Chapter 177

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASHLEY’s POV I heard from the news that his name was Johnny Nitti and his group was originally from Italy. He was still wearing the orange shirt from the jail and his pants were ripped. But the most awful thing was his face. He was smirking like a maniac and he could swallow me whole by the way he was looking at me. “How lucky I am to find the beautiful daughter of Harry Anderson here in his house.” a sly smirk crept on his lips, making me shudder even more. “M-Mr. Johnny... I choked. “W-what?” I stammered, hoping that this was just a nightmare and that I’ll wake up soon. My mind struggled to form words as I looked at his scary face. “W-what are you doing here?” “Well... I’m here to get your father’s payment.” He hissed with such venom. “But he doesn’t have any debts from you!” I yelled. “He said, he quits from your group because you wanted him to kill an innocent young girl! You asshole!” To my surprise, he laughed aloud that boomed inside the room. “Exactly, my dear! He didn’t follow my order and he even took that girl away! She was supposedly the payment of Samuel to his huge debts to me but your stupid father saved the girl!” What? Dad saved Bella? Was it true? But how? Where was she right now? Oh, God! I didn’t know what to think anymore. Was this the reason why dad was very afraid when I talked to him last night? I was happy to know that she was saved but seeing Johnny’s angry face right now, he won’t stop until he couldn’t get the payment he deserved and that was me. His words explained it all. He was furious because dad quit the group and didn’t follow his orders and even took Bella away, the supposed payment of Samuel from his debts. No one could stop him now. I could clearly see in his eyes the hunger of getting me. “Uno!” I screamed making Johnny taken aback. “Uno?” he scoffed. “Stupid girl. I killed all the people here in your house including your maids. It’s just you and me, baby girl. The two of us. I can’t wait to kill your father and your brother and make you my queen.” He licked his lips, and I stepped back, pushing my back against the window. He killed Uno? Oh my God, no! That’s not true! “Uno!” I screamed again, tears now streaming down my face. “Uno…please.” “You’re mine now baby girl…” Johnny grinned widely as he stormed towards me, and the adrenaline rushing through me made me run towards the drawer of Dad’s nightstand. The place where he kept his gun. I pulled the drawer open and took the gun, but before I could turn around to point the gun to him, he gripped my body and knocked my hand, making the gun fall into his hold. My world seemed to stop. My heart beat like a drum in my chest, ringing in my ears. Then suddenly Uno appeared at the door, panting and wincing, holding his nape. Johnny must have hit him at the back of his head. Panic skated all over his face as he looked at me. But he was too late. Johnny jerked in shock as he saw Uno, and his primal instinct to survive made him pull me closer to him, his grip tightening on my neck. To my horror, he placed the tip of the gun on my forehead. He seemed to notice the fear in Uno’s golden orbs, and he laughed like a lunatic that he was. “So, Samuel’s son is now the love interest of Harry’s daughter. How sweet. You know your dad has to pay for his debts to me, right? So, I’m taking this girl with me. But she’s not enough.” He scoffed. “Maybe I should send you to hell, too.” “Is my sister’s life not enough for you?” Uno’s face reddened in fury. “I will not let you take her too!” “Shut the fuck up, boy!” Johnny snapped at him and slowly he put the gun away from my head. My heart thudded louder and louder and I screamed when he raised the gun, pointing it in Uno’s direction. “Please…don’t.” I begged sobbing, watching the gun pointed at Uno. “Please, don’t do this. I’ll do everything you want, just don’t kill him.” Uno’s jaw tightened, his eyes piercing Johnny. But unfortunately, he wasn’t the one who’s holding a gun and it was a big advantage for Johnny that he has the gun and to think that he was an expert when it came to a situation like this. “Please…” I whispered brokenly, tears streaming even harder down my face. “I’ll do anything for you. Y-You can do anything you want with me—“ I choked, my words cut by sobs. “Just…don’t kill him.” I plead, gripping his tattooed arm around my neck. My mind was going crazy from thinking that he could shoot Uno anytime. Johnny huffed. “Really, baby girl?” he asked. “You will do anything for me? Nice…nice…” now his voice became low and cold but excited and filled with mischief, making me shudder. “Ashley…” Uno