Chapter 35

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"T-that's not possible." I directed at Blade.

"I didn't believe it at first either...but he did this."

"No, Kyle is dead!" I shouted, standing up onto my feet.

"I know, but this was the CCTV footage. We must've got it wrong, he's-"

"No Blade, that isn't him, that can't be him."

We were now standing up facing one another. I know he was trying to help, but I couldn't control my emotions.

Not only was Julia missing, but now our main suspect was my dead brother? That couldn't be true.

"Look Reed, I know this is a lot to take in but we have to focus on finding Julia right now."

"You're right. Somebody find me an address, I need some time alone." I said, storming out to my car.

I got in the Jeep and sat with my head in my hands letting out an infuriated scream.

I didn't know what to do or where to go. Was my brother really alive?

And if he was, then why did he want Julia? What was going on?

All of a sudden my phone began to ring. I looked down to see no caller ID, this couldn't be good.

I took a deep breath in, before answering the call.

"Hello? Who is this?" I boomed.

I then heard a slow evil laugh coming out of the speaker along with an all too familiar voice.

"Well hello there dear brother. It's been a long time."

"I don't know who the hell you think you are, but my brother is dead."

"We both know that's not true Reed, because I am right here speaking to you, and I'm currently looking down at an unconscious young girl that I believe belongs to you."

"What the hell have you done to her? Whatever problem you have with me, you need to take it out with me. Leave her out of this, she's innocent!" I snarled.

"Oh Reed, don't you see? Father always told us never to have attachments. Mother was always his biggest weakness and he didn't want that for us, but you didn't follow that rule and now it's come back to bite you." he said devilishly.

He was right. Everything he said about my parents was true. Maybe it was my brother on the other side of the phone, but I still couldn't believe it.

As I watched the CCTV footage earlier, my same pair of brown eyes stared straight back at me. My older brother looked just like me and I could see a lot of myself in him.

Watching someone who had previously been one of the most important people in my life, steal the current best person in my life was heart wrenching. I couldn't cope with this situation.

"If you are who you say you are, why would you be doing this? When Michael broke into our home, we were all such a close, happy family. What changed?" I asked.

"What changed? What changed was the fact that my baby brother and sister left me for dead. You never came back for me and you left me to die, just so you could take over the family business and have all the power to yourself. I had to make it on my own all these years and now it's your turn to be alone."

"We never left you for dead, we searched for you until we were told that you were gone. It killed Dawn and I, we don't deserve this, we tried everything to find you."

"Well you obviously didn't try hard enough. If you want your precious girl back, then you have to meet me alone at the address I'm about to send you. If you bring anybody or try any funny business, then she dies immediately. Do you understand baby brother?"

"Yes." I said through gritted teeth, the call then ended and I was even angrier than before.

If Julia died, it would all be because of me. I would never forgive myself, if my own brother did that to her.

I had to save her, even if I had to sacrifice myself.

Julia's POV

My eyes fluttered open as I tried to recognise my surroundings.

I was lying on the cold stone floor, with a rope tying my hands and feet together. I was unable to move and there was tape covering my mouth.

It wasn't too different from when Marcus and Jason took me away, although I realised that I was in a lot more serious trouble this time.

The room I was in was completely blank, apart from a single door in front of me.

I can't remember how I got here. All I remember is blacking out at the club.

I couldn't help but wonder who the man was, that had taken me. I realised that he hadn't taken me for the reason I had first thought.

This had something to do with the mafia.

I didn't know how long I had been unconscious and I had no idea why I was here, although I was sure that I would soon find out.

I just hope that Reed finds me soon, and if he does, I hope that he's safe.

Just a couple of minutes after I had woken up, the door in front of me swung open.

Two men entered the room, one considerably old and the other was the same man that I met in the club.

As I stared at them with wide eyes, the old man leaned down and ripped the tape off my mouth forcefully.

They were both smiling down wickedly at me but I couldn't understand what they wanted.

"Well well well, Kyle you really have outdone yourself." The older man said.

"Who are you? What do you want from me?" I cried.

As the older man spoke, I realised that the young man's name was Kyle. Kyle was the name of Reed's older brother, could it be the same person?

Reed had told me that his brother had passed away, but the resemblance between the two was uncanny.

Although, I couldn't comprehend why his own brother would want to do this to me.

"Don't worry darling, this is nothing personal. We were just informed by an inside source, that you would be the perfect person to help us get back at Reed Eastwood." the younger man spoke.

"Who are you? What are you going to do to me?"

