CHAPTER 55: ALL THESE WORDS LEFT UNSAID

Nat's POV

As soon as I saw Leo enter the wind was knocked out of me and my hands started shaking really badly .

Leo looked at me and then at his uncle and quickly rushed to his side as blood had started to pour out of his body.

"Leo remember what I told you . I know you hate me but I think it's time for me to leave this hell,"Mario says dramatically and Leo looks like he can't believe his ears.

"Well I guess you should die, shouldn't you Mario? After all you killed Luca, my best friend,"Leo says before shooting Mario too.

A second later Mario's head slumps down and I realize he's dead.

What?

I thought Leo was all about let's not kill family kind of person but I was wrong .

And then he looks at me with a foreign emotion in his eyes.

"Why?"he asks in a whisper.

"I had to," I say and suddenly I find myself going back to the time when Marco said the same words when he shooted Sophie.

I finally get it.

"You had to? Seriously?"he asks in disbelief.

"Yes Leo," I say and I turn around.

I can't look into his eyes or see his face any longer or my knees will buckle and I will fall and my eyes will betray and let those damn tears fall.

"Fucking answer me!"he says and takes an angry step towards me.

"You wanna hear it? Fine! It was a mission . I had to kill him in order to become a leader,"I say angrily after I turn around to face him.

"What are you raising your voice for? Atleast I'm not shooting my loved ones' family members am I?"he says with a snort.

"We're all liars here Leo. Don't act all innocent with me! Tell me why did you even move into my neighborhood?Tell me the fucking truth!"

"I -uh-I"

"What? You think I don't know?"I ask him with disbelief.

"Fine!I moved there because I knew all along that you were a part of that damned clan and we're about to become the next leader.I knew this even before you got to know. Marco had to hurt you and make you fall in love with him because I was supposed to be your saviour , your knight in shining armour.I knew Marco would play by this tactic so I changed my identity because I had to protect my clan,"he says.

The tears in my eyes threaten to spill but I won't let them fall down. They've been shed way to many times.

"Lies. Everything was a lie wasn't it?"I ask him afraid to know the answer.

"Yes" he says and breaks my heart all over again.

"Do you even love me?"I ask.

"No" he says and looks straight into my eyes.

I allow the tears to spill now. I can't hold them any longer.

I gulp and loom towards the left.

"Everything was a lie? All that concern? Those fights? Those kisses? Those hugs? Those sleepovers? Those talks?"

"Yes you were nothing but a mere mission"he says .

"Are you even my Leo?"

"There's nothing such as your Leo"

"We're done,"I say and take a step forward.

"We never even started Nat" he says with no emotion in his eyes.

"And all this time I was in live with you..." I say more to myself than to him.

"You were just an easy prey. That's why Marco did that to you this is why I did that to you"

I don't know what to say anymore.

It's funny how your life can change in a moment .

One second it's all sunshine and glitter and the next thing you know everything's just gone.

"I know what you did to my family Nat"

"You do?" I ask with disbelief. I thought when he was mentioning about the kind of treatment Marco gave me, it was about just a toxic relationship. Not the whole truth.

"Mario told me"

"He did?"

"Yes"

"And you're going to kill me now?"I ask him.

"I won't. Even if I don't love you I don't hate you. You showed me a new way of life"

"Stop lying you Asshole" I hear Marco say.

Marco?

What is he even doing here?

"Lying about what?"Leo asks with gritted teeth.

"You love her . I know that , she knows that, you know that, everyone knows that so cut the act"Marco says coolly .

What?

He loves me now?

What about the hateful things he just said?

He doesn't love me, does he?

"I don't "Leo says angrily.

"Okay I'll shoot her then"Marco says and takes a step towards me.

"No!"Leo screams and steps in front of me.

"That's what I thought. I'll give you guys some privacy now"Marco says and turns around.

Leo looks towards me and I get it.

I realize why he said that.

He wants me to leave him.

For good.

We're nothing more than danger to each other and nothing I or he ever says or does can change that.

I take this as my goodbye .

Without so much as a word he turns to leave.

I look at Marco.

The two guys I've ever loved lie in front of me now.

"I'm sorry" I hear Marco say and the next thing I can hear is the pull of the trigger.

"No" Leo and Marco both scream in unison.

The bullet goes straight to my heart.

Leo runs towards me and holds me in place and starts saying no as though he's singing a prayer.

I've got so many words left to say but I don't think now I ever can.

As every second passes, my breath gets heavier and heavier and I loose my vision.

"No" I can hear Leo and Marco both sobbing now.

"I love you" I say to Leo before I can't speak no more.

I fall into the sea of nothingness and let the waves drown me.