Dangerously Unusual novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22

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The next day passed by with me being locked up the whole time. And soon we were the next.

"I can't believe I'll be done with, tomorrow," I told Velma when she'd come to give me breakfast. I'd not seen Anthonio since the night I'd treated his wound. He was so strange. So cold. Heartless.

"I don't know what to tell you, dear. You just have to pray for a miracle." Velma had replied, simply.

Velma was a sympathetic woman. I wondered how she'd ended up working for these dangerous people. Maybe she was a victim or captive like I was. I didn't want to ask her any questions because I knew she would not bother answering.

She was a beautiful, charismatic British woman with shiny dark hair.

"There's no miracle now, Velma. I'm finished."

"Let's just change the topic dear. Live the moment."

I was silent. She was right.

"Why is Anthonio so strange? At times he seems a little humane but then he becomes cold, again. Like he's sick up there." I told Velma. She stared at me before sitting down.

"Of course he's sick. As a kid, he was traumatized."

"How?"

"He's never known his parents and he was made to join these dangerous men at twelve. Their youngest member ever. But ironically, the most dangerous. Anthonio is cold-blooded." she explained.

"Hum?" I asked

"Yes. You're still alive because the boss asked him not to kill you. Else you would have been dead from day one. He is mentally unstable and amongst the cruelest of these Mafiosos."

All this wasn't good

news. And I who thought Anthonio had not killed me because he wanted to spare me. I was playing with the devil.

"M...mentally unstable?"

"Yes. He's been to rehab countless times. He took a lot of drugs from his very tender age till he was fourteen. Luckily he escaped death and an overdose, but the drugs affected his ability to act or feel any emotions like any normal person. He can clearly be described as emotionless most of the time, my dear."

"Why didn't they try to treat him?"

"They did. But the treatment is long and slow. When he gets angry, he can kill mercilessly. If you notice, he's quiet at times because he's trying to control his temper and remain stable."

I understood the scary reality but yet I felt a tad bit of sympathy for him. I wasn't supposed to.

"So he has like,...an unstable personality? He's considerate at times but cruel too?"

"Yes."

"He can never be healed completely?"

"He can. But that's gonna be hard with his continuous membership in this dangerous group." Velma stood up "I've said enough. Keep it all to yourself, dear."

She turned and left the room.

With all I'd just heard, I had to be very careful. But I was so stubborn at times and wouldn't shut my mouth up. Anthonio was some type of sociopath. I had to stop pushing him to the wall.

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