Ava
I woke up with sun rays falling on my face. I glanced towards the balcony. The sun was shinning brightly on the trees. Cool breeze was blowing making the trees to dance. I got up and sat on the bed.
Then it struck me what happened yesterday. I was in the basement. My father was there. He was killing him. Stabbing him brutally. I don't feel bad for my dad, he deserved it. But the thing that, it was Aldric who was doing those things made me horrified. He is no more Aldric. He was right. Aldric is dead. He is AJ.
Tears filled my eyes . I burried my face in the pillow and started crying, letting everything out.
There was a knock on the door. A man in all black came in.
"Boss wants you on breakfast table", he said and went away.
What the hell he wants today? Will he kill me? Yes, he killed my father yesterday. Today it's my turn. I should get ready , before he comes and does something.
I quickly got up and went towards the washroom. I took a quick shower. I was nervous and terrified. Today is my last day. Yes, it is. It's good, I will be free from everything. My guilt. My regret. My sin. I have nothing left in this world. It's better, if I die.
Sometimes, I just wished to kill myself, but I stopped, thinking that I have to continue living in this hell to reprimand. But now I can't . I can't see my Aldric as a monster. A heartless monster. That was the last thing I wanted. Nothing can be more of a punishment than this. I am ready to die in the hands of that monster, for the sake of his retribution. For the sake of my Aldric's Retribution.
I existed the bathroom and wore the first thing that caught my eyes.
There wasn't many dresses in the closet but whatever was there, was beautiful.
I stood infront of the door, debating if I should go or not. I am not afraid of death, I am afraid of that monster. The monster who is all I have left. My everything.
I opened the door. The guards escorted me towards the dinning area. I was scared and nervous. I started trembling.
I saw him sitting on the dinning table. I walked towards the dinning table approaching the chair that was at the far end.
"Do I need to remind you again, where you have to sit?", he asked in his cold voice, sending shivers down my spine. Without, any other thought, I sat on the chair beside him. He was scrolling through his phone. Different kinds of dishes, were there on the table.
"Wha-t wo-uld you like sir?", a maid asked him.
" French toast and ham", he said.
"And you mam?", she asked.
It's not like anything can go through this small throat of mine, with this mafia sitting beside me. I am glad I took my notepad with me. In case, if he wants to talk to me, I can answer. So that my hand doesn't go inside the hot coffee again.
"Anything would be fine".
I wrote and showed her. Honestly, i was very nervous and scared. I could feel my legs trembling under the table.
Breakfast was served and it was unexpectedly silent. Him eating his breakfast and me glancing at the food, thinking when this would end.
"Eat", he said in his husky voice.
I started eating. Not wanting him to forcefully feed me or something.
I somehow finished, half of the plate.
"I killed your father", he said with a straight face. I am glad , that he was killed. He deserved it. If he was not my father, I would have killed him myself.
Do I have to reply ? What if I don't ? He would dip my hands in the coffee ? I glanced at the cup of coffee, beside me. It was fuming. I gulped. Should I be honest and show my gratitude to him? No, let it be.
After breakfast
"Follow me", he said.
This is it Ava. That was the last meal you had. You are going to die now.
I followed him. I was shaking and trembling. He went outside the main gate and led me to the beautiful garden, which I used to see from my room. He stopped walking once we were infront of a beautiful fountain.
"I know what your father did", he said. Does he know everything, like everything? His back was facing me.
"I know how he used to abuse your mom and killed her framing it as suicide.I know he is the reason, of your this condition. He was the one who threatened you to do what you did, with your mother's life and my life.", he said. I didn't know how to react at this.
He turned around. His eyes were glistening. Rage, guilt, sadness, everything was visible in those beautiful brown orbs.
"But you know what? It doesn't justify the fact the you were the one also involved. You never told me that your father was like that. Or you were going through all these. You lied to me Ava , you always lied to me. You lied to me since the first day , I met you.", he shouted. Tears started falling from my eyes.
"Did our relationship ever meant anything to you? Didn't you trust me?", he asked jerking my shoulder. A tint of sadness in his eyes.
I removed his hand from my shoulder. I don't know where I got the gut to do it. I was not scared at that moment. Because that was the first time I saw life in him. Emotions in that cruel eyes of his.
"What would you have done?"
I wrote and showed him.
"Yeah, right. You also thought of me as someone weak and a nerd, who was not capable of doing anything, right? ", he said with a chuckle.
No, never. He was never weak. Though he was innocent, but never have I thought of him as weak. I didn't want him to have any worries in his life. I never wanted his smile to fade away. I was embarrassed. Embarrassed that I had that kind of family. When every child in the world had a happy family. A family where parents used to love each other. Where every father used to treat his daughter like a princess. I never got that.
"See, now I am not weak. I am a mafia boss. The boss of the most fearful mafia organisation", he said smirking.
I never wanted that. I loved him the way he was. I didn't want him to become cruel and heartless.
"I didn't wanted you like that", I wrote.
"Oh really? Then guess what? I am like this and will always be like this. You are the one who made me like this and you have to bear with it. You cannot do anything about that", he said chuckling.
Tears uncontrollably fell from my eyes.
"I am never gonna forgive you for what you did. You broke me Ava. You broke me that day. You made me heartless. You killed the Aldric, who only knew to love. The one infront of you is AJ, who doesn't have a heart. Who is cruel.", he shouted making me flinch. I could see only rage in his eyes. He is AJ , the one I am scared of. I started trembling.
"You know what, you are not even worthy of my retribution. Because you know, I pity you. I pity you Ava Miller", he said .
He pity me? I looked at him. He was emotionless. His words stabbed my heart. He left from there, leaving me alone.
I fell on my knees and broke down crying uncontrollably.
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