Becoming Your Sacrifice / 18+

Chapter 5: Behind Closed Doors

TW: Physical abuse (cuts, bruises, etc.), talk about abuse

(2 months later):

(Anastasia's POV):

I decided to take half a day off today and work from home. I'm currently getting some paperwork done; I started hearing noises from the living room. I got up and went to check who it was since I was alone in the house today and asked the guards to keep an eye on the outside of my house.

I went and checked around my house and couldn't see anyone. "Gio?..... Rory?..... Dante?..... Sof?..... Vinnie?....." I called out all the names of the people I know are allowed on my property besides my parents. I start hearing glass breaking noises from my room; I decide to text in the group chat and call Gio. "Hello? Bella? Is everything ok?" I hear him say on the phone. "Amore, I think someone is in the house. Can you come here?" I asked him. "Yeah, I'm on my way, don't end the call, Anna, whatever, you do don't hang up", he said, and I nodded, even though I knew he couldn't see me.

I ran to the guest room and locked the door. I started hearing loud footsteps get closer to the guest room and quickly hid in the closet. There was silence a few minutes later, but the closet door was opened aggressively. "Found you", the guy said and squeezed my arm. I screamed and tried to escape his grip, but it didn't work. I realised I had dropped my phone in the hallway while he dragged me to the living room.

He let go of me and pushed me onto the floor. "What do you want from me?" I asked him. "Oh, I'm just here under order to kill you", he told me. I was about to respond when he kicked my stomach, I felt this sharp pain which I ignored, but then he kicked me again on my rib cage.

I heard a cracking sound which told me that he had broken one of my ribs. He continued to kick me a few more times. Once I gained some strength, I kicked him, which caused him to stumble back. I took out a knife, but he grabbed it out of my hand because I was still in pain and weak. He dragged the blade across my wrists and then made a few cuts on my face and punched me a few times. I tried stopping the darkness from taking over, but it was getting harder. I then saw a gun in his hand, which was the last thing I saw before the darkness took over.

(Giovanni's POV):

I got a call from Anna saying that someone was in her house; I told her to stay on the call. I got into my car and put the phone on speaker when I suddenly heard someone say "Found you", and Anna started screaming. "Anna? ANNA? Hello? babe, you there?" I screamed into the phone and didn't hear a response other than crying in the distance. I pressed down on the gas pedal and ran all the lights.

The cops can't do anything about it since we have people from our team in the police force. I got to her house and saw a guy holding a gun; I quickly pulled out my gun. Before he could pull the trigger, I shot him straight in the head and chest. I saw his body drop and saw Anna unconscious on the ground with cuts and bruises everywhere around her.

I quickly called her family doctor and told him that I was bringing Anna over. I carried Anna to my car and quickly drove off. Once we reached the private hospital, they took Anna in for an operation because of the amount of blood and bruises she had, and I called her siblings to inform them about what had happened. Both of them said that they were on their way. I also texted Dante and Rory and told them what had happened, and they both said they were coming.

(Sofia's POV):

"Drive fucking faster Vinnie!" I aggressively told my brother. Gio informed us that someone broke into Anna's house and hurt her, and now she's in the hospital. "I'm driving as fast as I can, Sof; there's so much traffic", he told me. I started crying; my poor baby sister was now in the hospital because of this fucking mafia world. Our father pushed her into this mess, but she will never admit it because of her respect and love for our parents. He figured that since Vinnie and I had already said no to taking over, he could start training her young.

She was such a sweet and innocent little girl. If she saw any injured animal or insect, she would come up to Vinnie or me and have us help her care for it until it could be independent again. Whenever I would be with her or read her a story when she was young, she would tell me how she wanted to go to college, and travel with her friends. Anna loved children and always wanted to have a family and travel with her kids.

She has built so many walls that the slightest hit leaves a minor impact on her, but she goes and covers it back up. Our father and Anna never had the greatest relationship, but in the public eye, they do. They argue whenever they are alone but act like nothing happens when they are around others. One day our father came home drunk, and he slapped Anna, and she didn't even do anything. It hurts me how different he is with the both of us; he's more abusive physically and mentally to her.

No one besides our family knows about their relationship. Behind closed doors, our father was an abusive fucking asshole to her. Vinnie and I have stood up for Anna many times, and we are glad she moved out a year ago. We would even ask her if we could tell her friends, but she would always say no. No matter what, I've always been there for my younger sister because our fucked up father has messed up her mental health. Our father killed my innocent little sister when he made her build these walls and hide her emotions.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when Vinnie tapped my shoulder and told me that we had made it to the hospital. I rushed out of the car into the hospital and went straight to the waiting room. I saw Gio sitting there and grabbed Vinnie's arm, and went towards Gio.

"Gio, how is she?" I asked him. "Sof, they haven't told me anything yet; all I heard was that she lost blood", he told me and ran his hands through his hair. "Gio, don't stress out; Anna will make it out alive" Vinne told Gio. "Yeah, Gio, she's been through a lot physically and mentally, and she made it out even stronger and will do the same this time," I told Gio but realised I said too much when Vinnie gave me an angry look.

"What do you mean?" Rory asked me; I didn't even realise she and Dante were behind me. "Nothing, let me go get us some coffee", Vinnie said and left. "Sof tell me, what hasn't she told me?" Gio asked me, and I could see the pain and concern in his eyes. I gave in and told them everything from the start, and I could see Gio's knuckles turn white because of the fist he was making from all the anger. "Oh...my...god...." Rory said while holding back her tears and covering her mouth.

(Vincent's POV):

"But why didn't she ever tell us this?" Rory asked a few minutes later. I looked over at Sofia, who was lost in the painful memories, "Anna promised us that we wouldn't tell anyone, and we kept that promise until now. She didn't want to tell any of you because she hated the thought of burdening her family issues on you," I told them. "OMG, that explains why one day at school she came with a bruise on her eye, and the teacher asked her what happened, and she said you all were playing a game and she got hit on the eye on accident", Rory said. "Yeah, that wasn't a game or us....that was our father", Sofia said.

I have never given up on fighting back for Anna; she doesn't deserve to be in this mafia life. Once she became the boss, she made sure some of our money would go to charities. She said she hated how we had so much money, and our father never considered giving it to those who needed it more than us. That action led to an argument between her and my father, and Sofia and I took her side.

We have been at the hospital for 6 hours, and they still have Anna in the operation room. It's also getting late, so I told Dante to take the girls home. Gio and I stayed and waited for the doctors.

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