Marco stirred, his eyelids fluttering open to reveal the sterile white surroundings of a hospital room. The faint beeping of machines filled the air and the scent of antiseptic hung heavy. He closed it again when the light threatened to blind him. Marco struggled to piece together the fragments of memory leading up to this moment. His head throbbed in protest, intensifying the haze that clouded his thoughts.Marco managed to open his eyes, he scanned the room and frowned when he realized he was the patient.He caught sight of Lily sitting by his bedside, her face etched with worry. The doctor stood at the foot of the bed, her gaze shifting between Marco and Lily. Marco groaned when he felt his head splitting in two."Marco! You're awake," Lily exclaimed, reaching out to take his hand. "Thank God."Marco winced at the pain that shot through his body with the movement, but he managed a weak smile. "What happened? Why am I here?"The doctor stepped forward, her voice calm but Marco
"What is it?" Lily asked.Marco shook his head slowly, his eyes still glued on the screen.The messages stared right at him."Marco, what is it?" Lily asked more urgently.Marco was silent, he had no idea how to feel about the message, it was a threat from Chris.He turned the phone towards Lily for her to see for herself. Lily's eyes widened when she read the message."Jesus Christ!" she said.Marco nodded, the gravity of the situation dawning on him. It was no longer a high school rivalry. This was a full-blown war."What are you going to do?" she asked.Marco sighed to himself, he didn't think it would get this far. Chris was more dangerous than he thought.He locked his phone and kept it to his side, he had no idea what he was going to do for now.Marco looked down at his leg in a cast, "I can't do anything for now till I get better.""I agree."Silence ensued, and Marco gritted his teeth. He hated being in this situation where he could do nothing."Don't think too much, we will
Marco and Lily watched with their mouths wide open as the building burned. "What the hell?" Marco muttered.His house was on fire, he had a case of Deja vu."Chris!" he yelled.Lily turned to him sharply, "he did this?" she asked.Marco nodded his phone in hand to call the fire service.He called them as his eyes refused to leave the burning building."Marco!" Lily yelled."It's okay, it's going to be okay," he assured her.The anger in his heart was so intense, it engulfed him like the fire he was witnessing."Oh, God! He burned your house." Lily had her hand on get mouth, her eyes were wide with disbelief. "I am going to kill him," Marco swore under his breath.The pain of his father's death came returned, and Chris burned his father's gift to him.Marco burst out laughing, he dropped his crutches on the ground as he sank to it.He held his stomach and laughed so loudly, tears spilled from his eyes."Marco?" Lily questioned.She found it hard to believe he would laugh in this kin
Marcel groaned, he held his head. It felt heavy."What..how..." Marco muttered as he looked around.He was in a grand room, an unfamiliar place to begin with. He looked around trying to see if he could see anything he knew.Marco held his head again as it throbbed, his mind tried to remember what happened to him."Mother..." he held his tongue. Marco gritted his teeth as the events leading to this replayed in his mind.Did Lily drug him with chloroform?How the hell did she even get that?Marco tried to stand but he fell to the bed as soon as he heard someone at the door."I know you are awake," Lily said.Marco didn't move an inch, he could hear her walking in the room and opening the blinds but he didn't bat an eyelid."Don't make me drench you with water," she warned.Marco sighed, there was no use now."I am mad at you.""I know, I drugged you but I had no choice." She sat on the side of the bed as she stared at Marco.Marco sat up, his head resting on the headboard. "Why?""Come
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Marco struggled to pick his jaw off the floor, he tried to find the right words to say but they failed him.He kept staring at the man who was tied up, a part of him felt nothing but satisfaction in the way the man was suffering."What do you say?" Anthony asked.His brows raised in Marco's direction, he wanted to see what Marco was capable of."He killed my father," Marco said.Anthony nodded. Marco said nothing after that, his head was in overdrive.The longer he stared at the killer, the more angry he felt. A tiny growl escaped him surprising Anthony."He killed my father," Marco repeated.He looked down to see the gun Anthony was giving him, Marco gulped and took it with slightly shaky hands. He held the object in his hand as it weighed on him, it felt strange. Marco had never held a gun before in his hands."What are you waiting for?" Anthony asked.Marco looked at him, "What?""Pull the trigger," Anthony ordered.Marco's eyes widened, he stared at Anthony wondering why his godf
The ride home was silent and brooding for Marco. His mind was in high gear for all the thoughts that gathered in his head. Anthony drove, and the radio played lowly. Marco looked at Anthony but the man didn't pay attention to him. His words left a mark on Marco more than he thought he would.Marco shook his head like he couldn't believe it, in just three hours, his life has turned into an episode of the Godfather movie.This is what his father had been up to?Deciding who lives and who dies while he sits in the big chair with a smile on his face. Marco still found it hard to believe that his father was so cold-hearted that he would do something like this.A thought still nagged at Marco, he turned to Anthony. "Did you mean what you said about who shot my father?"Anthony nodded, he faced the road with a slight hum in his tone.Marco narrowed his eyes at him, he wouldn't say who it was no matter how much Marco persisted which made him assume he was the one who did it.Marco shook his
"Let go of me!" Marco yelled at the top of his voice.He fought his attackers, they swarmed him. Marco swatted them away and backed up.They didn't relent, they grabbed Marco as he slipped from their grasp and slid further away to the bed."Who are you, people?" he asked.There was silence, the silence was so still that Marco could hear his heartbeat, it was so loud and he thought for a moment they could hear it too."You want the hard way or the easy way?" the gruff voice asked him.Marco shook his head, "get away from me." he threw his hands like it was enough to make them go away."The hard way it is." "No!" Marco yelled, he hoped he was loud enough for someone to hear him."Stay away!" his voice increased.The men in black moved closer, ignoring his warning. They moved fast.Fear seized him, and Marco struggled to breathe as they advanced on him.He stepped backs trying to run but it was impossible."I said, who are you people?"No one answered him, he was beginning to fear for hi