oops.
Marcos is blunt. I must say.
How’s this chapter?
I’m not good with action scenes, If this seems clumsy to you, I’m sorry. I will improve.