No one will hurt you again

Clarissa P.O.V,

For the first time, Rachael looked so scared traumatized and out of place. She's been innocently quiet ever since we came back from the casino and slumped on the bed.

I hadn't been any better. The whole event have been reviberating in my head. How I almost got raped again, tortured me mentally. But wait... Who could that man be to Rechel. Was the question that's been lingering on my lips but how can I ask that when I myself I've been a mess.

Liam had been playing mother hen for us both. He led us both to our room and has been trying to calm both of us with soothing words. Rechel wasn't snapping and flaring up as usual. She'd been awfully swallowing gulps and nodding which was getting me more terrified.

Right now we only one in room. Liam earlier said he'll be going to get us what to eat.

"who...who.., do you know that guy? Racheal? Who's he?"I managed to finally ask. She looked at me and stared at me for a long time, somehow, I expected her to flare up and lashed out at me but she didn't do it instead she just looked away dolefully and she didn't say anything.

The creaking sound of the door, took our attention to the door. I expected to see Liam walk in but No, it wasn't just Liam who walked in. It was our all four brothers.

They were all in uniform long black coats, rage was emitting from thier eyes like the whole world had just offended them, even Liam looked so cold. The only person whom was a bit calm was Antonio.

Their presence generated goosebumps on my skin. Avoiding their gazes, I brought my gaze down, picking on my leg as I felt their gazes on us.

They stared at us in silence for a long time which was making me worried and nervous already.

"So you both haven't sleep yet." Finally Antonio spoke and asked how we were doing. I only nodded my head and recheal didn't make any comment. Antonio said that they've come to have a word with racheal and I was a little bit relieved.

They all got the themselves seated. Liam sat on the bed with recheal while mattoe and Jayden sat on my bed. Antonio took the three seater couch, facing recheal.

"Racheal I'll only ask this once and I want you to be honest and open us." Antonio paused for effect maybe "Tell us what's being happening between you and your boss. What did that bastard did to you?" Antonio asked Rachael dead serious. I watched Rachael as she battled with her lashes and then said

"Nothing. He didn't do anything to me. He was just my boss" With the was she was squirming and trying to avoid my brother's gaze, I knew she was hiding something.

"No, not you too Rachael. I saw the trauma on your face when you saw him. That's beyond just a normal relationship between a boss and a worker. We know he did something to you so Apart from being your boss what did he do to you?" Jayden viberated Angrily and it took me back to that day when they all came to question me.

I put myself in recheal's shoes and I could tell she's fighting back different traumas and pains inside of her, yes that's what happened when you are being pressured to say what you don't want to.

My brothers in getting words out her mouth saying that they already have Maximo hostage so she have nothing to be scared of. Saying they have her boss hostage, alarmed something in recheal.

"Maximo didn't do anything to me okay. He was just my boss and For your own good, you better let him go or you'll all regret your actions." She charged at my brothers. Not in her usual firm angry voice, this time her voice was a bit quivering.

"he's very strong and powerful. He'll get back at you if dare mess with him." She half-yelled.

"I'm not worried about that." Antonio started quietly. "If he like he should be strongest in whole planet. I give no fuck. The only thing I'm concerned about is what he did to you Recheal. But it's alright if you don't want to tell us. Now that we have the fucker. We'll definitely find out and whatever he did to you and I'll pay him back in a hundred fold." Antonio declared sternly and made to stand up but My very surprise, Rechel did something I'll never expect from her

She starts begging with her eyes tickling like crystals "Please...please...please let him go. Let him go for my sake. If you consider me as your sister be please do me just this one Favour let him go. I don't want him anywhere around this house" She didn't only beg but look so panicked.

Antonio brows furrowed, a deep frown of confusion and surprise on his face and my brother's weren't any different. Excerpt Jayden whose's angry deepened the more.

Recheal's POV

Fuck me!! I hated myself right now for going to the extent of begging Antonio. Hell, I really didn't mean to do that.

Well I really didn't want Maximo here so she'll fo anything to get him out and don't get me started with why shouldn't I leave instead? Now that boss is missing his men will be out everywhere and if they see me out I'll be done for so here is the safest place to be. I continue begging and didn't know how I started to cry.

"Hey..hey it's okay. It's alright chill." Liam who was beside me cooed and he was wrapping his arm around me.

"I will let him go..." I didn't hear that right did I?

"what?? Both mattoe and Jayden bellowed.

"...But only if you tell me what he did to you." Antonio said staring straight into my eyes. I gulped as I avoided his intimidating eyes. "Not just him, tell us about your life Rechel. Nothing but the truth."

I don't know why I'm being such an emo freak right now but I was just scared. Scared and panicked out of my own control. The veins in my neck were popping out.

I managed to return my gaze to Antonio and he have this concern sympathetic, sadness, and hurtful look on his face and for the car first time I felt moved by it.

I suddenly wanted to pour out all the pain I've been hiding within me. I've always wanted to tell someone about my life, even if they don't do anything about it. All I ever wanted was a listening ear and now that I've the chance I didn't want to hold myself back anymore.

Perhaps it'll be of advantage. Antonio might keep to his words and let Maximo out.

"I...I was just 6 years old then..." I sniffled and my brothers became all serious as they focused their Attention on me.

"6 years old then when my mother went into illicit drug pushing and got caught. She was taken to prison. Before she left she told me I've brothers.

