"Let him go, Marius." Vanessa pleaded, looking at the stunned, despondent Leo, "You've put him through enough!"
"Hmm." Wolfe replied coldly, "Your dear son has only been through a fraction of what I have planned for him. However, you, madame, serve no further purpose here."
Silently, Wolfe pulled Vanessa to the same exact spot where she and Leo had fallen approximately 8 months prior. Upon hearing the two of them move, Leo looked up and stared vacantly at what was happening in front of him.
"Any final words?" Wolfe asked, putting the barrel of his gun to Vanessa's head.
"Leo," Vanessa said, looking squarely at her son, "I'm so sorry."
After Leo said nothing in response, a smiling Marius pulled the trigger. As Vanessa tumbled over the edge of the railing, Leo turned his head away from the scene. The initial shock of Wolfe's revelation was beginning to wear off of him. Wiping blood off of his gun, Wolfe calmly turned and walked back to where Leo was sitting.
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"David!" Anna shouted, running over, "David!"
"What?" David said, getting up quickly from where he was sitting, "What's wrong?"
"Is it Leo?" Greenlee asked, snapping to attention.
"No." Anna replied breathless, "It's Vanessa. Wolfe killed her."
"You mean," David sighed, rubbing his forehead, "Leo's up there alone with that monster?"
"Yes." Anna said sadly, "And we're still not in the position to take a shot at him."
"Damn it." David growled, banging his fist on the hood of Leo's car, "Leo's going to suffer the same fate that Vanessa did!"
"Let's hope not." Anna said, before being called away, "Excuse me."
As Anna left his side, David stared long and hard at the trail in front of him. When he looked around to see if anyone was paying attention to him, his eyes met Greenlee's. It was as if she knew what he was thinking, and she gave him an encouraging smile and a nod. Sighing, David realized that this might be his only chance.
"Hold on, little bro." David whispered to no one in particular, "I'm coming!"
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Grinning as he did so, Wolfe once again rammed the butt of his rifle into Leo's stomach. Crying out, the younger man fell from his sitting position onto his knees, and held his stomach tightly.
"So," Wolfe asked, standing over Leo, who was wiping blood from the corner of his mouth, "where were we?"
"What the hell do you want?" Leo asked, staring defiantly up at Wolfe. Intense pain was now gripping him with every breath, and the sleeve of his shirt was stained with the blood that was running down his arm.
"Honestly, my boy," Wolfe replied casually, smashing his rifle into Leo's already injured arm. Wincing in pain, Leo had to try his hardest to keep from crying out again, "I want to watch you suffer as much as possible, and savor every moment of it."
"Why?" Leo wondered, "I've never done anything to you!"
"Fool." Wolfe commented, jamming Leo in the stomach again, "Your mother wasn't single when she slept with your father. She was my fiancée, whom I loved as much as you love your Greenlee. Do you even realize how much it hurt me when I found the two of them together, or when your mother disappeared with a goodbye shortly after that? Do you know how long I've waited for my revenge?"
"Revenge?" Leo stammered, before he felt Wolfe's gun collide with his stomach again. He could do little more than writhe in pain.
"Yes." Wolfe explained, "When your mother left shortly after her fling with Count du Pres, I knew instantly that she must have gotten pregnant by him. I also knew that her child might come looking for their father one day, and, when they did, I would have my chance to rectify what happened that night."
"Killing me isn't going to change anything." Leo pointed out, slowly getting to his feet, "That night can never be taken back!"
"It's better than nothing!" Wolfe stated, shoving Leo to the ground so hard that the brown-haired man landed a foot away from the one spot where there was no guardrail between the cliff and its edge. Getting his elbows, Leo glanced worriedly back at the river below him.
"As you can see," Wolfe laughed, "there is nowhere left for you to run this time."
Turning back to Wolfe, Leo sighed in defeat. He knew that the older man was right, and he only wished that he could see Greenlee one last time before he met his maker.
Suddenly, footsteps could be heard quickly approaching the two. Surprised, both heads turned to look at the trail behind them. Leo could only pray with all of his might that it wasn't Greenlee.
"Leo!" David shouted as he emerged. A look of both anger and fear filled the doctor's face as he caught sight of the situation in front of him.
"Well, Monsieur du Pres, it appears that someone besides me will be around to witness your final moments." Wolfe chuckled, turning to David, "I would advise you not to take another step, Dr. Hayward. If you do, you will sentence your younger brother to death."
