Song: Darkside by Oshins ft. Hael

By the time we step out of the plane everyone else is already standing out next to the car. Eli refuses to let go of my hand as we walk over by everyone else. We all climb in and I can't help but look around for my abductor. I know he is in the trunk of the car; where else can he possibly be. I already know what is in store for him. Ashton drives with Marcus sitting in the front with him. In the back, my parents sit across from me and Eli and Atticus is sitting on the other side of me. I look out the window for the first part of the drive, looking at all the building and the streetlights that we pass. I know we are headed straight for the Crematory.

My dad leans up and reaches out for me, touching the edge of my leg. I feel my eyes swell up as I try to avoid him. As I look down, I notice he is still in the bloody pants. One leg is rolled up and someone bandaged him up. Just not sure who it was. "Sweetheart how are you feeling?"

I slowly look over at him. I must have tensed up some because Eli tightens his grip around my hand. "I'm fine. Or I will be. You don't need to worry about me," I say coldly.

His hand retreats and goes back to his own knee. "But I am worried about you. You never should have been there. This should never had happened."

I feel a lump rise in the back of my throat as the bridge of my nose starts to sting. "Did you do that to her? What he did to me...did you do that to her?" I already knew the real answer but I just had to hear him say it. 

He tilts his head slightly towards my mom but he doesn't look at her. It's like he is afraid to tell the truth and I'm dying to know what words will come out of that mouth of his.  I watch as his eyes fall for a moment to look at his busted up knee. "Yes...but it was years ago way before Scarlett and I got together. We...we had this arrangement between us. She begged for me to do that. I don't expect you to understand that type of lifestyle."

"Why would anyone want to have that done?" I glance over at my mom. "He does this to you too doesn't he?"

She was looking out the window however she must have sensed me looking at her. She glances over at Mekhi and back towards me. "It's complicated Vi. I told you that I had my own demons to deal with. This happens to be one of them."

"Why...why would you want this? You said your father would whip you and after all that time of being mistreated how could you let him do that to you?" I look back and forth between the both of them. 

"I told you...it's complicated. It's something we do for pleasure. We both are just fucked up."

"Fine...whatever...I get it; your both are sick in the head and enjoy being tortured. I thought I was going to die. Just so you know he came in every hour to hurt me. Said you would be pissed but wanted to prove a point. Then there you were and he still hurt me to hurt you. Did you really mean what you said back there?"

He shakes his head back and forth slowly while he grits his teeth.

"It is true? You never wanted me did you? I remember that first time seeing you. I was so little but I remember you arguing with Scarlett that you didn't want me. Then you told him that. Just hearing you say that brought back so many memories."

"No...Yes..." He grits his teeth again. "Fuck. Look at me...Violet fucking look at me." He reaches out for my hands as he leans closer into me. 

I look up and stare at him. His eyes water up and a tear actually falls. A tear. I can't remember a time growing up that he was so emotional.

"I said what I did hoping that he would let you go. I was there to take your place. I would die for you. You are my little girl. You may not be my blood but god dammit you are my girl. You will always be. I love you. We all love you. You belong to all of us. We are your family."

A tear escapes my over filled eyes as my bottom lip trembles. Eli's arm goes around me and pulls me in close to him. I nod while attempting to smile back at him. "Ok. I know you never meant for any of this to happen. It's no ones fault except for the one that done it and once we get to where we are going I want to confront him."

"You don't have to do that," Eli blurts out.

I look over at him and smirk. "Yes I do. If I am going to move on...I have to see him."

A few moments later we are pulling up and the car comes to a halt. Everyone gets out. I go on into the building and head to the bathroom. When I come out they have him in one of the back rooms. They decided to hang him up like he had done me. The guys are standing around waiting to see who wants to have the first go at him.

I watch as my dad grabs this four by four and walks over and slams in right into his knee. He immediately jerks forward and wakes up. "What the fuck are you doing? Do you have any idea who the hell I am? I will have your head for this."

"I don't think you know who you are messing with. Look around. You are so outnumbered. You see this is my family and when you fuck with one of us, you fuck with all of us."

"Well if you are going to kill me...then fucking get it over with."

"We will in time. First our daughter wants to chat with you." He steps back and motions for me to have a go. "Violet...you have the floor."

I step up and look at the guy straight in the eyes. "I told you that you would wish that you were dead once they came. I told you and you didn't believe me." I walk behind him. I look around the room and there just so happens to be a whip. I pick it up and lash out at him. "Do you like that? Is that what you fucking like?" With each swing, I swing harder putting everything into it until I am spent. My eye was bloodshot from crying before but now not one tear comes out.

My father walks back over and swings the four by four again busting his other knee. Then Atticus walks up and uses him as a punching bag. I wasn't surprised at all that everyone wanted a piece of him. Everyone wanted a turn at hurting him. Even Eli took several swings busting up his face.

My mom walks over and flashes a scalpel in front of him. He barely gets out between gritted teeth, "Go ahead you bitch...do it. I dare you?"

"You think you know who killed your wife? You think she killed herself because of what Mekhi had done to her in the past. But you see she didn't kill herself. I killed her because she wouldn't fucking move on with her life. She kept coming and interfering with my life. I warned her and she refused so I did it. Look at me you son-of-a-bitch...I killed her and now I am going to have the pleasure of killing you." She holds the scalpel close to his chest.

I walk over and hold my hand out. "Please let me have the pleasure in doing this."

It doesn't take long for Eli to step up next to me. "You sure you want to do this?"

I nod as I have this sinister glare across my whole face. I smile wickedly back at him. "Yes...this is who I am. It's what we do." I jab it right in his throat and cut the finest line all the way past his stomach. He screams out in pain and it all turns into a gurgling sound as the blood makes its way up to his mouth. I don't care. I continue cutting into him and I don't quit until he stops every movement, every sound.

When I am done, I step back and look at my hand work. I mutilated the guy. "There you have it...do whatever the fuck want to do to him now."

The room is quite and I notice how they are all looking at me. I shrug my shoulders and let out a laugh. "What?"

No one says anything and goes about their way. Atticus and Marcus pull him down and throw him on the cold steel slab. My mom turns on the furnace and sets it for the right temperature. I watch as they place his body in and he burns to ashes.

I walk out so they can all clean up the mess that I made. I should clean up, but I don't. Eli comes out behind me and lets the door shut behind him. "I saw that look in your eye. You miss killing don't you?"

"Eli...it's who I am. They were right. We are family and I hope you can handle me doing this."

"Wait. I thought we were moving on with our lives together in California?"

I turn to look up at him. "I want to continue the work there. They have the whole East Coast...who says I can't have the West Coast?"

"Violet...are you sure you really want to do this?"

I nod and give him a shit eating grin. "It's who I am...it's what I do. I kill those who deserve every bit of it. And I don't mind torturing those that need it. Can you live with that?"

"Guess I have no choice do I...we are family."