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Melina is startled awake when the nightmare ends. She closes her eyes and tries to calm her racing heart. Melina just had the same nightmare again. It’s the same one she has been having for three weeks. Opening her eyes, she runs her hand through her hair and drops her legs to the side of the bed. Melina can’t believe she really thought if she left that house, the memories of what happened would vanish. She sighs and places her hands on her temple. These past three weeks have been hell. She even wishes she hadn’t come out of numbness. Melina gets out of bed and walks to the bathroom to take a shower. Her body is sticky from sweating all night. While taking off her clothes, she recalls something that may help to alleviate her guilt. She noticed his chest move slightly before she left that day. Melina knows she might just be making things up to feel better, so she will ask Leo tomorrow if he’s dead or not. The man’s chances of survival are slim, but she remains hopeful. She knows it’s
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Melina swings the weight between her feet as she tries to summon the courage to knock on Thomas’ room door. She can’t believe she’s scared to even tell him she doesn’t have an outfit for tonight, but you can’t blame her. Thomas gets angry at her even when she does nothing to provoke him. Melina gives up telling him and turns away from the door when it opens, and Thomas walks out. “What are you doing standing in front of my door Melina?” Thomas asks as half of her body still faces his door. Swallowing saliva, she clears her throat before speaking. “Uhmm,” she tries to talk, but her head is suddenly blank, and she has no words. “I don’t speak Uhmm, Melina,” he sounds a little irritated. This is what she’s talking about. She stares at the ground and mutters the words. “I don’t have a dress for tonight.” Melina doesn’t know if he heard her, but she hopes he did. “Look at me when you’re talking to me.” Thomas places his hand on her chin and raises
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A big yawn escapes Melina's lips as the car pulls to a stop at a traffic light. She forces her eyes open as her eyelids drop on their own. I don’t understand. I just woke up a few minutes ago. How can I be feeling sleepy again? Melina looks out the window, blinking her eyes to drive the sleep away, when she sees that they have stopped not too far from a pharmacy. Melina remembers she needs tampons. She was going to ask Thomas to get it tomorrow morning, but she has started spotting, so it would be safer to get it now. She’s unsure when her period will begin. Melina takes a deep breath and moves closer to Thomas to ask him if they can stop by the pharmacy so she can get some tampons. "Thomas, can I ask for something?" "Why are you suddenly so close to me, and did you say something?" Thomas looks between their touching thighs and Melina's face. Melina moved closer to him so that Leo and the driver wouldn’t hear her question. She doesn't feel comfortable lettin
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Thomas doesn’t let go of Melina’s hand on the ride home. She wishes he would, as the blood is making their hands sticky. Clearing her throat, she looks up at him and tells him about it.“Oh, I totally forgot,” he says, letting go of her hand.“Thank you,” Melina says, looking at her palm filled with Xiao Zhan’s blood. Thank God he’s still alive; even Thomas’ hands are as bloody.“Here,” Thomas says, placing a handkerchief in her hand, but before Melina can touch it, he grabs it and begins to clean the blood off her hands.“Thank you again,” Melina says. Thomas grunts in response before speaking to Jacob.“Find somewhere with a bathroom close by.”“Okay, sir.”“How long?”“What?” Melina asks.“How long have you been having the nightmare?”“Since I left that house,” she says. Thomas hums in response, and a comfortable silence settles between them.Melina suddenly starts feeling sleepy on the way and rests her head on Thomas’ neck. She quickly pulls it away once she realizes what she did
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Melina knocks softly on Franky’s door and waits eagerly for her to open it. Franky gasps the second she opens the door. She looks at Melina like she’s a ghost standing in front of her. Melina smiles and pulls her in for a hug. Franky hesitates to hug Melina back for a second but quickly wraps her arms around her and squeezes the life out of her. Tears fill Melina’s eyes as she takes in the scent of Franky, which reminds her of home. Melina has missed her sister a lot. She wishes she would never have to part with her.“Let me take a look at you,” Franky says, pulling away from Melina. She takes a step back and scans her from head to toe. “Thank God you’re fine. I was so worried about you, Mel. Where have you been?”“Italy.”“Italy? What the hell were you doing there, and why didn’t you tell me you were going there? I reported you missing to the police, Mel. A text would have been enough to let me know you were fine.”“I’ll explain everything. Can we go inside and talk?”“Of course, com
