A MOTHER F***KER LITERALLY

Ariana’s pov~

I've never been a mother, it was a strange and familiar feeling.

I felt loss, loss for a child I never knew existed, a child I would never hold in my arms.

Tears gathered at the corner of my eyes, I blinked it away and it rolled down the side of my cheeks.

I couldn't look at Mateo, he never believed me, and now I've lost a child.

I asked the doctor for a paper towel to clean the gel off my belly and I silently came down from the bed.

“Ariana….” he called, but his voice felt like venom in my ear and all I did was block it out.

“Thank you doctor” I smiled warmly, squeezing his shoulder lightly.

“Take it easy Mrs Lombardi, no more stressful events you need rest,” he said flashing a warning look at Mateo.

“I'll be in the car,” I said weakly as I gathered myself one step after the other and left the men in the doctor’s office, I heard murmurs between them before the door closed behind me.

As I walked out of the hospital door I heard Mateo call my name repeatedly, my steps hastened, and I looked back to see him walking briskly towards me.

I didn't want to see him or be near him, I wanted to be far away from him, Alfredo saw me come out of the hospital, and as he started stepping out of the car, I swiftly crossed the road, and started running.

Away from them. 

At that moment all I could think about was the safety of my other surviving child away from its murderous father.

I ran as fast as my legs could take me, and eventually, I hid behind a bush and waited for Alfredo to pass.

When I saw that the coast was clear, I stepped out from behind the bush, dusted my skirt and readjusted it.

Just then a car pulled up in front of me, the back door opened and the glass on the driver’s side rolled down, a woman with blood-red hair smiled at me, she wore a red leather jacket, and her gloved hands were firmly placed on the steering wheel, she had green eyes but they looked fake.

Contacts maybe?

“Wanna ditch Mateo?” she asked, I looked at her in confusion “Who are you?” I asked moving away from the car.

“Mariella, an old friend of Mateo, I can get you out of the country, wanna ditch him?” she asked again.

“I don't know you I don't think it's a good idea, I'll find my way”  I replied, 

“Look Mateo is a crazy Psychopath, he ruined my life, he murdered my brother and pinned it on me,” she said.

Mateo had ruined a lot of lives.

“I'm not here to harm you, I want to help you leave the country, I'm assuming he also has you against your will?” she asked in a bid to convince me.

I started to wonder, what if Mariella here could get me out of France?, hopefully out of Europe for Good.

I heard footsteps coming towards me, I heard Alfredo calling for me.

 “get in fast!” she exclaimed again,

 in a bid to not get caught, I moved closer to the darkness of the back seat open for me when a thought crossed my mind and I stopped in my tracks.

“Wait” I paused, “how do you know I'm with Mateo? I never told you that” Just as I spoke I saw the mouth of a gun pointing to my face.

“Get in the car bitch!” Mariella exclaimed, I shook in terror as the gun stared in my face, and immediately hands stretched out from the darkness of the car’s interior and pulled me inside, mariella zoomed off before the door could close, I felt a hand cover my face and as I breathed I felt myself slowly losing consciousness,  the last thing I saw was Alfredo running after us calling my name.

The next I saw as I came to was a brightly lit room decorated with red and gold candles, there were no windows and no doors either, just the four corners of yellow-painted walls.

I tried to scream, but there was a gag in my mouth and no matter how many times I tried to make a word, nothing audible came out.

I looked around and I found myself lying down, in a black bag.

Oh my God am I in a body bag?

I tried to free my hands but they were tightly tied in front of me and the same with my legs, I was immobilized and fastened tightly on the table I laid on.

“Comfortable?” I heard a voice say, followed by the sound of descending machinery, and in a few seconds a huge box landed with a thud on the ground a few feet close to me.

A woman stepped out, and I recognized her, Mariella.

“Comfortable?” she asked again moving towards me and leaning over the table. She had changed into a red tight leather gown, and she was carrying a red purse and red umbrella. I could see her more clearly now, she was a beautiful woman with a round-shaped face and very deep bright red lipstick that glistened in the light.

“Wakey wake princess” she started rubbing my nose lightly, I shook her finger away from my face.

She laughed softly, “How did you bag Mateo? You are not the kind of girl he likes to fuck” she mentioned, I looked at her waiting for the next thing she would do to me, I started to say something but my words were inaudible.

“I'm sorry, You were saying something?” she asked, zipping the body bag up to my knee, I started shaking myself free from the table as fear seized every fibre of my being.

Why am I here?

“When I heard Mateo was in France I thought to myself, wouldn't it be nice to visit an old friend, you know? Catch up on some old times” she laughed as she surrounded me, and my eyes followed her.

She walked to my head and gently took out the gag.

“Why am I here? Who are you? Let me go!” everything came out all at once, as I tried to catch my breath.

Mariella laughed again, “In a hurry are we? Not to worry, we can use this time to get to know each other before Mateo arrives” she said, “you will answer my questions” she added.

“What do you want from me?” I asked breathlessly, 

“my fucking money! And my pound of flesh!  You have no idea the kind of man you are involved with! you just offer up your sweet young pussy and you think everything is a fairytale?” she laughed hysterically.

 “You've got no idea” 

I paused to think about her words carefully, I started to wonder what really could Mateo have possibly done to this woman for her to go batshit crazy.

A cell phone started ringing loudly, she picked it out of the red purse she was carrying, she waved it in front of my face.

“It's your boyfriend!” she said in a sing-song voice, 

She laughed and picked it up, “Hello…” she started in another sing-song voice, she put the phone on speaker and put it on the table beside me.

“Mateo, my love” she started 

“Bloody Mary” he answered, “I believe you have what belongs to me, you….”

“Your threats are nothing to me Mateo, I believe you know why I've kidnapped your new favourite thing” she said tracing her finger from my breast down to my navel.

“So much fun we could have had with this one..” she smiled, kissing my shivering lips lightly.

“She tastes so sweet”

“Get your fucking hands off her, she has nothing to do with our wars, I'm giving you 20 minutes to let her go” he demanded.

“Ohhhhhh defensive are we? I knew she was special, my judgment is never wrong” she replied

“Remember Mom?” she asked, “you need to hear this one” she whispered into my ear.

“Mariella, your mother and I are not the ones on the table” he replied

“No of course not, but you remember her though, don't you wonder why she never reached out?” she asked, moving to my feet and touching them lightly.

Mateo was silent, “I killed her, and the bastard you put in her!” she yelled in anger her eyes turning blood red,

 “you fucked my mother behind my back! You mixed business with pleasure Mateo, too much pleasure! You know what she did after you left her? She blamed me for sending you away, she went to my rival and she sold him my secret for a miserly two hundred thousand Euros” She paused and took a deep breath,

 “to run away and be with you!” she screamed.

Mateo was quiet, then I heard him say, 

“Can't Blame me for having a good dick, everyone wants me”

I saw Marriela’s face turn to pure rage, “you cost me a lot Mateo! I've lost businesses and important contacts and you are going to pay for that!” she yelled again,

“I'm giving you 5 minutes to let her go” Just as he said it we heard cars pulling in “I have you surrounded, let her go, this is not a request Mariella,” he said calmly.

Mariella paused and laughed hysterically, she took out a 2 button control from her purse and pressed one of it.

Something started to tick in the room, tick tick tick

It was close, tick tick tick,

I looked around trying to find the source of the ticking sound.

Tick tick tick!

Oh my God! It's coming from under me!

Mariella laughed hysterically again

 “Tell him boo, you know what it is”

“Mateo! There's a bomb! I'm lying on a fucking bomb!”