Before You Go

"Hello Luca" I called out to him from behind

The moment he turned to around to face me I swung my metal baseball bat at him and it hit his head knocking him out instantly.

"Now the real fun can begin" I said with a grin on my face.

After knocking him out, I grabbed some rope from the side of the room and tied his hands and legs. Pulling him to Chloe's side I placed a metal shackle on his neck and chained him to the wall and went back to my chair to wait for him to wake up.

All this time Chloe sat down there paralyzed with fear. She turned to her side to see an unconscious Luca bleeding at the side of his head and then she turned to look at me as I drank from my almost empty glass of juice.

"I'm going to get a refill, I'll be back" I said to her as I walked up the stairs to the kitchen.

I came back a few minutes later and sat back down.

"Luca, please wake up" she said as she shook Luca in an attempt to wake him up

"Don't worry, he's not dead yet" I said taking a sip from my glass of juice

She ignored my words and continued her attempt to try and shake him back to consciousness.

Thirty minutes had passed and he still hadn't woken up.

"Okay this is taking too long" I said as I got up from my chair and walked up the stairs.

I came back down with a bucket of water and poured it over Luca's head forcing him to jolt up

"Oh wow you're finally awake" I said tossing the bucket to towards the staircase.

"Luca" Chloe shouted as he woke up

"What.... what happened? Ow my head" he said reaching for the spot where I hit him "Why am I tied up? He said as he struggled with the ropes on his hand and legs

"Well you're tied up because you're my prisoner now" I said to him taking my seat

Luca turned to side looking at Chloe accessing the condition that she was in.

"Are you okay?" He asked "

"Barely" she replied as a tear fell down her cheek

"Isn't this a lovely reunion?" I said with a smile "The two lovers finally meet each other after their attempt to run off together failed" I added

"Two lovers, what are you talking about?" Luca said to me as he turned his attention back to me

"Oh Luca don't even bother lying. It didn't end well for Chloe" I said pointing at her scar

"You did that?" He said when he saw the scar on her hand "I'm going to kill you for that" he added

"Not before I kill you first" I said with a smile on my face

"Why do you have both of us tied up down here?" He asked as he struggled to sit up.

"Well I needed answers" I responded "Chloe hasn't told me much so I decided to ask you instead" I added

"What answers?" he asked

"Well for one, why did you sleep with the girl that I was in love with?" I asked him as I leaned forward

He looked at me and then he laughed.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that there was clown in the room making you laugh" I said to him as I leaned back on my chair

"Yeah there actually is one in the room. And he's sitting on a chair feeling so high and mighty" he said as the laughed again

"I walked into that one I admit" I said as I got up from my chair and walked towards him

"You wanna know what you walked into?" I asked him as I squatted down

"What's that?" He asked

"This" I said as I folded my fists and punched the side of his face hard.

"Any more funny comments?" I asked as I stood up.

"I'll let you know when I think of something" he responded with a mouth filled with blood

"Okay then" I said as I returned back to my seat "so back to my question" I added after taking a sip from my juice

"You don't have to do this" Chloe finally spoke out

"Funny, I remember saying those exact words to you before you walked out on me" I said "But I guess we both end up doing what we want to" I added turning my attention back to Luca.

"So Luca why did you sleep with my girlfriend?" I asked again

"Your girlfriend?" He asked me as he let out a little laugh "you really are clueless, aren't you little Olly?" He added

"What do you mean by that?" I asked turning my focus back and forth between Luca and Chloe

"You really think I set you and Chloe up so that you could have a happily ever after" He said with an arched eyebrow "She was never in love with you" He added with a little laugh

I sat down there looking a bit confused because I didn't want to believe what I just heard.

"What is he talking about Chloe?" I asked Chloe who couldn't look me in the eye anymore

"You look confused so allow me to clear your mind" he said

Before he could start speaking I ran towards and kicked him in the stomach causing him to cough and gasp for air.

"Stop it Olly" she screamed at me as she crawled to meet Luca to check if he was okay

"The longer you take to explain what he just said the more pain I'll inflict on him" I said pointing at Luca.

"Okay, its true" she said in between sobs. "The truth is before you and I officially met at the cafe Luca and I had already planned on getting you to fall in love with me and then I'd break your heart in the worst way possible" she added.

"While we were still in the university, Luca and I had always been dating" she said

"You and Luca were already together?" I asked her again making sure I heard correctly

"Yes" she said wiping a stray tear from her cheek

"Why would you set me up oy to destroy me?" I asked Luca trying to contain my anger

"Why I did that?" He asked "You think I gave a damn about you?" He added

"I've always hated the fact that you moved in with us. The little brat who my parents took in because they didn't want him to be caught up his parents fights" he said looking at me "Do you realise how many times my parents ignored me because they were looking out for you? Do you know how many times I got scolded and beaten up by my father because I didn't stick up for you when you got bullied?" He said as the tone of his voice got bitter

"I have always hated you Olly and I'd wish you died every morning I woke up. And then my father decided to help you out with the scholarship programme and if it was worse that you got in, he had to put you in the same apartment building just so that I could look out for you?" He said as he spat blood on the floor

"I knew you were a sappy and emotional person that's why I decided to set you up with my Chloe because I knew you'd fall for her so fast" he said as he looked at Chloe.

