Love, Guns, War

Chapter 5

Kourtney POV:

"Please, please. Cristiano don't do this!" He grabbed me up from the elevator floor by my shirt and towered over me as he looked me in the eye. He grabbed my wrist tightly as he took me into the basement and the darkness filled my eyes. I could not see where I was going so I took my hand that Cristiano didn't have and reached for him. I touched his arm as I felt the fabric of his Armani suit coat move to the rhythem his arm was moving.

He stopped abruptly and stood before I could feel the fabric of his suit jacket turning towards the darkness behind me.

"Chris, Benito. Back to my office now." He stood there looking behind me at what seemed like nothing. As if he was talking to darkness.

"Boss my wrist." I jumped as I could here one of their voices ring out into to empty space of darkness they called the basement. He let of my hand and walked past me towards what I think was were Benito and Chris were standing.

"Well go get it checked out you IDIOT." He said it calmly before turning and grabbing my hand. I looked up to see if I could catch any glimpse of his face in the darkness.
I could see the whites of his eyes in the darkness, watching me as Chris and Benito hurried back upstairs. I tried straining my eyes to see more of his face but it was to dark. He looked away slowly before turning on his heels and continuing in the same speed we were going before.
I kept tripping over what seemed like boxes, and bubble wrap with stuff wrapped inside of them. Cristiano stopped and let go of my hand. I stood there not knowing where to go in fear that I might walk somewhere and fall into a hole. I tried focusing my eyes to see where Cristiano had gone but the only shapes I could make out were squares.
I heard footsteps walking away from me and, before I knew, it the lights flooded the whole room. I shut my eyes and opened them so they could become accustomed to the light because I was in darkness so long. I looked around and couldn't believe my eyes. This room was huge. I was like a parking garage, but only without the coloums and cars. I was turning my body trying to take in all of the scenery of this big place and all the boxes and bubble wrap.

I was still turning when my eyes landed on Cristiano with a blank stare on his face just watching me. "Mr. Rona-"

"Let me show you something Kourtney." He walked over to me with no emotion on his face and grabbed my hand. I must have had a confused look on my face because he asked me what was wrong. There was no emotion in his voice as he talked.

"O-ok." We walked over to one of the boxes and it was wrapped in tape. There was not one spot that didn't have tape on it. I looked up at him as he looked down at the box with his lips pursed. He let my hand down slowly as he reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a knife. I gasped and backed away.

"Relax Kourtney. You don't mind if I call you that do you?" I looked at him and shook my head as he turned back to the box, nodding.
"Please. Come join me. There is something I want you to see." He was waving to knife in the air 2 inches above the box as if he was trying to find where the opening was. He stabbed the knife into the box quickly and made a clean cut as I slowly walked over to him. He stood there looking down as I watched his every move. He put his hand in between the two folds and pulled one up and looked inside. As soon as he did a smell hit me in the face causing me to cover my nose and mouth quickly. He stood there looking as if he was used to it.

"What is that?" I came closer and he instructed with his hands. He didn't answer my question but instead opened to other flap. I slowly leaned my head in closer to look inside as the smell became stronger.

What I saw would change me forever.

My eyes flew open wide as I screamed and backed away running into other boxes. There was a decaying dead body of a woman that was stripped naked. Her mouth was wrapped with a cloth that was losing its color as if she had been tied up. Her eyes were missing out of her head and her teeth were lying next to her. She had no finger at all. Only little stubs that were blackening at the tip and her breast were in the box next to her un- attached from her body along with her legs and arms. Her torso was being feasted on by maggots and flies. Big and small bruises covered her, or what was left, of her body. Her hair was missing as if she'd been shaved bald.

I slid down the box I was sitting on. Putting my head in my hands I began crying.
Crying for her, whoever she was. She had been through The unthinkable. Maybe if she wouldn't have met this crazy ass bitch she wouldn't be like this.

My body shook, and I was in fear that the only reason he showed me that was to let me know I was next. I just cried and cried until I could no longer breath. I felt a body sliding down next to mine and a suit jacket on my left arm.

"Her name was Angela. She was tall with long brown hair and hazel eyes. She lit up the room every time she came around and she was friendly to everyone. She always had a dream to become a business owner. She was always here when I wanted her to be and she always pleased my needs.
She was the best thing that ever happened to me and we planned to get married. She was pregnant with my child and would always tell me about how our family would be. She had no problem being married to the mob. She was always in a cheery mood and made me feel good. She knew how to calm me when I was angry." I stopped crying and looked up at him as he looked at the box smiling. You could see happiness in his eyes and on his face. "Every time I was about to hit or grab Benito or Chris she would step in between us and place her small hand on my chest and tell me to stop. She was the only other woman that could get me to calm down besides Mamma. My mother was so excited when the baby was on the way and she would often call Angela and talk to her all night about the baby. She was to be named Bella. She would have been my baby girl. Angela went and got an abortion when she was 2 months along while I was out shopping for Bella. She filled my mind with talk about us having a family and how we would live. She had me excited and I would wake every morning and kiss her stomach. When I got home she was sitting on the couch smoking and drinking wine. I ran over to her and slapped it from her hand and she stood and hit my chest. I yelled at her and told her that doing that, the baby could be dead. She replied with three words that broke my heart. 'She already is'. That was like a stab to the heart Kourtney. I had lost my baby girl and I couldn't get her back.

I called Benito and Chris and they came over and we killed Angela. We did to her what she did to my baby girl. Only her death was slower and more painful. At the time I wasn't thinking about what I was doing because I was so angry with her. I loved her kourtney. I called mamma and told her what I had done and she hung up on me and cried. She wouldn't talk to me and still to this she hasn't forgotten what I've done."

He stopped talking and looked at me as tears ran down his face. I was crying to but much more harder than he was. I couldn't believe he would do that. I understand that he was hurt but he didn't have to kill her. He put his hand on my face and rubbed my cheek cooing to me not to cry, that everything would be ok. I was to scared to move so I sat there.

"Kourtney. Will you marry me?" He was looking deep into my eyes as I stared in fear.

Hey guys I know its short but tell me what you think!!

xoxox,

Iyana