"When I say I love you more, I don't mean I love you more than you love me. I mean I love you more than the bad days ahead of us, I love you more than any fight we will ever have. I love you more than the distance between us, I love you more than any obstacle that could try and come between us. I love you the most." — (Unknown)

Sienna's P.O.V
"You fucking asshole!!" I threw the bottle at him without second thought. I was beyond furious. Rahul deserved a bit of happiness in his life, if he couldn't get that from me, at least he should get it from Carlos basing on how close they've grown over the weeks.

"Keep your voice down." He said sternly pointing at finger at me.

"What for? You already told them to come for him!" He moved to my line of view. He was trying to shield my eyes from something. I pushed him aside and gasped when I saw Rahul. He was all tied up and knocked out. He didn't have any scar on his body, which I was thankful for. At least he didn't have to beat Rahul into submission, his trust was all he needed.

"Why are you doing this? Why are helping the very people that want your brother dead? You could have just handed your brother's head on a sliver platter right to Alfonso, you pig!!"

Raged burned in his eyes and it was very evident when I felt the sting in my cheek. Carlos was never someone to raise his hand against a woman. But there were a lot of sides to him that I didn't know and here was one showing right now.

"Don't you dare call me that again. I am doing this for our good." Before I could question his sense of judgement of what 'good' was to him, Alfredo and two policemen entered the store. It was odd how I didn't realise that the shooting had stopped.

"Sienna are you okay?" Alfredo asked as he walked to me. He hugged and kiss my forehead tenderly. "Are you bleeding? Are you cut somewhere?"

He beginning at my hands and legs for any wounds, I almost swooned at that. For a minute I let myself believed he cared. But they were the same, they all acted like they cared.

"Am okay...but Rahul..." I turned but Carlos and Rahul were not there. I was mortified.

"Rahul!" I panicked. I moved out of Alfredo's hold to search for him but he wouldn't let me go.

"Sienna calm down. He's okay. He's currently with some of the officers. We found him in time." It took some seconds for what to say to register.

"What do you mean by he's with the police? He was here with Carlos. He tried to send Rahul away. He was right here..." Before I could say another word...I began to feel slightly dizzy. Alfredo's voice sounded far and far away from me until I completely blacked out.

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I stirred in my sleep and was met with the harsh pounding of my head. I groaned and slowly opened my eyes. I wasn't in my room like I expected to be.

There was an old TV hanged on the blue painted walls, showing celebrity news which was of very little importance to me. There were wires poking into my skin, which hurt when I moved my arm.

"Fuck!" I groaned. This wasn't what I was expecting. Suddenly I remembered Carlos and Rahul and my heart rate sped in fear. I ripped the wires off, thinking very little of the pain and the blood that started to ooze out. 

"Sienna stay still." Alfredo spoke, rushing over to my side.

"I need to help them!" I shouted struggling to get out of the bed. But my energy failed me as I began to feel dizzy again.

"Everything will be fine Sienna, just lay down for a bit." He helped me sit up, plopping up the pillows so I could rest my head.

The doctor came in soon after, he had a sad smile on his face as he came to sit beside me.

"Missed me so soon Ms. Ambrose?" He cocked a brow. A laugh escaped me before I realised. It wasn't what he said. I just remembered my dad used to do that each time he wanted to cheer me up.

"Don't get ahead of yourself doctor, I hate hospitals as I much as I hate myself." It was rude and a self depreciating comment but I couldn't help it. He just reminded me of my dad, and I was on the brink of tears. It hurt to had all the emotions rushing to me. But I refused to cry in front of them.

"Well Ms. Ambrose, I just need to ask you a few questions, then off you go." He still had the happy smile on his face.

"Sure. Anything to get me out of here."
He wrote a few things on the clipboard he brought along with him before turning to look at me again. He looked at Alfredo and nodded.

"I'll be back for you love, don't miss me." Alfredo placed a kiss on my forehead and left. A lot of feelings stirred within me but I didn't dwell on it for long.

They're all the same. They're all the same.

I reminded myself. I braced myself for the questions he was about to ask me. It couldn't be that bad.

"So Ms. Ambrose, what's today's date?"

It was a weird question to ask but suddenly I remembered.

"Cupcake its getting late. How about we head inside and I buy you another doll?"

"No!" I shouted stubbornly. The plan was simple, I had to stall my dad for a long time so mom would finish his surprise. So now, we were in our small garden, full of red planted roses, looking for a doll that was never lost. It was the only plan my ten year self could think off.

"Come on darling. Its getting late." I looked back to the house. The lights were still on, meaning mom wasn't done yet.

"No daddy. We need to search for it now. I won't be able to sleep without it." I pouted, making an adorable face as my dad would describe it. Dad chuckled, picking me up and kissing me on the cheek.

"Okay cupcake. Let's search for this doll."
After a few minutes of searching, mom switched the lights off, which was my cue to get dad back to the house.

"Its okay dad. Let's go back. I will just snuggle beside you instead."

"Best news I have heard all day." There was a sad tone and I knew what it was
"Let's go back home."

Moving towards the house, i was thinking of quick lie as to why the lights were out. But he didn't question it.

"Surprise!!" Mom blew confetti all over his face when he opened the door. It wasn't any fancy surprise. It was just the three of us.

"Yes I knew you guys wouldn't forget!!" He shouted in joy. I closed my eyes as he kissed my mom. Eww.

"June 21st. My fathers birthday." I didn't mean to say that out loud but it just came out. And this time, I didn't stop the tears from flowing. It took a while for me to stop crying. He just simply handed me a tissue and continued with his questions.

"What happened today?" He asked and I narrated everything to him. How we went to the mall, got attacked and found Carlos trying to abduct Rahul. I didn't go into details. I didn't need him to know about the contract.

"Are you sure that's what happened Sienna?"

"Affirmative." He passed his phone to me. It was a video of me and Alfredo buying ice cream. I suddenly pushed Alfredo down. Everyone kept staring at us, then I suddenly rushed into the building with Alfredo calling after me.

"This is a security footage from the mall. Whatever you thought was happening to you Sienna, it wasn't. You were hallucinating." He said, whilst my eyes were still watching the video. I couldn't believe this happened.

"Andrew would never want to see his cupcake like this." My breath hitched. He just mentioned my dads name.

"How would you know?"

"I am your dad's best friend. I know almost everything there is to know about him. Andrew loved you. He spent the rest of his few months alive looking for you and hoping his cupcake would come back to him. But sadly, life doesn't always go the way we plan it." He sighed and reached out into his pocket. "Here," he handed a sealed envelope to me.

"He gave this to me moments before he passed. Read it.  I know sometimes you blame yourself for what happened. But Sienna, things happen. And we can't punish ourselves for it for the rest of lives. I will give you a moment for yourself. I will come back with your diagnoses and treatment plan."

I stared at the envelope. My heart dreaded what it would contain. But irrespective of whatever it would be, good or bad, my heart wasn't ready. So I tucked the letter away. Hoping one day, I would get the heart to read my fathers last words to his wayward daughter.

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Fight Song --- Rachel Platten

Author's Note.
Heyo, its been quite a while and my sincerest apologies. I just got a bit busy, but now am back and hopefully, there will be more regular updates.
What could be in that letter? Will it change Sienna perspective of things?
Blessed week folks.