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I rang Max next, my heart pounding in my chest. From the moment, I heard his out of breath voice on the phone, I knew something had gone down.
“Gio? You’re alright?” he panted.
“I’m alive. What’s going on? Why can’t I get through to Liv? Why are you panting?” I spoke frantically.
“Toni’s dead.”
My eyes widened and I glanced over at Angelo who furrowed his eyebrows, hearing Max’s voice through the phone.
“What?” Some shuffling noise could be heard and then a slam that sounded like a car door. “Max? What the fuck is going on?” I was losing my patience as he huffed breathlessly down the phone.
“Give me a fucking second to catch my breath. That bastard is heavy fuck,” he growled and I don’t think my eyes could get any wider.
“Wait! You killed him?”
“No. I tried. I walked in on him about to rape Cami and beat the fucking shit out of him but the guy was a bulldozer and got the upper hand. He knocked Cami out and was strangling me to death.”
Rage boiled through my veins at the thought of Toni doing that to Cami and Max. But knowing what I know now, I wasn’t fucking surprised.
“So, who killed him?”
There was a slight pause before the name I least expected to leave his lips entered my ear.
“Olivia.”
Panic, worry and anger mixed together made a lethal blend as I realised she must have witnessed this. That she was in danger herself. That she was the one who had to kill Toni.
“What? How? Is she okay? Where is she?”
“She shot him. Thank God she came in when she did or I wouldn’t be here speaking to you right now, man. She’s okay but she is shaken up badly. You need to get back here as soon as possible.”
I glanced at Angelo, who slammed his foot on the accelerator in response. “Fuck!” I shouted down the phone as I ran my hand through my hair. This fucking day. I should have been there. I should have protected her from this. Sensing my thoughts, Max sighed deeply.
“You can’t protect her from everything Gio. Sooner or later, she is going to have to defend herself or those she loves if she is going to be in our world. I am just pleased she deemed me worthy enough to defend,” he chuckled but I couldn’t bring myself to see the funny side. Liv just killed someone for the first time and knowing what she has witnessed in her life, I knew she would be so hard on herself. And I am not even there to comfort her.
“Just check on her Max. Look after her until I get back. I should be home in half an hour.”
“Okay.”
“Did anyone witness it? Why the fuck weren’t my men around?” I snarled down the phone.
“I am guessing Toni sent them all off on a break. He obviously knew Cami was alone, the fucking scumbag,” Max’s tone was laced with pure hatred and he took in a deep breath to calm down before he continued. “No one saw. Only Marco knows. He just helped me shove the body in the boot of a SUV. I will get rid of it later tonight.”
I ran my hand down my face as the stress built. What the fuck were we going to tell Sal? He would definitely work out Toni was missing by morning. I couldn’t have him suspecting any of us to ensure my plan would work.
As soon as we pulled up outside the mansion, my door was open, and I was already out of the car before the engine had stopped. Darting into the house, I ran into the living room where I could hear muffled voices and saw Cami led on the sofa, Max sitting next to her and Dr Halsorino and a nurse attending to them both.
“Where is she?” I demanded as the nurse let go of Max’s battered face so he could answer me.
“Upstairs. In your room.”
My heart was palpitating in my chest as I raced up the stairs to the top floor and sprinted into the bedroom. When I found it completely empty, panic rose in me. “Liv?” I called out but there was no answer.
I ran over to the closed bathroom door and tried to open it but when I realised it was locked, I knocked softly. “Liv? It’s me. Open up.”
There was no response. My breathing became shallow as the panic started to consume me. A flashback of a very similar scene entered my mind from two years ago. Me knocking on mamma’s bathroom door with no answer. The steam coming out from the bottom of the door. I broke the door down and found her trying to drown herself in the bath with a slit wrist.
“LIV?” I boomed, now desperate to know she was okay. When there was still no answer, I stepped back from the door and kicked it with so much force the lock shattered into pieces on the floor. I dove into the steamy room just as her body shot out from under the water at the intrusion. Without removing any of my clothes, I leapt into the bath and pulled her up into my arms, holding her against my chest. Only then did I realise my whole body was trembling with fear. Fear that I had lost her.