To be Continued....
"Hmm." Wolfe replied coldly, "Your dear son has only been through a fraction of what I have planned for him. However, you, madame, serve no further purpose here."
Silently, Wolfe pulled Vanessa to the same exact spot where she and Leo had fallen approximately 8 months prior. Upon hearing the two of them move, Leo looked up and stared vacantly at what was happening in front of him.
"Any final words?" Wolfe asked, putting the barrel of his gun to Vanessa's head.
"Leo," Vanessa said, looking squarely at her son, "I'm so sorry."
After Leo said nothing in response, a smiling Marius pulled the trigger. As Vanessa tumbled over the edge of the railing, Leo turned his head away from the scene. The initial shock of Wolfe's revelation was beginning to wear off of him. Wiping blood off of his gun, Wolfe calmly turned and walked back to where Leo was sitting.
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"David!" Anna shouted, running over, "David!"
"What?" David said, getting up quickly from where he was sitting, "What's wrong?"
"Is it Leo?" Greenlee asked, snapping to attention.
"No." Anna replied breathless, "It's Vanessa. Wolfe killed her."
"You mean," David sighed, rubbing his forehead, "Leo's up there alone with that monster?"
"Yes." Anna said sadly, "And we're still not in the position to take a shot at him."
"Damn it." David growled, banging his fist on the hood of Leo's car, "Leo's going to suffer the same fate that Vanessa did!"
"Let's hope not." Anna said, before being called away, "Excuse me."
As Anna left his side, David stared long and hard at the trail in front of him. When he looked around to see if anyone was paying attention to him, his eyes met Greenlee's. It was as if she knew what he was thinking, and she gave him an encouraging smile and a nod. Sighing, David realized that this might be his only chance.
"Hold on, little bro." David whispered to no one in particular, "I'm coming!"
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Grinning as he did so, Wolfe once again rammed the butt of his rifle into Leo's stomach. Crying out, the younger man fell from his sitting position onto his knees, and held his stomach tightly.
"So," Wolfe asked, standing over Leo, who was wiping blood from the corner of his mouth, "where were we?"
"What the hell do you want?" Leo asked, staring defiantly up at Wolfe. Intense pain was now gripping him with every breath, and the sleeve of his shirt was stained with the blood that was running down his arm.
"Honestly, my boy," Wolfe replied casually, smashing his rifle into Leo's already injured arm. Wincing in pain, Leo had to try his hardest to keep from crying out again, "I want to watch you suffer as much as possible, and savor every moment of it."
"Why?" Leo wondered, "I've never done anything to you!"
"Fool." Wolfe commented, jamming Leo in the stomach again, "Your mother wasn't single when she slept with your father. She was my fiancée, whom I loved as much as you love your Greenlee. Do you even realize how much it hurt me when I found the two of them together, or when your mother disappeared with a goodbye shortly after that? Do you know how long I've waited for my revenge?"
"Revenge?" Leo stammered, before he felt Wolfe's gun collide with his stomach again. He could do little more than writhe in pain.
"Yes." Wolfe explained, "When your mother left shortly after her fling with Count du Pres, I knew instantly that she must have gotten pregnant by him. I also knew that her child might come looking for their father one day, and, when they did, I would have my chance to rectify what happened that night."
"Killing me isn't going to change anything." Leo pointed out, slowly getting to his feet, "That night can never be taken back!"
"It's better than nothing!" Wolfe stated, shoving Leo to the ground so hard that the brown-haired man landed a foot away from the one spot where there was no guardrail between the cliff and its edge. Getting his elbows, Leo glanced worriedly back at the river below him.
"As you can see," Wolfe laughed, "there is nowhere left for you to run this time."
Turning back to Wolfe, Leo sighed in defeat. He knew that the older man was right, and he only wished that he could see Greenlee one last time before he met his maker.
Suddenly, footsteps could be heard quickly approaching the two. Surprised, both heads turned to look at the trail behind them. Leo could only pray with all of his might that it wasn't Greenlee.
"Leo!" David shouted as he emerged. A look of both anger and fear filled the doctor's face as he caught sight of the situation in front of him.
"Well, Monsieur du Pres, it appears that someone besides me will be around to witness your final moments." Wolfe chuckled, turning to David, "I would advise you not to take another step, Dr. Hayward. If you do, you will sentence your younger brother to death."
To be Continued....