LUCI

28 - Termination

Termination

~ An end or extremity; close or conclusion ~

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I swear time stopped when Alex was in that room.

He suddenly stormed out and he didn't look sad but he looked angry. More than angry. He was furious and I couldn't tell why. He can't even look at me when he exits the room. He walks straight over to me and picks me up. I'm thrown over his shoulder like a rag doll and he just stomps down the hallway. 

We reach his bedroom and he throws me in before leaving and slamming the door shut behind him. I try to open it but the bitch has locked it behind him.

I know what's coming next but I don't really want to believe it's happening.

ALEX POV

I've never been so furious with a man in my life. How could he do that? How could he just leave like that. He has a child on the way. He's a coward. 

Well, he isn't. He's doing it for all of the right reasons but I've gone in to big brother mode which means I'm furious at him. I know he's right and he's doing what he has to do but I'm angry. He's leaving my sister, he's leaving my little niece or nephew. He is going to be a father but he's leaving. 

I storm down the hallway, grabbing Nicolo and Santos in the process, on the way to Luci's room. They don't even say anything to me as I could explode at any second. They never mess with me when I'm in a mood like this. I throw the door to the room open and storm inside. Nicolo shuts it behind all three of us. 

"Right, he's got a bag and we need to get it. It's happening today" I tell them as I try to remain calm. 

"If he leaves, it will kill her" Santos tells nobody in particular. 

"I know but he's right. Stephano is up to something and it's better if Luci can watch from a far" I remind them. So much has happened that we haven't been able to tell Emma for her own safety.  Somehow, Stephano, Emma and I's father, is helping our mother. We don't know why or how but he is a threat right now. 

Luci told is his plan before he got shot, the idiot. He didn't intend on getting shot but in a way it's made his plan of leaving so much easier. Now Emma can think he really is dead. She's such a big part in this plan and she doesn't even realise it. She makes his death believable. Her sadness will be real because she has no idea. 

The three of us start looking through his stuff trying to find his pre-packed getaway bag. We search every inch of his room before finding it. I open it to double check that everything is there. 

Money, and lots of it

Clothes

Guns

Knives

A picture of Emma.

Yep, it's all there. He didn't ask for a picture of Emma but I know he's going to want it. He loves her, he told me himself. He wanted me to tell her but it's going to make his death so much harder. 

He's actually a big softy when it comes to Emma. He would do anything for her, even if it involves leaving her. I made him promise that he would come back. He told me that he would be back in time for the baby. He gave me his word and he never breaks his word. 

All three of us walk back to Luci's room and he's now fully dressed. "You know she's going to hate you when you come back" I remind him.

"I will do everything in my power to get her to love me again" He reassures me. His voice is a little croaky considering he's had a tube down his throat for almost two whole weeks. 

"You're a dick" Santos tells him and I laugh. Santos has never been more correct. He is a massive dick. 

"I know" He sighs. "When I come back, I will tell her everything. I mean everything too. I will tell her about how in love with her I am, I will tell her that I couldn't be happier that she is carrying my child. I will even tell her what happened four years ago" 

We all say our goodbyes and we give him his burner phone. At least we can still get in contact with him. We leave him in the room so he can make his piece and leave. I take a deep breath. Now is the hard part. Telling my sister. 

I walk down the hallway back towards my room that I had locked her in. I take one last deep breath and unlock the door. I walk in and see her passed out in my bed. "Em" I say and walk over to her. "Emma, please wake up"

She slowly opens her eyes and looks at me. Fuck. This is going to be hard.

"Emma we need to talk about Luci" As soon as I say that the tears start pouring out of her eyes. She's sobbing into my chest as I wrap my arms around her small frail body. "Em, he's g-"

I'm cut off by her small voice, "Please don't say it because then it becomes real" She whispers and I nod. I just sit there holding her for hours whilst she cries. I even shed a tear because I hate seeing my sister like this. We've both lost so much over the last few years and now she's just lost the person she loved, the person who is the father to her child. 

"Did he go peacefully?" She asks and it breaks my heart. She isn't even thinking about herself. She's thinking about if he was comfortable or not.

"Very. He didn't feel a thing. There was no pain for him" I replied and I'm completely lying. I know I've just lied to her about him being gone but he was in so much pain. You could see it in his eyes. He didn't want to leave her. 

"Good"

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*Cries*

It's all over... just joking. You know there's gonna be a sequel. 

There is going to be a taster of the next book up soon. I should also have the first chapter up next week.

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