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FLASHBACK.
"You are nothing but a filth on my name..."
Luciano wiped fifteen years old Sebastian who was hanging to the wall tied to chains. Sebastian has already stopped screaming, he was numb.
Vincenzo was sitting on the dirty floor covering his ears, every whip which was landing on Sebastian was leaving a mark on his innocent mind too.
"Get up boy..."
Luciano kicked him making him fall on the ground.
"Get up and take the knife..."
He ordered and Vincenzo stood up treambling in fear.
"Hurry up, pussy..."
Luciano slapped him.
Vincenzo rubbed his slapped cheek and quickly picked up the knife.
"Get me the eyes of that man..."
Luciano pointed towards the man who was tied to the chair.
"I can't father..."
Vincenzo said In shaky voice but he was again met with the harsh slap.
"I said do it..."
Luciano growled.
"I don't want to..."
Vincenzo yelled and started crying.
"I know how to make you do it..."
With that Luciano left the basement.
"What happened, can't take the beating, bastard"
Sebastian mocked.
Vincenzo glared at him.
"Look at yourself first, then talk..."
"At least I am not crying like a fucking pussy..."
Sebastian mocked while spitting blood.
"Kill him... Vincenzo..."
"Are you mad, I am not killing anyone..."
Vincenzo yelled.
"If you won't kill him then he will kill us... He is a monster not a father... If not you then he will definitely kill me..."
Sebastian said.
"Then let him kill you, I don't care..."
"Just think about it Vincenzo, we will be free. He won't torture us anymore. Our mother will be free..."
"She is my mother, not yours..."
Vincenzo growled.
Sebastian clenched his jaw.
"Kill him, Vincenzo... If you kill him I won't call her my mother again, I will leave this place... You won't have to share her with me..."
Vincenzo was about to answer him but at the same time Luciano came back with little Maria and Matthew. Maria was crying on top of her lungs.
Luciano threw them on the floor roughly.
Sebastian started struggling in his bounds when he saw his siblings getting a abused and Vincenzo was already boiling in anger.
"Leave them alone..."
He growled.
"Do as I say and won't skin them alive..."
Luciano chuckled.
"Do it Vincenzo..."
Sebastian growled.
Vincenzo looked at the little kids and leaned to their level.
"Maria, Matthew sit in the corner and close your eyes for me..."
"It's hawlting..."
Maria said rubbing her scratched knees and sobbed.
"I will make it stop, angel... I promise... It won't hurt again."
He cooed her.
"Listen to him baby, please..."
Sebastian said and the kids nodded.
Matthew and Maria sat in the corner with closed eyes.
Luciano thought Vincenzo is going to hurt that man but instead he attacked him. He tried to tackle Vincenzo but furious boy roughly made him fall on the concrete floor.
Before Luciano could stop him Vincenzo stabbed in his heart and kept stabbing until Catherine pulled him away from the deadbody...
Keeping his promise Sebastian left with his grandfather and never called Catherine his mother again but he always Loved her like one, she was indeed his mother, more than his real one.
FLASHBACK ENDED.
Florina stopped at the door of their bedroom and wiped her tears. She slowly walked inside, Sebastian was standing by the window shirtless.
Her eyes roamed on his tattooed back thinking how much scars he is hiding beneath it. Scars on his body might fed away but what about the scars Luciano has left on his mind, soul and heart.
Walking towards him Florina hugged him from behind. Sebastian was taken aback back for a moment.
"Butterfly..."
He turned around and she hugged him tightly. He embraced her while rubbing her back.
"What happened?..."
"Nothing, I just needed this..."
She mumbled with tight throat.
"Is it hurting again..."
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