I CRY

DANTE'S POV

I dreamt about Adeline last night. I woke up with a jerk from my bed and I was sweating profusely all over. I could see men on top of her. I could hear her screaming. I could see her struggling to pull herself away from those men but there was nothing she could do, and there was nothing I could do to help her.

All I could do was watch as she fought for her life. I tried to help. I tried to move but I was frozen in spot. I was defeated by my incapacity to help her. I just stood there and watched. Just loke how I stood by and let her enter Adrian Wellington's house.

How could I have been so fucking stupid!? Headshot and I stare at the man in front of us. We found a man associated to the organization and brought him straight to my house. The other guys are handling other things right now and Liam is with his girlfriend Naomi. I didn't tell him about this because I don't think he could stomach what this man in front of me is about to go through.

"Tell us what you know?" I say as I start circling the man. "Don't waste my time."

"I don't know any-"

I appear in front of the fat man and land a hard punch to his face. "Wrong answer." He coughs up blood. How weak must he be for his body to start bleeding so much just after one punch. Whatever, I don't care. I want to see blood anyways.

"You heard him." Head shot puts on some iron knuckles to his hands as he speaks. "Tell us what you know."

"I swear man. I don't know anything. I just have access to this club."

"What club?" I cut him off in curiosity and stoop in front of the man.

"It's an erotic club okay? I just go there for the girls. I don't know who runs it. I just have a membership card. That's all I know I swear. I just go there for the girls. Nothing else I fucking swear it."

"Oh it's okay. Calm down." I place my hands on the man's cheeks. "I believe you." I say.

"Now just tell me. How old are these girls you go there for?" He gulps, his eyes widening before he answers my question.

"Fourteen to seventeen. It depends on what you're looking for." My fist connects with his face again.

"Funking pervert!" I snarl as he falls to the floor. I kick him repeatedly until he can't breathe. My vision goes red and all I can see and feel is rage.

"Those are fucking children!" I scream.

"I'm sorry!" The man begs and I start to laugh. He's stupid.

"You're sorry." I chuckle. Head shot looks at me like I'm crazy but he stands his ground. "Sorry is not going to change the fact that you ruined those little girls' life is it? Sorry is not going to bring them back to their family, is it?"

"Please…" The man begs, almost passing out. I grab a bucket of water and splash it on his face and he jerks up awake trying to catch his breath.

"Here's wat we're going to do…." I say putting the man back up on a sitting position. I grab the card I took out of his jacket when I kidnap him.

"I'm sure a membership card is not enough to get into that club, is it? You're going to give us the password." I order. "Now."

"It's p-e-d-o." He answers with difficulty. I feel repulsed alone by his answer. I grab a knife and trail a wound from the top of his head down to his chin. He screams. He bleeds. I smile.

He deserves it. They all deserve it and I'll kill my way through all of them until I get what I want. I'll kill them all until I get Adeline back and then after she's back, I'll burn them all to the ground. 

"I have a family." The man starts saying. "I have a wife and two little boys. Please."

"It's so fucking weird when it's a man with a wife and family doing shit like this." Head shot says. "How would you feel if some weird predator did something as sick as this to you two sons!? Or your wife!? Do you think about that while you're shoving your dick inside a bunch of minors you sick fuck?!"

Headshot is the one to punch him now. The man's jaw dislocates and a teeth flies out of his mouth. He passes out.

"Damn…" I say folding my arms across my chest. "Knocked him right out huh?"

"I'm sorry man. I just…" Head shot starts pacing back and forth. "I have a little sister you now. She's fourteen. I don't know, every time I think about these people I can't help but ask myself. What if it were my sister in danger? What if it were her? And it just fills me with so much rage and-"

"I get it." I say with understanding. "I don't really tell anyone this but my sister was a victim. She was the only family I had when she was snatched away from me. She's the reason why I started doing all this in the first place. I finally had Adeline and I fell in love and…"

"What happened exactly?" Head shot asks.

"She had a plan with Adrian and…." I trail off, the guilt eating away at my heart. "I knew he was involved in this. I just wanted to support Adeline in her plan and I admit, I saw it as a way for me to get revenge and information about him too. I thought I could protect Adeline. I underestimated just how far Adrian would go. Before I knew it, she was gone."

"And you're girl didn't know about all this while she was with you huh?" Headshot asks and I slowly shake my head.

"Well, no matter what happened, that's not what's important now. What matters now is that we find her and help her adapt to the real world again. But I do hope you know bro, she might never ever want to see your face again. This is a nig lie you kept from her. If she knew about Adrian, she probably would have been more careful."

I stare at the unresponsive man in front of me as Headshot spits the truth in my face.

"I know." I say slowly. "I'm not doing this so she can get back together with me. I'm doing this completely for her. I'm trying to right a wrong. She doesn't deserve to be where she is. No one does. I just want to get her out and give her life back." I say honestly.

"She'll never have her life back. She might get out, get better, go to therapy or something. But she'll never be the same after what she'll go through in there. I hope you know that."

Hearing the truth coming from someone other than Liam stings, but I know I have to hear it. No matter how angry and sad it makes me. I know what he's saying is the unfiltered truth and it burns. It's fucking frustrating to know that I have ruined her life forever. I start sobbing.

Headshot hugs me. I let him. I cry.