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[33.] Three Days

{{VITTORIO MARIANO}}

Three days. Three fucking days she's been gone, I can't sleep. And I haven't even eaten anything. How did it come to this? It went from me sleeping around to me being obsessed with the woman I'm tied to by paperwork.

I miss her.

"Vittorio!" I sat straight up on the couch and looked at Artemis. Looks like I dozed off finally. "We were just went a video. I don't think you want to watch it though." She sighed. She seemed shaken.

"Show me the video." I answered without hesitation.

She searched my eyes for fear or doubt but when she didn't find anything she handed me the laptop. I pressed the spacebar and watched.

She was chained to a wall. She only had on underwear and a bra. What the hell? I watched as two men pilled into the room and tried to beat something out of her. Damara sat back and smiled at them. Then a knife was brought out. Slits ran up her stomach and I saw a tear roll down her cheek. She was staring blankly at her left hand.

She was staring at the ring I bought her and gave her the day she went missing.

The men left and her head hung low between her shoulders. Her body was slightly shaking. That's all I could take before I slammed the laptop shut. I got up off the couch and walked into the closest bathroom.

Then I threw up.

I wiped my mouth and flushed the toilet. I drowned some mouthwash and spit it into the sink. I started at myself in the mirror for a minute. I grabbed my phone and started at her text. I've read it multiple times and every time I do I feel like it's a code.

'I just found out something really bad. If I don't make it back before dinner, do whatever it takes. Just bring me home. I love you.'

Just bring me home. Home. I ran out of the bathroom and into the living room.

"I know where she is." I breathed out.

After a conversation with Artemis and James I grabbed my phone and dialed the number, we're figuring out how to deal with this. I wanted to go get her right away but then I needed a way in. I don't have a key or anything.

So now I'm forcing myself to call the one person on the face of the fucking earth I hate.

"Well if it isn't-"

"Shut up." I hissed.

His name is Onyx. I found out Damara and him go back as far as the eye can see. So he'll have to help on this one. He owes me a favor because I saved his girlfriend's ass from a trafficking ring a few years back.

He immediately went serious. "What is it?" He asked.

"My wife is gone. You and her go way back. I need that favor now." I rubbed my forehead.

"And your wife is?" He scoffed.

"Damara Romano." I mumbled. He sucked in a harsh breath.

"Jesus." He breathed. "You're the perfect match but fuck. She's gone?" He questioned.

"Not if you help me. I'll get to the point, I need a team. I need men. I already have mine coming in, and now I just need more. We're fighting fire with fire Onyx." I need him to agree.

"You're lucky I love that girl with my whole heart." He sighed, "I'll be there within the day." He hung up without another word.

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He kept his word. Within three hours his men were in my house paired with mine. Onyx was speaking with James. Apparently Damara Onyx and James used to be a team.

We're all about to go get her, Onyx pulled me aside and started talking to me.

"So your the one she was talking about?" He asked. I shot him a questioning look. "A few months ago when I did a favor for her she said she just wanted to go home. I knew she meant a person because she's never referred to anything as home before. So it was you wasn't it?" He asked yet again.

"Yeah." I sighed. "She was our to get vengeance for her brothers passing." I gripped the bridge of my nose.

"If you hurt her we'll both kill you." He smirked then walked away.

All of us agreed to do it tomorrow. All of the men went back and found hotels to stay at. I on the other hand stared at the ceiling. I've found myself doing this a lot since she was taken. It's like I'm thinking everything over. It's calming.

We're going to get her back. She's going to be fine. I keep having to remind myself that she'll be fine and we're going to help her but I can't help but wonder,

What if..?