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“No, Vice, please don’t.”
He carries on as if he didn’t hear me. “I was tasked with taking care of your mother. It was simple. She was so busy fucking her lover she didn’t know I was there. She must have liked it roughbecause she was covered in bruises. He had her tied to the bed. I watched as he fucked her like a whore and came all over her before I opened fire.
“She begged me to let her go, but all I could see was my mother begging for her life, for Natalia’s. I blew her brains out and walked away.”
I punch him in the face, the move shocking us both. I run for the door, but he catches me and pins my arms to my side as I fight and scream at him.
He shakes me hard, my head whipping back. “You wanted the truth. Now you’re gonna listen.”
He yanks me to the bed and pins me face down, with his knee in my back, as he rummages in the bedside drawer. He pulls out a set of handcuffs and snaps one around my wrist before he flips me over. He shoves my free arm to the top of the bed, where he threads the cuffs through the bars and snaps the last bracelet around my wrist. He pulls back once he knows I can’t get free.
I kick out at him, but he grabs my legs and sits on them. “I didn’t kill your brother. That was my father. Dano was sent after you. He was just a kid himself. He shot your nanny, and it drew attention, so he ran when he couldn’t find you. He called me panicking. I told him I would take care of it.
“I got there before Vigo did. I found you trying to protect another little girl. I could smell your fear, but you just stared at me with so much defiance. That never changed.” He slides his finger down my cheek, but I turn my head away.
“You told me you weren’t afraid of me all while your legs shook.”
He bows his head as I fight back the urge to vomit.
“You had Natalia’s eyes. I couldn’t kill you. I don’t know whatmade me do it, but I slipped Natalia’s chain over your head and told you to hide. I watched from the shadows as you dragged your friend to the jungle gym. I walked away just as Vigo pulled up. Things were hot with the Irish. We used them as cover, and nobody ever suspected a thing.”
“What happened to no women, no children?” I hiss.
“My rage was out of control. You were the first person to break through. After that, I went off the rails and killed everyone who had a hand in my mother’s death. And once they were gone, I took out anyone stupid enough to even look at me wrong. I killed four men the night I was arrested. The only reason I wasn’t put away for life was because they jumped me first and my lawyers pleaded self-defense.”
“You knew who I was when I turned up at the prison.” I think back to the look on his face when he saw my chain.
He nods, his eyes moving over my face.
“You got a second chance to finish getting your revenge. I bet you told Vigo all about how you defiled his little—” I suck in a breath and feel more tears slip free. “You played him the video.”
He nods again before getting up and yanking at his hair. “I smothered him to death with the sheets you bled on.”
I turn and puke all over the side of the bed.
He steps toward me, but I shriek at him to stay back. “Well done. You got what you wanted. Vigo is dead. My money is in my account, just waiting for you to spend it. And me, I’m in pieces. I hope it was worth it.”
“It was never about the money. And yeah, maybe to start with, I wanted to fuck with Vigo’s head, but you changed everything. I turned you away, remember? But when you came back, I knew I couldn’t let you go again. I fucking love you.”
“Fuck you. This isn’t love. I don’t know what the fuck this is. You let me out of here right fucking now, and I’ll keep my mouth shut. I’ll go, and you’ll never see me again.”
He grips my hair and yanks my head back, his eyes wild. “You are not leaving me. I won’t let you. You can’t.”
“Watch me. You killed my mother and changed my whole life.”
“I won’t let you go.”
“Then I’ll go from wife to prisoner because I won’t stay willingly.”
“So be it. We’ll talk more when you’ve calmed down. I’ll tell them you’re sick.”
“Do whatever you want. You always do.”
He unlocks the door and grabs the handle. “I’m not the same man I once was.”
I stare him in the eye with as much hatred as I can muster. “I should have married Aldo instead.”
He snarls and yanks the door open before slamming it behind him. Without him here to see me, I give in to the despair and dissolve into sobs that batter my ribs and bruise my heart.
