Cascading Empire

Chapter 21

                  Saphire stepped closer and closer, watching the man below her tremble in fear while his words tripped over each other. "S-Stop this.. I-I will call the police! I will call the police on you! You crazy- AHHHHH!" Saphire kneeled on his thigh, pressing the knife gently on the side of his rib before slashing down slowly, watching with a cold expression while the warm, scarlet liquid dripped down his rib cage and onto his dirtied pants. Watching the slash go all the way to the bottom of his stomach, she smirled a little before lifting the knife away from his body, watching him cry out in pain. 

                 "You fucking bitch! Ah.. I'm going to die! Mom.. Mom!" He yelled for his only savior, seeing his phone ring on the table in the corner with his mom's profile on it. "Say you're sorry." Daven looked up, eyes glaring in pain while he trembled, the blood slowly shedding out of his body and making his complexion pale, "Say you're sorry." Saphire repeated and grabbed his hair in one fast motion, never letting her knee touch the bloodied ground directly while jerking his head up. "I-I'm sorry.. I'm sorry! Let me go! I'm sorry-" He cried, choking on his tears and Saphire gave a little grin, "See? That was all you had to do to Emma. Too bad I'm not the one you should be apologizing to." 

                 While his tears choked him silently, heavy breathing slowly fogging the cold room, he heard the painful shouts of two men from the hallway in front of the room. As the door busted open after a few loud shouts of struggle, he saw the two men which he had ordered to kill Emma kneel on the floor, their faces badly bruised while being held down by a man each. One man was definitely heavier than Emma, and the other was scrawny, but looked a lot smarter than the other. "Are these the one?" 

                 "Y-Yes! Yes! Now let me go.." He cried, hands struggling behind the post he was tied on and Saphire lifted her knee and stood up, eyes still cold and menacing. "Tell me what happened. The entire thing," She demanded and he immediately started to talk, not wanting to go through a repetition of the last four hours of torturing. "S-She wanted to break up.. and she- she was the older sister of a rich business woman.. so.. so I needed money. I needed money for drugs and I- AH!" Saphire threw the knife, scratching his ear as he screamed in pain and she shouted at him to continue. 

                  "So I.. hic.. I.. asked her to give me her money before she left.. and told her to keep the apartment under my name.. and she- she didn't and tried to leave, so I had to.. I ordered someone to kill her and make it seem like she wanted to kill herself.. but they did it too obvious so I ordered them to try to throw her in a lake.. but-" "Do you know who I am?" Saphire asked. The room was dimly lit, with two men groaning behind her in pain and only the sound of his breathing could be heard. "I know.. that you're a powerful business woman.." 

                    Saphire searched inside her pocket for a while, before taking out a paper and unfolding it, turning the picture around with a monotone voice, "Do you know who this is?" The man looked up, shaking before nodding, "She-she is Emma's younger sister.." He trembled and Saphire nodded, before crouching down in front of him again, "And she is my friend, and the older sister of my best friend. So what.." She took the knife behind his pale and frail body once again, before pressing it against his stomach, "Makes you think we will stay silent?" 

                    "AHHHHHHHHHHH-" 

      

                     Daven was immediately forced to kneel down right in front of Emma's hospital bed, crying and trembling with a bunch of bandages covering his body while Saphire kneeled on his shoulder to make sure he didn't run away. "Confess everything you did." 

                    May sat on the side of the bed, looking down at the evil man while gritting her teeth in fury, her hands clenching on the side of Emma's bed. Callex and Eric stood by the door, making sure no one suspicious would come barging in. "... Baby.." 

                    Emma's finger twitched slightly and her face jerked into something of displeasure, before her face calmed once again. The beeping turned more rapidly, while May immediately pointed a pistol at him, "Properly address her." 

                    He gulped in fear before addressing her properly once again, "Emma.." May kept her pistol pointed while her eyes were focused on Emma, "Emma... he's here to apologize properly," she smiled gently compared to her intense glare earlier and they all could hear Emma's heart beat faster. ".. Emma I'm so sorry.. I just.. I really did love you in the beginning... but I needed money.." Saphire's knees pressed harder, "I wanted..." He changed his word and can feel the pressure go softer, "And I.. I hope you come back so I can properly apologize to you.. I'm so sorry.." Saphire watched emotionlessly at him along with May, gritting their teeth individually while the guys watched their partners with a little proudness in them. 

                      Emma's heart beat was beating incredibly fast while her hands trembled, tears endlessly falling down her cheeks. At the rate of heartbeat, it was getting dangerous so nurses immediately rushed in all around Emma while May backed up, eyes always focused on the unconscious one of the bed while the nurses tried to help them. Saphire was also unfocused and in a moment of carelessness, she couldn't feel the angry trembling underneath her knees. What seemed like a few split seconds resulted in Daven leaping up towards May, charging at her with his entire weight before throwing her against the wall the two men immediately immediately was alerted along with Saphire who was knocked down at his sudden action. 

                     May's pistol was thrown out of her hands, and the other three did not prepare to bring pistols so all the people were alerted and ran towards Daven, who's eyes were wild crazy and tightening his hands around May's pale neck by the second, making it harder and harder to breath. While her face was scrunched in pain, she glanced and saw that even if they were to come, the pistol was closer to Daven, so he could easily pick it up and shoot at them, resulting in someone dead or one of the innocent nurses injured. 

                   Or worse, kill Emma.