Brian JR's POV

As soon as my father, my own very father, jammed that syringe into my veins, I can feel myself growing weaker by the seconds. Within seconds, I slumped to the ground once he let go of the deadweight of my body. I can no longer feel the warmth of my limps. Everything is drained.

I feel as numb as it can get. No matter how much i tried to wiggle my fingers, nothing happened. Through my hopeless eyes, I painfully witness the only woman I loved seeing all this happening in front of her but can do nothing, but stare about this.

After letting go of me, my father direct his full attention to my frightened Arianna. I wanted to scream at him "no", but nothing had happened when I tried. I am paralyzed and I can't even speak. I can feel the emotion of pain growing within my heart as if the world is collapsing on me.

I can't even protect myself, let alone the woman I love. I can't let him have her. He already took the life of Michelle, I can't let him take away Arianna. Never.

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Third Person's POV

As soon as Brian let go of the weak body of his son, he turned his attention towards the woman they both shared a love with, except, one is simply another way to describe a fairytale and the other is of delusion and obsession.

Once Brian's glared reach to the eyes of Arianna's own, she began to panick even more. As much as she wanted to help her helpless husband, she can't. First she is restrained with some ankle locks, and second, standing in front of her was a man that is heavily armed and can kill her as easily as the push of a button.

Scrabbling away from him as fast as she can, Arianna finally hit the wall, unable to generate any more distances between the approaching form of Brian and herself. Even though in her small hands held a deadly weapon, she is really scared at what she can do with it. She didn't know if she should pull the trigger at the living form of the criminal or just abandon it so she would not get hurt.

But what really frightens her the most was the thoughts that is going on inside Brian's evil mind. Thinking about what he had said to her prior to Brian Jr walking in, she faintly remembered him saying something about him being sorry for he has to do to them and that in his mind, their love shall last eternal. Is he thinking about what she is thinking about?

"Arianna darling, why are you running away from me? We loved each other, remember?"

Shaking her head violently 'no', she continued to back away from him even though she is at the dead end.

"No, stay away from me. I don't love you. I NEVER loved you." She finally shouted out the words that have been so desirable for her to say now that she has find her courage in the form of her husband.

Brian was shocked at Arianna's words. His shocked reaction soon converted into one full of anger and shame.

"Don't fucking take one more step towards me. I will sh...shoot you." Arianna threatened through her frightened situation. She really didn't know what to do. Should she shoot him?

He took one more step forward to the shaking woman. He knew so well that she would not dare to pierce a bullet into him.

"C'mon, sweetheart. We have something between us. Don't tell me you didn't enjoy our....special moments together." He added a wink to Arianna. Through Arianna's teary eye, she can see her still paralyzed husband, Brian, who was lying on the floor, just lying there hopelessly, looked very devastated and upset at his father's confession. She can feel the shame building up in her.

"No....No..." She shook her head. "I will shoot you... I swear." She added. She stared at the souless man in front of her, who is still attempting to get closer to her.

Now they are standing only a couple of feets away.

"Darling, please put the gun down." He gestured to the weapon held in her shaking hands. "We can solve this without any violence. Violence is bad, afterall. Please."

"No. I am not letting this go. Look at what you did to your son. He is lying there half dead, because of you! How can you be so cold-blooded to him? Why are you doing such things to me? What have I ever done to you to make you do something miserable to me and Brian? I never loved you. Never."

Brian's softened glare now hardens into one full of hatred, aggression, anger and venom. He looked down at the terrified woman before letting out a chuckle.

"You are supposed to be mine, Arianna!" He lunged forward to her. Scared at the lunging form of the man, Arianna's finger unvoluntairly pulled back at the trigger of the 9mm, letting out a shot.

When the shot was fired, she shut her eyes, fearing at the splash of Brian's blood. Expecting to hear the thud of the body, Arianna opened her eyes. Instead, she saw Brian still standing in front of her, unscratched. Her glare soon moved to the bullet hole that has been put through the wooden wall of the house.

She had missed him.

With movements as fast as a cheetah, Brian lunged forward at Arianna, whose attention was drifted off to somewhere else, before knocking the weapon out of her hand. When she realized she lost her only chance of freedom, she only can stared at monstrous form of the man in front of her.

"Oh darling! What are you going to do now that your weapon is gone?" He asked before snickering. He bend down to Arianna's face level before gently cupping her tearful face.

"You are supposed to be mine. Forever and ever. We were supposed to be married if this fucker," he turned around and stared at his son's immobilized form before turning his attention back at Arianna. "and his cops didn't interrupt. We loved each other, Arianna. Remember when i made you...enjoy our special moments together?"

Closing her eyes shut, Arianna remembered the gruesome memories. Those time she had fight so hard against Brian but to avail, she was raped. Those moments are killing her alive.

Beginning to lose her sanity and mind, Arianna began crying more as she shook her head.

"No...No...No...I never fucking loved you. Never." She mumbled, fearing herself to lose herself if she has to play his mental games.

"Yes you did. You CAN'T DON'T LOVE ME." He roared at the frozen woman before intensely paced the length of the small bedroom.

He continued his rampage.

"No...No...Fucking no. You loved me. I know you do, forever and always. I remembered watching you from my car and I can see you all the time in your bedroom laughing at pictures and our past memories. How can it not be me? Why my son?" He violently kicked the wall.

"I never loved you... not a single bit. I love... I married your son." She replied before looking at her now disabled husband.

"No. That's not supposed to happen. You are supposed to be mine. You are supposed to love me. You are supposed to be with me and you are not supposed to be with him. You have to love me." He continued to mumbled these phrases as he paced around.

Arianna stared at the crazed man in front of her and shook her head. This man is so delusional and convinced that they are in love, he is slowly losing his sanity.

After five minutes of repeated words and pacing, shockingly, Brian walked towards his son and began unleashing a tirade of kicks and punches at his son's helpless form.

"Stop...stop....stop. Please i begged you." Arianna begged and begged at her father-in-law to stop what he is doing.

Finally, the beating has stopped when Arianna lay down what Brian wanted the most. She knew she must throw this condition out for her husband's life. She knew the rescue team is outside and all she need to do is to walk out of this house and she will be saved.

"Please stop... I will marry you." She muttered.

Notes

Hey there,

sorry about this late update but I was having so much work with school that I don't have the time to update through the weekend, which i have promised to. However, I tried my best on this chapter and there will only be one more chapters left before an epilgoue, and then i will be starting the third book of this trilogy, titled "Requiem".

Thanks :) and enjoy your reading!!!