My whole body was bruised, I was once again left alone.
When I felt someone behind me, freeing me.
Luca!
"Shh! Keep quiet don't say a word!"
He whispered in my ears from behind and quickly opened the rope.
Making me stand he wrapped the coat, he was wearing, around me.
"I will kill the one who did this to you!"
He tugged the lone strand of my hair behind my ear, that was hanging over my face.
Tears filled my eyes feeling him close to me, I quickly hugged him.
I was trembling with fear, I had thought that I would die.
He caressed my hair and then parted us away.
"Let's go, we need to hurry and leave, the police is on their way here too, they will arrest everyone behind the kidnapping..."
He held my shoulders, looking in my eyes as he explained the plan to me.
He left my shoulders and held my hand...the hand that was injured.
I let out a cry as he immediately left my hand, and gently kept it over his hand, observing it.
My fingers weren't looking normal, they were broken and my skin was red.
His jaw tightened as he held my other hand and assisted me out of the room, making sure that we both were safe from their sight.
And then we successfully exited the warehouse and were just about to run away when many men surrounded us from every side, almost 15 men.
"Well well well, not as smart as you thought you were!"
Frankie clapped while walking to us, his men had surrounded us from all the sides, Luca quickly made me stand behind him.
16 including this bastard.
"What do you want!" Luca growled at him, ready to throw anyone who comes at me.
"Give her to us, and we won't say anything to you and will let you leave all fine!"
"Over my dead body!"
Luca roared, his hold tightening over me again.
Franklin just laughed and walked away as one of the men threw a wooden stick at Luca's feet.
"Fight all of us and if you win, you can leave...and take her too, none of us will say a word to you both!"
"Fine!"
Luca's word left me shocked and I quickly held his hand, who was walking away from me.
"What are you doing! They are too many, don't do this!"
"Anything to protect you!"
He smiled holding my face, and bent towards my ear.
"The police will be here any second now, I will divert their mind by fighting them, and you run away, my car is parked outside, it's unlocked, drive away okay?"
Terror rushed in my eyes as he got his hand out of mine, and I shook my head in fear.
"No no no! I'm not... I won't leave you alone!"
I didn't care if anyone was watching me, if they were making fun of my helplessness, only Luca mattered to me right now, the rest could go to hell.
"Laurel! Please! Run, run when you can! If you don't... I'll forget every single thing we had between us!"
My face fell in disbelief, processing his words, I just heard.
"You can't do this to me!"
"I can! If that means to protect you I can and I will, so please! Do as I said!"
I took the pocket knife from my sleeve and handed it in his hands, without letting it be noticed by anyone.
He walked away from me and picked up the wooden stick.
He fought them, like a madman, like a blood starved men.
When two men held his hand, he was holding the stick with, Luca took the knife that was in his other hand and stabbed one of the them on his leg as he groaned and backed up.
And did the same to the other one, both of them fell on the ground holding their legs, with the others who were already on the ground after getting the beaten up by Luca.
That's when Luca looked at me, nodding his head, giving me the sign.
I wasn't ready, I didn't wanted to do it, but I had to.
Just when I had taken a step back one of Franklin's men hit Luca on his head, with a metal rod, making him stumble as he kneeled on the ground, holding his head.
Without caring that he was standing between 7 angry armed men I ran to him, kneeling down next to him and held his face in my hands, forgetting about my fractured hand.
He looked at me with droopy eyes.
And that's when crimson streamed down from his hairline, and then to his cheeks before dripping on the ground.
My breath was stuck in my lungs.
He lowered himself on the ground, his hands plastered against the floor.
And tried standing up but couldn't.
"Calm...calm down Luca... don't... don't move!"
I begged him, he just smiled...a smile that was hiding his pain.
"I'm... fine... Fiammetta!"
He stuttered.
I held him in my arms.
His face resting in my lap trying to stop the bleeding on his head, crying hysterically.
Police sirens roared from far away as I quickly held Luca's body in my arms, that was limping away.
Thank god!
We are saved.
Just hang in there Lu-
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three gun shots echoed in that abandoned area.
I flinched at the loud sound, as Luca's blood splattered all over my face.
My ears were ringing, and my eyes were on my lap.
Gasping at the sight before me, I looked at Franklin with horrified expressions, who was smirking at me and tucked the gun back in his pants.
He had the hood over his face like the day at the party, like in my...dream.
With that same smug expression he ran away from there as several police men with guns in their hand burst in there and bgan arresting all the men that were injured, or standing there, as if deliberately didn't try to run away, as if hey were ordered to stay.
And I was there...with my brain frozen.
Staring at the three bullet holes at his chest, I pressed my one hand at his head and the other one, the injured one pressed over his left chest.
"Y... you'll...be.... you'll be fine... okay?"
"I'm... sorry... I...wanted to... I wanted to...save you...from...the... person who...was... trying to harm you, I... failed...you!"
I shook my head.
"N...no, please... don't...talk like this...you...you will be fine!"
"I love you... I love...you...my... Sarah! I...really hoped... that...we...wo-uld...have a
hap-py end."
His voice broke in between before he closed his eyes.
"L- Luca!"
I shook his body lightly but he gave no response to me.
"Luce!" I screamed his name, I shook him once more with my hand that was on chest shaking him with more intensity, forgetting about his wounds, my wounds.
But he never opened his eyes... He didn't.
I, who was already bruised and wounded, had gotten the final blow too... And that was on my heart.
Because... Luca's heart wasn't beating either.
I let out an exasperated sigh as many officers rushed to me.
I was holding Luca in my lap, trying to stop the blood from oozing out, the blood that was already seeping from between my fingers, tainting me red with himself.
Tears didn't stopped streaming down my cheeks.
My ears were were still ringing, every voice, every sound came at me, fully muffled.
The officers that had rushed to me took Luca from me, as they quickly made him lay in one of the police cars, and made me sit in that car too.
I had forgotten about myself, about my pain, about Franklin, about everything, I just remembered one thing.
Luca.
I was panicking, trying to stop the bleeding, the blood that had already dried.
Trying to make the heart to beat, the heart that had stopped.
I had not even realised when we arrived at the hospital.
The only thing that I noticed was the hospital staff, the police officers trying to separate me from Luca.
Luca was taken away in the OT and I was sitting outside, with the other doctors, trying to take me away to look after my wounds.
But I couldn't even say a word, I couldn't speak, the only thing that was circulating in my mind was the scene when Luca got the blow on his head and the three bullets.
The three bullets.
I was feeling nauseous, everything flashing in front of my eyes, the kidnapping, Luca coming to save me, the fight, the gun shots...everything
I couldn't breathe anymore, it felt like I would die any second by now if I'm not able to see Luca alive.
Please be alive! Please be alive! Please be okay!
Please just be fine! Please live for me!