The Bully's Obsession novel Chapter 24

　　I knew the moment she finally relaxed enough to fall asleep beside me,  I withdrew my cellphone from my pocket and made a quick call to Sebastian,sending him the details about the situation. 

　　I knew he was going to ask questions...

　　About the fuck I was doing 

　　I wasn't supposed to be protecting her... 

　　I couldn't take those death threat she got lightly, when I find out who was behind it I'm fucking gonna make sure they regret every tear she shed....

　　Every single fear she felt

　　By looks of it, the person wasn't smart enough to use the same number more than once. 

　　I wasn't doing this because I fucking cared about her which Sebastian probably thinks is the case.

　　She was mine and no one else has the right to mess with my property, even if I want to end her, it would only be on my terms.

　　Even in her sleep she looked so tensed, her shoulders were stiff, it made me wonder if it was fear from the threats or of me, perhaps a combination of both.  

　　We were so close,  her warm supple body was pressed against mine as she slept. 

　　I should get some sleep too, but I was staring at her like a man obsessed, yeah , that was the correct word for it. 

　　I forced myself to shut my eyes closed, knowing fully well I was going to be visited again by the nightmare that has hunted me for years.....

　　The darkness.... 

　　I was seven once again 

　　I plastered myself against the wall, clenching the weapon in my hands tightly as I stared at the built man in front of me. 

　　Matteo.  He was one of dad's trusted aides 

　　He was never one of our men, he had been planted by dad's side for so many years by one of our enemies, dad found out a little too late about  it. 

　　Too late. 

　　"Let them go," I shouted, sparing a glance at my parents who had a gun raised to their heads. 

　　"I said let them go! "I yelled at the top of my lungs, he halted and tilted his head around to look at me, "What are you going to do, little boy? Shoot me?" He mocked, and my eyes blazed in anger. My father had trained me and brother for shooting, and now was the time to put those skills to test.

　　"I will if I have to," I said, tilting my gun upwards. 

　　"Keep that down boy. Or she dies"

　　My seven year old heart lurched when he pulled five year old Jenny in front of him, the barrel of his gun pressed to her head. 

　　She had tears in her eyes, her lips trembled with fear of the situation. 

　　Mom was sobbing aloud as she stared from me to Jenny. 

　　Dad gave me a curt nod and I did as I was told 

　　My heart ached , today was supposed to be mom and dad's wedding anniversary, but it had now turned into a nightmare that I wanted to end.

　　Everything happened so fast , some of dad's men rushed inside... 

　　There were gunshots and screams everywhere .

　　Then it was all over. A heart breaking silence as I looked around. 

　　There was so much blood , our once sparkling white carpet was covered in it  .

　　Mom was lying with a bullet hole to her head, her once beautiful white gown was now bloodied. 

　　She wasn't moving, neither was Jenny.. .. 

　　Dead. 

　　The word registered in my head as we rushed towards them , Jenny was still breathing. 

　　Barely .

　　But she didn't make it to the hospital,  the bullet had struck one of her vital organs. 

　　She had suffered so much and I couldn't do anything to help her.