Sold to the Capo-Chapter 27: A SILENT CRY
ADRIANA’S POV
FLASHBACK TO EIGHT YEARS BACK
"Dude, are you sure this won’t get us in trouble?"
"No, of course not. Vincenzo doesn’t like her, think about it, we could get on his good side with this"
My body was limp and I struggled to stand up, to move but nothing worked, I was nothing but an unmoving figure lying on the floor.
"Please..." I whispered, my eyes drooping, begging for them to leave me alone so I could just go back to the shadows where I had always tried to be.
One of them straddled me, his hot breath fanning down my neck. "Don’t worry, honey, we won’t hurt you, just want to have some fun with you. You and Vincenzo are great friends, are you not?"
The name sent a chill down my spine and I suddenly wanted to scream but I couldn’t move, they had obviously drugged me with something and no one would hear me in the dark room they had dragged me into.
It was always about him. Vincenzo. A lone tear managed to escape my eyelids.
His hands rubbed at my sides, his fingers splaying across my stomach and I felt another tear drop from my eyes as I felt the other hesitantly come over and I heard the sound of his belt being removed.
No...not again...no... get me out of here
BACK TO THE PRESENT
"No..." I mumbled, my body tossing about. "No, please... let me go... Please..." A strangled sob escaped my lips and I felt someone grab my shoulders, jerking me up.
"No!" I yelled, my body wet with sweat and the sheets of the bed damp with tears.
I was breathing heavily, Val holding me tightly, her eyes filled with worry. "Adriana? Don’t worry, you’re fine, it’s just a stupid nightmare" She said soothingly.
I took one look at her and collapsed into her shoulder, eager for somewhere to cry on, for someone to listen to me.
"I swear, I didn’t want it, I told them to stop... anything..." I sobbed, my body wracking as I trembled in her strong grip.
She didn’t ask any questions, she just kept patting my hair, whispering words into my ear, her voice a soft lullaby that tried to pull me out of the trance I had found myself in.
I recalled Ravolo’s hand on me and I shuddered, recalling that event from high school and I buried my face harder in her shirt, not bothering with how I was ruining her shirt, she didn’t seem to mind, she just drew me closer to her, her hands stroking my head.
Soft whimpers still escaped my lips and we sat there on the bed for about 3 minutes before I finally pulled away, my eyes red-rimmed and swollen.
"I’m sorry" I whispered, realizing it was still a bit dark outside as I glanced out the window.
Suddenly I frowned slightly, my mind disoriented. Where was I? This wasn’t Vincenzo’s room but I knew we were still in the mansion.
"Where..." I struggled to get the words out but my throat felt parched, the words dying as soon as I tried to force it out.
"Don’t worry, this is my room when I stay over. Vin thought it best that you stayed with me for the night seeing as you were passed out cold and I think he was right..." She paused, watching me carefully. "Do you wanna talk about what just happened?" She asked softly.
Did I want to talk about my past? No... I thought about the hands that roamed my skin and I shuddered, looking down at my hands before looking back at her.
"Can I get some water?" I croaked.
She stared at me for a brief moment before she stood up. "Just relax, I’ll be back in a second," She said, leaving the room.
I leaned my head back against the headboard as soon as she left and a sob escaped me again without thinking as I thought back to the memories that I had tried to bury. Would they ever leave? I had successfully kept them away for 8 years but after the incident with Ravolo, I had been transported back to the life that I wanted to leave behind.
It was a bit ironic, my association with the man I was living with was the reason I was subjected to all that.
The door pushed open again and Val sauntered in, a glass of cold water in her hands which she handed to me before sitting back beside me on the bed, the bed creaking under the weight.
"Thanks" I muttered as I took a swig of the water, letting the water calm down my frayed nerves.
This would have been the perfect time to get drunk to just forget it all but I knew better than to ask for alcohol from Val who looked worried as hell.
"I’m fine" I assured her, dropping the half-empty glass on her bedside table, noting how empty her room mostly was. There were a few books on her table but that was pretty much it.
"Adriana..." she whispered.
"Did he send you?" I gave a sardonic smile, laying my head back against the headboard again, ignoring how her eyes softened at my words.
The room was softly illuminated with starry lighting and I refused to meet her gaze.
"Did he send you here to come find out what’s wrong with his guest?" I asked, sarcasm in my tone but my tone was laced with bitterness and anger.
"No, he just wants to make sure you’re feeling alright" She quickly countered.
"I don’t feel alright" I was quick to say. "I don’t feel fine at all. I don’t even feel alive"
She was dead silent, just listening to me talk vaguely about an inch about what I felt deep down.
"You know a lot of times I wanted to end it all, wanted to just... be free. My dad... he would be disappointed, wouldn’t he?" I smiled slightly to myself, the image of my father surfacing in my mind.
"You do realize your father is the reason you’re tied to this family, right?" Val asked, her tone innocent and soft.
I looked up at her, my lips twitching. "He loved me, okay? I don’t know what he did to him to make him agree to this but my father..." I took a deep breath, my heart thudding in my chest. "He loved me, okay? And I’m alive for him. Him. I am going to find my father. With or without this twisted family’s help" I ground out.
"How do you intend to start?" She asked. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
That made me pause. I had nothing planned out.
"It’ll come... I don’t know..." I refused to say anymore. "I don’t want to go to sleep anymore... I just want... my dad..." my voice began to crack and my eyes began to shut against my will.
"You need rest" Val whispered, her voice a calming blanket but I struggled to keep awake.
"My...daㅡ" I couldn’t bring myself to finish the word, a wave of dizziness hitting me.
"What did you put in the wㅡ" my voice came out as a whisper while she stroked my hair then all went silent and I embraced the darkness once more in a fitful slumber.
