ONLY HIS (previously Angelica)

Family

≈Angelica≈

Drip Drip Drip

"Franco?"

I groan as I blink open my eyes; my headache pounding as I come to my senses

I look down seeing I'm slumped against a cobblestone wall, damp wood beneath me as water drips from the ceiling

What happened?

It comes back to me. The man, getting drugged and being taken.

I look around the room; it's empty other than a few pieces of chipped-off wood and the small light that's barely bright enough to illuminate the tiny room I'm trapped in

There's a wooden door with no handle on the wall opposite me

'It must be one-way' I think to myself as I pull the sleeves of my sweatshirt over my red hands

The door slams open and I push myself further into the wall as I curl myself into a ball

Three men walk into the room and stand in front of me

"Hello Angelica" the man who took me crouches in front of me

"What's going on?" I whisper

"Awh, are you confused?" he coos and I nod

He stands back up as he towers over me

"We-" he points between himself and the other two men "-are your family"

Eh?

"What do you mean your my family?"

"Well Angelica-" the tallest one starts " we are your cousins, from your moms side"

I nod slowly and whisper "Why are you doing this?"

"Well the stalking was to just scare you a bit" the same man chuckles

"And we took you because we want our inheritance back"

"What inheritance?" I tilt my head as my eyebrows furrow

"Well dear cousin of ours, our grandmother died last year leaving the whole family fortune to our grandfather but now he's about a week away from dying so we went looking for his will; just to make sure everything is in order. So imagine my surprise when he's left half of everything to our parents and the other half to you"

"Me?"

"Yes, you" he sneers "Obviously that money, property and the businesses; well they're ours, not yours and the only way we're going to get our share is if you aren't alive to inherit what you'll be left" he smiles proudly

My eyes widen "I don't want the money, I don't want any of it I can just give it to you and you don't have to kill me" I rush out

"Sorry kitten, it's not as easy as that plus we've already started the plan if we let you go now we'll be arrested" the man who took me shakes his head

I sniffle as stray tears fall from my eyes "you're going to kill me for money?"

"Sorry doll face, you have to play dirty to get what you want in this world" the last man speaks up for the first time

"When?" I whisper "When are you going to kill me?"

"You'll know when it happens doll face"

I drop my head into my knees and squeeze my eyes shut as tears roll down my cheeks

"Can I say goodbye? please" my voice cracks

"We'll think about it, sleep tight"

The door slams shut again as the damn of my tears breaks and cry myself to sleep