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one hundred fourteen
Althaia
I swung the door open, holding the hairpin tightly in my hand. I stopped at the doorway, feeling the tension. Cara kept her eyes fixed on Maso while he was keeping a sharp gaze at me. I wanted to shout at Cara for not being ready, and possibly wasting our only chance. I couldn’t do this on my own.
“Turn around and put your hands on the wall.”
“What, why?” I asked, my heart leaping to my throat and my hands started to get sweaty.
“I said turn around -”
“She can’t!” Cara finally snapped out of whatever was going on with her and came to my rescue. “I need help since I can’t do anything in this big dress.” She continued and gestured to her dress.
Maso’s eyes narrowed as he looked at me. His eyes continued down, stopping by my hands where I had them both into fists.
“Hands on the wall, now!” He snapped. I took a step back when he came closer to me, and I sent a panicking look to Cara.
“No, wait, Maso -” Cara went after him but tripped over her dress and crashed into him. Maso was fast and grabbed a hold of her before she could hit the ground.
This was it.
I quickly kicked the back of his leg, having him fall to one knee. His head snapped to mine with fury, reaching for his gun. Cara pushed his hand away from the gun, and in that split-second, I pierced the hairpin straight into his eye.
Maso shouted in pain as he grabbed his head. I tried to silence him by putting him in a headlock to cover his mouth. Cara limited his movements by holding onto his legs to keep him down.
“Grab his gun!” I told Cara to hurry. The second the words came out of me, Maso snapped out of it and elbowed me right in the face.
I let out a strangled scream as I staggered backwards before falling to the ground. A massive, overpowering shock flooded my body before a sharp pain spread across my face like a bitch.
I blinked a few times to regain my vision. I raised my head just in time to see Maso shoving Cara away from him. With a burst of adrenaline, I jumped to my feet.
Only to meet the muzzle of a gun aimed at me, with a very furious Maso behind it.
“You fucking Russian.” He sneered, with the hairpin still attached to his eye. His eye was bleeding, and the way it looked had me trying not to throw up all over the place.
My chest rose and fell quicker than ever as I looked right into the gun.
This was it for me. There was nothing I could do.
I was mentally preparing myself to be gone, and I hoped, whatever was going to happen, at least Cara will be getting out of here. I hoped Lorenzo would be able to find her and get her all the help she would need after witnessing my death.
I watched as his finger curled, ready to pull the trigger. I closed my eyes, just wanting it to be over already.
I will be with you soon.
I managed a small smile, thinking of Damiano, our baby, and my mother. We will be reunited soon.
A tear rolled down my cheek.
“No!” Cara screamed, and I snapped my eyes open at the sound of gurgling.
I breathed out in shock at the sight.
Maso was choking badly, trying to stem the bleeding from where Cara had plunged a knife into the side of his throat. Her hand was trembling on the handle as he staggered on his feet, crashing into her and they both fell against the wall.
“Ca…ra…” Maso choked out as he stared at her with wide eyes, almost pleadingly.
“I’m sorry…” Cara sobbed, only to be met with a sickening gurgle. His hands were desperately trying to do something, but they were moving slower by the second.
