Dominic Aritello

Chapter 5

Sage
Five years ago

"Who did this to you?" I wiped blood from the side of Dom's face as he struggled to stay conscious.

"I'm fine" He whispered, trying to sit up but I pushed him back down. I found him here a few minutes ago, his blood staining the beige patio outside of our home.

I raised his shirt checking for other injuries and winced when I saw the thick bruises covering his abdomen. He might have a broken rib with the looks of this. "Dad did this, didn't he?" Our father was the last one to be with him alone and our guards wouldn't dare lay a finger on him.

He didn't answer me, he simply held my hand tighter as the pain increased. "THEO" I screamed for him. A few seconds passed before I shouted for him again.

"What is it you-" His tone disappeared as he saw Dom laying there, blood everywhere. "What the fuck" He rushed towards us asking too many questions for my brain to keep up with.

"Help him. Get him to a hospital." I stood up slowly as anger creeped its way up my spine. Theo looked up at me, probably trying to figure out what had happened. "Our father did this to him." I confirmed his suspicions.

Theo has lived with us his whole life. His father was second in command to mine before he died. His hair was wet showing that he had just taken a shower, the now dark brown looking strands dripping with little water droplets as he bent to help Dom.

"I'll meet you all at the hospital." I told him before I ran off through the house grabbing a jacket and a gun before running out front. I took Dom's car since I didn't have one of my own and I'm not exactly allowed to drive. He always keeps his keys in his car so I simply grabbed it, shoved it into the ignition and turned it on, the sports car roaring to life.

I shifted the car into drive and took off, taking all of Alicio's secret driving lessons to heed along the way. I sped all twelve miles to my father's work building where I knew he was, anger building every mile of the way. No one touches my brothers. NO ONE, not even our dad.

I parked recklessly in front of the building and jumped out before I ran up the steps and walked into the building, security not bothering to stop me after recognizing me. I took his private elevator up to the thirteenth floor which was also the top floor.

I was so angry, so mad with him that hot tears poured down my face. I mean, how could he? He could treat me like a princess but treat Dominic like shit. This isn't the first time I've seen the aftermath of his abusive tendencies towards him, but I thought he stopped after I had asked him to.

He has and will always hurt him unless I put a stop to it and Dominic doesn't have it in him to kill our father....so I will. I'll do what they can't.

I stormed into his office finding it empty. That means he's in a meeting down the hall. I turned around quickly, my dirty sneakers making smudges along the floor and my hair wild and untamed as I walked to his meeting room, entering without knocking.