Present time
ROSE'S POV
"That wasn't what I was expecting," I told him, and he chuckled.
"I know," He told.
"So you fell for her while she was there?" I asked him and he frowned.
"I don't know when I fall for her, but it was amazing," He said with a smile.
"If I wasn't born, you two could've had more time," I told looking at my nearly finished rice bowl with a sad smile.
"Probably," I looked at him as he told me that.
"But I'm glad that you're here. Maybe it's too late to tell that but I am," He told and I nodded.
"You have to tell me what happened next," I told him.
"Later, I have to go prepare the preparations for the party," He told me.
"What happened with Robert was horrible. I don't think anyone of us is ready to hear that, I don't think that I'm ready to tell it," I told him after a long pause. He tensed.
"So could you be strong for me when I tell you that?" I asked looking at him.
"You're my daughter Rosemarie. It's true, I'm a horrible father but I loved you always, I never realized it until you're gone. And now you're out of my reach. But I'll always be there for you. I promise.
I'm pretty much sure that whatever happened will eat me alive too. But I'll be strong for you," He promised. I placed my hand on his smiling holding back my tears.
"Thank you, baba," I told and he nodded.
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IBRAHIM'S POV ON THE DAY OF THE BALL
"Ibrahim he's here," I looked at my guard before looking at the grand door.
"Alexander," I exclaimed and brought him for a hug, patting his back.
"Uncle, how are you?" He asked me.
"Good, good, how are you? Are you fine now?" I asked him.
"All good. So where is she?" He asked and I grinned.
"Your sister must be upstairs, she'll be here soon," I told him. He nodded and sighed.
"How's she?" He asked and I frowned.
"She has been good, as I told you, but there's something she's not telling," I told him.
"What I meant is, how's she with you and others... wait what do you mean by not telling us?" he asked and I shrugged my shoulders.
"We are getting along very well, but I don't know if she has forgiven me completely," I told him and we both sighed.
"Do you think she'll forgive me?" He asked and I chuckled.
"Please, there's nothing to forgive you," I told him.
"I never treated her equal, I loved her, yes, but I guess as a child I didn't want to share you with her. I mean you became a father to me and she felt more like a mom than a sister," He told.
"We both were wrong, and don't deserve her but still we're her family," I told him and he nodded.
"Did he tell you anything about her life she spent as a Hathaway?" I chuckled.
"You won't like them," I told him and he raised his eyebrow.
"She has dated, done crazy things and so many more," I told him and he scowled.
"Dated?" He asked.
"Yes, but I'm not going to tell you about him, ask her," I told him and he nodded.
"Ibrahim," We both turned around to meet Dimitri.
"Belikov, looking good. Meet Eddison Alexander, he's my nephew, but like my own and Rose's brother," I told introducing them.
"Dimitri Xander Belikov," He told as they shook hands.
"I must say I've heard a lot about you, when I was in Russia," Alexander told and Belikov smirked.
"I did too, you've been mentioned several times here. Anyway, after the attack how are you?" He asked.
"Good, thank you for your help that day," Alexander told. We kept talking and later Leonid came and introduced himself too.
"O moy bog!" (Oh my god!) We all turned to see where Mason was looking as he muttered.
DIMITRI'S POV
Goddess! That is the only word to describe her. She was looking perfect. I've no idea how she can look so elegant and gorgeous but still so simple at the same time. Her dress, and light makeup, was looking perfect.
She's perfect!
With her beauty, intelligence, maturity, smart personality, also her weaknesses, she's just perfect! I'd never realized until now, how elegant she looked.
All eyes were on her but still, her eyes showed confidence, her smile widened and her eyes sparkled as she saw Alexander and so does his.
She gave a small nod to everyone and made her way towards us.
"3 fucking years Rose," Alexander muttered looking at her.
"Too long," She muttered back opening her arms and Alexander hugged her tight.
"God! I missed you," He told, and she soothingly patted his back.
"Me too," She told as he broke it.
"I'm sorry, I left without telling you," She told as she kissed his cheek.
"Yeah! You're never getting out of sight," He told and she chuckled.
