Crowned

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Chapter34

Paige and Randy left early Sunday morning to head back to the city. Randy's entire family had loved Paige; even Sarah had come around and eventually took a liking to her. On their way back, Paige had decided that she wanted to drop in on Holly and surprise her. It wasn't out of the way; they had to pass through Chicago to get back home anyways.

Randy pulled the car in front of the apartment complex and the two climbed out. Paige walked up to the door of apartment 28G and excitedly rang the doorbell.

"I hope she's home." Paige said to Randy.

A few moments later, the door opened just a little. Paige could only one side of Holly's face. "Paige?" Holly then opened the door wider and came out to hug her best friend. "You have no idea how glad I am to see you." She said.

Paige noticed the shakiness in her friend's voice, something wasn't right. Holly kept the hair over the left side of her face. She nodded to Randy and then lead them both inside.

"What are you doing here?" Holly asked as they all sat down in the main room of the apartment.

"We were on our way back from Missouri, and I wanted to see you." Paige said with a smile. "So what have you been up to Holly?" Paige asked.

Holly shook her head a little. "Working, other stuff." She told her. Paige caught a glimpse of her bottom lip, there was a patch of dried up blood in the corner.

"Holly, where's your bathroom?" Randy asked.

She looked up and pointed. "Last door on the right." She told him.

Paige watched as Randy disappeared around the corner before turning back to Holly. "What the hell is going on Holly?" She asked seriously worried.

"Nothing Paige, everything is fine." Holly told her with a shaky tone.

"Bullshit, then how do you explain this?" Paige leaned forward and moved the hair out of Holly's face, revealing her bruised cheek and a black eye. Paige let the tears sting her eyes. "Who did this to you?" She asked.

Holly shook her head. "Paige please leave it alone, he'll kill me." She pleaded with her friend.

Paige shook her head. "It's alright, I'll take care of it, but you have to tell me who did this first." She told her.

Holly let the tears roll down her face. She inhaled a shaky breath before speaking. "His name is Ben, I met him at Wrigley. We hit it off right away and started dating, he was so sweet before. So, he moved in here. But then he changed Paige, he really changed. It was like this…monster came out, he was so controlling." She let the tears roll down her cheeks as she silently cried.

"How long has he been hitting you?" Randy asked. He heard the entire conversation and just came back from the bathroom.

Holly looked up at the ceiling and tried to think. "A couple of weeks now." She told them.

Paige swallowed the lump in her throat. "Do you have a picture of him?" She asked. Holly stood up from her chair and walked over to the window sill and picked up the picture. Paige held the picture in her hand. She felt the anger rise in her—she wanted him dead. "What's his last name?" She asked.

"Altman, Benjamin Altman." Holly told her.

Randy stood up. "When does he get home?" Randy was just as equally pissed off. He absolutely despised any man who would put his hands on a woman as this bastard had done to Holly.

Holly looked at the time. "Shit, he'll be home in a half hour." She sounded truly frightened. She took a cigarette out of her pocket and picked up a lighter off of the coffee table and lit it with shaky fingers. She inhaled and then blew out a ring of smoke before stubbing the cigarette out.

"Paige, you and Holly go get her stuff together and meet me out in the car." Randy demanded.

Holly shook her head. "Randy, I can't leave. He told me that if I ever tried to leave him he would kill me."

Randy hugged Holly to him as she sobbed. "No one is going to hurt you ever again." He told her before heading for the door. He turned back to them. "Paige, if you're not outside in twenty-minutes I'm coming back in with your gun."

Paige lead Holly into her bedroom and the two quickly started emptying Holly's clothes into suitcases. It was awkwardly silent. "You could have called me." Paige sighed.

"You don't think I wanted to? He wouldn't let me." Holly told her.

Paige continued throwing stuff into the suitcase. She took a duffel bag and made her way back out into the hallway. "What do you want to take Holly?" Paige called to her.

"Everything of value." Holly called back.

Paige worked quickly dropping all of the pictures, movies, whatever would fit, ten minutes later she was zipping up the full duffel bag. Paige walked back into the bedroom to see Holly closing the last suitcase. Paige looked at her watch. "Randy's going to come in here any second if we don't come out now." She told her.

Holly nodded and picked up two of the suitcases. The two brought the first load out to the car and then went back for the second. They walked into the apartment and got the bags off of the bed. The two women walked back out into the hall.

"Everything is going to be-" Paige stopped mid sentence when she saw Ben standing in the doorway, he took one look at Holly and Paige with the suitcases in hand.

"Holly, what the fuck is going on?" He demanded angrily.

"She's leaving your sorry ass, that's what the fuck is going on you bastard." Paige spat angrily.

"Holly, you're not going anywhere. Go put your stuff back." He demanded.

Holly was scared out of her mind, but she stood her ground. "No." She shook her head.

He grabbed Holly and smacked her hard across the face. "God dammit Holly, look what you made me do." Holly held her cheek as she stood from the floor.