warned me, his voice deadly, his fists shaking and clenched tight on his sides. “Then make me enjoy your mouth while he watches, baby girl.” my eyes widened as he said that sentence, and my sobs broke again. It doesn’t matter anyway. I was an expert on this. I’ll have to do this to save Uno. I composed myself and nodded at him. I can do this. But before I kneeled down, my eyes darted on Uno. His eyes were filled with a mixture of rage and fear, tears brimming them. Johnny noticed it and he cracked a loud laugh. “This is interesting.” He sneered. “I want to see how you feel when you watch the girl you love sacrifice herself just to save your life.” From the way Johnny said every word, anybody could tell that he’s enjoying this. “Go down, baby girl,” he said in such a cold voice, and my world felt like crumbling down. “Kneel,” he commanded, and I have no choice but to obey him, my body shook as I did what he told me to. “No!” Uno lashed out, but as he was about to storm at us and attack Johnny, he pulled the trigger. “Uno!” I screamed, snapping my head towards him, only to find that his right shoulder was shot. He dropped onto his knees and winced. Blood was pouring out from the wound. “No, please…don’t!” I cried. “Why did you shoot him?” I sobbed breaking down in front of him. “Just make it fast! Do it quickly or I’ll pull the trigger again!” Johnny hissed, clicking the gun. “Do it now if you don’t want him to bathe in a pool of blood.” I stared at him in disbelief, feeling my heart being crushed so violently that I wondered how it was still beating. “Take off your clothes,” he commanded me again. My lips trembled and my whole body shook. Slowly, while I was still kneeling down in front of this maniac, I pulled down my crop top, revealing my chest that was covered with a strapless black lacy bra. “You fucking bastard!” Uno hissed, and I could sense that he was going to attack Johnny again. And that’s when he pulled the trigger again making my eyes widen in fear as another bullet pierced Uno’s right shoulder. “Stupid boy. You haven’t learned your mistake.” Johnny smirked and grabbed my hair in a tight grip before he pressed my face into his now hard manhood over his pants and I sobbed. My mind was spinning. Darkness began to envelop me, and I felt like my consciousness could leave me anytime soon. This was too much to take for me. Maybe it was better if he just killed me instead. “Ashley!” dad’s voice suddenly boomed as he and Samuel appeared at the door, snapping me back into reality, adrenaline rushing back through me. Daddy… Johnny was startled, and I saw it as an opportunity but before I could do anything, Uno attacked him and pushed him against the window, making Johnny’s head smack the glass, his neck throttled by Uno. “Won!” Samuel shouted as he ran towards them but Johnny kicked him in the gut that made him stumble backward. I immediately pulled the crop top to cover my exposed chest and ran towards Uno but dad pulled me away and attacked Johnny who was now aiming the gun at Uno, his head was pushed against the window. “You fucking bastard!” Dad hissed, smacking Johnny’s head against the wall, locking his wrist that hold the gun. “Do you think you can get away from us after everything you’ve done?” his voice was laced with venom. Dad kicked him on the stomach with his knee, and they fought, but I shifted my attention away from them. All I could think about now was Uno, who was panting. He was sitting on the ground, his back against the wall. His dad crawled up to him and hugged his head. “Won, hold on…” he stuttered, his hand shaking as he touched his arm, his blood still pouring out from the gunshot wounds on his shoulder. I ran towards them and I gripped his hand tightly. “Uno, please, hold on…” “I’ll call an ambulance,” Samuel said and I nodded. I watched him as he pulled out his phone and quickly dialed a number. He could barely form words as he spoke to the lady on the phone, telling her our location. “Please…c-can they come right away?” Samuel whispered brokenly. “My son…he’s losing so much blood.” And he choked in tears. I looked away and I found Uno staring at me. “Ashley…” he whispered even though he couldn’t hide the pain in his voice. I stared into his glistening eyes, brushing my trembling fingers across his cheek. “Don’t cry…” he rasped. “I’ve seen enough of you crying because of me.” I shook my head, hoping that he’ll stop talking, afraid that it will worsen the wounds. “Stay with me, please…please, Uno…” I don’t know what I would do if he became unconscious. “The ambulance is coming.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------