Chapter 56: Chapter 56

Marietta P.O.V

The atmosphere was silent just like the climate. The plain dark sky with some stars. We were sitting on a round table with eatables in front of us and a candle stood in the center, lightning up the phenomenon dimly.

He arranged a decent dinner on the roof of that building with decent and simple decor. I admired it only if the circumstances were different.

His dark-deep blue eyes were boring holes in me and the rest of the creepy task accomplished by his smirk. His coat was placed on the chair and his shirt sleeves were folded revealing his creepy tattoo. The tattoo of a skull enclosed with a snake.

What an idiot I am! We were finding this person everywhere and he happened to be just one step away. I wanted to know about the reason behind his deed that explained why I was sitting with a killer on the same table.

"Come on! Eat something or else I will think, my preparations are useless." He said with so much innocence that my mind started to spin.

"Actually, you're useless," I stated without any expression.

"Right! Just like you. But........" He stopped and caressed his sharp jaw with his finger and leaned forward on the table then added, "You are more mysterious than me."

"I mean look......I'm present at that scene....on accident night but you disappeared just before my truck hit that car. How?" He said, moving back and sipped his wine.

"It seems like everyone is only interested in knowing about my disappearance." I sadly chuckled and sip my wine, its sharp taste burned my taste buds. Bre words started to echo in my mind along with Caro phrases.

"Of course, it's creepy." He shrugged.

"I'm sitting with you and having a glass of wine, nothing is more creepy than this," I said, pointing at the wine glass in my hand and then again took a sip.

"What about adding some more creepiness in it?" He asked and stood up. I looked at him confused while my whole appearance was screaming at me to finish him. But I wanted to know the names of the other two. Masked savior said that they were three......

"Let's have a last dance together. Can we?" His deep voice put me out of my trance and I looked at him. He kneeled beside me and asking to dance like a real gentleman. He had already played slow music on his phone and settled it on the table already.

"Do I have a choice?" I took his hand and stood up. He slid his other hand on my waist, moving me closer and giving the worst chill ever on my skin. While unwanted but still I placed my other hand on his shoulder.

We started to dance slowly on the rhythm with silence when I broke it, "Why you did all this?" I looked straight at his face which showed no sign of regret.

"Hold on! Do you want to ask everything right now? Don't spoil my dinner at least along with my mood." He smiled but then I started to feel a little dizzy, like everything around me, suddenly started to dance. I stopped and looked at him. I saw three Darren faces at a time which spoke in a really heavy voice, "Sleep tight!"

"W...wh.....what......y.you......d..d..di....." Before I could make my sentence properly, I felt darkness enrolled me.

I was running again. My breath was harsh and sweat drops were traveling on my body. My body was trembling with the lack of oxygen and fear. An unknown terror, which was haunting me, which was telling me that I couldn't escape that darkness? No matter how fast I ran!

I stopped to catch a breath when my mind suddenly spins and I fell to the ground. The cold ground felt like ice. I traced my hands in the darkness to find something that could help me in standing again. Because I need to ran.

It was a never-ending track but I need to get out of here. I felt something rough, estimating it with a wall, I hardly stood up and again started to run. But then I stopped abruptly by music. It was the same rhythm that saved in my mind. The same momentum with the same relaxing tempo.

The scene around me moved like a fast wind. Here again, I was standing inside a dark hall. A throne in front of me enclosed with long sharp fangs. I looked around when again a wind came, everything started to spin fast, I closed my eyes.

A feminine screamed echoed, the music continued.

The intensity of the music increased while the scream became more painful. I covered my ears and bent down on the ground with still eyes closed.

Suddenly the music stopped along with screams. I opened my eyes and blinked several times to clear my vision. The atmosphere was silent. I moved my head slowly upwards and saw a statue in front of me. I took slow steps towards it. My blood shrunk insides me and I screamed.

"I know! I know! I know what is it!" With a panicked state, I repeated these words again and again until I felt a little calm and became aware of my surroundings but then anxiety again overtook me.

I tried to move but useless. My head was hurting badly and my hands were tied behind me. I didn't know where I was because my surroundings were hiding in the darkness. But for sure I was sitting on something like a chair.

"What happened? Why are you screaming?" Someone turned the lights on and I clenched my eyes shut. That, someone, happened to be Darren of course.

"I haven't kill you yet. It still has some time." Darren said with a smile when I somehow managed to open my eyes.

He sat in front of me on a chair and started to do something on his phone.

I took the time to observe the room. An old nasty whitewashed room with dust and spider webs everywhere. The only furniture was two chairs, one was mine and the other one was Darren. Behind him, there was a glass wall showing the outer view and telling me that we were still in his Dad company.

"They are near. Cool!" His dry voice catches my attention and I looked at him confused. Who? He was no more looking like a sweet-friendly type of guy.

I started to move my hands in a specific direction to unlocked the knots of that rope that was hooking my hands behind the chair. Olivia tutor me that trick but I still need some time to untie my hands.

"Any last wish?" He asked and stood up from the chair, pulled a gun out of nowhere, and pointed it at me. My throat dried and my heartbeat increased while I fastened my movement of hands.

"Why? Why you did that?" I shouted surprised by my tone. He looked at me then back at his wristwatch.

"Ummmm, let me tell you a story." He placed that gun on the chair and kneeled in front of me. His eyes were showing anger and rage to burned everything. I felt a cold chill run down my spine.

