You belong to me

CHAPTER 20

~~ANTONIO~~

We pull over at my house. I carry Rafael inside. I put him down on the kitchen table. My parents runs inside and when my mother sees Rafael's dead body she drops to the floor screaming.

"Noooooo!!!! My baby!!!!!! Noooooooo!!!!"

My father takes my mother is his arms and they cry. Nico comes over to him and hud my leg. I lift him up and rock him in my arms.

"Have he gone to heaven?"

I cry and nod.

"Yes, I'm sorry. He's gone."

"Who took him away?"

My heart twist inside my chest, everything burns and pinches.

"Melanie."

"Freya's friend?"

I nod and Nico yank himself free from my grip and run. I don't know where but I guess he needs a minute alone. I stroke Rafael's cheek. Jian carries Freya inside. She's a wreck. Her eyes are blank and her skin doesn't glow anymore. It's like someone turned the lights off.

"Where do I?"

Kian is broken. He have tears in his eyes.

"Our room. I'll be there soon."

Hannah comes running through the door, she's flushed and her eyes are red and puffy.

"Where is she?"

"Our room. Please take care of her. I'll be right there."

"Of course."

Fernando comes inside with Gia. She cries when she sees Rafael. My dad scoops her up and carry her to her room.

"What happened to them?"

"Freya was raped and Gia tortured. I don't know if she was raped."

My mom tears up all over again.

"I'll take care of Rafael so he looks just like he's asleep for the funeral. Go and take care of my baby girl. I'm sure she needs you."

I nod. I walk up those stairs and they feel so long. I don't know if I can see her. She's so broken, so empty. The girl that Kian carries up to our room, isn't my Freya. It was a shell of her former being. I hesitate outside the door. I hear her.

"He fucking raped me! Now Antonio can't even look me in the yes. He doesn't want me anymore."

"No, baby. He loves you. He would never be that guy who walks away."

"No! He was supposed to be the only one and now I'm defiled. He's doesn't want to be inside something that someone else ripped wide open."

Is that what she thinks? That I don't want her anymore? I open the door.

"Can you please leave us alone?"

I look at Hannah and she nods. She walks out from our room and close the door gently.

"Baby. Is that what you really think about me? That I don't want you anymore?"

She sobs.

"Why would you? I'm defiled. Marked for life!"

"No, you're not. I love you. Nothing can ever change that. I always want you. No matter what, only you."

She breaks apart in front of me, her insides pulverize right here. Right in front of me. I catch her in my arms. I lay beside her and pull her as close to me as I can.

"I'm so sorry. This is all my fault. We shouldn't have gone shopping."

"Babe. Don't say that. No one could know this. This isn't your fault."

"But why do I feel guilty then?"

I don't know what to answer. I kiss her forehead and slowly rock her in my arms and I feel how she relaxes and I'm pretty sure she's asleep. I hear a whimper from my closet.

"Nico? Is that you?"

He opens the door. He's sitting on the floor inside my closet with one of Rafael's shirt. The sight, breaks my heart.

"Come here, buddy."

He shakes his head and look at Freya.

"It's okay."

He crawls out and climb into the bed and lay on the other side of me. I put my arm around him. He cries quietly. Soon both him and me falls asleep. I wake up to a scream. Freya and Nico is still fast asleep. I yank free from their body's and run to Gia's room. I open the door and she screams in her sleep.

"Nooo!!! Nooo, please! Stop!"

I crawl into bed with her and pull her into my chest. She wakes up and she starts to cry uncontrollably.

"Shhh.I got you, sis. I'm here."

"He...He...He was a monster!"

"Who?"

"The hulk. He tried to rape me. Freya killed him but then it was that other guy, the one who sliced my face. He enjoyed it I could see it in his eyes."

"What happened to him?"

"Freya hit him with a pipe. Carved his skull."

"Did she?"

"Yeah, I'd be dead if it wasn't for her. You have to take care of her."

I sigh.

"Of course. I'd never leave her. I really do love her."

Gia nods against my chest. Knock, Knock, Knock.

"Come in."

Benjamin opens the door. He walks over to Gia and kneel beside her. She's crying and he takes her face between his hands and kiss her gently. I smile and walk out. They need to be alone. I walk into my room again and Nico is cuddled up in Freya's arms.

I go downstairs and everyone stands around the kitchen island with a candle in their hands. Fernando hands me a candle and o stand beside my father. We all cry and take a moment of silence to honour our lost son and brother.