Huracio
“She is pregnant, Helena. You know how Massimo is. Do you want him to sell your grandchild?”
Bound to a wheelchair and wrapped up in bandages, Helena continued to stare at Salvatore and I with unrestrained contempt.
“It is in Katalina’s best interest if we can rescue her before Massimo sells her to the highest bidder just like he tried to sell you back then.” Salvatore sneered. He wasn’t sounding like someone who was begging for anything. Feeling uneasy, I secretly stepped on his shoe, but he just shrugged and continued. “If Dante didn’t help you to escape, you and your daughter would have continued to service Massimo’s business associates till this day. That is if he didn’t force her into one of his brothels. You are one of the reasons Dante died so easily. Had he known that you are this stupid and petty, he wouldn’t have bothered saving you.”
In response, Helena just rolled her eyes and continued ignoring us.
“Helena, I know there is so much bad blood between us, but Katalina is your daughter. You can’t possibly want Massimo to hurt her, right? At least, think of your grandchild. Helena, please.” I quickly interjected, cutting Salvatore off.
Clearly he was incapable of lowering his head. He didn’t care about Katalina or my child. He just wanted his revenge and nothing more. What was I thinking, asking him to come see her together? Big mistake.
“Massimo doesn’t even know she exists.” Helena snorted disdainfully at me. “She ran because she is smart. I told her you killed her father. The only man she has ever known as her father. That’s why she ran. Stop wasting my time. Don’t come here anymore.”
My head started buzzing at her words.
“You did what?” I snapped. If not for the location, I would have jumped on her despite her condition. “You witchy bitch!”
“Why did you think I accepted to be your lover?” She sniggered. “To get close to this son of a bitch.” She gave Salvatore a pointed, hateful glare, then turned hysterical. “What did David ever do to you? Why did you kill him? Why?” She broke down.
“Because I feel like it.” Salvatore shrugged with a devilish smirk. Then continued.
“You will rather let Katalina run around like you did back then, just to spite me?” Salvatore sniggered. “Without David, you might not have survived, yet you are willing to let your daughter risk the same dangers. Such a sneaky bitch.”
“Helena, listen to me. Once your trial is over, you will be mine. I will make you beg for death. Pray that I find Katalina and my child safe and hearty, else, you will pay a heavy price.” I groaned in pain and frustration.
Feeling hopeless and angry, I exited the interrogation room and left in my car, not waiting for Salvatore.
It’s been three weeks since Katalina was kidnapped. Immediately it happened, we deployed all our forces to find her, but she somehow slipped through the cracks.
In those three weeks, I have not been sleeping. I can’t go back to my house because every corner of it is filled with her presence. I can smell her on everything. Her hearty giggles are in every corner.
I’d be sleeping and suddenly, I would hear her calling my name in that seductively soft voice she uses whenever she wanted to get mischievous. I would wake up with a start and go around the house, calling her name. Sometimes, I would wake up from a nightmare where Massimo cut her open, removed my child from her womb and handed it over to some faceless person while laughing like a maniac.
The more these things happened, the more scared I became. I have been visiting Helena, begging her to tell me where to find Massimo. I even promised not to attack him. I just want to retrieve my wife. But she refused to say a word to me.
That was why I convinced Salvatore to come with me this time around. I thought she might react differently to him since it would be his first time appearing in front of her. Indeed, she reacted differently. They had a history that was just a story to me until today.
Back when Dante was alive, Helena was a very young and naive girl. She was younger than Massimo and was desperately in love with him. Massimo treated her like trash, endlessly humiliating her. Then she got pregnant and his treatment of her got better. She was suddenly getting love bombed and cared for.
Then, one day, a client with a pregnant woman fetish made a deal with Massimo. If Massimo can let that client and his friends gangbang Helena, Massimo would be allowed to join an elite, private club.
Back then, Dante and Salvatore had joined Massimo’s gang with the plan to get close and take revenge for our parents’ death. Because Helena was closer to Massimo than all the other girls, Dante befriended her, hoping to make use of her one day.
During the gangbang, Helena learnt that Massimo was going to sell her baby. She was sad that Massimo made her share her body with other men, but she did it anyway. But when she heard that he was going to give her child away, Helena lost it. She sought Dante’s help.
Thinking that he could use Helena to lure Massimo out, Dante agreed to help her. In the process, Dante died and Helena escaped, then met David.
David’s death was not an accident. It was Salvatore’s revenge against Helena. He blamed her for Dante’s death. According to him, they had a plan. If Helena didn’t ask Dante for help, making him think that he had a chance to win against Massimo, Dante would have listened to Salvatore and be alive today.
Secondly, Dante directed Helena to a secret cabin where she was supposed to hide in case things go wrong. Salvatore was waiting in that cabin to receive Helena, but Helena never showed up. Instead of following Dante’s plans, she ran off by herself. Meaning that her intention was to use Dante and escape without him. Therefore, when Salvatore discovered the good life she was living in Usrburn, he decided to kill David out of spite.
I can’t believe that his actions would bite me in the butt many years later. I fucking had nothing to do with it. Would Katalina hate me for this? If only I could get the chance to explain things to her.
As I made my way back to the club, I didn’t know what to think or do. Katalina must hate me completely now.
Getting back to the club, I replay the hospital footage of the day Katalina went missing. According to the footage, several men came in, wearing masks. While half of them went from ward to ward, robbing the patients, four of them raided the staff.
Three went into Katalina’s room. They beat Emilia up for trying to stop them from taking Katalina. They clearly were there for Katalina. They didn’t speak to her and she didn’t resist them. It was as if she voluntarily left with them. If that was the case, then Helena was wrong. Massimo must have made contact with Katalina at some point. If Helena was wrong, then Katalina and my child are in grave danger.
What I don’t understand is why Massimo needed to fake a robbery just to kidnap someone? It didn’t make any sense.
I have seen this clip too many times. I know everything that happened offhand, yet, the more I watch, the less rational it feels.
After four rewatches, I noticed that the bottle I was holding was empty. I walked to the cabinet and brought out a new bottle of vodka. Just as I was about to open it, someone knocked on my door. Planning to ignore it, I walked back to the living area and slushed into the couch.
The door opened and Ane walked in with a food tray.
“You have to eat something or I will tell Uncle Sal what you have been doing. I am sure you don’t want him in your business.” She said as she placed the tray on the centerpiece.
“…”
I wanted to lift her by the neck and smash her against the wall. But I stood up with my vodka in hand, and made my way to the bedroom.