Wild Flower Ch. 06

Alicia turned slowly and faced her son. She looked forward and saw the other worried maids and servants and she just shook her head. A lot of things were definitely in her mind and she couldn't think properly. She was really sad. She needed Angelo to return home to her and everyone else. She only wanted him back. She didn't care if he hated her, his entire life or cursed her or even treated her like trash. All she wanted was to see him safe and sound. She needed to protect him for his parents who loved him so much.

"Mother..." Joe got her out of her thoughts.

"No!" She shook her head. "We will not call the police yet. We should wait for Gabriel's call and hear from him before we decide to call the police."

"You are right." Joe nodded.

Alicia had never been so scared her whole life. It was 11.am and Angelo had still not returned. That meant that he had been missing for twelve hours without hearing from him. She just wanted him home. She had tears in her and she didn't want to think about the worst that could happen in that situation but she couldn't help it.

"Where are you, son?" Alicia wondered, sitting back on the couch. "Please. Come home soon, please."

Alicia just closed her eyes and prayed for him to return home. She didn't want anything else on this earth as long as Angelo was back home.

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Angelo had his face between his palms, trying to clear his minds. He could hear the voices of his kidnappers and they didn't sound like the two who he had encountered earlier. It seemed like they were others though he didn't have the number. He was just hoping he would be able to get out of that place sooner than soon. He had some things that he had to straighten and settle. He needed to leave that place as soon as possible.

Angelo had been sitting like that ever since the kidnappers had left. He didn't wanna look at anything anymore. He still had the pain of betrayal and the pain of being kidnapped deep inside of him. He didn't even know which one was worse. He didn't know that he could experience such pains in his life. He wanted to cry but he just couldn't do it.

"Why are these terrible things happening to me?" He wondered.

As he was still seated there, he heard the door to the room opening and he could almost feel the presence of someone. He just didn't know how to react anymore. He was mad... he was sad... he was hurt... he was angry... he was upset.

Angelo took a deep breath, slowly raising his face to see who it was that had entered his room at that time. When he eventually saw the person that had entered the room his eyes widened and his mouth gaped. His entire body vibrated and his breaths came out as harsh. He felt tears building in his eyes and he just couldn't believe it.

"Baby?" Angelo exclaimed, quickly getting up.

He couldn't believe he was seeing Gabriel in that room. Gabriel was standing at the entrance and he had no expression on his face. It was completely blank. Angelo felt really happy. He knew Gabriel had betrayed him and he had hurt him but he couldn't help but be happy.

"Baby?"

With a smile, Angelo rushed to his husband gripped him tighter, hugging him as tightly as he could at that time. He felt really happy that Gabriel had come there and he had no idea why. He just felt happy. He hugged the man that wasn't even responding to that gorgeous hug.

"Baby, you have no idea how happy I am to see you." He said softly, holding his husband tighter. "I thank you so much that you have found me. Please. Get me out of here, baby. I want to go back to our home where we will be happy."

Angelo was so happy and he was really excited. He expected Gabriel to hug him back but what happened surprised him to the core. Instead of hugging him back, Gabriel gripped both his arms tightly and started ripping him away from that hug. Angelo felt the painful grip on his arms and he pulled away from that hug and looked at the man that was surprising him.

"Baby?" He lost the smile on his face, looking straight at the man. "You are hurting me. Please." He chuckled even as Gabriel tightened his grip on his arms. "I want to get out of here right now. You have come to rescue me right?"

But Gabriel didn't respond to Angelo's question. He did something even more shocking. Gripping Angelo's arms harder and tighter, Gabriel threw Angelo hard on the floor. Angelo hit the floor with a thud and his hair covered his entire face.

Slowly moving the hair from his face, Angelo looked at the man that he didn't recognize as his husband anymore. It was really shocking.

"Baby?" He sat on the cold floor, looking up to his husband. "Why did you do that for? You know that I love you so much. Please, let's get out of here and..."

