13: Work For The Devil
721 Words
I walk out of the bathroom and glare at Nickolas, who glares back at me.
When I'm sitting down on my bed, he starts talking. "You'll be my bodyguard, as I said before." He pauses, and I interrupt before he can continue.
"Woman can be bodyguards?" I arch an eyebrow at him. "You'll be attending every celebration or meeting with me." He continues as if he didn't hear my question.
"No, I will not do anything like that. That is so stupid." I blurt out, and his jaw tightens. "If you say so, then you'll have to die." He murmurs, with anguish in his voice.
"Okay, well then, point the gun at me again. You'll be free from me, " I say, sarcastic or I think so, because I begin sobbing.
"Katerina, leave us, will you for a moment." He turns to Mrs. Rossi. "Fine." she says and walks out of the room.
"You think I want you dead?" Nickolas suddenly spits out, and I flinch, but my eyes remain on him.
"You really think I want you f*****g dead, Vera? Answer me!" I jump out of the bed.
"Jesus, calm down. It's not like I have a gun pointed to my head right now, I mean....
Anyway, why do you even care?" I ask. Suddenly, questions start running through my mind.
"Because I f*****g do. I care about you, Vera, even if you don't want to believe me. I will believe myself."
"Then why'd you murder my only family." I spit out, and I actually felt spit leave my lips, and I cringe at myself. Ew.
"Because I wanted you all for myself. I didn't want that stupid old bastard to decide for me whether you could be mine or not. If he just left me alone, he would still be alive, and you and I would be married and have children." He pauses. "f**k. I really cared about you, Vera. You don't have to believe me, now, but I did. The night I ruined your life, I had planned a future for us." His voice turned soft, but I don't let it get to me.
"You are so sick, Nickolas." I say, anger boiling within me, and I curl my fist. "I wish I could f*****g punch you."
"Go on. I don't mind, i deserve it. I f*****g deserve to die, after what I did."
I narrow my eyes. " Why didn't my father want me close to you?"
"Because I've done things humans don't do. I've done really terrible things, Vera. I hurt everyone. I didn't even hesitate to kill your father."
"That won't change my perspective about you. You don't hurt the people you love. You love your daughter and wife, right? You wouldn't hurt them, especially Lily. You hold her as if she is a fragile piece of glass that If you let her go for one moment, you might shatter her in a thousand pieces. You didn't care about me, you thought you did, because you felt like you did, but you didn't. But you know what, I'm glad everything happened how it did. Even though I'm struggling now and trying to find myself, I'm glad it happened. If it didn't, imagine we really worked out and would be married right now and have children. Maybe you would even kill me if you got angry at me."
He looks at me with guilt, but it can be facade, so I don't drown into it. I reach for the monster in him, but all I see is someone who doesn't even understand himself.
I let out a sigh. I scoot to the side of the bed and sit before him. He looks up at me, and a smile stretches his lips.
"I'm sorry." I nod, but I still haven't forgiven him, I don't think I ever will.
"So, a bodyguard?"
"Yeah, but you won't be fighting. You'll be with me as my bodyguard, and you will only fight when needed. When your hand is healed, we'll start training." I nod, and he stands up.
"I'll go." That's all he says, and then walks out of the door, leaving me staring at the closed door. I lay myself down on the bed and close my eyes.
My brain needs rest. So I escape reality and fall asleep.
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