My Endeavor

Chapter 12: "The Deal"

WARNING CHAPTER MAY CONTAIN DISTURBING SCENE
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Vicky's POV;

I feel everything around me just go in slow motion, my heart is pounding so hard I can feel it all the way up to my ears, I hold my hands together on my lap to try and stop the shaking from taking over my body, I feel a bomb in my stomach that at any given moment it might blow up and spill out my mouth and cover the table in front of me. I keep my head down trying to not make eye contact with this psychopath, who from sitting behind me is now in front of me, hiding his knife under a napkin on top of the table and from his posture, I'm certain he is pointing a gun at me from under the table.

"How rude of me I haven't introduced myself, I'm Alek Yakovich"  I feel my skin crawl by the sound of his voice and his name, through my eyelashes I can see he's enjoying this torture, my fright fuels his soul. "You might have met my brother some time ago Vadik, he's a softie, but I'm not here to talk about him. I'm here to talk to you...well more like bargain with you and I happen to like when people I bargain with look at me straight in the eyes" he clenches his fist and pounds the table, I quickly flinch frightened and look at him.

His green eyes emit terror, he looks heartless, I felt afraid I have no idea what he's about to ask, all I know is that he has Kelly and I'm her only chance of survival. I notice him looking at every single detail of my face, studying me like a predator studies his prey before attacking. He gently bites his bottom lip and puts his hand on his chin, what could he be planning or thinking?...

"Well then, I'll interpret your silence as an interest in the bargain. It's simple really" with his free hand he reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a small phone and places it on the table. "I want you to tell me everything The Marino's are up too, when and where they make their deals, where is the warehouse etc... I will call you on this mobile device and you better give me everything you know or your friend Kelly pays, it's simple" he gives me an evil smirk, and he slowly puts his gun away, he's enjoying this every second of this.

"No... you're lying. You are just saying you will hurt her so I quickly run to her aid and submit to your bargain. I may be young but I am not stupid, and what makes you think Gio and Luca will not figure this out?, I'll tell them about what you are planning before you even get to your house"

He laughs sarcastically, making fun of what I just said. I just sit there wide-eyed, is he really taking this as a joke? "Oh sweetheart" he looks at me and his jokingly humor turned dark, "You tell them about this, I'll kill your friend in the most gruesome way you can imagine"

"You would never do that" I reply in disbelief.

"Oh Honey, I'm a Yakovich torture and human traffic is our way of life... I've skinned girls like you and your friend Kelly for just pissing me off, I won't hesitate to cut her head off" he gets up the table and I gulp. "I'll let you sleep on it" he grabs his knife from the table and puts it in his back pocket. "But here have this, just to make your decision a bit easier" he reaches into his coat pocket and places a small box next to the phone on the coffee table.

"Don't think too hard" he gives me a wink and turns and exits the coffee shop.

I take a deep breath and my eyes begin to water, what if he's right? What if he hurts Kelly? she's innocent in all this. But if I help him, I'll betray Gio and Luca and that will also mean my death, confusion, and frustration takes over my mind, what's the right thing to do?. I look in front of me to the small box he placed on the table.

I reach out and grab it, I keep looking at it unsure if I should open it or not, but curiosity killed the cat and I opened it. My heart drops, my breath becomes shaky, I've seen that Turquoise polish...  this is Kelly's finger... Oh my god, he does have Kelly.
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