(NFTMB)Chapter 105
Third Person POV
(Never Make Him Feel This Way)
Alessandro sat still while tied to the seat watching Victoria who still had her head turned to the side and still suffering the after effects of the slap.
Nobody knew who fired the gun or where the gunshot came from before Leonard marched over to Alessandro and angrily grabbed him by the collar of his black dress shirt.
“What the fuck are you-”
“Help me”.
“Margaret’s been shot!”. Fabiano yelled out while stepping away from where he stood beside Margaret whose baby pink blouse now had a big red blotch in the center of her chest area.
Margaret slowly fell to the ground and gasped for breath and she clutched onto her chest experiencing her last moments.
“For Christ’s sake someone finds out who did that?!”. Leonardo yelled before Sebastian ran out of the room and into another direction to check the cameras.
Another shot was heard a minute later as Leonard fell to the ground and his gun slipped from his hand and onto the floor as he clutched his leg in pain and groaned loudly.
Sebastian slowly backed into the living room with his hands in the air as he had been surrounded and captured by a gun wielding Niccolo.
“Hello, fellas. I’m Niccolo. Sorry I shot your female friend. Well, just like I shot your other female accomplice. That bitch Jasmine”
“I thought that traitorous bastard Valentino said that you went out to an island with your family?!”. Leonard said in pain.
“Isn’t it obvious that I lied?”. Leonard gasped as he saw Valentino get up from the floor before taking off his kevlar.
“Valentino?”. Victoria said in disbelief.
“No, I shot you!”. Valentino said.
“It felt like that though but as you can see it wasn’t quite the case. That really hurt! Did you plan to actually kill me?!”. He asked Leonard.
“Wait, you were the one that shot me?”.
“Of course, dummy. I was laying on the floor behind the seat so you couldn’t see. I could only see your leg though so that’s why I aimed there”.
Valentino untied the ropes around Alessandro before handing him his shotgun.
“Sorry for that hit on the head. It had to be realistic and believable”
“It’s no problem”. Alessandro said before corking the gun and swiveling around to shoot Fabiano who was trying to slip away undetected.
“I’ve always wanted to do that”. Alessandro said while breathing in deeply.
“Alessandro, no! Please forgive me!”. Fabiano said while holding his stomach.
“On your knees!”. Niccolo said while kicking Sebastian on the knees and forcing him to the ground.
He looked at him for a while before shaking his head.
“No. No wonder I never really liked you. There was just something about you that I couldn’t quite place my finger on. Before I would have thought it was your alarmingly horrible sense of fashion.
Guess I was wrong.”
“Where is Amara?”. Alessandro asked Valentino.
“I’m here”. She said while coming out from the side of the mansion which led to the library.
“You fool! I thought you said that there was no one else here Fabiano!”. Leonardo yelled while trying to sit up as Niccolo kicked him in the chest.
He coughed violently as he rolled from side to side in pain.
“Don’t blame me, Luca! That’s what Valentino told me and I believed him! What would you have me do?! Skim the entire house looking for everyone? If you’re so tough and thorough why don’t you do it yourself?! Huh?!”. Fabiano said.
“Permit me to say this but you’re a disgrace to the Rossi name, Fabiano. You’re a huge disgrace to Nicholas Rossi and the entire generations of Rossis. You’re a pathetic and weak man who should never have existed!”. Alessandro said to Fabiano.
“Shut u-”
BANG!
Fabiano fell to the floor dead with his eyes wide open.
Niccolo had hit him straight in the head.
“No, you shut up. I’m tired of hearing your irritating voice. You never should have slept with my girlfriend. Maybe in your next life you’ll have some manners and respect for yourself and others too!”
Alessandro looked at Niccolo with his brow arched.
“What?”. Niccolo asked him.
“Really? In the head? Again? Is that becoming an obsession? Is that like your thing now?”. Alessandro asked with a more expression on his face.
“I guess”. Niccolo said while shrugging his shoulders. “It’s kind of exciting”.
“Ugh. That’s kind of dumb”
“Well, that’s like my trademark”
“Victoria, are you okay?”. Amara asked while running towards Victoria who seemed like she was in pain.
Victoria’s stomach felt like it was cramping up. She was in pain as she tried to breathe in and out to ease the pain but it wasn’t working.
Alessandro turned to Amara and Victoria before rushing over to that side and crouching down in front of Victoria.
He took in her busted lip and the right side of her face which was sporting a handprint and anger got the best of him as he grabbed the shotgun and fired it at Leonard’s head.
“I hope you rot in hell!”. He said before setting the hunt down and turning back to Victoria.
“Victoria, what’s wrong? What’s the problem? Are you in pain? Is the baby okay?”. He asked frantically.
“I don’t know what’s wrong but it hurts. It really hurts”. She said before screaming out in pain.
“We need to take her to the hospital!”. Valentino said as he marched towards where they were with Victoria.
“I’ll go get my phone and call an ambulance”. Niccolo said before rushing upstairs.
“Don’t worry, Victoria. You’ll be fine. You and your baby will be fine. Just a few more months and you’ll finally be able to hold your baby in your arms”. Amara said to Victoria who nodded in agreement.
As they were crowded around Victoria, they had forgotten that Sebastian was still in the room. The only traitor who was still alive.
Sebastian saw this as a very rare opportunity to get his revenge now when their backs were turned.
He slowly crawled to the where Leonard’s dead body lay and grabbed his gun that was beside him.
They couldn’t hear him shuffling because of Victoria’s loud screams and Amara’s encouraging words.
They had unknowingly created the perfect atmosphere for him.