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Melina walks into the restaurant with Thomas behind her. They make their way to the cashier to place their order.“What can I get for you today, ma’am?” the young girl asks.“I’ll have large fries, two double cheeseburgers, nuggets, popcorn chicken, four wings, and a vanilla milkshake,” Melina says, and the place goes silent. She looks around, puzzled as to why everyone is staring at her like she just ordered food for five people.“That’s quite a lot you ordered for a small woman like you,” Thomas says, tilting his head to the side. Melina was never a big eater, so it’s understandable he is surprised that her appetite has increased.“Is that so? I don’t think so,” Melina says, avoiding eye contact with him. She hopes he doesn’t read too much into it.“Are you sure you can even finish all that you ordered?”“Yes,”B
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"Ciao Tom," Aurora greets, hugging Thomas once he gets to her table."How're you doing, Aurora?" Thomas pecks her cheeks before taking his seat across from her."Good, and you?""I'm good. Have you eaten?" Thomas motions to a waiter, who is standing close by to their table."No, but the food can wait. I need to talk to you about something important.""Oh, what's up?" Thomas waves the waiter away and sits up."I wanted to ask, do you think our family can afford to go to war with another Russian gang?""Why are you asking?" Thomas furrows his brows. He didn't expect his sister to say that."Let's say Kirill is having problems with another Russian gang. Will we be able to help if a war breaks out between them?""Unfortunately, we won't.""Really, why?" Aurora appears deeply disappointed, which Thomas finds a little odd given that she hasn't been dating Kirill for long enough to care that much about him.
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ThomasThomas takes off his Hermes suit jacket and tosses it onto the couch. He walks to the bar and pours himself a drink. Thomas gestures for the man who looks like he’s about to pee in his pants to approach him. The man trembles with fear as he gets closer to Thomas. Thomas takes a sip of his scotch before reaching into his back pocket for a cigarette. “Light it up for me, Alberto,” Thomas says, holding out his cigarette, but the man is unable to do so because he won’t stop quivering. “Don’t worry, I can do it myself.” Thomas takes the lighter from his hand and lights it himself. “So tell me what happened again,” Thomas says, taking a drag on his cigarette. The man narrates to Thomas what happened in the past few minutes. Once the man is done talking, Thomas puts out his cigarette and finishes his drink in one swing. “Repeat the last sentence, Alberto,” Thomas says, folding his shirt sleeves.“That’s how I lost Miss Melina, sotto capo…” Thomas lands a hard punch on Alberto’s f
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Present TimeMELINAMelina steps out of the car once they arrive at the beach house on the island. They touched land a few minutes ago and drove straight here. Thomas links his hand with Melina’s and leads them into the house. She is awed the second they step inside. The place is beautifully decorated with rose petals all over the living room. It has couches that have brown armrests and white pillows on them. To the left is a sliding door that leads outside, and right in front of it is a swing chair. The sun is setting, and the only light illuminating the place, adding to its allure.Melina walks inside, to the bedroom, following the trail of the rose petals. It has a king-sized bed with white covers and a carpet of the same color in front of it. Walking further in, she is blown away by the beautiful view of the beach. The sun casts a shadow on the beach’s crystal-clear blue waters and white sand. The sunset looks so stunning from here
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THOMASHe looks at Melina as she settles into her chair. He’s relieved she didn’t question him about why he took so long at the warehouse. It wasn’t something he couldn’t tell Melina; he just didn’t want to bother her with it. Thomas smiles as he thinks about it. He looks at his lighter, and the smile on his face broadens. He couldn’t think of a better way to send the bastard to hell.A few hours agoThomas enters the container where James is being held. The room has buckets, a chair, a table with blades, a blow torch, pliers, and a whip. Rafael was quick to deliver him while Thomas was in the hospital. Thomas wouldn’t have had to deal with him today if he wasn’t on his way to his island with Melina. She deserves the time away after what they’ve been through.Thomas removes his Burberry suit jacket and drapes it over the chair. He unbuttons his sleeves, rolls them up, and re
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Two Weeks LaterMELINA“Thomas, I might not know much of Sicily, but at least I know the surrounding area on the way home,” Melina says, looking out the window. They are on their way home. Thomas just got discharged from the hospital. Melina is so happy as he is almost fully recovered.“I know,principessa. I need to make a quick stop at one of the warehouses before we go home.”“You just got discharged. How could you already be working?” Melina asks, concerned he might be stressing himself.“Don’t worry. I’m not doing anything strenuous.”
