"Dominic Romano. I've been expecting you." My voice is cold and dark. I stand in his bedroom. It's pitch black in here. My knife is cold against my hand. The gun strapped to my leg is calling me. I can't. He needs to suffer.
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She's alive. Andy. My best friend she is alive. We are rushing to the hospital at the moment to meet the ambulance. Andy was in critical condition. I wonder how she got out. "Aunt V, are we almost there?" Lucy's voice is very shaky. I can't tell she is crying. Andre is trying to console her, but it's not working very well.
"We are close flower." I look in the mirror, she looks terrified. We can't have her mom die. Of course I would take care of her, but I shouldn't have to. Andy needs to survive.
"Lucy, take some deep breaths ok, Andy is going to be fine." Natalia is in the front seat next to me. When her sister went missing, she stepped up and helped take care of Lucy. We drive in silence the rest of the way to the hospital.
"We are here to see Andy Carter. She was brought by ambulance." I have a small amount of hope that she is fine. When I saw her she was in rough shape.
"They took her up to surgery. She had a lot of internal damage, and was extremely malnourished. I can take you to the room they will bring her back into." She comes around the desk and heads down a corridor. We take the elevator up, and are brought to a room. "Ms Carter will be back shortly."
The nurse left and we were alone in the room. It was quiet. I hate the quiet. It made me think about my parents. They were addicts and alcoholics. They were also abusive. That's part of the reason Andrea and I are so close. I joined the mafia when I was about 14. Andy's father took me under his wing.
It's a few hours later when Andy is brought into the room. She had a tube down her throat. Her skin was paper pale. Her face look shallow. She was scrawny. I stand from my seat and grab her hand.
"When will she wake up?" I look to the doctor.
"In a few hours, but we aren't exactly sure. Her injuries were severe. We don't know for sure how bad she was really hurt." The doctor had a calm voice. He was nice. The doctor taking care of Ivan was an asshole.
"Kids you stay here. I'm going to go check and see how Ivan is doing." I kiss Lucy on the head. Ivan was on the floor below us. He lost his leg. The bone was shattered from the crash. There had been an infection. He was depressed, but he will survive. I reach his room and he is watching tv. "Hey buddy, how ya feeling?" I sit next to him on his bed.
"Fine, I want some water though. Can you get the call button?" His voice was hoarse. He had bags under his eyes. He has been really stressed out about Andy being missing. I get the call button and a nurse brings him water.
"I have some news," he has a hopeful look in his eyes when I said that. "Andy is home. Well technically she in the hospital right now. She had some serious injuries." He smile for the first time in days.
"Can I see her? Is she awake?" He took the blanket off and went to grab his crutches. I stop him.
"She is not awake yet, but I don't know if you can see her. Let me go ask a nurse." I hurry to find the nurse and she helps me get Ivan up to Andy's room.
Tears brim his eyes. Lucy sees him and rushes to hug him. He was in a wheelchair. "Ivan, how are you?" She asked. I think it's better to focus on something else for her. She has been doing better these past few weeks. The first month her mom was gone, she barely ate.
"I'm alright flower." He lets out a laugh. Andy was still asleep. She was looking better since they gave her fluids. "How's Andy?" Ivan looks over at the nurse that just took her vitals.
"Her vitals are better, she might wake up soon." The nurse smiles and leaves the room.
We all hang out in her room just telling stories. There was one about the time Dante found her asleep in the roof. She had been smoking weed with me and we had been watching the stars. She loves the stars. She has a room with a glass ceiling, so she could watch them when the kids were growing up.
"Omg! Do you remember the time mom took us to the mountains, and she fell into the river we had took a break from hiking at?" Lucy laughs.
"She was so mad, but laughed her ass off. She made us s'mores that night too." Andrew smiles.
It's been about five hours now. The kids fell asleep. I sat next to Andy's bed holding her hand. I feel her hand move. She tries to cough. I hit the call button as Andy starts to stir. "Hold on ms Carter. Let me remove the tube." The nurse quickly removes the tube and she coughs.
"Vera." Andy smiles at me weakly.
"Hey babe. You gave us a real big scare." Tears ran down my cheek. She wipes my cheek.
"Hey I'm fine, don't cry baby." She kisses my hand. I hug her.
Nat wakes up and hugs her long. "Andy, I missed you so much." She started crying. She had never really cried when Andy was missing. The kids wake up and son hug her. When Ivan hugs her she has a look of surprise on her face.
"Ivan, what happened to your leg?" She looked sad. Ivan was a big sports player. He played them all through out high school.
"There was an infection. It had to be cut off or I could have died." He had tears in his eyes. She had tears in his eyes. She had lived watching him and Andrew play sports together. They had meet some of their best friends that way.
"Oh honey I'm so sorry." She held his face in her hands. "Мой младший брат. все будет хорошо." (Russian for: my little brother. Everything will be fine)
He nods his head. We catch her up on what she has missed. Ivan was brought back to his room. Andrew took the girls back home. I stayed the night with Andy. The kids have been gone for an hour. I look over at her and she is crying. "Babe, what's wrong? Does something hurt?" I'm worried. She grabs my hand.
"Vera it was awful. It was almost worse than anything my dad had ever done. They tortured me almost every single day. They would show me the video of Dante dying over and over again." She sobs. I get into bed with her and hold her. My baby she is in so much pain. I could never imagine the person I love most dying. The having to relive that everyday for months. I hold her until she falls to sleep. I soon fall asleep after her. I want to take her pain away.
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Here is finally showing the present time. Sorry about that. Also showed to some of What happened to Ivan. Anyways kiss kiss