"We'll see about it," She told and she turned to Ibrahim.
"Rose, you're looking gorgeous, kiz," He told and she hugged him too. His eyes closed in peacefulness.
"Thank you," She told as she pulled away from the hug and he kissed her forehead.
And then she turned to me.
"Dimitri, looking good tonight," She told smirking and extending her hand. I held it and kissed her knuckles.
"So are you, you look breathtaking," I told her and she nodded.
"You're looking beautiful Rose," Ivan told and gave her a quick hug.
"Thank you, Ivan so are you," She told.
"Anyway, how are you, Eddie? And I'm sorry for what happened on the day of the attack," She asked him and Ivan excused himself for a while.
"Good, I am. Yes, you did a mistake but so we all are," He told. If there's anything about the Mazur family, they all are so honest.
"Yeah! but I still feel bad. If it wasn't for the additional soldiers, you could've died," She told and then looked at me.
"Thank you," I nodded.
"No worries, the day we united, you all became a part of Bravata," I told them and they nodded.
"So are you, you are a part of famiglia," Ibrahim told and I nodded smiling.
"Is that true that your book is being published by his company?" Alexander asked and we both nodded.
"About that, it'll be out soon," I told and she smiled widely.
"Really? Thank you," She told. I nodded and behind her, I saw Mason signalling me to come over.
"Excuse me," I told and they nodded.
ROSE'S POV
Seeing my little brother after 3 long years made me feel so damn happy. He's the closest to me and leaving him was hard.
"I heard that you dated?" I looked at my father as Eddie asked.
"You told him?" I asked him and he smirked.
"Not the entire story," He told and I glared.
"Yes, I dated," I told and Eddie scowled.
"Who's the dude?" Eddie asked.
"You can't kill him anyway, Eddie so drop it," I told him.
"Why the hell not?" He asked and I chuckled.
"Trust me, you can't," He looked at father.
"Do you agree with that?" He asked and he nodded.
"Whatever, you won't date in the future. Remember your rules? No boys, No boyfriends, and especially no sex," I blushed at the last part.
"Oh my god, Eddie! My personal life is way out of your league, so drop it, Besides it's too late," I told him in annoyance.
"What do you mean by too late?" I sighed.
"You know what, I think I'm gonna go and enjoy the party. It'll be rather good than talking about my sex life," I told them and left them to talk to others.
"Rose!" I stopped walking and turned to my left to meet Peter and Mason along with a woman.
Her appearance screamed Russian and beauty. She had jet-black straight hair and a small round face.
"Hi you guys," I told grinning widely.
"Rose, meet my wife Yelena," I widened my eyes as Peter told me.
"You are married, god I didn't know," I told and looked at her smiling.
"Hi, I've heard a lot about you," She told and I nodded as I hugged her.
"It's very amazing to meet you, Yelena, I'm so sorry I didn't reach you earlier," I told her and she shook her head.
"No actually, I landed here yesterday," She told me.
"We're moving out, We rented an apartment near," I frowned as Peter told.
"No offence but why?" I asked and she blushed, placing a hand on her belly.
"Oh my god! Congratulations!" I squealed and hugged her again. And she blushed more but hugged me.
"Thank you," They both told.
We continued to talk about so many things, and I learned how they met, about their wedding, and much more.
"May I have your attention everyone?" We all looked in our father's direction as he tapped his glass.
"Ladies, and gentlemen, I think it's time for us to celebrate this properly. As you all know we are having a hard time but I'd like to tell you that you all are family. So as we all know this is a welcome party, to welcome Mr Belikov, Eddison, and Rosemarie. Mr Belikov, you are a part of the familiar and we all will support you in your time of need when you need. And Eddison, welcome son, you might not be my own but you sure feel like one, And Rosemarie, I know that I don't deserve to be called your father, but I'm so glad, and happy to have you back," I nodded my head and we all raised our glasses.
I was enjoying the rest of the night, talking, smiling, and drinking. I felt a presence behind me and I saw Dimitri grinning.
"Yes?" I asked him and he smirked.