"Holly go!" Paige yelled as Holly picked up the suitcase and headed out of the open door. Paige was right behind her, but Ben grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back into the apartment. Paige broke free and made an attempt to punch him, but he grabbed her arm and backhanded her hard across the face knocking her to the floor.

"I'm going to give you what I gave Holly." He told her as he stood over Paige.

"You sick fuck!" Paige screamed. Randy heard Paige's scream from the open window of the car. Randy pulled the tiny semi-automatic handgun out of the glove compartment. He then turned to Holly.

"If I'm not back in fifteen minutes, call the police." He told her. "It's going to be okay, I promise." He said to her, Holly nodded her head as Randy got out of the car. He ran back up to the apartment where he saw the guy he assumed was Ben standing over Paige. He pointed the gun at him.

"Get the hell away from her." Randy demanded. Ben put his hands up and slowly turned around to face Randy.

"Hey man, she was asking for it, and I was going to give it to her." Ben said.

"Back away from her or I'll shoot." Randy told him. Ben scoffed.

"You're not going to shoot anyone pretty boy." Ben sneered. Randy cocked the gun and put his finger on the trigger.

"You don't know anything about me." Paige scooted over by Randy and stood to her feet.

"If you ever come near Holly again, I will kill you." Randy threatened as he and Paige backed out the door, closing it behind them. Paige held her cheek with one hand and let her other arm dangle at her side.

"Son of a bitch," She muttered. As the two climbed back into the front seats, Holly let out a sigh. Paige flipped down the little mirror and looked at her cheek. It had puffed up and was turning purple. She rolled her eyes.

"How am I going to explain this to my father?" She asked no one in particular. Randy pulled the car off and the three headed back to New York.

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Randy drove through the night and they arrived back in the city around twelve in the afternoon. The first place they pulled up to was Santino's. Paige had put make-up over Holly's face so she could go inside and get food. Randy and Holly sat at a table while Paige went downstairs to talk to her father. Paige came down the stairs and realized she walked right into a big meeting. All the men turned and looked at her. Paige swallowed and walked across the room to the table.

"Daddy, I need a favor…a big favor." She told him as she pushed her hair behind her ear. Her father's eyes widened when he saw her bruised cheek. He stood up and led his frazzled daughter to the chair next to him.

"What do you need?" He asked her. Paige took a deep breath before speaking.

"I need a hit done daddy, and I need it done fast." Paige's blue eyes were lit up with more anger than her father had ever seen. Carmine spoke up.

"Paige, if this is some kind of joke, it isn't funny." He told his younger sister. Paige shook her head.

"It's no joke Carmine. Look at my cheek, does it look like I'm joking?" She asked her brother, and he slowly shook his head.

"Why, and where do you need this hit done?" Luke asked.

"In Chicago, it's Holly." Paige said quietly. Luke looked at his sister shocked.

"You want to have a hit done on Holly?" Luke asked, Paige furrowed her eyebrows and shook her head.

"No, you idiot, I need the hit done to protect Holly." Paige told him as she looked at him like he had three heads. Luke, however was genuinely worried about Holly. He couldn't help it, he was once in love with the girl, hell, he still was in love with her. Luke had slept with plenty of girls, women were throwing themselves at him daily, he had the pick of the litter. But Holly was special, he had been her first. Luke wanted a relationship with her, but Holly was a free spirit, she was untamable, and it made him love her even more. "What happened to Holly? Did someone hurt her?" He asked with concern. Paige sighed and quickly nodded her head.

"His name is Ben, he's been hitting her for some time now." Paige said. The table was deathly silent. "Look, I'll pay whoever is going to do it, but I need it done." Paige told the table of her uncles, cousins, and brothers.

"You still didn't answer my question, what happened to your face?" Mr. Santino asked his daughter. Paige shook her head.

"Dad…." Paige started, but was cut off by Anthony.

"Did Randy do that to you?" He asked. Paige opened her mouth to speak before Peter interjected.

"Yea, where is Randy anyway, maybe we should have a little talk with him." Paige stood up from the table and looked angrily at her brothers.

"No, Randy didn't do this to me! You know what, I am sick and tired of you always pointing the finger at Randy, he has done nothing but love and respect me. And guess what? I love him too. What does he have to do to get your approval, he saved my life, if it weren't for Randy, I would probably be dead right now." Paige walked over to the bar and poured herself a shot of Tequila and threw it down her throat, feeling the alcohol burn on its way down. She walked back over to the table.

"So, who's going to do the hit?" She asked.

"It will be taken care of Bella." Her father told her. She nodded and head for the stairs, but turned around.

"I want him to suffer, a slow and painful death, then, I want you to chop him up into little pieces and make sure his body disappears off the face of the earth." With that, Paige walked out with a slight smirk. Being a mafia princess did have some perks after all.

So, tell me what you thought of this chapter, i threw in some serious drama to tie you off until the next time. Here's a little hint: things are about to be shaken up, and amyy, i promise that Miss Universe will be caming up soon.

xoxoLeila