Alessandro

Dried blood

Alessandro
Every minute that went passed was excruciatingly slow.
All I could do was think about Mia.
She was so scared and I left her.

I couldn't sit still on the plane at all. Every five minutes I was pacing around.
" Alessandro, have you heard anything?" Leo asked me as he came up and soothingly patted my shoulder.
" no. Nothing. I had to leave her Leo. When the person was getting closer I left "
" you couldn't do anything more. You did all you could. You told her what to do. You helped her. "
" but it might not be enough" I told him as a saddened look flooded across his face.

Mia
I couldn't move.
I was stuck to the floor .
I couldn't speak.
Nor could I cry.
I didn't know how to feel.
My fathers blood was on my hands.
It was all over me.
Yet I couldn't bring myself to wash it off.
I killed him.
I had just killed my father.
And I wasn't crying.
Nor was I trying to save him.
Even if I wanted to save him I don't think I could.
He's lost too much blood.
Who knows how much time I've been sat here for.
But I didn't care.
I couldn't move after all.
I was frozen.
Like I've always been whenever he abused me.

Alessandro

I was in the car on the way to the house. Finally after 10 hours I'd got off the plane.
Now I was in the car I was trying to call Mia.
But no answer.
" FUCK" I shouted
" SHE'S NOT ANSWERING " I shouted again.
" Alessandro try to be calm. " Leo told me.
I punched the car window making it shatter into tiny pieces.
" ALESSANDRO STOP" Leo shouted.
I tried to regulate my breathing but it seemed impossible.
Why wasn't she picking up?
I could only assume the worst.

Mia
All I could do was sit next to his body.
I didn't even hear the front door I open.
Nor the footsteps.
" MIA" Alessandro shouted.
Yet I was still frozen.

Alessandro
" Mia " I shouted yet there was no response.
I ran into the bedroom to see blood everywhere. I ran towards the bathroom.
I saw a dead body on the floor with my Mia, laying her head on top of it.
I rushed towards her and pulled her off. There was blood all over her.
" oh my god Mia. " I said as I tried to see where the bleeding was coming from.
" it's not me" she manages to mutter as she just stared at the lifeless body.
I looked down to see her fathers face.
He was dead.
She had killed him.

Without saying a word I pulled her into my chest and held her. I didn't know if she wanted to cry.
I didn't know if she wanted to talk about it.
But in that moment all I could do was hold her.

" it's okay" I told her as I ran my hand through her hair and kissed her head.
I was so glad she was still alive.

Suddenly, all my men came piling into the room.
Leo and Rodrigo stood shocked, while the rest of my men had relief all over their faces.
I signalled for them all to leave.

" Mia, are you sure you aren't hurt" I asked.
" I'm sure"
" I shot him" she muttered.
" I know baby. You had to" I told her.
" he's dead." She said as if she had was trying to understand what happened.
Truthfully I didn't know what to say.
So I didn't.
I just sat comforting her while the day turned to night.

She's fallen asleep in my arms.
Where she belongs.
So I decided to run a bath for her and wash off the blood.

I carried her bridal style into the bathroom and gently set her in the bath.
I knelt down on my knees beside the tub and got the soap. I washed carefully off all the blood from her body.
She stirred a few times however I managed to comfort her back into sleep.
Once I had finished I gently lifted her out the bath and put on her pyjamas.
I then carried her over to our bed and gently laid her down.
I covered her over with the covers and kissed the top of her head.
I walked round to the other side of the bed and got into it myself.
I turned the light off, and snuggled up to her.
I wasn't going to sleep.
I couldn't.
I wanted to be there for her in the night in case she woke up having a nightmare.
I would protect her until the very end.

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