Chapter-55

I quickly walk up the stairs heading towards kuhu room. The whole way up my mind is buzzing with so many thoughts that even I can't process what really is going on in my mind right now. I just know that I need to see kuhu or else my mind will burst open out of worry.

She was fine this morning, I still remember the smile adorning her lips when we came back and I dropped her in the room.

What could have went wrong?

Did I mistakenly hurt her last night?

I could hear the footsteps of Angleo and Xavier walking up the stairs just behind me. My feet pick up more pace as we reach the end of the stairs. I hastily turn and move towards her room.

A deadly silence engulfs us as we reach her room. I could see a bunch of people gathered around her bed but they hurriedly scurry away, realising my presence.

There she is.

My heart pinches at the sight of her. Her face ashen and her frail body lying unconscious on the bed. I see the doctor inspecting her pulse.

"Kuhu"

Xavier says and moves towards her. He crouches down at the side of her bed and cups her face, moving his thumb tenderly on her cheek.

"What happened to her?"

He directs his questions to the doctor.

I stand there and wait for the doctor to respond but I could feel my heartbeat picking up,

What if it was me?

I feel my throat drying as I wait for the doctor to respond.

"She has high fever and seems like she hasn't eaten anything since morning, so it can be due to exertion but we will still have to run some tests to confirm anything."

A sense of relief washes over me but still I feel guilty as it was my responsibility to take care of her especially after last night but I was busy focusing other things.

"When will she wake up?"

I finally speak

"I have setup an I.V line and administered glucose and meds. She should be up in few hours."

I nod.

"What is that stench?"

Angleo asks

I also pick up on it. My mind was too preoccupied earlier to register it but as angleo pointed it out I too smell that putrid stench.

It's like someone just vomitted.

"Well I did find her in a pool of vomit."

A familiar voice says.

I turn my head to right and see my father sitting on a chair.

"She must have vomited before fainting not that I know anything."

He says with that sick smile he always have.

"What the hell is this fucker doing here, lorenzo?"

Xavier yells while pointing at him.

"That's what I want to know."

I say as I face him.

If he is here then it's much more complicated than what it looks like. Knowing him he is back to screw me over. He just can't stand seeimg me happy.

"What a great father I have?"

"It seems like you didn't like my data stealing trick I played on you, Russian boy."

He says sarcastically.

"You know what I will really like, is to have your face disfigured by my bare hands."

Xavier spats and lunges towards him.

But I grab him in the nick of time and hold him back.

He glares at me angry over my intervention

"Stop he definitely has something up his sleeve, don't let him get to you."

I murmur

He looks back at him, his nose flaring in anger but still backs down like I asked.

"Would you look at that, the two arch enemies reconciling over a girl.

Awww how cute?"

He blabbers.

"I know it's a cute sight but having to see your old wrinkly face isn't. So tell me what are doing here, padre."

His amusing expression is replaced by a stern look as I get back at him

Two can play the game.

If he can push my buttons, I also know what to say to have him show his true colours.

"Well when you have a son like you who constantly gets between your plans you ought to be close to him."

He says regaining his compusre.

"Well it's not my fault that my father still haven't aced on how to get back at your enemies. As grandfather would say you're a wuss."

I smirk as I see his jaw tighten upon hearing my words.

I hit him where it hurts now I just have to wait for him burst out.

"Your grandfather would also not approve of you helping the enemies."

He says.

"Good thing he died."

I smile as I continue to press his wounds

I can see the storm brewing in his eyes

My grandfather was a pain in the ass and always disapproving of my father but my father still loved him dearly. He always wanted his approval but it was me who was made the heir of Accardo's and that stung my father hard. It was like a stamp that he can never match what was expected from him.

The craziness in his eyes dissolves as his eyes flicker over to kuhu.

His composure is back.

I clench my jaw.

He has something over me, I can tell by his shift of expression.

"Earlier I didn't understand why you were so helping towards him but now I do. After all the body that she has got could easily mesmerize anyone."

He says with a disgusting grin.

"Those plump breasts and that ass, even I had a reaction."

He keeps going.

I fist my hands and try to control the urge to beat the shit out of him. There is this itch in my throat that is growing as I hear him talk about my girl like that.

"Seeing her unconscious I really wanted to explore that sexy body of..

In a split second Xavier have him up by his collar.

"I dare you to complete the sentence.

Belive me I will make you eat your tongue you montherfucker."

"That's not how you talk to a elder. Are you russians always this ill mannered?"

He says still smiling.

"He may be your son but I have no constraints in having your mouth sewn."

Xavier speaks his voice laced with anger.

He ignores him and says

"Is the mighty Xavier Ivanov losing his composure over a girl."

He clicks his tongue in disapproval.

"Let him go Xavier."

I say and Xavier looks at me with a disparaging look.

I give a look of not fucking around, I need to get my father to run his big mouth and atleast lead me on his devious plans.

Xavier though repulsing of my decision let's him go and he staggers on his feet.

"You truly are filth."

Xavier say as he rubs his hands over his shirt hoping to get rid of my father's touch.

He cackles like a mad man after hearing him.

"I may be filth but sleeping with another man while having a husband..

..Umm what would you call that?"

