My Stalker : My Well-Wisher? Or ...?

Chapter 19

Violence-- torture description

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"Faked his death ?" I spoke my thoughts out.
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Zoro has an sad and guilty like expression on his face. He palms his head with his hands and looks down as he answers, "He had faked his death, the first time. The time when you thought he died, in car accident."

I.. I've no words. It's like I'm paralysed. I feel numb, like time has freezed.

All this time, I'd thought he died, he was alive !!?

I feel wet trail on my cheeks and realise few tears escaped me. I wipe them but few more come.

No. No. I cannot cry right now. I've to be strong. I've to get answers. Yes. Be strong. You're strong.

Intake few dep breaths to calm my pounding heart.

I wipe my cheeks with little force and no new trails follow. I look at them and ask for details.

Zoro answers in his grave voice, "I know about his fake death. He told me about it. But it was necessary D. He didn't want you in danger. He cried with you if this was any consolation."

"Why ?" I ask, anger shimmering on the question. If I speak more, I'm going to explode I think.

Why the fuck did he had to fake his death ? Why not include me ? Why all the training of he just had to leave me ? WHY ??

Zoro gulps but answers, "It was necessary-" I scoff and roll me eyes. He looks at me warily like I've lost my mind. I think I've started to after listening to all this...

He restarts, "He didn't want you in danger. Do you even know what he did there ? He had gone to Italy, to talk with his father. Answer all who were raising questions. And he knew, there was a little chance he could come back alive. He didn't want that with you. So he left you, already thinking that he is dead. I quote him,'This would be much better than knowing real reason.' I don't know what that meant but ya. He did told me, if I were to ever met you, he said, "I'm sorry love, but it had to be done like other million things. I'm sorry. Love you". "

It is quite weird to hear it from Zoro but if we ignore that part, it's painfully beautiful and gut twisting. Something that he would say. He knew he was gonna die, but nevertheless, goes without me.

That bastard. I'll meet him in hell and make him pay.

I breathe a few times to compose myself and look at all. Alessia had a sympathetic look. Other two blank faced oldies.

"Had he told you about it even ?" I ask her.

She has sympathetic smile as she replies, "No. He hadn't told us. We didn't meet all this time. But we were shock to hear he has came there to finally confront them all."

"So what happened there ?" I finally gather enough courage to ask this impending question.

Zoro let's out a choked  breathe. He seems hesitant to answer but I prompt him again. He answers, "He had called for a meeting. All argued and things got pretty much heated. But nothing happened then. All maintained the code. *snorts* .It was few days later, when we were leaving for Paris when we were under attack. Our plan was sudden and no one was supposed to know about it. Our plan was decided few hours ago only. So it was practically impossible for others to know and attack this soon, with that preparation. We don't understand this part. But their intention was clear- to kill us and they succeeded."

I eye at him. He is looking very alive. He is looking down so I guess he didn't see me but I've no strength voicing my question anymore. Then,

Alessia helped, "Uhh Zoro, you need to continue. She's confused. And it's better if you tell."

Zoro nods, eyes down on carpet, with heavy breath, he continues, "We were under attack. They were in sky, they had cover of helicopter but we didn't have anything. Our all few men died first. They were attacked first and then they surrounded us."

He looked like he couldn't continue ahead. He took few heavy breaths and started but couldn't. He palmed his head and was bend 90° in sofa. His head in his palms. 

Alessia rocked his back, assuring and soothing him, giving him strength to complete. I need to know but I don't want to push Zoro towards the edge. He has lived it and I can only imagine the horroed they faced as they left them for last. Last is always for worst.

"It's ok. We can talk about it later. Let's.. lets drink our wine." Other as in me, Alexie and Italian took a sip but Alessia and Zoro didn't touch their. They were in their own zone. Right now, Alessia was murmuring something into zoro's ear which we could not listen to. Alexie even tried to listen but she knocked him away. He made a face but continued sipping wine.

I on other hand, I was just numb now. I literally had no emotion in me right now. Not pain, not sorrow, no anger, nothing. I was numb. Probably that why I was not like Zoro, or worst than him. Coz I could've been worse than him. Much much worse.

Suddenly, Zoro sat straight and smiffled a few times with heavy breaths. He started again, "So, ya. We were surrounded. Our gaurds were killed. It was just us and our opponent. He came down with his own army. He talked and boasted and all, but that idiotic friend of mine, he couldn't stay quiet to save his life even and started talking back. I was trying to stop him but options were limited being on knees far away from each other with hands tied, already hit a few times. My mouth was taped. I tried signalling him but he didn't stop. And out of blue, he was shot in knees. Both. When he continued, he was shot in chest. Twice. Not only that, seeing he was alive, he even put pressure on the sound and made him scream. Kicked and punched him. 8 times. Those bastards. It was.. so.. so hard to see him getting tortured in front of my eyes and not being able to do anything. They were literally kicking, punching, boxing, everything at him. They stopped when he was unconscious and then started with me. I was still okay, few broken bones and bruises and blood. But they did a number on him. They got him conscious and licked him again. He died later with blood loss."

It was like he was seeing all this in front of his and spilling out his anger, his frustration, that he never got to say I think. His eyes had burning rage within them that could burn the whole world.

His voice was filled with venom as he continued, "But that still didn't satisfied that bastard as they took us both, him dead, me half alive, on the brink of death. They took us both on helicopter and tied us on door so all the people can see what they can do, what he did to the heir. The Heir of the Italian Mafia died in the hands of Volkov's. Those motjerfukkers. They are gonna pay. I'll make them pay."

I try to control myself but can't help it as I heard how he died. How he had gone through torture before his death. His body would-  his body ?

"What happened to his body ? LAfter his death ? Did they... " I ask, panic gripping me.

Zoro didn't answer, still in his grief. Alessia was consoling him, muttering things to him, paying no attention to us, me.

I was tightly grasped by panic. No. Please. No. Not what I'm thinking. No.

I met Alexie's eye and begged for answer with my eyes, not capable of saying anymore.

He sighed but answered, "As they paraded them around. Later on, in front of Leo's dad, the leader and whole familgia, they threw Zoro in a river. He was on the brink of death, so of course all thought he was dead. And as for Leo, they took him with them. They never gave him back. Gave no news of him ever."

My lips quiver. Eyes fighting back to hold water.

The battles was long lost.

The dam breaks.

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