"Nothing, I was wondering when I'll be able to talk to you without any other presence," I chuckled.
"What is it?" I asked him.
"You told me that you're thankful, prove it," I frowned as he told me.
"I swear to god if you're trying to...," I didn't get to finish it.
"Dance with me, later. I'm not in the phase of just taking you anymore," He told me.
"Really what changed your mind?" I asked him.
"You did, I've told you this so many times Rose. You are the first in many things in my life, which I can't even explain," He told me.
He has a very strange way of expressing his feelings.
"Dance?" I asked him and he nodded.
"Later," Before leaving.
DIMITRI'S POV
I was talking to some Turkish when my eye caught her again. It's true what I told her. I don't think I only want to have her and then leave her.
"You should know that you're trying to cross the line," I turned back to meet the voice behind me and I raised my eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" I asked Eddie.
"You think I haven't noticed the way you look at my little sister?" I raised my eyebrow trying to act cool.
"Little sister? You sure about that?" I asked him and before he could burst I heard another voice.
"You are playing with fire, Belikov," I smirked as Ibrahim told.
"I wouldn't agree to join our mafias if I don't like playing with fire," I told and both of them glared.
"Say away from her, she's out of your league," Alexander told.
"From what I've seen, observed, and learned about her, she's a smart and independent woman who's mature enough to make her decisions. I won't force her or hurt her, just because she doesn't want to be with me," I told them. They both glared and before they could continue I looked at Ibrahim.
"Did she tell you about her encounter with Robert?" I asked him and he shook his head scowling.
"What?" Alexander asked.
"She told me that it was horrible and that she doesn't think that we're strong enough to hear it, nevertheless she's not ready to tell it," I frowned.
"He has hurt her," Alexander muttered.
But none of us didn't get the chance to reply as Pavel approached us with a glare.
"Robert, he's on the line," We all looked at each other.
"Should we call Rose?" Alexander asked.
"No, don't call Rose, let's go," Ibrahim told.
"Why not me? I have to be there too," We turned to meet Rose.
"Once this party is over we'll call him," She told.
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"What the hell are these?" I muttered while going through the photos.
All the men are here in the meeting room, it has been 30 minutes after the party, nearly midnight.
"What is it?" Rose asked as she entered the room.
"He sent these photos, they seem like photos of a basement or somewhat," I told showing her them. And as she saw them, her face paled, and she nearly fell but Alexander caught her.
"Rose, are you alright? What is it?" Ibrahim asked and she closed her eyes.
"I know this place," She told gulping and holding Alexander's arms tightly.
"What is it?" I asked her gently.
"I can't... I...," She muttered shaking her head.
"Kiz, you have to know," Ibrahim told cupping her face.
"It is where," She gulped, and we all waited patiently for her to continue. Rose took a deep breath.
"It's where he raped me three years ago,"
Silence. The silence was all I could feel. I think everything stopped for a minute. Like everything. And then I started realising everything. Her fear towards this world even knowing she'll be safe. Her hatred towards Robert. What she meant by telling Adrian healed her. Why she didn't regret leaving. Sleeping pills, hard time sleeping.
I could feel the rage building inside me. It started boiling. I wanted to kill him, torture him to death.
HE HURT HER! HE TOOK HER LIFE AWAY FROM HER! SHE WAS ONLY A TEENAGER, A CHILD!
HE HURT MY ROSE!
"No matter what you hear, or see don't react to anything," We all were taken aback by her voice. Her perfect mask was coming back to her face hiding all the vulnerability. And then we saw the caller ID showing his name.
"Don't react to anything. I know what he wants, and we aren't giving it to him," She told before hitting the green button.
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***Warning- Heavy Chapter, mention of rape! Mature content ***
Bold letters- the video
Normal- the narration
ROSE'S POV
I hit the call button.
Screams! All we could hear was a bloody murder scream, a scream I'm so familiar with.
They were mine.
My screams as I was being raped.
A scream of my perfect mask breaking.
Maybe the screams that describe all 18-year-old girls who lost their virginity to a monster!
