Finding You

Part 12

Once father said, "Close some doors not because of arrogance, pride or incapacity. Close them because they simply lead nowhere." I had been nothing but arrogant. I never knew she had more balls then all of us combined. She has always been stronger than us. Why? How? The reason is, she has always been kind to us. To me and my brother; though we never deserved it; she never disrespected us. When she found out that we were not as faithful as we were supposed to be; she left us but never insulted us.

I closed my eyes as soon as that woman left. Every word she said was like an arrow to my heart. She was right. We had done more bad than good. We have caused more damage to her soul than to her body. All she said merely proved how big of assholes are we. I looked towards my brother; who was a dead as anyone of us. Mary is still a hope to our live.

It was merely a coincidence that I found her in that club. When she left that bastard; I and my brother seize the opportunity and claimed her as ours. What both of us didn't know was the responsibility that comes with it. She uses to wait for us, make dinner for us, clean our rooms, tried too much to make us happy. We returned the favor by banging another girl in front of her. We have had our reason; but when she left in the middle of night without a single penny and any clothes; that time she took our hearts and souls away, when that lone tear made its way down to her rosy cheek; that time I swear my heart stopped beating, when she took a deep, shaky breath and tried to support her weight on the wall but failed and fall down on the floor; my insides turned dead. Both of us didn't stop. We continued to bang that whore but our heart was crying with her. We hurt her more than him. We destroyed her. She was ripped apart because of us. If only I had stopped her when she was leaving; she wouldn't have gone through all that pain.

What the pain you inflicted on her? my subconsciousness questioned my hurted heart. 

"What are we going do know?" Solonik asked and for the first time I had known this man; he sounded dead, almost defeated.

"There are 2 options: Take her by force Or let her go." My brother said.

I whipped my head so fast towards him that I was amazed it was still intact.

"What did you say?" I said as calmly as I can.

"You heard me loud and clear the first time I said it, brother." He said equally calm.

What I hate to admit is; Nikolai has always been and will always be more powerful than me in everything. Fighting or the mafia. You name it and He has the upper hand.

"I'm not letting her go." I said gritting my teeth.

"You should have thought that before you banged that girl and followed my plan. We had let her go. It's either we repeat history but this time all 4 of us together get to her or we leave her alone and happy. This; however, doesn't mean she will be left without security. All that will be done but hidden from her."

"We were protecting her." I almost yelled.

"We're still protecting her; what is different this time is we're protecting her from us, brother. We had caused her more pain than she deserved. We broke her. Were you not listening to both of them talking? Fuck! She was fucking ra-.." Nikolai stopped mid sentence and looked away, almost like saying that word would kill him.

I looked at my feet. He is right. She needs protecting from us. From me. I destroyed the only fucking genuine thing I had in my life with my own hands.

Mary. . .

She was a doll. She was a queen. We treated her like a fucking toy. I can never forgive myself. Why do I've to do that? Why?

Dave cleared his throat; successfully gaining all of ours attentions:

"I-I think at the given moment; we had to force her to be with you guys." He sounded afraid. I followed his line of vision and saw Moretti smoking. Then I looked back at Dave. He was sweating profusely.

What happened to him?

"Take your fucking finger away from that goddamn trigger, Moretti. He is about to shit his pant." Dylan snapped at him.

I looked at him again and indeed saw Moretti holding his gun causally with a calm face but with a fire in his eyes.

This man is exceptionally dangerous. More than Us.

"Moretti." Nikolai said.

Exhaling the smoke of his cigar; Moretti put his gun on his lap making sure to let Dave know that the gun is not on safety and He is walking on thin ice. I looked back the man and said:

"Keep talking."

"I-I said this because no matter how much you try to reason with her or persuade her that once this mess is cleared, you'll let her go; She will not accept it. She will laugh on your face and will do reckless things which can get her in more danger. She is no more afraid to die. She has nothing to lose. W-we need to force her, kid-kidnap her if situation present itself in order to keep her safe."

The calm that followed his speech was an indication of the storm outside. He is right. Mary had always been reckless, hasty and contentious. Just to get back at us; she will put herself in danger. This time the danger is not some drunken men. No. This time the danger is Spanish Mafia. The consequences of her actions can lead her to her death

And I'll be damned if I let those fucking bastards touch even a strand of hair on her head. I'll blow their fucking brains out. We need to act fast if we have to save her. The anticipation in the hall was too much. Every man was thinking all the possible ways to persuade her to come with us. If not; then we take her by force. She can curse her to hell as much as she like.

Without her; we're already in hell. I need to get Russians on the move. I need to get man force here. I need to get Pops on the situation. I've to collaborate with them to make sure she is safe and sound.

"We need to get a villa ready for her first." Moretti said standing from his chair. He signaled his man to come inside.

"Where should we keep her? On one of ours territories or on neutral ground?" he said to us.

"We have to keep her in NYC. This way she will be under all of ours strict security and in all of ours reach." Dylan said; taking out his phone and calling someone.

"Yeah. We agree." Nikolai said, signaling Ivan to come inside.

"Find out where she is." Moretti said to his man. He gave a curt nod and left the room, 3 men flowing behind him.

"Find a villa fit for our Queen. She is going to stay there for a long time." Dylan said to someone on the phone.

"Track what the Spanish are planning." Nikolai said and dismissed Jousha.

I looked at the framed picture of my princess.

Soon princess. Soon it will be you I'll cuddling and not his picture.