I think as I saw the man in front of me no matter how strong I've been holding up my facade grumbled a little, as I felt tears gathered in my eyes, I wasn't wrong when I said addressing him as Dante was too human a name to call him, evil beast was just perfect.

The man in front of me, the only man who had shown me what having a real friend felt like, the one man I  promised not to get involved in my mess was laying on the ground in front of me, his beautiful blonde hair a mess,

Matthew didn't deserve this, I was the enemy not Matthew, he could do what ever he wanted to do to me, but he should count Matthew out of this, if I had been a good friend I would have tried every means possible to reach him, all these while I just concluded that he was busy with work, I should have known that something was wrong, but like the stupid friend I was, I didn't notice, how can I  call myself a friend, Matthew was my family, he became a shoulder for me to lean on, never letting a tear drop from my eyes but what did I pay him back, I let the tear drop, Matthew has become my weakness.

I began to struggle because I couldn't contain my anger, if not the restrain I would have finished what I started that night, I wanted him dead, I wanted to send him to hell, I was livid, I wasn't thinking straight,

"Is there something you want to say, dear Cara," he taunted as he removed the tape from my mouth, and fuck did it hurt.

As soon as the tape was off, I exploded,..."you fucking piece of shit, how dare you touch him, he had nothing to with anything that happened that night, if you would have just died everything would have been okay, but that stupid man had to stand in my way," I said as I panted in anger,

"That stupid man is my best friend, that stupid man is my right hand man, and if you haven't been a bitch and try to kill me then we wouldn't be here and Marcus wouldn't be laying in a coma right now, so when you decide to open that mouth of yours, think before you talk," he said to me in utter rage.

"I don't give a fuck if he doesn't wake up, he could die for all I care," I spat back in anger, I just couldn't control myself, I was seeing red,

This time he wrapped his hand around my neck in a choke hold, but I didn't care, I still Struggled to say my mind,..." does it hurt your male pride that it could possibly be you laying in coma, that I could have been able to do that to you,"....you just don't shut up do you? my inner voice suddenly asked from no where,... what if because of all these rubbish you just spew out of your mouth he turns to Matthew and take out the anger on him just to have you sit and watch, you should at least be happy he is alive.

God am so stupid, I didn't even think that he could possibly finished Matthew off while I was still being tied to this chair in nothing but my underwear and I could do nothing.

"Take out your anger on me, leave my friend alone, you're making him pay for what he knows nothing about," I said as I accepted the reasoning of my inner mind,

"What makes you think I would do that?" he asked,...."let make it a friend for a friend," he suggested,

"No!"

"He knows nothing, he is innocent, I said as I tried to control my anger "your friend wasn't the target, you were, he just took your place, I didn't go for him after all, so don't make it look like I went there for him instead of you, meanwhile, your target was me but you used my friend, there's a big difference between the two, your friend is a criminal mine is a normal hardworking guy," damn it, I seem to be going out of track again, he could get angry again, for Matthew's  sake, I had to be careful with what I say.

"Shorty?" I heard the pained voice of my friend and that alone broke my heart further,..."damn this people are brutal maniacs," he said and that made me laugh, they always say birds of the same feathers flock together, am sure he must have given them a hard time even more than I was currently giving them, he's a man after all.

"Are you okay Att?" I asked him as I watched him sit up from where they have earlier throw him on the floor, as he brought his hand to his forehead massaging it, he finally turned to me as I watch his eyes go big,...." holy shit! I thought I was imagining things when I heard your voice, what the fuck are you doing here and who the hell tied you to a chair? he said in anger as he rose to come help me from my ties, but before he could move a step, the devil who had been watching us silently order his minion to stop him, and the obedient dog pushed Matthew back,

"Leave him alone you moron," I shouted at the man who had now kicked Matthew on the leg as he held his leg trying to contain his pain,

"You could have told me I was the cause of all your life problem, then I'll understand why you hit me like that," he said as he glared at the man.

"Are you guys done with your reunion or should I give you time to do some catching up," the evil annoying beast said as he pointed to me then Matthew,

I took one shovel of sand out of my grave as I challenged him by saying,..."well it wouldn't be a bad idea if you would excuse us, we have some catching up to do after all, also we could do without your presence and a more peaceful atmosphere where you don't breathe the same air we do."

"Am proud of you bestie," I heard Matthew whisper.

