A/N: Thank you to everyone who has supported and read this story. I really hope you have enjoyed it. I wasn't sure how to finish the story but have decided on this final chapter. I hope you all enjoy it.
I have no words, no feeling but only for a flash of a second. My brain is trying so hard to process what I see. There she is, covered in blood, face, neck, nightdress, all stained with bright red and in the momentary silence of the room there is the faint sound of dripping as the trickling trails run down and drop to the floor. The urge to vomit then quickly comes across me as the realisation hits.
Tony just stands there, smug look on his face and a glint in his eye. He is the evilest man I have ever met and in that moment all my anger reaches the surface and with a hulk like strength I wish I had found seconds before I break from my restraints and tumble forward as I lurch at him. Growling I go for him, just about to attack when he pushes Carla forward into me in a defensive move.
Unfortunately I miss her, trying to grab her just was not enough. Her skin was so lubricated by the blood that she slipped right through my fingers and her lifeless body topples in a ungraceful fashion to the floor. Instantly I drop to my knees and pull her up cuddling her. I cannot believe that psychopath played that horrid game with us all. I know his intention was to kill me, make me go away; permanently. I am a man and I would have taken the bullet for her. He should have just shot me.
"What the hell have you done?! If you wanted to just kill me you should have!" I yell up at him furious as I take my eyes off of Carla's destroyed perfect features and force myself to look at him.
Tony just laughs.
"You're deranged! A total psychopath!" He yells up at me.
Unfortunately for Liam I do not care what he thinks of me. I did what had to be done and I am not sorry Carla paid the price. It had been my intention since I had first discovered she was screwing around behind my back.
I chuckle in response. The poor naïve boy. He blames himself but there is no need, death would always have been fate for Carla. She was a liar, she was a cheat and she was a goddamn siren. A black window if you would, she had already killed off one husband and undoubtedly there would have been more including me if I had been sucked into her web.
"I did exactly as I intended" I calmly and coolly answer Liam's first question of me.
"You...you..." He threatens, but it is a heated and empty threat.
"You see Liam, I have all I came for" I tell him as I reach into my pocket and switch my now empty gun for a piece of paper.
I watch him as I remain cuddling Carla. She is so cold and lifeless. This cannot be right, it has to be a dream but the sad realisation soon hits me that it is all too real. With tears now in my eyes as emotion starts to overwhelm I observe him closely as he reveals to me a contract. A contract which unfortunately contains Carla's signature at the bottom.
"What is that?!" I snap.
"This? This makes me sole owner of Underworld" He grins.
"Like I said, I have all I wanted. I just wanted to make sure the same was never true for you" He then cruelly informs.
He grins away at me as I process that nasty insight he has just given me and it is only as his polished shoes tap away over the flooring that the realisation of what he just said hits me. This was never about Carla, it was never about me and Carla, this was purely about stealing away her business and he has succeeded.
He must have forced her though, Carla would never have given it up willingly. Questions quickly flash through my mind. Did she do it for me? Was she scared? Did he threaten her? What did he do to her to get the result her wanted?
Carla would have fought, she was only weak for one thing and that was me. Suddenly I feel guilty. This was all my fault, Tony knew about us and he wasn't jealous like we thought. It wasn't about revenge and we got it wrong.
"HEY!" I yell out to him as he almost reaches the door and he stops dead in his tracks.
"You meant to kill her. You did it in cold blood!" I shout but I don't know why.
"Finally you figure out that it isn't all about you. Have a gold start Liam" He replies slowly, in a cruel and calculated tone.
"You won't get away with this!" I scream out at him, annoyed and angered by him.
Tony just cackles and leaves.
I hear his footsteps echoing down the stairwell as the door creeps shut after him and I turn my attention back to Carla. I sit with her tightly clasped in my arms and to my chest as the pool of blood beneath us slowly grows in size and I know I can do nothing but stay with her.
Suddenly I find myself crying. In front of Tony I absolutely refused to break down but he has gone now and I can't keep it inside a moment longer. The tears flood from my eyes as I cry out her name and continue to hold her.
"You'll never be alone Carla. I won't let you be alone" I cry as I squeeze her gently.
"I chose you. I will stay with you" I choke out as I look up.
I question the thought that quickly crosses my mind.
I then look at Carla and gently kiss her as I lay her back down on the floor and get up. Going to the kitchen I search in the draws and cupboards until find what I am looking for and then return to her side.
"Carla I promise you will never be alone" I whisper and then lay down beside her.