She didn't even explain anything to me for my understanding, she just gave me a pendant and said it'll help me find them.

My life became hell after mother was taken away from me. First it started with our land owner, he threw me out of the house since the rent expired.

I went into the street. I had to beg to survive. Few times, I get food but most of the time I receive heart wrenching insults and harsh beatings from those I meet for arms, they'll kick me out most times.

Getting a place to sleep was hard, I'd to sleep under the mercy of the cold and the danger of the night.

I would get extremely sick every now and then but I'd no one to tend to me. People were extremely cruel towards me. The word bastard was thrown at me every day of my life.

I kept hating myself, hating my existence. I kept wishing for death but it never came. I placed my hope on the pendant mom gave me, I tried to find the brothers she said I had but it was impossible.

I hoped and waited that those brothers she talked about will somehow find me but years past and I was still left, abandoned in the street.

I loose all hope in them. I just took it as if they didn't want me, if they did they would have found me by then. No one ever wanted me anyway. Then at age 12, I met Maximo. He happened to save me from the hands of some group of boys who were trying to..." I sucked in a breath, closed my eyes and clenched my fist to black out the memory of that night. I don't want to remember it.

"Molest me that night. I thought he was a Good person. I thought he was my savior that was why when he asked me to move in with him, I happily accepted but then I discovered he was a mafia boss.

He made me do dirty jobs for him, I killed for him and push drugs for him. He...he became my worst nightmare. He started having sexual intercourse with me. He did it once, twice and then it become a regular routine. I became his sex toy. He didn't care about my feelings, or whether I was hurting. What he cared about was the pleasure and worst part was that I couldn't run away from him." I was could barely hear my voice as I was saying the last part, tears took over my voice and my vision became blurred. I couldn't fight back the tears, I let them flow down like rivers.

After ending my story, tension stilled the Air.

Clarissa was plain crying.

Antonio was straight up speechless, the expression on his face was blank.

Jayden had simply transformed into beast. I wonder if he was seeing clear cause his eyes was red.

I couldn't even read mattoe, his face was stoned but his eyes looks like there were going to rain.

Only Liam broke the silence.

"You mean you went through all that." He coed, His voice shaking like he was about to break down.

"I'm so going to break that bastard!" Jayden thundered to the extent that I flinched.

Matoe screamed and punched the nearest wall.

Tears were dropping down my eyes uncontrollably and I felt so useless. My boss always decrimnated her each time she shows any sign of weakness. She was never allowed to cry. It's a sacrilege.

While Jayden and matoe were cussing at my boss, Liam was cuddling beside me and Antonio leaned forward to meet me the he did something I never expected. He pulled me into a hug.

"I'm so sorry baby...' he whispered while parting my back.

"I'm sorry you have to go through all that. I swear to you I'll make things right. I'll make sure no one gets to lay a finger on you anymore. You are my baby now. I'll protect you with every fiber of me even if it'll cost my life, I promise you no one will ever hurt you again. You have your family now recheal" Antonio reassured me, patting my hair as I wept on his shoulders.

This was actually new. I maybe leading a tough life all these years but there are  Sometimes I wants to cry myself to stupor and instead of poeple ridiculing me for that, I wanted someone to hug the shit out of me and tell me everything will be okay.

This was what Antonio was doing. I've never really appreciated the love and care the  de Costas has been showing to me all these while, I thought they were faking cause maybe they want me to spill out who stole their shipment and kick me out, that's what I've been use to anyway, people treats me nice cause they want something from me.

For the whole night, I felt something different.

The De costas or rather my brothers were pampering me like a baby. No one mock me for being a weakling which was the norm from my gang, infact my sister cried more than me.

She cried as if she was the one who've experienced all those pains.

Antonio had to pet her to stop crying.

I didn't felt angry at her as usual instead I felt.... I felt loved. It warm my heart to see that someone was actually feeling my pains.

Was this what having a family figure felt like?

"Hey you should stop being a woogone and sleep now." I say mildly to my sister who was on the bed curling up.

"I... I just can't get my mind off everything you'll have to gone through," she muffled.

"It's okay. Now clarrisa tell me. How about you? what was life like for you?" I know she too has gone through some shit. Aside from the way she behaved, our therapist confirmed it one of our sections.

"I..I'll rather not to talk about it." She gulped hard.

I didn't push it.

The door opened and Antonio brought me my drugs. Yeah according to the therapist, he advised for me to get some drugs to sap my IED. Even though I know I'm not having shitty disorder, I just accepted the medication.

"How Are you feeling now?" Antonio asked after I've taken the drugs.

"Good." I cooed.

He nodded and asked both me and Clarrissa to go to bed. With a goodnight kiss on our forehead, he heads for the door.

"Antonio..." I called him back. "is Maximo still here?" I asked curiously as he turned to face me.

After staring at me for a while, he said

"Yes but we will take him away by tomorrow. Don't worry he won't hurt you."

'He won't dare' I heard him said under his breath.

"should I send one of your brothers over to come stay with you for the night?" He asked calmly.

"No... you don't have to do that."

Antonio nodded and left

I really needed someone, any of my brothers to watch over me just incase Maximo somehow find a way to escape but I don't want to bother them anyone.

A/n

Will Antonio let Maximo go