Mafia Men IV: Rossi

Chapter 46

Lia POV

Everyone stared at me as I pointed the gun to my head. Cameron tried to jump up but they held him down. "No Lia. This is not the way." He yelled angrily

I nodded at him crying. "It's the only way" I said and then turned to Eli. He looked horrified.

"Lia please." He said trying to grab at me and I backed up. "Don't touch me Eli. I've spent so many years trying to get past the shit you put me through and you just come back like nothing happened. Like I'm supposed to just forget everything. It took me two years away to get over that dark part of my life until I met you."

I looked at Cameron who still struggled against now three guards trying to hold him down.
"I met you Cameron and I felt alive for the first time ever. You pushed me to new heights that I never knew were possible. I love you so much Cameron and I meant it. I meant it when I said there's no world for me without you. I'm choosing to be selfish. I'm choosing me."

He stopped struggling and looked at me shaking his head. "No Lia. This is not an option. You need to live. You need to fight. Don't do this for me. This is the last thing I want. Put the gun down love. Please" he begged

"Lia listen to him stop it right now." Eli yelled and I looked at him

"I'd rather die than have to look at you for one more second of my life. I'd rather die than have you touch me again. I'd rather die than hear your voice again. I'd rather die than go back with you after you kill him. So this is my fight. This is how I fight you. This is how I win. This is how I finally escape you, Elijah." I said crying and his eyes shown hurt. He dropped his gun and dropped to his knees.

I stared at him.
"Leave" he said to his men. They looked puzzled. "I said leave!"

The guards let everyone go and they walked out. The girl ran from Tyler's arms to Nic and he was still okay breathing heavy. She grabbed her jacket and pressed it on his wound. He winced. Cameron stood and looked at me. I moved away from him.

"Lia" He said and I walked over to Eli.

He looked up at me and he had tears in his eyes.
"You're sick" I said nodding at him "And you need help"

He looked at me and I saw the pain in his eyes.
"I have nothing without you, Lia. I am nothing without you. I said it the first day I laid eyes on you. That will never change" He said "I want you to be happy but I can't sit back and watch you be happy with him. I'll come back and keep coming back. It won't end. Your nightmare won't end as long as I'm alive. That's how much control you have over me. Do it. Please. Just do it."

He grabbed the gun in my hand pointing it to his head while my hand held the trigger. I cried shaking my head.

"Don't cry princess. I hate it when you do. I love you Lia. I fucking sucked at showing it but I felt it in my bones. I wish you could've seen it the way I did. I am sorry for the hurt and the pain i've caused you. It won't make up for anything but perhaps me being gone for good will." I couldn't. I couldn't. I groaned as I felt all my anger towards him dissipating. I couldn't muster up the courage. I couldn't take his life.

I felt Cameron behind me grabbing the gun from my hands. I cried and he pulled me into his side. One hand still held the gun pointing at Eli.

"You must be happy." Eli said to him and Cameron shook his head. He punched him in the face multiple times. Eli spit out blood and his nose was bleeding. He hit him harder again and I grabbed him.

"Cameron please don't" I said and he looked at me. I saw the rage in his eyes. He wanted to kill him.

Eli coughed more blood and Cameron looked back at him pulling him up back onto his knees.

"I dreamt about this every night for the past four months. Killing you. How good it would feel to watch your brains splatter against my walls. Watching your lifeless body lie on the ground. I relished in the idea of causing you pain....Now. It's not like I imagined. It doesn't bring me joy knowing that me pulling this trigger will only cause her more pain. And you've caused her enough. I won't have her shed another tear over you. You're simply not worth it." Cameron said putting the gun down

"You stupid-"Eli yelled at him angrily about to lunge for Cameron with a knife in his hand and suddenly stopped looking down to his chest right where his heart is. We saw the blood stain his white button up and he dropped down on his back.

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Cameron POV

Lia screamed and dropped down to him. I looked back to see Nic sitting up holding the blood soaked jacket to his wound and a gun in his other hand with a silencer.

"Luckily we don't share the same sentiments" he said looking at me between heavy breaths then dropped the gun to his side. Nara and Tyler helped him up.

I looked over at Lia and she held his head in her lap. His hand ran along her chin. I fought the urge to put a second bullet in him.

He coughed up blood and she held him. "It had to be like this" He said looking up at her and she shook her head.

He nodded and smiled softly. "It did." he said
"I hope you get everything you want in life. Everything I couldn't give you and more. I'm sorr-"

His hand reached up to touch her again but then it dropped to the ground. His head dropped to the side and his chest stopped rising. He was dead.

"No. Someone call the ambulance" She cried and I put my hand on her shoulder. She looked up at me and tears were in her eyes. I could shoot Nic again. He completely disregarded my authority. I fully planned to let Lia believe that I let him go only to hunt the fucker down and kill him myself. I didn't want her to see it. She was in pain. I know she was.

I reached out for her hand and she looked down at Eli. She pushed his eyes closed and set him down to the ground. She grabbed my hand and I pulled her up into me and she wrapped her arms around me tightly. Her head laid against my chest and I felt my muscles relax. I made her look at me.

"He can't hurt you anymore" I said and she nodded

"I know." she responded nestling in my arms once again. "I feel grief and pain and sadness but I feel guilt so much guilt because when his heart stopped beating, I felt relief"