His heart was so heavy, that it started to ache terribly. How could he break the news to her? How could he tell her that the man she loved so much, about whom she was asking about, first, even in this condition, was no longer alive?! Just F***ing how? Thinking of this, he stammered, "Mom.. t.. that.. "
Before he could answer, someone, pressed a cloth against his nose. Chloroform. His eyes widened. And the next second, he passed out.
When he opened his eyes, he found everything dark around him. His head was hurting like crazy. It was as of someone was stabbing his head with a knife.
Where am I? What the hell is happening?
But everything came to a screeching halt in his mind, when he remembered the incidents earlier that day. About that blast, his dad, his mom, stepmom.
And just remembering this was enough to make Ezekiel's heart fall into the abyss of darkness and pain.
"Mom... mom " his voice was hoarse. A
His throat hurts so badly. But he was not in any mood to think about his throat or his weakened body. His only concern right now was, Where was his mother? He wanted to go and find her and bring her back, even if, she was in hell.
He tried to move. But leaving aside his weakened body, he couldn't even move.
But, wait, Why was he tied up? His hands were tried backward to a pole or something, and the next moment he realized he was shirtless. What the hell is going on!
"Mom!! " he continued shouting, despite his hurting throat.
But then,
"Ah... look who is awake... It seems that the mommy's boy is finally awake.. yeah! " Ezekiel heard a familiar voice.
"Yeah.. but don't worry too much about it, very soon, neither he nor that mistress mother of his will wakes up any sooner. " another familiar voice sneered.
Ezekiel was frozen in shock when he heard the voices of the speakers...
It was as if the ground of his already devastated world crumbled too, leaving him nowhere to stand.
How could he not recognize these voices?
'Weren't they.. weren't they, his stepbrothers? '
Soon enough, the darkroom was dimly lit up. He saw the faces of those, those whom he never ever dreamed of even imagining there, in such circumstances. They really were his step brothers. Alan and Alex. They were twins, but they weren't identical.
Ezekiel felt a pang of pain in his heart. Though he was never really that close to them, still he indeed regarded them with respect and loved them as his family.
When he was younger, he had always tried to approach them. But they didn't seem to wholeheartedly welcome him. They always drew a line between them, sometimes even avoiding him like plague. They only talked to him politely around the elders.
Ezekiel won't say that, it never hurt him. It hurt his feelings so bad. After all, he was just a small boy then. But he always thought that maybe they didn't like him because he was not their mother's son, something kids normally do.
So, he kept his distance from the two brothers but never did hate them. He always looked up to them as his elder brothers, trying to get their acceptance and acknowledgment.
But here they are today...
After digesting this very rude shock, he asked in a very low and cold voice, " Where is my mother?"
This very second, he lost all that brotherly love he ever felt for this two.
"Your mother... Who are you talking about? " Alan asked with a devilish grin.
Alex laughed and said to his brother, "Oh brother...did you forget already? How can you forget our father's mistress? The one with that outstanding figure, remember? That bitch is the one who birthed this poor dog... Tsk... Tsk.. "
"Oh.. right! " Alan exclaimed, and they both started laughing maliciously. Ezekiel's blood boiled hearing such insults about his mom and his eyes turned red like blood in anger. Why... Why did he never know that these two were such bloody monsters before?
"So.. brother~ when are we going to kill him?" Alan asked.
"Ahh... shut up...What the hurry?... how can we enjoy to the fullest, if we don't see him tortured. " Alex sneered.
"Oh yeah!" Alan clapped his hands and laughed. Any normal person would say at the first look that he was already a psychopath.
Ezekiel closed his eyes and gritted his teeth and spat out, "Why?"
"Huh? did you say something.. say louder... "Alan teased him.
This ate up Ezekiel's patience and rationality. He was tired from his mental and physical trauma from these, to begin with.
"Why did you do this to me? Why did you do this to our family? Why? What have I done? What have they done? " He shouted like a man person.
Alan squatted in front of him and said in a calm but creepy voice, "Huh..What you have done? Do you think you have done nothing? " he grabbed a fist full of Ezekiel's hair and lifted his face. "Your f**king existence is the root of all problems to us. But still, but still, you know, we were planning to spare you, but that bloody father of yours had to make a will to give 60% of the shares and power of the gang and businesses run under it to you, a bastard, when we the legimates one, get only 20% each. Tell me 'brother' How is that fair? "
Ezekiel was shocked.
What? He never knew!! He did not know about any of this, At all.
" I didn't know anything about this. And you all know very well that I was never interested in this company or gang shits. You could have just asked for it? " Ezekiel argued, with blood dripping out of his mouth.
Alex, then sneered, " Yaa. Yaa... As if we would ask, The Great Ezekiel Ruiz will give up his leadership, his inheritance, his power, and authority, just like that. Heh! Who are you kidding here? Wasn't it your all-time plan, to make everyone like you, so that you can easily acquire power, and everyone will just submit to you?"
Ezekiel closed his eyes. He never knew his brothers thought this about him. He mocked in his heart, indeed one always sees the world, in the same way as he is!
He knew there was no point in making them understand or arguing anything with them at all. He lowered his head, and said, "You could have just killed me. You could have just taken awamymy y inheritance once I disappeared. Everything would naturally go to you.
Why did you kill Dad and Step Mom?"
Alan make a thinking face and said with obvious disdrain, "Well brother , actually we didn't plan of killing them, when we fused the explosives in your villa. We didn't know that they will walk to the death's door by themselves. But serves them right for choosing you over us. humph!! "