Chapter 5

"Goodbye Mack."

"Melody, I love you." Mack said.

Liam pulled the trigger. Liam had shot Mack in the heart and in the head. Liam unchained Mack and his body collapsed to the floor.

I wanted to scream and yell at him. He'd swore he wouldn't kill Mack. And yet he did. I can’t believe I fell for that! I know a liar when I see them. I guess I’m not good at seeing that like I used to.

He looked at me and could see the hatred that was all over my face. He walked towards me and ripped the duct tape off my mouth quickly.

"Ow!" I shouted. I want to cry at this point. Mack was gone and he said that others had been killed. He's going to torture me more at this point. I'd rather die than have to see anymore of this. I don’t want to go through this kinda pain again. 

 I felt the hand of the person holding my face let go. But this time he covered my mouth with his hand instead.

"I can see how mad you are. I know I lied but, I'm part of a mafia which isn't an excuse for anything. But I usually don't like to keep certain promises." He paused looking at my left arm. The bandage on my left arm was now soaked with a lot of blood. At this point it was probably now dry blood...well hopefully. He looked back at me, "You can ask me whatever you want but, if you talk back or even scream at me so help me I will make sure your life becomes miserable...understand?"

He isn't doing that already?

I shook my head and immediately felt the hand move of my mouth. He untied me from my spot and I stood up faster than I should've. I got dizzy and quickly had to sit back down. After a moment though I stood up and pushed Liam with my shoulder and I slowly walked to Mack. I kneeled down near his body and grabbed his hand.

"Mack, I'm sorry for this. I hope that you are at peace now." I mumbled. I placed his arms on his chest and closed his eyes. I felt a tear fall down and I quickly wiped it away. I won't let them see me weak. They won’t get the satisfaction of seeing me weak. 

I don't even know what to say. I want to know a lot about what's going on. But I knew that the more I know the less likely I'd be able to leave...alive. I stood up again and walked to a different side of the room and sat there.

"You said my parents were part of a mafia...is that true?" I asked. I didn't want to know the answer but, if this is true then he must have a type of hatred for my family. And not because they were a different mafia. I can see it all over his face. The way he can only look at me for a few minutes and can't look me directly in the eye.

"Yes it's quite true. In fact, they are the strongest mafia in America. My mafia is getting there but they keep taking things that don't belong to them."

Well right now I'm here and I don't belong to him. What a hypocrite.

"What did they do to you to make you this angry?" The words came out quickly. I'm regretting asking that question already.

"That's not your concern." He mumbled.

With every inch of strength I had I stood up and walked towards him till I was close enough to him for me to make his eardrums hurt. "Of course it is! You kidnapped me and took me away from my life! I sure as hell have a reason to know what they did! They are after all my parents! And if you think for one second that I believe in all of this crap, you sure as hell are crazy! Oh and you're a hypocrite, you talk about taking things that don't belong to them, guess what I don't belong to you!" I shouted. I had just broken one of his requests. I yelled at him. I have every right to be angry.

Right?

No I absolutely do. He's a psychopath and a serial killer.

His face was turning bright red. He reached for my arm and I tried dogging him, but he still got a hold of my arm. He started squeezing my arm and dragged me to the other side of the room. I'm doing everything I can not to cry out in pain right now. He was right on the deep cut on my left arm.

He pulled out my phone and started handing it to me. But before I could grab my phone he pulled out a gun.

"Call your parents." He demanded.

"Why should I?" I asked. Liam opened his mouth but I spat out, "I'm not done talking." I snapped. Holy crap I'm sounding like a parent, "I shouldn't help you, you just killed my friend!" I glanced looking at Mack. I looked back at Liam, "And don't give me that mafia crap. You did it just to prove a point right?"

He didn't say anything. He looked away from my gaze giving me my answer.

"That's what I thought."

"You done?" Liam asked.

"Yes."

"Yes I did it to prove a point to you! And listen to me very closely. I can ruin your life. I can take the life of anyone you've ever cared about or met for that matter."

"Would that include you?" I mumbled. I heard Charlie chuckle at my comment. I felt my face start to sting even more. He had either punched me or slapped me. I glared at him and started clenching my fists.

"Maybe I'll start with your best friend Thea." Liam warned me. He continued like I hadn't said anything.

"You wouldn't dare."

"Trust me...I would." Liam smirked. I snatched the phone from him. He put his gun away and once again grabbed my arm.

"Don't say anything stupid." He once again warned me. I rolled my eyes at him. He just glared at me. I started calling my mom. It didn't even get to the second ring before she picked up.

"Melody?! Is that you sweetheart." My mom asked. I could tell that she had been crying. Liam yanked the phone and put it on speaker.

"Yes it's me mom." I don't know how long I've been here but it was nice to hear her voice again.

"Where are you?" My father asked. They had also put me on speakerphone. My fathers voice was deep while my mothers was not deep but not a high pitch sound either. It was a soothing voice. 

I looked at Liam and he gave me a look that sent shivers down my spine.

"I...I can't say." I stuttered.

"Why not?" My father asked. I looked back up at Liam and he mouthed no.

"I can't say that either dad."

"Melody, you need to tell me something!" My father yelled.

"Dad I can't!" I shouted back.

"Why the hell not?!" My mother yelled. My mom rarely cussed and when she did all hell broke loose. Which is somewhat interesting since she's apparently part of a mafia.

"I can't..." before I could finish I had my mouth covered and was dragged back to the chair. I could see Liam put us on mute so that my parents couldn't hear us...obviously. He removed his hand off my mouth and I glared at both of them.

"What are you doing!" I shouted.

I can hear my parents freaking out and shouting out my name.

Liam gave Charlie a look and walked behind me holding my shoulders in place. Liam walked over and had two zip ties and put my arms on the sides of the chair and pulled on the plastic a lot harder than he needed to.

"You didn't need to pull on them so tightly."I mumbled. He rolled his eyes and pulled out the duct tape. Before I could even protest he put the tape on my mouth.

"There...so much better."

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I had walked away from Melody and unmuted her parents. Charlie walked away so he wouldn't be seen when I called them. I hit the facetime button and turned it towards Melody. Once they accepted the facetime call I saw her mother start sobbing more into her husband's shoulder.

"Whoever you are, you're gonna pay for this!"

I turned the camera so it would face me. I saw her parents' facial expressions turn from fear to complete hatred.

"Liam." He growled.

"Hi Miles and hi Luna. Not great to see either of you but, as you can see I have your daughter oh I also forgot!" I once more turned the camera around so it was facing Mack. Their faces started turning even more red.

I looked towards Melody and saw that she was having a hard time seeing the dead body. I felt bad for having her watch me kill him. But I can't have emotions. Especially for a girl. I quickly looked away from her and I turned the camera around again to face me.

"So I tortured him to get information from him but apparently he didn't know anything so I killed him." I shrugged. "Oh also if I find you anywhere close to me, I'll kill her and make sure you never find your daughter again." I threatened. 

"What do you want from us Liam!" Luna yelled through her tears. I almost felt bad. Actually wait no I don't. They did this to themselves. Yes I may have kidnapped Melody and killed Mack but we're not gonna talk about that.

"I want you to suffer! You killed my father and my mother!" I shouted at them. I looked at Melody and saw her eyes go wide and I can tell she was having a harder time hearing me say that her parents killed mine.

"And I told you before we didn't kill them! We were trying to..." before he could even finish I hung up the phone and dropped it on the floor. I stomped on it, breaking it into thousands of pieces.