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The darkness has gotten me in a chokehold, and I’m so damn tired of fighting to get to the surface just so I can breathe. I can’t do it anymore. It’s done.
I want to thank you. Even though you hate me, you have given me something I never thought I’d have. You gave me pleasure and let me experience what love was. Even if it was for the shortest and briefest of moments, I felt what it’s like to love someone.
You also gave me a name. One that wasn’t tainted by my father. I’m no longer a Mitchell. I’m a Gallo. So thank you.
I hope that you’ll be free, just as I am going to be. That the hurt and anger you have inside of you releases as I go. You have gotten your revenge, Elio. I’m a shell of a woman. I can’t fight any longer. Just please be happy. You are worth the love. You are worthy of happiness. You may be an asshole, but I see the glimmer of a man underneath the pain and anger. Let him live, Elio. Let who you really are deep inside come out. Let him feel love and happiness.
Be happy, Elio.
All my love,
Teagan
My heart feelsas though it’s going to explode out of my chest. The fucking woman has gutted me. Christ, I need to find her. I can’t let her hurt herself. Fuck. I’m a fucking bastard. Reading how she feels was like a knife to my chest. My heart thuds against my ribcage as I call out her name.
I push open the bathroom door in search of her, and my stomach rolls when I see Teagan lying in the bathtub, still wearing her beautiful dress. Blood stains her arms and legs. There seems to be too much of the dark red liquid. Is she alive? Her skin has a pale, almost grayish, hue. Her eyes are closed, her beautiful lips blue.
The floor is scattered with red droplets from the knife on the ground. I feel as though I'm stuck in some kind of nightmare. “Dario!” I yell, my voice cracking. “Call the fucking doctor! Now!”
I drop to my knees and frantically grab a towel, wrapping it tightly around Teagan’s wrist to staunch the blood flow. I feel Jade’s presence as she rushes into the room behind me, her breaths coming in short, sharp gasps.
“She’s alive, Elio. She’s alive,” she says quietly as she presses her finger against Teagan's throat. “We need to get her medical attention right away. Her pulse is faint, but it’s there." Gently cradling Teagan in my arms, my heart breaks as I fully realize the destruction I've caused with my thirst for vengeance.
Christ, I should have known better. The woman I love is dying in my arms because of my selfishness.
Oh, Christ. I love her. I fucking love her, and look what I’ve done.
I’ve ruined the one person I love most in the world.
I’ve ruined the one person I can’t live without.
What am I going to do? How the hell am I going to make this right?
“The doctor’s on his way,” Dario says as he runs into the bathroom, his gaze moving from me to the lifeless body in my arms. “What happened?”
“Let’s put her on the bed,” Jade says as she pulls in a ragged breath, her tears falling down her cheeks. “Elio, keep your hand on her wound. Hopefully, we can staunch the bleeding until the doctor gets here.”
I do as she says and lie her down on the bed, being as careful as I can. “I’m so sorry,” I whisper to Teagan, knowing that she can’t hear me. “I’m so sorry.”
I just pray that she makes it through this. My heart aches as I realize how much I've ruined in this moment, and how much I stand to lose if she doesn't survive.
I can’t fucking lose her.
TWENTY
ELIO
She’s still breathing. That’s the only thing that’s keeping me going. She’s alive. I’ve come so close to losing her that I’m finding it hard to breathe.
“Elio, you don’t need to see this,” the doctor tells me. “I’ll take care of your wife, but this isn’t something that you need to see.”
A hand lands heavily on my shoulder, and I look up at Rocco. “Come on, let the doc work. As soon as he’s finished, he’ll call you. Let him help her.”
I rise to my feet and follow him out of the bedroom. Never have I felt such immense guilt. Even when I found out that our father was hurting Adelina, I never felt as fucking guilty as I do now. I caused this. I pushed her to the depths of her despair with no way out. I’m the reason she tried to end it all.
Jade steps in my way the moment I reach the living room. She cocks her fist back and lets it fly, hitting me square in the center of my chest, right below my neck. The punch shakes my entire body.
She doesn't stop there. She pulls back and lets her fist fly once again, this time nailing me in the nose with a right hook. “What the fuck?” I snarl.