The bastard just had to come over and pour whiskey on my wound, the burn I was so grateful that Matthew haven't seen, but as I closed my eyes in pain to avoid screaming, when I opened them, Matthew was up on his feet, where the power came from I don't know, when he saw the burn on my thighs, he was in complete shock, he then turned to the devil himself, then back to me, then to him again, and before I could comprehend what was going on in his mind, he had already left my side as he threw a punch to the man who decided that burning my skin is a way of welcoming me to torture, one of bastard's dog went to hold Matthew but he pushed him away, that woke the guy because he must have thought he could easily pull Matthew, maybe when he isn't this serious.

"Fight me without your stupid dogs hanging everywhere around me," Matthew said as he prepared to throw another punch at the beast, I had to stop him,...."Att, stop, it's nothing, it's just a small burn," I said trying to stop him, because am very sure he isn't strong as he was posing to be, he was only doing that for me, staying strong for the both of us, he looked tired and weak, am sure this horrible people didn't even care to feed him, he had lost some weight,

"You call this nothing, Jenny," oh that name, he only called me Jenny when I wasn't making sense or when he was angry, and right now he was, he pointed to my legs,...."have you seen your legs? it looks like his plan was to roast your skin," he turned to the evil beast, "did you have fun doing this? am sure you added salt so it tastes nice, because I don't understand why you would burn a woman's skin like this," he said in fury, I know Matthew can die for me, but I don't want him to, I got him into this.

"Now that you mentioned it, salt would be nice," the bastard had the audacity to say, and from the look in his eyes he was thinking about doing it, if looks could kill, he would be dead.

"You guys can do some catching up, maybe decides who dies first, or even say your good byes," the beast said before leaving the room with his minion following behind him, as soon as they were outside, they locked the door, carrying my bravery with them.

I put my head down in shame because I couldn't bare to look at Matthew, at what mess I made his life,

"Am sorry," I whispered to him, it's all my fault he is here after all,

"What are you sorry for actually?" he asked as he came to kneel by my feet using his finger to raise my chin up, but I still didn't look into his eyes,..."hey, look at me shorty, we're gonna be okay, we're gonna find a way out of here,"

"You don't know this people, they're animals, they have no pity, am not worried about me, it you am concerned of, am paying for my mistakes, but you're innocent," I said to him as I tried so much to control the tears, but I couldn't, they fell, but am not going to turn into a sobbing mess, they were silent tears because I had a feeling those morons were watching me.

Matthew tried to hug me the best he could with me tied up, the little warmth made me realize how cold I've really being and I shivered, Matthew go to remove what was left of his shirt to cover me, but I stopped him,..."it's no use, his going to ruin it too, so just put it on, I'll be less guilty if you don't catch a cold too,"

He goes to untie me but I again stop him,...." you know I'll also feel less guilty if you stay alive and not get blown in the head for untying me," at this we both burst out laughing, even in pain, we were still stupid, he stood to his full length as he patted my head like he would do a child and lay a kiss on my head,..."everything would be fine," he whispered, but as much as we both want those words to be true, we were sure we didn't even believe it.

"My real name is Cara," I sudden said, that made Matthew return back to where he was in front of me, but instead of kneeling, he sat down,...."my real name is Cara, Elena Santiago," I repeated, if he was shocked, he didn't show,

"So why did you decide to change it, it's a beautiful name,".....I've been told by many people that I have a beautiful name, but none compared to my best friend saying it,...."Cara?" he asked and I nodded my head in agreement.

"To why I changed it, it's a very long story, where do I start from?"

"The very beginning," he said, and I could already see the curiosity in his eyes.

I started from the very beginning, telling him everything that led to our current situation. By the time I was done, I couldn't read Matthew's expression, along the line when I was telling him the whole story, his face kept changing from shocked, to surprised, then intrigued, I even saw pride at one point, or was I dreaming.

"Say something," I said to him with worry in my voice, he should understand why I didn't want to reveal my identity to him, exactly what I was avoiding happened.

When he suddenly decided to speak, I was shocked....."oh my God, my best friend is a badass, I knew you had it in you all along,"

I was shocked, I have never been this shocked, I just told him my father is the Mexican Don and I've killed before and all he had to say is that, what did I do to deserve him.

Suddenly he became serious and I became worried that he had been joking all along, but when he spoke, I got confused,

"You won't believe who they have here with them," he said,

"And who might this be?" I asked him in curiosity,

"It's your.........

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Another chapter guys, damn we all need best friend in our lives, crazy ones at that. Lol.

Why don't you guys try completing the gap in this sentence

"It's your..........

Let guess who they have, I wonder who it is, let me know your thoughts.

And thank you once again, for choosing to read this book.