Bleeding Love

Chapter 74

Damon

Present day

I came back to the house after closing the last minute paper works of the properties I am transferring to Alysia and Enzo and the one I am selling before leaving for Rome.

I can't believe I will be leaving this city, the city I used to rule but then I guess it's a good thing.

I came inside and saw my little angle crying an everyone surrounded her. Charles, Ric, Enzo. Caprice was cradling her. What happened? She was so happy when I left her here after taking her shopping for her wedding dress. She was wearing it that meant Sophia let her wear the dress exactly like Alysia then what? Is she hurt? No! I increased my pace and reached her. Looking me she jumped off Caprice and ran to me. Her little hands wrapped my legs. I sat in front of her "Why is my angel crying?" I said hugging her. "Anybody hurt you?" I asked and she nodded in my shoulder. I lifted her head and she said sobbing "Mommy" . Again  why is so strict with her. "What did you do now angel?" I know she goes overboard sometimes with her but not without a reason. She loves her more than anything. "Nothing" she blurted, that can't be true. "She-she found her playing with your gun" said Enzo. Fuck, that might have screwed her up. ,

"Angel?" She looked down giving me guilty glances, God she is so cute, I drifted that thought away or I will never be able to say anything to her.

"What have we decided, huh? No touching to things that aren't safe. You know its not safe angel, I told you not to play with things that are not meant to be played with." She look down, pouting. God I can't scold her, let's leave that job to her mom only. I thought and I lifted her face up "Promise me you will never do it again." I said and she nodded quickly "I won't daddy" she said hugging me. "Well now stop crying, and see who forgot the little veil in the car" I said taking out her veil she brought like Alysia and she cheered up. "Come my Rockstar, you wrecked up your makeup, let me make you pretty" said Caprice tickling her and she giggled. She took her with her.

"Where is she?" I asked knowing very well she wouldn't have taken it up well. "In your room I guess" told Ric.

In these three years, she is not able to get over what happened. Whenever she came across any violence her mind take her back to that factory and whatever happened after that. Can't blame her, I have been a dick to her.

Three years ago

They said that I can't move my hand. To hell with them. I snatched my clothes from her hands. I changed into my jeans. My irritation laced grunts might have brought her behind the curtain. The grunts were due to inability of wearing a shirt with one hand. She started helping me with the shirt and I held her hand "I don't need you" I said in a tone that I never used on her. I was not this rude to her even when she ran away from me. Her eyes told me how I crushed her. She must be going through hell thinking I would die and now when I am awake, all I am doing is hurting her, yet it doesn't feel enough.

She on the other hand didn't voice it out that how rude I was. She simply lowered her eyes and started helping me with the shirt. I held her wrist tightly "I said I-" "I know you don't need me, I do" she said looking at me and I couldn't say anything. She dressed me up and I left the room with her following me.

A gush of blackness surrounded me as I stepped outside the room. I couldn't see anything, my head, my head was spinning and I guess I was about to fall when Enzo and Sophia caught me. "Hey easy brother, dude you need to stay inside" I heard Enzo. "What I need is to see my brother" I blurted out. Enzo helped me reach his room.

I saw him lying so still. Caprice was there talking to him and he was not responding to her at all. She went quite or hearing me "D-Don are you crazy? Wha-what are you doing here? You should be resting." Her voice was like not reaching to me, I took steps closer to Ric. I could see little Ric sitting in the cereal aisle playing his PlayStation when mom and I were going crazy finding him. I could see the angry Ric who fought me to be a part of Laeila's revenge when I asked him to resume his highschool instead of staying back with me. I could see him getting annoyed with me, teasing me for Sophia, Ric was the only thing I had left of my parents, I can't loose him. He somehow became my reason to live. I had taken up this fight against the world for Laeila but I never thought there could be a time where I had to think about living without Ric.