I felt him stiffen under me immediately, doing his best to hold back his anger before speaking. I rubbed his thigh doing my best to relax him.
"Giovanni, let's get right to the point yes?"
"So be it, what do you want?"
"I'm actually calling to find out what you want."
The line was silent for a moment. Like I said, it would take him off guard. Hell I don't think this guy even knows what he wants.
"Come again? Do you take me for a fool Vitaly?"
Vitaly let out a small chuckle knowing full well he did in fact take him for a fool. But he wasn't about to let him know that.
"I want to know what it is you're trying to gain from this? Maybe we can come to a mutual compromise yes?"
You could here the venom dripping from Vitaly's words. Such a simple sentence made me want to cower away from him a bit.
"I'll tell you what I want Vitaly. I want you to burn in Hell, you and your whole family but first, I want to take your girl and fuck her over and over again. Then I'll do you the favor of sending her back to you...piece by piece just like you did to me. Then if she's lucky I might just have a go with that sister of yours."
My eyes immediately went to Alekzander and Nikita sitting in the back corner of the room. He was shaking in his seat and it was taking everything in him to keep quiet. But Giovanni wasn't done yet.
"Once all that is over I'll burn the place to the ground, I'll rip away anything and everything you've ever loved and watch you while it crumbles. As for Svetlana and Igor you can kill them for all I care. They were just my pawns to get to you and they failed. But rest assured Mr. Volkov I'll take you down piece by piece till there is nothing left."
"Udachi"
He hung up the phone throwing it across the room smashing against the wall and falling to the floor in a bunch of small pieces. He wrapped his arms around my waist and buried his head in the back of my neck.
"Well now we know what he wants." Nikolai said shrugging his shoulders and sinking further into his place on the couch.
Vitaly day back up behind me keeping me firmly on his lap clearly not ready to let go. "He's not getting what he wants! I'll be damned if he gets so much as an inch near her are we clear?"
The power behind his voice left everyone speechless so instead they all just nodded. I felt bad, I didn't want any of this for him. Sure he would of had these problems without me here but now that I was.
I was his Achilles heel.
"So what do we do then?"
We all turned our attention to Nikita who was now stuck to Alek's side. She was as tough as they come but even she looked scared.
"I mean he made a comment about me too are we just going to ignore that? I love Scar just as much as you but if we don't think of something we're all going to die because your head is so clouded with your feelings for her. You have an empire to run big brother, you have family and a pregnant teenager to worry about. This is bigger than just Scar."
She was fuming and hell I didn't blame her, she was right, Vitaly was slipping I had seen it and I now knew the others had as well. This wasn't the calculated man I first met.
I felt him stiffen under me. If looks could kill she would be dead in a second. He went to stand up but I pushed him back down with my body.
"She's right Vitaly..."
It was now my turn for the death glare. I simply rolled my eyes before turning my attention back to everyone else. Time for a little tough love.
"Don't look at me like that Vitaly, You've been slipping. You're not the man I've heard stories about anymore. You've let your feelings for me crowd your judgment and stop you from being the man you were. I don't want to be the cause of that. You need to get your shit together-"
He was seething now, his face had visibly become red and his grip on my waist tightened to an almost painful grip. But I wasn't done yet.
"The man made a comment about your sister and you said nothing, he wants to destroy this place. The empire you have built. He wants to take everything from you and all you are worried about is me?"
I pried his hands off my waist quickly standing up and making my way to the middle of the room. But as expected Vitaly wasn't far behind. He stood up from his chair gripping his desk and leaning over it with his head down. His voice a deadly calm.
"What would you have me do Scar? Do you want to die? Is that it? Is that why you ran off to Giovanni's the second my back was turned? Huh?-"
His voice was now booming through the room. Even in a room full of people I felt like it was just him and I. He made his way around the desk standing so close to me I could feel his warm breath fanning my face.
"Ya know what I think Scar? I think you are too calm about all of this, did you make some kind of deal with him? Hmm is that it? Did he promise you money? Power? Which is it?"
To say I was fuming was an understatement. Sure I damaged his pride a bit but really? Did he really think that? Did he hold no trust for me after all?
Our eyes were locked on each other's, neither one of us was willing to look away. To show even the slightest form of weakness. I didn't even notice when Alekzander and Nikita made their way over to us and were slowly pushing us apart.
I laughed. I couldn't help it was he out of his mind. To think I would want anything to do with him? Did he not see the condition I came back here in?
"You pathetic excuse for a man. Do you really believe the shit that comes out of your mouth or are you just spouting out shit to make yourself feel better because you know I'm right? But don't worry you don't have to worry about me anymore because I'm done. I'm so done and at this point I hope he does get his hands on me because that would mean I am that much further from you."
I didn't give him a chance to reply I stormed out of the room with Nikita hot on my tail. Sounds of loud cursing and objects being thrown could be heard from the office but I didn't care. I was done, and I was leaving wether he liked it or not.
"Scar...Scar please wait. Don't go, Vitaly won't make it without you. You have changed him."
The pleading look in her eyes hurt it really did. But I couldn't stay here I just couldn't do it. I wrapped my arms around her in a tight hug without saying a word.
She knew, she simply nodded her head and hugged me once again. "Before you go follow me."
I followed Nikita up the stairs and to her room. I watched as she went into her closet
Moving the hanging clothes to the side was a safe built into the wall. She quickly punched in a few numbers before opening it up.
She motioned for me to come over handing me a gun along with a set of keys, my truck keys, a small flip phone. And a envelope filled with money.
"You're truck is parked in the garage, it's been here since Vitaly brought you here he just didn't want you to know and try and escape-"
I scoffed and rolled my eyes looking at the keys in my hand. Of course he did.
"There's two thousand dollars in there until you get on your feet. That's one of my burner phones it can't be traced and all the numbers for us are in there. Vitaly bought the house you were renting so if you choose to go there I wanted you to know. The gun is for...well obvious reasons."
I embraced her in another bone crushing hug. I was going to miss her but I had to get out of here before Evie and Carmen noticed.
"Please take care of Evie and Carmen. I don't want Evie feeling like she needs to come with me. She can't take care of herself like I can."
My eyes were starting to sting from holding back tears I didn't want to fall.
"What about Gator? Scar I can keep him here until you have settled. Once you find yourself a place I will bring him to you. Vitaly doesn't even have to know."
I could only nod my head. This was harder than I thought. We quickly made our way to my room and pack all of my things in the bags I had originally come here with. Nikita helped me get to the garage without anyone noticing.
Jumping up in my truck felt so good, god I forgot how much I missed this thing. I ran my hands gingerly over the steering wheel taking in a deep breath.
"Okay, the guards are going to open the gate. It took some threatening and a kick to the nuts but it's done now you need to hurry before he changes his mind."
I nodded my head we shared a look of understanding before I started up my truck the sound of the engine roaring to life made me feel a bit...nervous.
I pulled out of the gates like she had promised with no issues. The one guard still doubled over in pain while the other simply gave me a curt nod.
This was it, driving down the road felt surreal. No more Evie and gator, no more Carmen, no more Volkov's it was just me now. The worst part?
He didn't even bother to try and stop me.
Ahhhh I'm back! 😊 so it's been awhile I know but I had some writers block and now that it's gone I feel like I can write again.
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