Stolen And Shattered Dreams

chapter 10

Scarlet's P . O . V

I wake up with a spinning head and a drip attached to my hand .
I sit up in bed and notice that I'm still wearing the  red dress ,I look around around and see that I'm in the hotel room and Antonio is sitting on the chair asleep .
I try sitting up but it hurts even more .
"Antonio", I say and he begins stirring in his chair and then finally his eyes creep open .
" Hey ,how are you feeling ",he asks

" Everything hurts "

"Do remember what happened to you last night ?", he asks .

The memories begin to haunt me and I begin to remember it all over again .

" Put her in the chair and tie her up ",he instructs one of his men .

I'm pushed toward a chair in a warehouse that is so dusty and dirty .
He begins to tie my hand behind my back and I can feel the rope eating through my skin .
" Now,Ms. Jones tell me why are you busy running around with a man like Antonio."

"Please ,let me go I won't tell anyone you took me !"

"Oh no ,I want everyone to know I took you .",he grabs a chair and sit in front of me , " So tell me what were you doing at that party tonight "
I don't answer him and then he his irritation is manifested when the back of his hand makes contact with my face and I wince in pain.

"He has really made you his puppet ,you crawl to to his feet and worship the ground he walks upon ,pathetic"

"I don't know anything ", I say .

But he doesn't want to hear it rather he hits me in the mouth and I feel blood at the corner of my lips.
" Please ,stop!"
He gets up and fetches a syringe and comes back to his seat .
"You see this "_he says pointing at the contents inside the syringe," This is narcotic ,its used in making cocaine but it's also used as an anaesthetic ,but too much of it can make sure you never wake up "

I shake in fear and plead ," P -Please ,please I don't know anything about him ,I don't want anything to do with the mafia . Just let me go "

I cried until there was no more tears to cry and then after being injected three times I fell into deep slumber  with a fear of not waking up .
End of flashback...

"Antonio, all I want is to go home ", I plead.
He shifts uncomfortably in his chair and then finally he says ," You can't go back now "
My hope is crushed but more than anything my soul wants nothing more than to sink away where it can't be found .
I can't stop the tears that begin running down my face and I wipe them immediately .

I try standing and this time I'm better and head to the bathroom where I take a shower .
I put on a jean with a blue tank top . I attempt to hide my bruises with concealer and mask my pain .
When I'm done Antonio is already packing and gathering our belongings .
"What's going on ?", I ask .

" We're leaving "

I follow him out the door and he takes the suitcases to Stefano's room and then we head to the parking lot .
"Isn't Stefano coming with us ", I ask .
" No ,he is going to go back Paris in a day or two "
I nod and enter the car .I expected to see the mess from yesterday but it looks as good as the new and without a single dirty spot .
We drive to the private jet and finally we head to Paris.

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"You should rest ", he says leaving the guest room and closing the door .
I take his advise and slip into comfortable pyjamas and  get into bed .
After that long flight my body wants nothing more than to sleep and although its ,19:30pm I just want to sleep.
My eyes close as the warmth of the covers fill my body and sleep takes over my senses and I welcome darkness .

I wake and the sun hurts my eyes . I don't want to get out bed ,not after the long weekend I have had and all the traumatic things that happened.

I slowly begin to make it to the bathroom and take a warm shower ,when I'm done I put on some grey sweat pants and Antonio's sweater that I never gave back .I tie my hair up and start clearing up the room .

" Knock knock ",Stefano says walking through the door .

" Hey,you're back I thought you'd be back after two days "

"I made an early trip back but that's not why I'm here ,Anton wanted to speak to you for a second ,is that okay ?"

"Yeah ,sure lead the way .", I leave what I'm doing and follow him to Antonio's office .
I hope I did nothing wrong .

I'm seated alone in the office waiting for Antonio to come .
And then the door opens and I turn around and see him in a black shirt and jeans and a smile playing on his face .
I smile back .

" How are you feeling ,Scarlet? ",he says making himself comfortable in his seat .

" Better ,you wanted to speak to me "

He opens his drawer and pulls a white file and hands it to me .

"What's this ", I ask opening it .
The file has nothing but pictures of me at party ,at mom's house ,when I was shooting ,at the hotel when me and Antonio were kissing ,its practically like I was being followed and everything was being photographed.
I flip through the pictures and my heart begins to quicken and I'm confused .

" What's this ",my voice breaking as I ask for the second time looking at the file.

" You have officially passed the test ,you are now a member of the mafia ,most importantly my mafia group .You see Scarlet all of this ,the party and the kidnap was just a task .",he says with deadly  demeanour in his voice .

I felt angry, frustrated and broken. "You lied to me ,you used me ! ", I shout out and threw the file in his face and watched as the pictures scattered all over . " To think I started to trust  you ,I hate you ".
I stood from the chair and started to the door ,but I guess I wasn't fast enough because then I felt my hand be tugged and my back was to wall .
He stood in front of me with burning eyes full of desire .
" Listen to me ,will you !",his breath teased my skin .
"Leave me alone ,please ", I plead, tears threatening to fall.
His hands were on the wall on either side of  my head blocking my chances of escape .
" I don't want to be in the mafia ,I never signed up for any of this ",tears were rolling down my face .
What hurt the most was that I trusted him enough and now he is telling me its game .
He didn't listen to my pleas rather his hand began caressing my cheek,wiping my tears  and his eyes were on my lips .
" If this was all just a game please don't do this to me ."
He looked into my eyes and whispered,"Don't  do what ?"
I don't say anything to answer him .
"Are you saying I shouldn't do this ", his lips met mine and his hands held on to my  waist .
My breathing gets laboured as his lips moved with mine .
He pulls back catching his breath.
" I know what I want, Scarlet "

"What's  that ?"

"You "

"You can't have me Antonio "
I free myself from his hold and walk back to the  room .

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