He acts as if he is in a deep thought

"Yeah it's called a WHORE."

I swing my fist right at his face as he falls on the ground while holding his bleeding nose.

"Enough of this shit."

I say as I feel my nerves thrumming with anger.

He squeals in pain while holding his nose

I wanted to deal with him in a rational way but he is really testing my patience now.

"Huh! And you were asking me not to lose my cool."

Xavier mocks from behind.

My father groans in pain.

"Keep her name out of your filthy mouth."

I say sternly.

He looks up at me and smiles

"My son, the great Lorenzo Accardo is loosing his cool."

He snickers.

"Over a mere girl."

He cackles, his cacophony filling the room.

He is truly being a nuisance right now.

"Can I please hit him?"

Xavier asks

I feel my headache resurfacing. Why do I have to deal with all the dimwits in my life?

"Enough"

A voice roars and we all turn to see Mr Vitalli at the door.

"All of you move out except the doctor. Atleast let the poor girl rest."

He says in a stern voice.

I avert my eyes on kuhu and seeing her lying unconsciously there squeezes my heart.

"He is right. Let her rest."

I say.

The workers start moving out.

I look back at my father holding onto his bloody nose and say.

"Take your ass out of the room and don't you dare enter her room again."

He scowls at me but nonetheless follows what I say.

I follow him as I make my way out, Angelo walking behind me.

As I reach the door I see Xavier still rooted to his spot, glancing at her with a sombre look in his eyes.

"She needs rest."

I say from the threshold of the door.

He looks at me and nods in disappointment.

Soon he also moves out.

..................

"Well what does he want?"

Xavier asks as he swirls the glass in his hand having scotch.

"He wants to see me being miserable."

I say as I sip on the liquor in my glass.

A burning taste hits my throat as I continue speaking

"That's his only motto in life. To find new ways to make me pathetic."

"Nice dad you have right there."

He mocks me and takes a big gulp of his scotch.

"But why is he meddling with me?"

He asks

"He just want to create a rift between you two, so you two are busy fighting each other and he can work on the devious plan he has in his mind."

Angelo answers for me.

"Well he failed so now what?"

Xavier questions.

"We wait."

I answer.

"We wait, are you being serious right now?"

Xavier looks at me with astonishment.

I nod

"Is this fucker sane? You know you have a lunatic father who is trying to back stab you and you're just gonna wait for him to do that."

He spats furiously.

"Well then what do you insist we do, kill him."

I ask aggravated

"Hell yeah."

He instantly replies.

I just groan his annoyance hearing me.

Bringing my glass closer to my lips, I take another big gulp letting bitter taste of liqour settle on my tongue.

"I don't care what you and father do to each other but keep it to yourself. If by any chance he involves my family again I will decapitate him and will put his fucking head as a wall decoration right in your manor."

Xavier says and gets up.

He walks out of the door leaving me and Angleo alone.

"He is right Lorenzo just how long will you tolerate his attacks?"

He asks

"Not now angleo, I have a lot on my mind right now."

I say as I rub my temples.

"I know you have got a lot on your plate right now but I don't think this time you will be able to handle your father's attack."

"Earlier you didn't have any weakness, you were alone and yet he still always managed to leave you brutalized.

This time you have kuhu.

And he knows she is your weakness."

Xavier continues.

"He won't harm her."

I say more to myself than him.

"His shirt had a bit of vomit on it. He must be there when she was conscious."

Angelo speaks making me look up at him.

"I know you still can't paint the picture of your Father being a pschyo who is obsessed with your deafeat. I know you still have a soft spot for him and believe that one day he will realise all the wrongs he did to you."

Angleo lays all my emotions bare and it's making me feel suffocated.

I don't want him to reiterate my inner turmoil.

"But you need to realise that they never care for others. Nothing is bigger than their obsession. Not even their own blood."

Angleo says referring to my dad and that bitch Bianca.

It's the first time be has mentioned her after her death.

"Put him out of the way before he harms what you love."

I fist my hand and say

"I won't let him lay even a finger on her."

"Physical pain isn't the only thing he can inflict."

Angleo replies almost immediately.

I scrunch my eyebrows confused.

"Pushing a person to a point where they are bound to agree to all your demands is what truly kills a person."

Angelo speaks and I feel my heart skip a beat.

"It's not a mystery that kuhu hid some things from you. That's why she left you a year ago. You only told me that your father manipulated her. There is something that he has over her that has her do what he wants from her."

Angleo says as he opens the drawer to his left and takes out a cigar.

Putting the cigar in his lips he lights it up.

Soon a cloud of smoke hazes my view of him as he smokes.

"How are you so sure of all this?"

I ask him

"Because I have survived a demon, I was with her for so long that I could tell by a miniscule change in her expression, what was going in her head?"

"Even though I survived yet she still managed to taint me enough that I have a part of her in me."

"Mind is a fragile thing, Lorenzo. Once you gain control over someone's mind you can mend it the way you like. It's like clay at the palm of your hands. You can stretch it but there is a limit. If you stretch beyond that it breaks and will separate out."

There is a dark glimmer in his eyes as he speaks.

"Save your lass because you motherfucker are in deep shit because of your love for her."