"After she met with you at the cafe she called me and told ne that she was going to do it so It wasn't so hard trying to convince her that she should go with the plan because she already disliked you and hurting you would be so much fun" he continued talking

"After she got hit by that car and you guys started bonding when you'd go and see her at the hospital alone I knew about that and I was glad you had already fallen for her. It made the plan so much easier to accomplish. When I went back home without you, I got the scolding of my life because I didn't come back with you and that made me hate you even more and my mind was fixed on destroying you" he said as he looked at me

"The day you proposed to her and she said yes was the happiest day of my life because I thought to myself that nothing could break your heart more than having your bride walk out on you on the alter. But she decided to end things a month before your wedding which I don't understand why but I still felt good about it because your self esteem and your confidence plummeted down" he said with a smile on his face

All the while he spoke I couldn't even look him in the eyes because my focus was on Chloe. I was waiting for her to speak up and say that what he was saying wasn't true but she said nothing. She just sat down there and cried

"And by adding salt to your wounds I would have sent you pictures of me and Chloe being all cuddled up and being romantic so you'd know that you have nothing left" he continued talking "But I didn't find her at the spot where I was supposed to pick her up" He added

"I didn't want you to find out this way but getting to see the expression on your face is even better than anything I would have imagined" He said laughing

"Chloe is all this true?" I asked her wiping the tears that had started to gather in my eyes

She didn't say anything. She didn't deny anything that Luca just said which means it was all true. I was a fool for believing that we truly had something

"Why are you asking her. Or do you need me to continue talking?" Luca said

"I've heard enough from you Luca. Now I want to hear what Chloe has to say?" I said not turning my attention from Chloe

"you really are pathetic Olly" he said

I turned to him and then I walked, squatted down so I could be looking at him

"What did you just say to me?" I asked him

"You didn't hear me or you need me to spell it out for you. Okay I said you are pathetic. P-A-T-H-E....

Before he could finish spelling, I placed my left hand over his mouth and slashed his throat with my pocket knife that I had in my right hand.

His eyes went wide as I cut his throat. I removed my hand from his mouth and took a few steps back and watched as he choked on his blood. He fell down to his side and the blood from his throat gushed out.

I turned to see a shocked Chloe who couldn't believe what she just saw. She crawled to his side and turned him over.

"Luca... Luca... Luca..." She called out to him "Don't die, please don't die" She said as she started to cry

I walked up to her and pulled her away from Luca's dead body and turned her to face me.

"You just killed him" She said as she cried "Get your hands off" she screamed

I let her go and she fell to the floor and continued to cry. I took two steps back sat down on the ground as I watched Chloe cry her eyes out and Luca's body as it laid lifeless on the pool of his own blood.

An hour later, Chloe stopped crying and we both sat in silence. I walked up to her and grabbed her by the arm

"Why did you do it?" I asked her

"I didn't want to hurt you anymore" she responded

"What do you mean?" I asked as her trying to understand what she meant

"The more we got to hang out I realized that you weren't the kind of person that Luca depicted you to be and I got to know you for you" She said

"So why did you break up with me?" I asked her

"Because I felt that I had betrayed you and there was no coming back from that. That's why I left" she said turning to face me.

"But now I wish that I didn't end up falling in love with you because all I want is for you to die" she added "I pray that someone finds you and kills you for what you did today"

"You fell in love with me?" I asked looking confused

"I did but now I see that you don't deserve any kind of love from anyone" she said to me

"That's enough Chloe" I said to her trying to get her to be quiet

"I don't love you anymore. I just pity you" she said with a smile "You're completely worthless Olly" she added

I brought out my knife and stabbed her in the stomach. I don't know why I did it but I regretted it immediately.

"No no no no... stay with me" I cried out as she started to bleed out

"I'm finally free from you" she said with her last breath

She died in my arms. I didn't mean to kill her. I just wanted her to stop talking. But now she won't ever say another word.

I sat her up on the side of the wall, grabbed the chair and pulled it towards the table. I sat down and pulled the letter from inside the drawer and began to write. After I finished writing, I slipped the letter into another envelope and kept it in the drawer.

With tears in my eyes I turned around to see the dead bodies of the guy I called my brother and the girl that I loved so much. Pulling my knife from its sheath I made an incision from my wrists up to my elbow on both hands.

It hurt like hell. As the blood dipped out from my body I slowly lost consciousness and fell down to the ground.

*ONE WEEK LATER*

"The bodies of three people were found in the basement of the residence belonging to Mr Oliver Stone. The victims included a female who was identified as Ms. Chloe Andrews, a Male by the name, Mr. Lucas Grey and the owner of the apartment, Mr Stone. Their bodies was discovered by an acquaintance of theirs Brian Wilson who decided to check up on Mr Oliver." The news caster on the TV reported

"Its believed that Mr Stone held both Ms Andrew's and Mr Grey hostage and then killing them afterwards. A note was so found in a drawer in the crime scene which was addressed to Ms Andrews." The chief of police said as he gave a brief statement to the press

Inside the letter were the final words I wished I had said to her before she died but I never got to say it to her. I hope it was worth it in the end.

"Hey where ever it is you end up, I want you to know that I love you and I always will" - Oliver