𝐀 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 (𝐛𝐱𝐛)

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡

„I'm sorry, sweetheart."

"Levi?", I ask in a shaky whisper, even though I know it's him, I don't want to believe it.

I feel cold hands take off my blindfold.

My sight is blurry at first, but as my vision clears I can see him.

The guy who just barged into my life and decided to be my friend.

And even when we've only known each other for a short amount of time, I trusted him.

He just looks at me with a pained expression, tainted with guilt.
The anger that I felt before was now replaced with confusion and sadness.

"Why?", was the only thing I say to him, looking deep into his eyes.

Levi opens his mouth to speak but then I hear the door open again.

And there stands Levi's father with a wicked grin on his face.

"You did good son.", he speaks, patting Levi on the shoulder.

"Now to you, Ash.", Paul (Levi's Dad) says taking my chin in his hand.

As a response I just spit in his face.

Clearly angered he wipes the spit from his face and with the same hand punches me in the face.
I fall on the floor hard, groaning.

I hear Levi wince as I make contact with the floor.

"You damn brat. Father like son, huh?", Paul speaks with hatred in his eyes.

"Ho-how do you know my father? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?", I shout, struggling to sit up.

"Tsk, tsk. Didn't your parents teach you that you should respect your elders?", he replies, "But since I'm nice, I will tell you why you are here.".

"I want you and your family to suffer and rot in hell.", he tells me.

"Why? What did my family ever do to you?", I ask.

"It's more what your dear Daddy did to my family. He ruined EVERYTHING. And he killed my beautiful Anabelle. My precious wife.", I gasp at his words and look at Levi who is leaning on the wall to my left.

I see him fiddle with his necklace but he just looks at the ground.

"My...my dad would never kill innocents.", I say in a shaky voice.

"Well maybe Daddy isn't such a great man after all. It's sad that he is already dead.
I would have loved to torture his family in front of him.", Paul speaks with a sigh.

My eyes widen at his words.

"Di-did you kill m- my parents?", I asks, scared of the answer he might give me.

"N-no, I-I did-didn't.", he mocks me, " Sadly, I didn't take part in that.".

"I still don't believe you. My father would never do something like that.", I state looking at Paul.
He punches the bridge of his nose and sighs .

"You sure are just as stubborn as him. But I saw it with my own eyes. I will tell you how it was."

When we were young, we were best friends.

Shocking huh?

We had a strong bond your parents, the Dad of your little friend Elijah and me.
Our families were all in the mafia business and our parents were allies.

We knew each other for a long time and I always had a crush on your mother.

Robert knew that, but he still took her away from me.