CHAPTER 29 : SURPRISE VISIT

Leo's POV

Where did Marco come from?

What the hell?

Well if he wants to fight then I'm certainly up for it.

I've been waiting to take revenge for the various sins Marco has committed in the name of family business. Sins that haunt me in my sleep, sins that ruined my life and took away any shot of happiness I ever had.

I don't know what Marco wanted to prove or show by coming here but here's one thing for certain, someone's going to die tonight and I'll try my best to make sure it's Marco.

I never knew I could feel such hatred about one particular person but here we are, waiting to point my gun at him. My hatred's so deep I want to tear him apart, flesh by flesh, just like he did.

We all take our guns and point it at Marco and his men or clan members or servants or whatever the hell they are.

"Ooh ... We got a party here! What's up people?" Marco says with feign excitement.

He's acting like he just didn't walk himself in a death trap.

I've got to say, I admire his guts.

Too bad they got wasted here.

"Marco, what the hell are you doing here ?" I ask him.

"Oh. Ciao Mr.Leader aka Leo. Should I bow down to you ?" Marco says sarcastically.

"There is no need for that. Just fucking get lost !"Alejandro screams.

Alejandro should be the one shutting up.

I look at the three of them, Mario, Alejandro and Marco and I realise that frankly, I like none of them. One is an uncle whose just a poor excuse in the name of family, the second's a guy I had never heard of until recently and well Marco. I can no longer express my hatred for him in simple words.

"Look at him! Isn't this the famous Alejandro who killed my only alive brother Silvio! "Marco spits out.

How does Marco know Alejandro killed Silvio?

Does he keep spies or something?

"He deserved to die," smirks Alejandro.

Oh no, this is not going to end well.

It just hit me now that I killed Marco's only brother. Luca died a while back and Marco went through hell to recover from it, I don't think he has recovered. I don't think he ever will, Luca meant the world to Marco and he also happened to be my best friend.

This was a low blow.

The self-realisation hits as if a hundred buckets were poured at me.

Grief and guilt surface and I feel so bad for what I've done to Marco.

I hate him, so so much but this feels wrong.

"You deserve to die, Basta!" exclaims Marco.

"How do you know Marco ?" I try to reason out here.

"Well, your girlfriend told me about your 'tit for tat ' plan "

What?

"She didn't even know you asshole! Stop blaming Nat !"

"Nat?" Mario asks with a confused expression and looks at Marco.

Marco nods.

"Do you know her? Let's not start about her again Mario, " I warn Mario.

"Wait, Mario, it's Nat Hills," he says as though clears anything.

"Yeah, I know that," I tell Nat and look at Mario.

All the colour has left Mario's face.

"It's her Mario! You finally got that you dumbshit!" Marco laughs.

Got what?

That Nat is my girlfriend?

Or that she's that girl?

Mario just told us that there was another girl involved too.

Mario is trying to confuse me so that he can aim at me and shoot me or he's just trying to get me to break up with Nat, I'd love to go with the first one but I'm not as lucky as I thought I would be.

Mario looks so angry right now and if looks could kill Marco would be dead in less than a second.

I don't understand what's going on though.

Why is the mention of Nat's name triggering them so much?

"You're lying! "Mario screams and takes out his gun and shoots Marco.

I and Alejandro duck and look for a place to cover.

The bullet hits Marco in the arm.

"Agh! YOU--" Marco tries to finish but instead shoots Mario in the chest.

"Signore!" Alejandro shouts.

"Mario!"

Marco just stands there and laughs.

"You earned that ! " he chuckles.

I am in shock right now.

Mario got shot in the chest.

Is he --?

"Mario! Alejandro call an ambulance! Fast !"I scream and run towards Mario and try to lift him up.

"Signore!" He exclaims and tries to look for a phone but doesn't find one.

"You asshole! " Alejandro screams at Marco and shoots him again, this time in his stomach.

"Die!" screams Marco and shoots Alejandro.

"NO!" I scream and shout at Marco that second.

He gets confused and misses the shot.

By this time, Mario's pulse is fading and Marco's body is oozing out a huge amount of blood.

"Pity that he'd be dead. He was the only one who knew the truth," Marco says and still manages to smirk.

"Shut up !" I say and lunge at him.

I straddle him against my body and hit him hard.

Alejandro is busy dealing with the other men.

He punches me in my stomach and eye and my head starts spinning.

"YOU GOTTA PAY!" I scream at him.

One of his men pull me up against the wall and start hitting me.

I punch him and try my way out but he's blocking the way.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Marco shooting Alejandro in his leg and rushing out of the door.

His man hits me in my stomach again and leaves.

Alejandro is trying very hard not to faint.

We both rush towards Mario and I check his pulse.

It's dead.

"Is his pulse still beating?"

"No " I whisper.

"NOOOO!!" Alejandro screams .

I quickly call the ambulance and try pumping Mario's heart.

The bullet hit him square in the heart.

"The ambulance is there" he whispers.

"Let's go " I whisper back.

I look at Mario's lifeless body and whisper to him," We got this."