Scars Left By Memories - Book II

Rescue

Alessandro had pulled the black belt through the loop of his jeans. I hear him unzip it. I just closed my eyes, picturing the more positive things that have come across my life.

"Come on Sage. I know that you will enjoy it, just as much as myself." Alessandro said as I nearly felt his breath against my neck.

Things went silent for a moment. I didn't see anything since, I wanted to keep my eyes shut. Glass shattered breaking the silence.

"Sage!" Alessandro screams. I opened my eyes to see what was happening, I see Alessandro on  the floor getting punched left and right. The person on top of him was unknown. I turned my head to see that his gun across the floor.

I turned towards the rope that seemed like it was tight, I used my free hand to try and pull the rope off my wrist. I randomly grabbed pieces of rope as it slowly untied.

My wrist was red with marks from the rope. I rubbed my wrist with my thumb, to sooth the pain from the rope. I turned towards the two, I heard a groan from one of them. I hear a loud punch.

"Sage! Grab the gun and shoot him!" Alessandro yelled.

I crawled over quickly and stood up once I grabbed the pistol. It was heavy and loaded, it had a nice weight to it. I turned it back over to Alessandro and that mystery man.

Instead of firing at Alessandro, I shot the ground; in order to find out who was the other person first. They both stopped fighting and brought their attention to me. I was on edge, I couldn't trust anyone. Especially after what Marco did to me.

Turns out that the person had come to save me was Francisco. I nearly wanted to breakdown and run into his arms, but I had to pull through and finish the job. He had a cut across his forehead, aligned with blood. I notice in the corner of my head, Alessandro reaching down for a broken glass.

"Touch the glass, I will put a bullet straight through your head right now." I said, Alessandro placed his arm back in position.

"Are you stupid! I've been there since they kicked you out. Don't forget that the reason you are here, is because of them." Alessandro states. "Especially him, he was the reason you got raped by Marco."

I turned the pistol towards Francisco. In the corner of my eye, I see Alessandro with a large grin upon his face. Francisco stayed silent.

"Shoot him, you have obviously made up your mind!" Alessandro shouted.

"Sage." Francisco said his voice came out as raspy and hoarsely. "If you kill me, I won't blame you."

I close to Francisco and Alessandro. I pressed my eyelids shut for a couple seconds and pressed the gun against Francisco's temple. Killing him, would be unimaginable.

"No, I am not going to." I whispered.

Francisco didn't reply as he ripped the gun from my palms, I panicked as the thought of him inflicting it on himself went through my head. It made the situation worse when I heard a gunshot go off.

I opened my eyes to find Alessandro's body on the ground. A blood puddle began to form around his body. Francisco didn't have any remorse or regret on his face. 

"I had to Sage, he was going to kill both of us." Francisco explained.

"Francisco! Francisco! Are you there?" That familiar feminine voice said through Francisco's walkie-talkie.

"Yes, Kimberly, yes. What's the problem?" Francisco replies as he grabbed his from his pocket.

"Nikolay and the rest of his men are fifteen minutes away from the estate. Get you and Sage out of there now!" Kimberly shrieked.

"Thank you Kimberly. We are on the move. Tell Martinez to leave with everyone else. I'll use my car to get away." Francisco replies.

"Will do." Kimberly said as the line cuts off.

"Since Nikolay plans on showing up in fifteen minutes. We should just go through the front door." I suggested.

"Good idea." Francisco accepted.

"And what are we going to do with Alessandro's body?" I ask.

"Leave it." Francisco answers. "It's a little surprise treat for them."

Nikolay

"Please, anyways I am so excited to see Sage's new brand. The Italians will never want her back." I said, the guys chuckled behind me.

"Oh, me too." Marco agreed.

Pressing the key into the unlock as I pushed the door open. I had a feeling about something, it wasn't a good feeling. The house seemed too quiet.

"Sage! Alessandro!" My voice echoed off the marble walls. Nothing but silence responded.

"Maybe they have a surprise for us." Marco said trying to keep the mood calm.

"Alright if that's what you think. Go search the left corridor and I'll go see if they are down the right corridor ." I planned. The guys nodded before splitting apart.

Heading towards the steps, my first instinct was to check and see if they were in Sage's bedroom. I checked her room and she wasn't in there. Neither was Alessandro.

"Nikolay we found Alessandro but not Sage. And It's not good." Marco announced as I walked out of her bedroom. Douglass behind him. Douglass was also apart of my mafia, he was the one who killed one of Martinez's men. Which caused their whole estate to separate.

He seemed independent and didn't talk much with many of the the members. One of my strongest men and not even Martinez could acknowledge that.

"What is it?" I questioned.

"Come check it out yourself." Marco answers. I walk down the steps hurrying towards the branding room. I reached the door frame and glanced in.

The disturbing view was horrible, but it wasn't too bad since I was used to thing kind of stuff. I could tell that this wasn't Sage doings. The iron was lying in the fire place, glass table shattered, and blood all over the damn floor.

Alessandro's body was lifeless on the floor, with a blood puddle around his body. There was bullet hole was in his chest. One of those Italians were in here.

"It has to be one of the Italians. Sage couldn't have done this on her own. She's too weak for that." Marco said.

"Forget Sage, I don't want her anymore. She is no longer important to me. We didn't get any information out of her. Couldn't even brainwash her." I began. The guys looked at me in confusion.

"So you're just gonna let the Italians win this battle?" Marco questions.

"I think we've found ourself someone more important than the rest. And it's Francisco. Think about it, Martinez is lifeless without him and Sage needs him. If we take him out, the Italians will be easy to get rid of. Just like what happened to Francisco's father." I explained.