THIRD-PERSON POV
As she hit the green button for the video call, the screen was pitch black but the entire hall was filled with a voice of a scream. A voice they're very familiar with. Everyone was frozen, not a word, not a single movement. Everything was frozen.
"God Victor! What a gift is this? She's a beauty isn't she?" Robert's voice was heard as the video got clearer.
There she was on the floor holding her left cheek and that bastard Robert, Victor, and some other people surrounding her.
"Her mother used to be more beautiful, and she was the one who really should've been worth this but this bitch here killed her," Victor told grabbing her hair and pulling her up.
"But the moment she became 10 I realized that she will take after her mother's beauty, I must say the waiting was worth it," He told in a very sick way, all the while she was trying to break the hold, whimpering.
"You can have her later while going back, but not now," Robert told approaching her with a predator smile.
"Don't come near me! GO AWAY! AHHHHHHHH!," She screamed again as Robert pulled her hair and dragged her to the middle of the room.
"Famous Mafia Hacker, Rosemarie Mazur all alone ready to please me," He yelled mockingly and everyone else started laughing.
"LET ME GO YOU BASTARD!" She yelled but it just made everything worse.
"Little girls are not to speak like that," Robert told holding her by her neck.
"You son of a bitch! When my father gets to know about this, you're fucking dead! He'll kill you, you're gonna wish you were never even fucking born!" She told him through gritted teeth.
"Oh really? Do you think your sweet papa will come and save you? Tell me, sweetheart, tell me one day he was there for you, oh! don't bother answering, I know it already, NEVER! You're a stupid idiot if you think he'll protect you," Robert told.
That statement was enough to make Ibrahim freeze. He stood there frozen his eyes glued to the screen which was showing her daughter, who loved him through anything since she was small getting raped. Robert was right. He wasn't there for her until the damage is done.
"You mother fucking bastard!" She yelled and spit on his face making him angry. Very angry.
"It seems like that asshole never taught you to be respectful. Maybe it's time for you to learn it now!" He told and gave a signal to his men and two of his men came forward and slapped her hard! SO HARD, that she fell. As she fell, he handcuffed her and ripped her blouse showing her back to Robert who was smirking holding a belt,"
As the ripping sound filled the room, along with her cry, the room tensed and Rose clenched her hand feeling everything happening again. Remembering everything. She wanted to scream, so loud that the entire world might hear her! At least to cry her heart, pain out. But she couldn't, she won't give that bastard the satisfaction.
"You better learn after this,"
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TEN whips! Ten whips and her back is bleeding. The skin has broken and blood was oozing out her marks.
"Did you learn how to talk?" Robert asked and she turned to look at his face.
"FUCK YOU!" She muttered through the pain. His smirk vanished.
"Bitch!" He yelled before starting again.
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Another ten whips! But she still didn't submit to him. She didn't.
"You are his daughter aren't you?" He asked crouching down and sprinkling salt all over her bleeding back making her cry out.
Every whip was killing Chloe inside. Her back remembering the pain, that immense pain that never left her. Every whip was making Ibrahim kill himself. Every whip was burning Eddie. Every whip was making Dimitri angrier and angrier. Every whip was hurting everyone else.
Their Rose, the person who always brightened their mood, who's always so keen to protect them. Who let everything apart, to do anything for them, was tortured all alone when she was only a child!
"I will never submit to you! NEVER!" She screamed through her tears.
"Too bad! I was going to make this nice, after all, you're a precious virgin. I don't like hurting you, sweetheart. I really don't. Your skin is beautiful, so beautiful and soft, but YOU are making it hard. YOU'RE DOING THIS TO YOURSELF!" He told removing his pants and ripping her skirt and panties.
Rose couldn't bear it anymore. Her heart betrayed her. She couldn't hold it anymore. Not alone at least. She clutched the hand that was near her, trying not to break. Remembering what's coming next.
The tension grew more and more in the room, knowing that this bastard destroyed her. Knowing she was helpless that day.
She screamed. Bloody murder scream thrashing around wriggling, wanting to be set free as he entered her destroying her completely.
