Twisted Revenge by A.ZChaudhry

Chapter 62

And for all those beautiful heavenly souls who comment and make me feel valued and as a family? I love you over and over again.

AVELINA

I ran behind the boxes, quickly firing as much as I could when I started to go near the boat. I was so fucking close when multiple shots rang in the air, directed at me when I lurched behind. I screamed and hit behind another box when Ashton's voice drifted through, "You okay?"

"Perfect. Thank you for asking."

"Oh for fuck's sake, stop this thank you. I don't have time for this."

Oh okay.

I muttered into the bluetooth, "The boat is leaving, Jamie is in there. I need my entrance clear. Please help me."

Suddenly, our men directed all of their guns to the front side and started shooting. Bullets rang through the helicopter down on us, killing God knows who when Ashton's voice boomed through my ears, "Entrance is clear. Go. We'll join you."

I muttered an okay, checked my space and ran for my life. I jumped on the boat in time when people were standing on the deck and started firing at me. Two bullets pierced my leg when I groaned in extreme pain. Pointing my gun at the top, I blindly shot when a heavy body landed next to me. Ashton's voice grumbled, "I should've known not to send you here alone."

"Well, I'm tryinggg."

"Good try."

I don't know if he was being sarcastic or not because when it came to him? No one knew. He pushed my body away when I literally fell down the stairs that led to the boat's basement. Typical of him. Huh.

I stood on shaking legs when Uncle Massimo and my father-in-law joined after a few minutes. We all went inside together when the boat lurched forward. I jumped in fright when Ashton strode past me, "Calm down, it's my men."

"How do you know?"

He literally turned around, came so fucking close to me till he was glaring at me, "I have been in the mafia since forty plus years, don't you think I-"

Uncle Massimo pulled him back, "Don't traumatize my baby Yoda." He came towards me and placed a soft fatherly kiss on my head, "Don't be scared of him, he's a cutie pie at heart."

Ashton grumbled, "Labrant."

Uncle Massimo feigned unconsciousness, "Oooo my full namie."

And my father-in-law rounded on him, anger plastered over his face when he gritted his teeth, "Massimo, be fucking serious. I lost my son, my son lost 2 children, I am not letting Cassio lose his one."

My heart skipped a beat and my entire body froze when that seemed to catch the attention and we all started moving. We kept on walking when Ashton Romanno gave me a side eye, some softness in his tone when he asked me, "Did you know about Alessio's son?"

I shook my head, "No, sir."

He nodded and kept on walking, his gun ready in front of him, resting in his outstretched hands, "When did he lose him?"

"Apparently when Julianna and him were still dating, or were casual, I don't know. Cassio showed me the letter, the baby was conceived before Alessio met Julianna. A one-night stand."

Uncle Massimo sighed, "Why didn't he ever tell anyone is beyond me."

Ashton Romanno spoke, "Pity. Sadness. Compassion etc. He didn't want that."

I spoke, "How do you know?"

He quickly hid behind a wall and slammed his arm in front of my chest ramming me towards the wall too, Uncle Massimo's hand right behind my head preventing it from literally dividing into two. He checked the area when he nodded and started walking again, "I know my son." Silence followed these words when he spoke again, chills running down my spine as he opened up about some part of his life which he had never done before with me, "And partly because I used to do the same thing. You come at a point in your life where you know pity and compassion is fake. All drama. Already your life hurts like a bitch, then plain fakeness drives a bloodied knife straight through your fucking heart. It breaks you. And sometimes? Being silent is easier than explaining the whole story because you have no idea which painful event to start with and knowing no one can get the full intensity of the pain."

"But you had your wife."

"She came later into my life, I never always had her."

I nodded when we took another round and I scowled at him, "Next time, go easy on me, my head would have split into two."

"Not my fucking issue that you weren't on alarm while we are literally being attacked. Let me humour you, you still aren't."

Uncle Massimo chuckled, "Ashton, give the poor thing a break. You have been Hitler on her ass since the start."

"I don't see the fight end, so it continues." He then stopped, turned around and looked at me, "Stay alarmed at all times. Anything can happen at anytime with any the intensity. YOU need to be ready. Don't give a shit if you have help or not, convince yourself you have no help and then fight." He still had his gun pointing behind him, his stance rigid as fuck.

I nodded, "Yes boss."

We kept on walking and walking and fucking walking when the burning in my legs kept on increasing till it was too much. It felt as if hot lava was spreading right through my muscles when suddenly, my legs gave away and I fell to the floor. Both grown men ran towards me when they inspected my leg. Ashton spoke, "She got shot. Twice."

I struggled and got up, "It's okay, I can-"

Ashton rubbed his forehead, "You can rest, we will find him-"

"Ashton Romanno never trained me to quit, no matter what."

He looked at me, a proud emotion crossing over his face without him even smiling, when he nodded. We three nodded at each other and started searching through the whole boat for the little boy.

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Twenty-five minutes later and no sign of Jamie. My heart was in my hands, ready to explode anytime when I started crying. Uncle Massimo calmed me down when I cried harder. I lost so many people that I loved that I couldn't lose anymore. My leg was aching like a bitch and Jamie was nowhere in sight when we reached the top floor and everything stopped for a moment, time forgetting to keep ticking.

Ashton Romanno had Adelaide trapped in a chair, ropes and ropes around her body as he shot another bullet in her knee cap. Her scream resonated around the entire atmosphere when I staggered behind a bit.

I had never seen him violent with anyone and this scared me. All energy left my body as the pain of the bullets overtook me. Uncle Massimo held me from behind when I saw the scene unfold. And this was the first time, I got unpaid tickets to the front row of the cinema as I watched Ashton Romanno rise to his true form.

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Warning: next chapter might be gross for some cuz Ashton will be torturing the living eff out of her. So read it AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

Anyways........... I LOVED WRITING THIS CHAPTER! And I hope you enjoyed it, our beautiful Sashtians still in the making, lmao.

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