"My name is Kyle, you may have heard of me. I'm little Reed's older brother and this is Michael Bocelli. Don't worry, we're not going to hurt you...yet." he smirked.

As the old man came into the light, I could see his features more clearly. He had white hair, dark eyes and heavy wrinkles covering his face.

"The only purpose you have to us, is to bring Reed right into the palm of our hands. Once he's here, well... You don't want to know what we're going to do." Michael began to laugh.

Kyle then squatted down to come face-to-face with me.

"Don't worry princess, he shouldn't be too long. He's too worried about you." Kyle smiled evilly.

"Don't touch him. Leave him alone, take it out on me instead." I shouted.

"Wow, the big bad mafia leader has you wrapped around his little finger, doesn't he? Too bad you don't get a say in the matter...I'm going to get a coffee, Mike keep an eye on her." Kyle said before leaving the room.

"What did Reed do? Why do you want him?" I asked.

"Oh dear, you have a lot to learn. Usually, I wouldn't share such private information but seeing as you won't be surviving, then I think I can make an exception." Michael said as he flashed his gruesome teeth towards me.

When he said that I wouldn't be surviving, my heart dropped. This was a lot more serious than the other times of danger I'd been in.

This had been thoroughly planned for awhile, they wanted Reed and they were going to go through me. They had no plans of letting me go.

This made me wish even more that I could stop him from coming after me.

We didn't both have to die for this.

"My name is Michael Bocelli, you see, I don't enjoy kidnapping young girls like you but sometimes it just has to be done. 10 years ago, I had a rivalry with Kyle and Reed's father. We were enemies, it was my destiny to become the mafia king but he wanted the power all to himself. Of course I wasn't going to allow this, it was my legacy not his, so I vowed to kill him. Unfortunately, his family got in the way, I was forced to kill his wife but the children got away before I could get them."

"You sick bastard, why would Kyle ever help you?"

"You didn't let me finish." he sneered. "The night I killed their parents, Kyle came to avenge them, but I managed to take him hostage. Eventually, he saw my side of things. He realised what bad people his family were and saw that his siblings never cared enough to even look for him. We decided to work together and I practically cared for him as my own son for the past 10 years. We vowed to take Reed down after he took away what was ours, so when we got the call from the girl, all the pieces fit into place."

"What girl-" I began.

Before I could get a reply, Kyle burst through the door.

"He's here. Let's get this party started." He said rubbing his hands together eagerly.

"Now sit tight princess, you could be in here for a while." Michael chuckled.

They both then left the room, letting out booming evil laughs as they went.

I couldn't stop the tears from welling up in my eyes at the thought of Reed getting hurt because of me. I just hoped that he had backup. I hoped that he had a plan and we could both escape safely.

Reed's POV

As soon as I got the message, I was on my way.

I hadn't told the boys what was going on, that would only get us in more trouble. I couldn't put anyone else in danger because of my family.

Kyle had sent me the address to an old, abandoned house. I still had no idea why he was doing this to me.

I drove as fast as I could to the location. I had to find Julia before it was too late.

My plan was to sacrifice my life for hers, once they had me they no longer needed her.

As I pulled down the small dirt road leading to the house, my adrenaline levels were through the roof.

I knew that I was the best fighter there was and I could easily outfight my brother. What I didn't know, was who else could be waiting for me.

When I finally arrived, I jumped out of the car with a gun in my hand and my knives strapped to my ankles.

I was quickly joined outside by my long lost brother leaving the building. Shockingly, he wasn't alone.

He was working with the one man I despised more than anyone. Michael Bocelli. The man who killed my family.

"Nice of you to finally join us, brother." Kyle exclaimed.

"Kyle, how could you do this? It's one thing to go against me, but it's another to work with the devil himself. Have you forgotten that this is the man responsible for killing our parents?" I said furiously, holding my gun up to them.

"Oh please, our parents didn't care about me, they only cared about their all star, youngest son. And you may want to drop the gun, because as soon as we die, she dies too."

I carefully dropped my gun onto the ground. I didn't want to take any risks because I knew that they weren't bluffing.

"What do you want from me?" I asked.

"I want my power back. I want what's mine. I'm the eldest son, I deserve to be mafia king. And now, you're going to pay for taking it from me."

"I thought you were dead Kyle. I'll let you do whatever you want to me, just let Julia go."

"Oh Reed, don't you get it? This whole thing is about my power. You don't get to be in charge anymore. You never deserved to be the king, and this girl shows exactly why. You're too weak. So I'm going to kill the girl...and you're going to watch me do it."

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