The unbearable pain was shown clearly by her screams and a never-ending stream of tears. She screamed, screamed, and screamed wriggling more and more, not wanting to give up as he thrust into her at a maddening pace.
In-out, in-out, not stopping, ignoring her cries. His grunts, moans, growlings, and curses along with his brutality, destroyed her innocence.
Everyone was seeing red. Rose's hand tightened, feeling the pain again and again, without ending.
"FUCK!" He grunted as he finished. Not once she stopped wriggling.
"That was a sight to watch," Victor told smirking.
"It's just not fair that I can't take her now, we are late now anyway," He told laughing.
"Take her back, but bring again. I'm sure they all want a taste too. Besides I need her knowledge," Robert told.
And that's when the video ended. There was a thick silence before Robert's smirking figure appeared on the screen.
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"Rosemarie Nicole Mazur, it has been a long time darling," As he uttered those words everyone lost control.
"We will kill you, for fuck's sake we will hunt you down and kill you" Threatens could be heard from every person.
"I get it as you like my favourite video of all the time?" He told again being satisfied with the way they responded. But before the hell could break again, Rose spoke.
"You are the worst bastard, I've seen in my life. You are the stupidest, most sickening, and most horrible monster in this world Robert," Robert smirked more as she spoke.
"Your screams were far better than that. The way you struggled, and begged me to stop..." Rose scoffed before he could utter another word.
"Exactly, I didn't give up now, did I? I never submitted it to you, anyway no need of talking about it, again and again, let us just make one thing clear." She told holding herself with every small ounce of power left.
"Everyone here wants to kill you. Everyone. And we all love, respect, and protect each other. And I earned their love, respect, and every other thing. Imagine their anger now, Robert. You might think you hit the jackpot, but you awakened the half-sleeping evil inside us. And now we won't give you death! I won't let anyone of them kill you!" Everyone looked at her. Her eyes were bloodshot red, filled with pain, anger, and sadness.
"I will be the person who will kill you! On that day I promised myself if I'm ever going to kill someone that would be you, and god I won't give you an easy one. None of us will. Not now anyway, so finally, THANK YOU, FOR MOTIVATING US TO DESTROY YOU!" She told smirking before ending the call.
ROSE'S POV
I felt like falling but a hand caught my elbow, steadying me. I closed my eyes breathing heavily. My screams haunt me again and again. That dirty feeling came back flooding through every cell.
"Miss Rose," I heard several voices. As I opened my eyes and looked at them I saw something I hate to see.
"Don't anyone of you dare to look at me with that pity," I told glaring at them.
"I didn't give up, I didn't" I muttered closing my eyes again.
"I failed you completely," I heard a faint whisper. I opened my eyes and looked at my father.
His face... I... I don't know how to describe his face.
"I failed you, he hurt you, destroyed you and I wasn't there. I didn't protect you, I broke you," He muttered, his eyes closed.
I don't know why I did what I did next.
I cupped his left cheek. He opened his eyes, and for the very first time in my life, I saw his tears leaving his eyes.
"Ari, I..." I was speechless seeing him like this. Yes, it was partly his fault. He did fail me.
"Then protect me from now on," I told him and his eyes widened.
"Protect me from the demons, and nightmares, that haunt me. Be there for me," I told him.
"All of you," I told looking at everyone.
"I know, that you feel guilty, angry and so many other feelings, and I truly appreciate it all. But it wasn't your fault," I told them.
I took a deep breath.
"What happened to me, should not happen to anyone else. Every criminal, mafia, gang, or any other thing should be scared of us, should fear us. They should fear messing with Mazur familiga, and Bravata" I told looking at Dimitri.
"But every girl, every mother, and every innocent people should feel safe hearing about us, we aren't monsters, we will kill monsters," I told and their faces told me that they were with me.
"And finally, please don't treat me any differently. Treat me, be with me, talk to me the way we used to, please," I begged them letting my tears fall.
"Because what I fear most is the difference, I might get," I told them and they nodded.
"I'll see you all later, I told but before I could exit the room I stopped at Mason.
"Find it and delete it," I told him and he nodded.