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THOMASHe scrolls through his phone to pass the time while waiting for Melina to return. She stepped out to get him some food as he hated the hospital food. Thomas couldn’t believe she forgave him for everything he did. He really thought she would never forgive him and would always blame him for all her sorrows. He is truly happy she did and intends to spend the rest of their lives making sure she never regrets it.The door swings open, and Thomas lifts his head up from his phone, shocked but happy that Melina is already back. The smile on his face quickly changes into a frown when he sees it isn’t Melina.The unwanted guest causally strolls into his room like he owns the place and walks to stand at the foot of Thomas’ bed. Thomas quickly replaces his phone with the gun his father put u
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A few hours have gone by since Thomas was shot. The whole family is in the hospital. Melina fears every second, the doctors will just come out and confirm Thomas is dead.Hopefully, that won’t happen.She snaps out of her reverie when someone calls her.“Melina,” someone says, barging into the room. Melina turns her head to the door, and her eyes widen in shock.“Franky!” Melina jolts out of her seat and runs to her sister.“Hello, Mel,” Franky says, smiling.“Oh, my God! Franky, it’s really you,” Melina says, pulling her in for a hug.“Yes, it’s me.” “I’m so sorry for what happened to Thomas,” Franky says, pulling from their embrace.“I don’t know what I will do, Franky, if he dies. I didn’t even tell him I forgave him before he closed his eyes,” Melina says, as fresh tears sting the back of her eyes.
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“Mel,” someone calls from behind her. She turns and sees it’s Leo.“Thomas is dead! He’s dead, Leo,” Melina says, sobbing and showing him her hands filled with Thomas’ blood.“I know, Mel, but do you know something else?” Leo asks calmly.She responds by shaking her head.“Until a doctor fucking calls the time of death, Sotto capo is alive. Do you hear me?”She nods her head, agreeing with him.Thomas could still be alive and just unconscious from blood loss.“He isn’t dead until a doctor says so,” she whispers, looking at his chest. She stares at it, waiting to see it move, but it doesn’t. The little glimpse of hope of him being alive dies. She snaps out of staring at his chest when Leo bends down to her on the floor.“Can you apply pressure to his wounds while we carry him to the car?” he asks, taking off his shi
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Unfortunately, this doesn’t help Melina because James surprisingly kicks the bucket off her hands and backs her into a wall. He wraps his hands around her neck, restricting her airflow.“Fuck having your body; I’ll just fucking kill you.” He digs his nails into her skin and draws blood as he strangles her. Her face darkens as the veins around her face appear ready to burst at any moment. Melina places her hands above his to free them from her neck. She scratches his hand, drawing blood, but he doesn’t budge. Melina can’t believe this is how she dies. I have to do something.She checks her surroundings for anything that might be of help. Nothing is within her grasp because everything is on the floor. As he squeezes her neck tighter and presses her head deeper into the wall behind her, the wound behind her head burns. Her eyes become heavy. Melina could feel her soul slipping out of her body.I must act now.
