"I need you like a heart needs a beat".
Unknown.

Sienna's P.O.V
"Rahul are you in there?" I called from behind his door and I was met with silence. I slowly turned the knob and luckily it wasn't locked. The room dark except the moonlight that shone on Rahul's sleeping form.

"Don't move." The thick southern accent halted my steps. I shivered as I felt the cold tip of the gun on my neck.

"Nice to see you again Sienna." He whispered in my ear. "Boss always had you wrapped around his little finger. I never had the chance to..." He snaked his arm around my waist and pulled me closer. "You know, have my way."

Everything in me wanted to rip his head off for touching me. But a feeling of nostalgia crept in and somehow, my body went rigid. I become immobile and all my senses shut down. Memories from the past came flooding through my mind and tears welled in my eyes.

What is happening to me?

"I know you paid a price for trying to help the moron and it seems like you haven't learn your lesson." He pointed the gun at Rahul and my heart sped up.
"No!". I grabbed his hand as he pressed the trigger. I threw him down on a nearby table and dived for his gun.

"This is for my baby, you asshole." I pressed the trigger but nothing happened. The gun was empty.

"You still don't learn Erin." He stood up and wiped the blood of his lips. He pulled a gun out of his back pocket and pointed it at me. "You can't win this." I felt a sharp pain to my sides. My knees gave out and I realised he shot me. "Goodbye Erin. Such a good life wasted."

"Erin wake up. Its just a nightmare." A voice whispered. I opened my eyes to see a very worried Carlos looking at me. "It's okay. We are all here. Nothing is going to happen to you." Alfredo's voice had me frozen in place. I was cuddled against his chest whilst his hands stroke me with care.

"Are you not supposed to be resting?" I stood up and crossed my arms. I knew he would be asking a lot of questions and I wasn't ready to answer. Not now, not ever. We had long left the house after Carlos feared some of his men may betray him. We managed to sneak out of the house and currently Carlos is flying us to Bahamas. It's nice play to stay low key for a while. It would give me time to dig up more information on Alfonso and finally get him behind bars.

"You are welcome Erin. I appreciate you thanking me for being there." He said and rolled his eyes. Carlos snickered but immediately left when Alfredo threw a glare his way.

"Well, I didn't ask you to. Besides you need to be resting enough for the damn wound to heal."

"I was trying to but your screaming woke me the hell up."

"You could have just popped sleeping pills and ignore me".

"Oh, I wanted to ignore you, but Rahul was having trouble sleeping too. Can't have some kid deprived of his sleep because of you now, can we?" He was definitely pushing my buttons.

"Awe what a hero. Now that you have saved the kid his sleep, why don't you go back to sleeping or minding your damn business?!" I angrily left him and made way to the drink cabinet. If I don't get myself something strong, I might end up strangling Alfredo.

"You are not drinking." Alfredo held the glass before I could bring it to my lips.

"Let go." I told him but he wouldn't budge. He took the glass out my hands and shattered it. "What the hell is wrong with you? Do you have to drink all the time?" He had a strong grip on my hand and it was a sure recipe for to have an episode.

"Let--- Ladies and gentlemen, sorry to disrupt your tea party but this is your pilot speaking. We are landing in a few minutes and I need you guys to get your butts down and seat belts on. Thank you." I took the bottle and walked away from Alfredo before he could say another word.

Instead of sitting down, I left for the washroom. I opened the door and gasped. Knocked out cold on the floor, was Rahul with a tube tied around his arm and an injection needle on the floor.

"Rahul..." I left the bottle on the floor and carried him back to his bed.

"What happened?" Alfredo asked me when he saw me laying Rahul down.

"I found him..Woah!" The plane suddenly dived and I fell with Alfredo on top of me.

Our faces were so close and I suddenly felt that tingling feeling when I was with him. And I didn't like it one bit.

"Sienna wait!" I panicked and before I knew it my feet carried me back to the washroom and the bottle of vodka I left on the floor was waiting for me.

* * *
"Start explaining yourself young man. When did you figure out it was a good idea to start abusing hard drugs?"
It was three in the morning and I couldn't get a wink of sleep after I saw Rahul in that state. The alcohol, which was the only thing holding me together was now slowly seeping away.

"Sienna am sure there is a more rational way we can go about this." Carlos tried to reason with me but my brain was not registering anything at the moment but the fact that Rahul is slowly wasting his life away.

"Shut up Carlos, you don't get to tell me how to raise my child. And you" I turned to Rahul whose face had changed into that of anger. "Start explaining yourself young man."

"Everything is your fault!" He yelled at me. I dodged the flying vase that came at me. "You never cared about me. You never even realised that I was being bullied!"

He sank to the floor and Carlos came rushing to his side. "Everything was peachy in the beginning. The time you were pregnant. You cared about me, you let me sit beside you, listening to stories all the time. You'd tuck me into bed and kiss me. I'd hang out with Lucy all the time. But everything changed when you had your miscarriage. You wallowed in self pity so much that you push me away. You kept yourself so much in work that you literally forgot I existed." By this time, we were all crying. I never realised it got this bad.

"You need to get your shit together mom. This is the only way I can get happy. Its the only sense of belonging I have. The euphoria reminds me that I am alive and that I can be happy too." Carlos took Rahul away and all I could do was cry my heart out.

I was reminded of a lot of things when I lost my baby. I never knew that I was blocking Rahul out. I rushed upstairs and looked through my stairs. The pack of cigarettes I vowed never to touch again were lying there. Without a second thought, I lit it up and relished in the smell of nicotine.

"Sienna...." Alfredo sat beside me and held me close to him. I didn't have anything in me to fight him. So I just let him stay there. He didn't say anything. He didn't stop me from smoking or crying. And when I stood up to pour myself a glass of tequila, he poured one for himself too.

"Sienna..." I started coughing vehemently and I rushed to the bathroom. I started throwing up and I felt a sharp pain to my sides. Black dots filled my visions and I fell to the floor. Alfredo towered over me. I could feel him shouting but his voice seemed so distant. I felt myself being picked up and tried so hard to hold on, to breath and to be aware of my surrounding. But my strength was fading and I gave up. 

✏Author's Note
Heyo everyone. Sorry for turning this in late. (Feeling like a cop right now. Hehe). More drama about to unfold. Peace out.✌✌