"In short...My Dad owned this company and after an important project got failed, we went bankrupt. All investors wanted their money back but Dad didn't even have a penny. So, he signed a deal with a famous businessman and promised all his investors to give their money back as soon as possible but........" He was telling every word directly looking into my eyes and somehow I was unable to even blink.

"Guess what? That son of a bitch canceled that deal at the very last moment. Investors were not willing to listen to any kind of excuses. At last, my Dad got depressed and committed suicide. My Mom went mentally upset after hearing about Dad and got sent to a mental hospital. It all happened just in an hour. I was so stunned to even give any kind of reaction at that time but I was determined in my mind to do one thing." He pointed his finger at his chest.

"After some days, I had been sent to a hostel to complete my studies. In short, I made my mind to finish every single person who destroyed my family."

"So, did I!" He shrugged and laughed. He was not in his senses, I could tell that. It wasn't a lie if I said this version of him scaring me.

"I worked very hard, day and night. After completing my goals of reaching the highest rank of business, I was looking for a chance to accomplish my other task when I met two idiots." He laughed again and moved a little backward. Now, He had sat down with his back leaning on the chair.

"Two idiots?" I knitted my brows. Masked savior told me three of them. I had to know about the other two at any cost.

"They wanted to kill you and I use them as a card. They made a plan and I agreed but..... I change everything at the last moment. They wanted to kill you first but I planned to kill three of you but luckily you got saved. How?" He looked at me and again picked that gun. I gulped.

"That businessman.......he is my father, right?" I asked and again started to move my hands. My wrists were hurting but I continued moving them but slowly.

"After that accident, they both protest with me but they had left no choice but to listen to me. If they tried to betray me, I will kill them and life is actually something. The fear of death always wins." He continued ignoring my question.

"Your father!" He growled in anger suddenly becoming angry and pointed that gun at my head, he stood up.

"He...he must have some reasons. I know him. He never did anything bad. There must be a reason, you can't decide anything based on one side story." Like a good daughter, I defended my Daddy with a shuttered voice. While I successfully untied my hands.

"No! He destroyed my happy family and I'm doing the same." He said and added, "Because as you sow so shall you reap!"

"Dad and I used to play football together every weekend. Mom always made chocolate cookies for me. Now, it felt like a beautiful dream." He smiled sadly and it made my heart clenched too.

But he suddenly changed his expression into devil one, as his finger slid on the trigger but before he could shoot me, I jumped on him by giving a hard blow on his nose.

He fell on the floor growling in pain while I took the time to picked the gun. My heart was continuously thumping in my chest and sweat drops were appearing on my skin but ignoring all, I pointed that gun at him.

He looked at me and laughed, "Come on! Girls like you suit better with makeup and flowers rather than a gun in their hand." He smirked and stood up. Then wiped the blood coming from his nose and started to move forward, towards me.

"Stop!" I said sternly but my hands were shaking. He noticed the shaking of my hands and his smirk deepened.

"I said STOP!" I yelled and the next moment he stopped. He froze at his spot with wide eyes.

BAMP!

I screamed and the gun fell from my hands. I covered my ears with my hands and looked at the glass wall with bewildered eyes which were broken into a particular size. Then I looked back at Darren.

BAMP!

BAMP!

Two more gun shoot sounds echoed in the environment. I looked at Darren and to my shocked state, he was smiling. Why was he smiling? I looked at him confused.

BAMP!

He touched the liquid coming from his stomach with trembling hands. A lone tear roll down his eye but a smile on his lips.

BAMP!

At last, the environment fell silent and the barking of dogs in some distance and cops' car siren buzzed the silent atmosphere. Darren kissed the ground with a loud thump and a smile plastered on his lips.

For a second, I was shocked but then the next moment I found myself ran towards him with tears in my eyes and kneeled beside him. His eyes were half-open with tears but he was smiling. His white shirt was covered in red liquor and he was coughing, liquor was also spitting out from his mouth. Tears were continuously sliding down on my cheeks looking at his state.

He was barely breathing as he tried to spoke, "I......I.....knew that. The.....they.....never let you.....know the truth." As he coughed harder and fight to breathe.

"Shut up! Nothing will happen to you. Cops are here, they will save you. Just don't close your eyes."

I patted his face hard so that he won't close his eyes. I knew... I said I wanted to kill him but that just slid from my tongue in anger. I was not that brave to kill someone with my own hands, I had to admit that.

With harsh breath and shivering body, at last, he fell calm. Calm like an ocean, calm like a sky, calm like clouds, and calm like wind, caressing the trees. He was silent in front of me and I was speechless.

I felt like I broke down into little pieces. Someone had pushed me inside a fire alley. How? It wasn't possible! He told me the names of the rest of the two killers. He must be lying but why would he lie when he was near to death?

The door boomed open and someone sat beside me, then hiding me in his arms, resting my head on his chest, over his heart. I heard his frantic heartbeat as he whispered, "It's okay. You're okay. Just relax and breathe." And I released my breath which I was holding from the moment I got to know about the real murderers and burst into tears.

I didn't remember anything after that, about how I came back and what happened with Darren's body and what happened after that....nothing. I didn't know anything but........

I just knew two things, without any flaws. One, Annabella's weakness. Two, real culprits. Now, the game will begin because it's the time of ending all this drama. We had played enough games let's just step in the climax.

'We shouldn't trust anyone, never trust the people you never got to know!'