ruthless

chapter 73: internal battle

"nicoletta you nearly killed her" dad holds the bridge of his nose "i know i'm sorry, good thing cora was there to pull me back" i look over at the shaking cora next to me, i'm taking the blame for this because it makes everything much easier.

she doesn't know how to deal with dad yet, it's better off this way. "thank you cora, by the way i'm going to have to put you in as cora rivera if i want to put you in school" cora nods keeping her hands folded in her lap.

"how long until we can tourture rose again?'' Stefano takes another sip of orange juice "a few weeks, but if we want to keep going we have two days to kill her" my heart sinks shit. "okay we kill her in two days, tomorrow we kill celia"

i take another bite of french toast and watch as everyone stares at me "what? i want the bitch dead" you won't be able to kill cece

niki no you will be able too.

"alright, after this we'll get as much tourture in as we can" we all nod "how are you guys going to kill rose?" cora takes a sip of a mimosa while looking at dad.

"burning her alive" dad sips his coffee she nods taking taking another bite of food before leaning over to me "are mornings always this gruesome?" i smile a bit "most of the time no''

she hums, setting the glass down. "i'm going to use your mother's knife today, if you don't wanna be there i get it" i grab his hand and he hums "no I want to be there, she would have given anything to see that" i nod and he squeezes my hand.

"niki" i look at dad "come to my office after breakfast, there some things we need to discuss" i nod taking a sip of water.

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"What do you mean?" i shrug "dad i might not be able to kill her and if i don't have this as a backup plan we're fucked because she is the key to breaking rose into a thousand fucking peices"

Dad sighs "Nicoletta, where is this coming from? i thought you hated celia" really "well i've had a change of heart okay" i fold my arms "okay, i cannot shame you for show-"

"Capo! it's Viviana" a member bursts through the door. "she's-rose- she's- please nicoletta come quick!" oh god "dad i got it" i rush up from my seat on the couch and the woman darts back down the hall.

i follow antonio who's also running and as we pass the stairs stefano comes running down behind vinchenzo aunt v what did you do? getting closer to the stairs i hear the screams of rose and aunt v yelling.

i run faster than my brothers down the spiral steps and i almost trip but plant both feet onto the carpet that lines the cold hallway. members crowd around the door "everybody move!" it doesn't take long for a direct entrance into the room to be created in the crowd.

"you fucked them up! all of them! i see it! I should have gone to New York and killed you years ago!" aunt v's hand is lost in roses side oh my god

"even though he's grown up, antonio has crippling mommy issues. you should have met tessa, you and that bobble headed bitch would have made quite the pair" rose screams again and my siblings clutter and my side.

"Vincenzo close the door" I hear Antonio whisper but the sight in front of me is far more frightening and interesting to look away.

"my brother is ruined because of you, there is one woman but he can't bring himself to love someone after all the shit you caused him" aunt v pulls her hand out of roses side.

drenched in blood,aunt v moves her fingers around the dark layer of red coating on her hands and dripping down her forearm.

"don't even get me started on nicoletta" aunt v steps back still facing away from us "because that girl has such a spark of light in her that only shows every so often, but that's it. you and your bulllshit tore her apart." my heart sinks.