Chapter Four

*LIAM*

Her image couldn't disappear from my head,I could still remember the pain in her eyes when she was bought by Don Santino Russo.I don't know why but there is something different about that stripper that I can't pinpoint.I should have just helped her.

"No I shouldn't be thinking about her,she is not my responsibility, since when did I start caring about people?"

The car came to a sudden halt pushing my chest forward and my head hit the chair as I wasn't on seat belt.

"Dante do you want to kill me?"I questioned my driver who is also my most trained guard.he turned to face me with a sullen expression on his face.

"Boss,I think I ran over someone"he replied and I hissed at him.

"Go fucking help the person out"I yelled at him and he got out of the car immediately.Soon I saw him approaching the car with a woman in his arms,he opened the door and placed the woman who was unconscious beside me.

"Let me rush her to the hospital first"he said to me before inserting the car key into the ignition.

My gaze went to the woman,I was surprised to see her again.the stripper back in the club.

"Red"I muttered as I stared at her unconscious self.

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The morning breeze blew and the crystal clear dewdrops slid down the leaves and jumped cheerfully.The green grass wakes up under the gentle morning light and it looks greener under the shower of rain and dew.

*ALIYAH*

I opened my eyes slowly and the smell of disinfectant wafted my nostrils.I scrunch my eyes at the bright light that was sipping through my closed eyelids.I felt powerless and heavy as I could not move my hand,my head or my body.I slowly started blinking desperately trying to open my eyes and see what's around me.Where am I?

The blinding light slowly subsided and I could take a look around my surroundings.I realized that I was at the hospital but how did I get here?.

I felt a sharp pain in my head and memories of everything that happened last night rushed into my head.My heart began to beat fast as I wondered whether I was caught by the human trafficking syndicate that abducted me in the past or was I caught by the old man who bought me from them? Whatever the answer was,it was a bad omen.I need to escape from here before they get me.

I pulled on the Iv line and felt a sharp pain as blood began to tickle down from my wrists.this pain was nothing compared to what I went through in the hands of this human trafficking syndicate.I need to leave here so I won't go through that same pain and abuse I went through.

"Miss, what are you doing?"I heard a voice,I looked up to see two nurse running towards me.they held me down and I struggled with them.

"I want to get out of here, leave me alone"I pleaded but they held me in place.

"You have not recovered yet so you can't leave"they said to me.

"I'm perfectly okay,you have no right to hold me against my will"I argued but they didn't listen to me.They brought out a big injection, before I could protest they shook me the injection and I fell back on the bed.my vision becoming blurry as I felt dizzy and weak.I drifted into complete darkness.

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"Have you found her?"Don Santino asked in anger as he got up from the hospital bed.

"Not yet"one of his men replied.

"I want that woman to be brought to me right this minute,I need her dead or alive,I need her bo–dy in my pre–sence!!"He yelled at his men breathing heavily before staggering backwards with his hands placed on his chest as his heart ached,his men helped him sit back on the bed.A glass of water was brought to him and he gulped it down in a go.

"Now go and find her!go!"he yelled and they left immediately to do what he asked.

He was trying so hard to catch his breathe,the anger he felt towards Aliyah for what she did to him could only be pacified with her presence,he had never felt so insulted and disgraced in his life before.he spent the night with his hands and legs tied with a cloth stuffed into his mouth so he couldn't speak.his men only discovered him the next day,he was so traumatized,his ego was stepped on by a common stripper and it provoked him to the core.he would stop at nothing till he gets back at her.she would pay dearly not only with her body but with her life too.

The nurse came and administered his drugs to him.he felt a lot better but his anger for Aliyah was still there.

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In a rooftop in an abandoned property located in America,Liam is sitting on the couch with his legs crossed.he was putting on a black coat,black pants,black shoes,black hand gloves,black hat and black shades.whenever he was dressed like this then something bad is about to happen.

"Please forgive me for what I did,I didn't mean to cheat on you"Helen apologized to Liam who didn't say anything but sipped his liquor slowly while holding a cigarette in his other hand.he wasn't a little bit interested in her apology which only annoyed him.if she really loved him,she wouldn't cheat in the first place.one thing he hated the most was betrayal and it was an unforgivable act to him.

"Helen Brown,I loved you as my personal property but you took my love for granted, don't tell me you didn't mean to cheat because you knew what you were doing when you decided to cheat on me with my friend"he finally spoke.

"I'm really sorry, please give me another chance"Helen said to him and he let out a laughter before becoming serious again.

"Darling,you should know me well enough,I don't give a second chance especially when it's about a woman,I don't like sharing what belongs to me, anything that is mine is already mine and I rather destroy it than watch another person acquiring it because it was only meant to mine,mine alone"he said to her and Helen gulped down her saliva.

She knew what Liam was capable of doing,she was a virgin stripper when he bought her and he was the person that broke her virginity, since then the bond between them was strong although she can't describe the status of their relationship,it was a very strange one.

"Please forgive me"she pleaded once more hoping he would consider her apology.

"Bring him in"he said and his men brought in a man who was tied up.Helen wondered who it was,they removed the cloth used in covering the man's face and she recognized who the person was.

He was Charles the guy she cheated with.she looked at Liam questioningly to know what he was up to but Liam didn't look at her as he focused his attention on Charles who was still wondering where he was as he was abducted by unknown men on his way to work.

"Liam, what is the meaning of this?"Charles asked as soon as he realized that Liam was the responsible for his abduction.

Seeing his face alone provoked Liam,he grabbed his glass and threw it at Charles and it hit Charles's forehead making a boil to appear on his forehead as the pain he felt was extreme.

"You have the nerves to ask me that after sleeping with my woman you traitor"Liam yelled pointing his fingers at Charles who started laughing.

"So this is the reason for all this, you have been selfish from the onset and I can't hide it anymore,she only went for a better man which is me and I gave her all the things you couldn't give her,I gave her the love which you couldn't give her,she also said I was better than you, that you are not a real man, just accept defeat Liam,y"Charles said to Liam who slipped his hands into his coat and brought out a gun.

"Well the both of you can enjoy your union in hell'Liam said to him pointing the gun to his head.his action frightened Charles who didn't expect that Liam can kill him.he was speechless.

"Please don't do this"Helen pleaded."please we can settle this but not in this way, please"

" You still love him, don't you?"Liam asked her as tears rolled down her cheeks but she didn't say anything.

Liam chuckled."I guess your silence is a yes"

"I hate traitors"he said cocking the gun.

"I'm sorry Liam,we can talk about this,I can buy her from you"Charles said to him.

"I don't forgive traitors"Liam said placing the gun on Charles's forehead.

"Please"Charles begged.

"Traitors must pay"Liam said pulling the trigger and a gunshot was heard.Charles fell on the ground with a loud thud.

"No!!!!!!"Helen shouted before collapsing on the floor due to extreme shock.

"What should we do with her,boss?"One of his men asked.

"Make sure she spends the rest of her life in the mental asylum"Liam replied and his man nodded as he understood the assignment well.

His took his phone and dialed Dante's number and it went through at the first ring.

"What is keeping you from coming back? don't you know that there is a lot of work to do over here?"he questioned.

"That woman I ran over doesn't want to leave me,I Don't know what to do with her anymore"Dante replied.

"You should be ashamed of yourself for saying that you don't know how to deal with a woman,send her back to the strip club where she belongs and get your stupid self back here"he ordered before cutting the call on him.

"Clean this mess up"he said to his men before leaving.