Deadly Possession - Chapter 12 (Patreon)

Flashback

"Fuck!" I jump as another dish goes flying into the wall. Luca had been on a rampage since he left his fathers office. He had skipped out on rounds the other night, and when Romelo and I went to check on him, we found the room was in shatters, and glass was everywhere. I was standing in the corner of the room, trying my best to stay out of the way. Even Romelo was silently hiding in the corner of the room.

Another crash sounds as Luca kicks over the table, and throws a chair into the wall.

"Luca, just tell us what happened," I mumble. He roughly runs his hands through his hair and walks to the window, looking outside. The room is silent.

"He's making me fucking marry her." His voice is abnormally calm. I look to Romelo in confusion. Marry who? Romelo only shrugs his shoulders. He didn't know either, but both of us were too scared to ask. After the silence stretches out Romelo speaks up.

"Who?"

"Fucking Elise Travoli!" My eyes widen. And Romelo sits up straighter from his spot across the room. Elise was the daughter of the capo in the south. But she was also the girl who's mother Luca murdered. Right in front of her. I remember the night Luca told us about it. He was young. Too fucking young to be given a job like that. And it fucked him up for the rest of his life. Not only did he kill the woman and dismember her, but he also beat the hell out of Elise, as requested by the Capo.

Eli Travoli was psychotic. He had an affair on his wife and popped up with a son. When his wife found out she had the woman and her child sent away, as to protect Elise. But when the Capo found out Elise's mother tried to run away, taking her daughter with her, afraid of being embarrassed, he contacted Luca's father with some scheme to get rid of his wife and open a door for his son. And now Luca was being forced into a marriage with her.

"Why the fuck is he doing this to me?! I've done every fucking thing he's ever asked of me!" Luca begins beating the wall with each word.

"I don't need to be tied down with some stupid needy bitch!"

Now Romelo decides to speak up.

"Who says you have to be tied down," he says so nonchalantly. 

I make a scolding face at him behind Luca's back. They may have different views when it came to women, but when it came down to it for me, marriage was sacred. And once you said "I do", it was time to be tied down. Luca obviously didn't believe that.

"You're fucking right," he says.

"I don't have to do anything but get her fucking pregnant when the time comes."

"Now, Luca wait-"

"That is so true." I look at Romelo once again in irritation. He was just flaming the burning fire.

"That bastard is probably just using her as another leap for power. I don't trust him one bit." Luca turns around and looks at us.

"As a matter of fact, the moment I marry her, I'm not even going to fuck with her anymore. How do you guys feel about a party. A huge fucking party with strippers and fucking prostitutes and whores galore!"

Romelo speaks up.

"I'm all for it. When is this going to be?" Luca turns to both of us holding his hands out as if revealing some exciting news.

"My fucking wedding night."

~

"Nicolai."

I look up from my brooding. Romelo is standing in the doorway. I'd been at the hospital everyday since I dropped Lissette off. And that was about 3 weeks ago. Luca was doing better, he was even looking better. The bruising and swelling was going down, and he had even been taken off the ventilator. Some of his casts were removed and stitching. And I had nothing else to do. I just wanted to stay by his side.

I've always wondered how the hell Luca fell for Elise, and vice versa. After all the horrible things he did to her, she still found it in her heart to forgive him and love him. I'd seen it. The way she looked at him was filled with so much adoration. Even when we rescued her from Alexander, the look in her eyes when she saw Luca was something that I longed for a woman to look at me. But that never would happen.

I just don't understand why Lissette couldn't find it in herself to give me a chance. And why was I so upset about it? I'd given the surveillance job to Romelo. I couldn't stand to watch her live her daily life without me. The rejection was just really getting to me.

I know I killed her office. But I saved her. I mean, Luca fucking killed Elise's mother and he still somehow managed to win her heart. Maybe I just fucking sucked ass with relationships. Even when I thought things were going good with that sneaky bitch Jessica. Turns out she was just in it to get to Luca.

"Nicolai!" Romelo shouts my name forcing me from my thoughts.

"What?" I ask. He looks a little uncomfortable to speak, so I know that whatever he is about to say can't be good. I stand and walk into the hallway, leaving Luca's side.

"It's about the agent," he says. Fucking great.

"She's planning to kill Luca." My heart drops into my stomach. I literally feel like I'm going to fucking vomit.

"What?" I say harshly.

"I've been tracking her. At first it was difficult. There is a reason she was put in that agency. She's a fucking genius. And she threw me off her trail bad. But about 2 days ago I finally got it. She didn't keep the apartment. She figured it was bugged. And she's been purchasing things. Guns. Knives. Poison that can be slipped in a IV. Also she found the hospital." I open my mouth to ask questions, but he holds his hands up to silence me.

"She's been keeping a track of your schedule as well. When you come and when you go. And for how long. She doesn't want you to be here when she does it."

I can feel anger at the betrayal brewing deep within me. Why would she do this? Why the hell did she even think it was possible? Romelo found out that quick! I look at him.

"So now what." I ask. He quirks a brow at me.

"What do you mean?" he asks.

"I mean, what do we do now!" I say as if it's obvious. Romelo only studies my face, a smile breaking out across his and then he laughs.

"Oh. So you want to throw this on me now? I tried to warn you, a long time ago. Long before you had the chance to grow and feelings for that bitch. I want nothing to do with it now. You're going to be the one to kill her. Not me. You always find the way out of these situations. You always try and save the person that is innocent. Not this time. This time you're going to decide. Family, or her." He walks away from me heading into Luca's room, and closing the door behind him.

I don't know what to do. I know what I have to do, but I didn't want to do it. I still wanted to believe that it wasn't true. But I knew that it was. I just hated the fact that she chose revenge over me. I walk to the window overlooking Luca's room.

He was still unconscious. After all this time. Life was so hard without him. He always knew what to do and when to do it. Only looking to me if he needed a conscience. I should've just let her die while she was in that chair. Then we wouldn't have to worry about the murder of our Capo while he was fighting for his fucking life.

Romelo was right. I was always looking to him and Luca to make the hard decisions. To do the unthinkable tasks. I was even using him as a scapegoat when it came to Lissette. But now she had crossed the line. And now it was my turn to make the decision. She was a dead woman. The moment she decided to murder Luca she sealed her fate. I gave her the chance. I gave her a chance at life to start over and be who she wanted to. But she spit in my face. And now I was angry.

~

Lissette

They had taken the bait. Romelo picked up on my trail finally and uncovered what he thought to be my plans. But I had fooled them. Now that they knew I was plotting to end him, they would be on higher guard. Which meant that looking for me was going to be their priority. To kill me before I could kill him. But they weren't counting on my change.

I had cut my hair and dyed it blonde. I even invested in some blue contacts. Fake resume, fake credentials, fake name, Nicolai dropped it all in the palm of my hands.

The nurse smiles at me and I return it.

"We want you, Ms. Patterson. After all we are a very exclusive hospital. We'll have to ask you to sign some papers promising your silence about some of our clients." She smiles even wider at me as she hands over the clipboard for me to sign. After I sign everything I hand it back to her.

"It's been a real pleasure, and welcome to Dr. Shotwells private practice team! You'll fit in just fine around here," she says. I smile back.

"Thank you. I can't wait to get started."