He gripped the gun tight and aimed at Alessandro.
“Hey, boss! Did you see this coming?!”. He said loudly, attracting the attention of everybody in the room.
Alessandro’s eyes widened as he instantly knew he couldn’t make it on time to aim his gun and fire at Sebastian, so he instead decided to cover Victoria with his body to prevent her from getting shot if he got shot.
As Alessandro hovered over Victoria’s sitting form and looked into her eyes, he expected to feel the little pain from the bullet after he heard the sound of the gun go off but there was nothing.
Except a gasp.
In surprise he had turned only to see Amara standing over him with the back of her blouse now stained with blood.
“No!”. He yelled out before catching her body in his arms so she wouldn’t fall to the ground.
She held her chest where blood was seeping out and staining her entire blouse.
Another shot rang in the air as Sebastian’s body created a loud noise as he fell to the ground lifelessly.
Alessandro had shot him dead. Right in the chest.
Valentino fired another shot to his head.
“No! Please no! Amara!”. Victoria yelled before attempting to crouch down to where Alessandro held her but she was held back by Valentino and the painful cramping in her abdomen.
“No, Victoria. Let him be”. Valentino said to Victoria.
“Amara? Why did you do that?”. Alessandro slowly asked her.
She mustered up the little strength she could find in her body to cup his cheek even though she ended up smearing blood all over his face.
“Because I love you”. She slowly said.
“No. You shouldn’t have done that!”. He said while feeling a rush of different emotions all at once.
“I heard gunshots! Who was shot?!”. Niccolo says in a rush as soon as he appears in the room.
“Oh shit! Amara?”. Niccolo said in disbelief.
“That’s what I’m meant to do. It’s what we’re meant to do for the people we love”
“No. Please hold on. Hold on. Niccolo called the ambulance and they’re on their way now. You’ll be fine. You’ll get treated and you’ll be fine. The ambulance is on the way, right Nic?”. Alessandro said in panic
“Yes, they’ll be here soon”. Niccolo said slowly knowing that there was no way that she was going to survive this.
“You’re crying. Don’t cry. I’ll be fine”. Amara said softly while reaching up and wiping the tears that had escaped from Alessandro’s eyes without him knowing.
Alessandro himself was shocked by the fact that he was crying.
He couldn’t remember the last time that he cried. His confusion and surprise mixed with shock mirrored every other person’s expression in the room.
They were surprised that Alessandro was crying.
“No! No. You weren’t supposed to jump in. You weren’t supposed to jump in front of me. I wouldn’t have died from getting shot, Amara?”.
“Why? How are you so sure?”. She said slowly as talking was getting very difficult for her to do.
“I would have survived because I’ve got my kevlar on. I had a bulletproof vest, Amara!”. Alessandro said bitterly.
“Ohh, I had no idea. But all the same, I would have done it again if given the chance. I would still have given my life for you. Becausebecause that’s what love is supposed to be like”. Amara said before coughing violently and coughing up blood as Alessandro hugged her to his chest in tears.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry for the way that I treated you all these years! I’m sorry. Please forgive me. I promise to treat you better when you recover”. He said desperately.
She smiled although her face was contorted in pain.
“That’s a nice promise. It’s something I can definitely look forward to but the problem is that I feel sleepy now”. She said before coughing up some more blood.
“No! Don’t sleep! Don’t fall asleep, Amara! You hear me?!”. Alessandro said while tapping her cheek to keep her eyes open.
Victoria watched the heartbreaking scene from afar as she bit down hard on her lower lip to prevent her from screaming out.
It was then that it dawned on her.
Alessandro was in love with Amara and didn’t even see it till now.
“I can’t help it, Alessandro”. She said before crying out in pain and clutching to her chest.
“Niccolo! Where is the fucking ambulance you called?!”. Alessandro yelled at Niccolo.
“I don’t know, man! They’re on their way”
“Don’t worry about me. Worry about Victoria. She’s in a lot of pain”. Amara said
“No. No, I’m fine.” Victoria lied before giving up the pretense and screaming out in pain.
“No!”. Alessandro said while hugging Amara’s body tighter.
She had gone pale from the amount of blood that she had lost and her fingers had slowly turned cold.
“No. Don’t leave me, Amara!”. Alessandro begged while holding her hand in his and rubbing it to transfer warmth to her.
“I’m not leaving you. I’ll always be here. I’ll be back soon. You’re having a girl”. She said with a smile exposing her bloodied teeth.
“How do you know that?”. Alessandro asked in surprise.
“I saw it. I-I”
And that was it.
She was gone.
Amara was dead. Her hand slowly dropped from Alessandro’s face and fell to her side as her now lifeless eyes stared right back into Alessandro’s misty gray eyes.
“No! No! Amara! Wake up for Christ’s sake!”. He said while shaking her lifeless body.
Niccolo slowly walked to him and bent down before slowly closing her eyes.
“She’s gone now, Alessandro. I’m sorry”. Niccolo said before he was pushed away by Alessandro.
“No! Don’t say that!”.
Just on cue the sirens of the ambulance were heard as Carlo and Franco walked into the scene and paused to take in what horror the house now looked like.
They had been tasked with the job of cleaning up the scene at Castleford’s house.
“Amara, please wake up”. He said before another tear rolled down his face.
For the time he had called out to her and she had ignored him.
She was really dead.
The paramedics rushed into the room and carried a screaming Victoria from Valentino’s arms as he placed her on the stretcher.
Her tear filled eyes never left the place where Alessandro sat with Amara’s dead body in his arms hugging her tightly.
He looked like he was in a trance and in a daze.
She could never make him feel this way.