"No one is getting out of here." Angelo heard a voice, a really familiar voice.

"That voice!" He thought as he moved his eyes towards the door.

Angelo got really hurt when he saw his best friend coming through the door with a clear evil grin on his face. He came towards Gabriel and gripped his arm tighter. Then they did something even more that really hurt Angelo a lot. They started kissing right in front of Angelo as if to hurt him which was their clear intention.

"What?" He gasped, feeling tears building in his eyes. "You... You two did this?" He asked as he slowly crawled behind to move away from the two of them. "Why?"

Gabriel and Jack pulled away from their kiss and moved their mocking eyes towards Angelo who was on the floor looking really hurt. They both chuckled, licking their lips sensually. They were really happy seeing him in the state that he was in.

"Why?" Tears poured Angelo's face, flooding him. He was gasping for air and his entire body got caught up in a wave of painful vibrations. Things were definitely not going well for him. "Why?" He looked at his husband. "Why would you hurt me like this?"

"Why?" Gabriel laughed manically. Angelo didn't recognize him anymore. "Why you say?" He yelled in his face, scaring him and hurting him even more. "Why?"

Angelo closed his eyes slightly and opened them again. The pain he felt doubled and he couldn't help but wince. How could the two of them do that to him? He trusted them so much.

"Why Gabriel?" More tears poured down his face. "Why would you hurt me like this? I love you so much and I trusted you with my life. Finding out about this has really hurt," He sobbed painfully. "This feeling that I have... it's deep and I can't explain it anymore." He said in between sobs. "I feel like... I cannot breathe. I feel suffocated and... hurt." He cried, looking at the two mocking faces right in front of him. "Why did the two of you hurt me like this? Why did you betray me like this?"

"Ha ha," Jack gave a teasing laugh, looking down on Angelo. "Ha ha..."

"Didn't you find anyone else to fuck rather than my husband?" He asked Jack. "Were there no other men on this earth? Did it have to be the man that I love and cherish the most?"

He moved his eyes to his husband, getting even more hurt. "And you," He cried softly, not even bothering to rub his tears. "Didn't you find anyone else rather than my best friend? Why did the two of you stab me in the face?"

"Really?" Gabriel teased, shaking his head softly. "Would you call what we have..."

"What we had was love." He snapped at his husband, feeling his head hurt. "We loved each other like crazy. I was ready to give up everything just for you. I loved you more than anything in the world. I trusted you so much and I was dreaming of living with you forever. Why did you betray me? Tell me the truth, damn it?" He looked down, crying softly.

"Yes!" Gabriel said, looking down at the boy who used to be his husband. "I don't love you. I have never loved you. The only one that I have ever loved is Jack. He is the reason for my happiness and the reason why I live."

Angelo slowly raised his face, looking up into the face of his husband. When he looked deep into his eyes, he couldn't his love for him anymore. It was completely gone. It was like he was looking in the eyes of a stranger. There was just so much that was going on in his mind. His head was hurting terribly and his heart was pounding deep in his chest, trying to burst out. He wanted to die especially after hearing his husband say that to him.

"What?" He gasped.

"Yes!" Gabriel said, nodding his head. "I don't love you. Why would a normal man in his normal state of mind want to love someone like you?" That was a total insult. Angelo was really hurt. "Why would any man want to love and spend the rest of his life with a devil like you?"

Angelo felt a sharp pain slip through his entire system. The pain was just too much that his breaths instantly changed. He was now looking at his husband as if he had just grown another head. His entire body was in excruciating pain. He felt dead.

"What? Why would you..."

"Yes! You are the devil himself and no man would actually want to spend time with you not to talk of spending his entire life with you. You are nothing to me and I don't love you one bit. The only one I love is my Jack."

Angelo tried to open his mouth and speak but he couldn't do it. He felt a huge lump in his throat that prevented him from saying anything.

"Yes!" Jack teased, moving closer to Gabriel. They shared another kiss, hurting Angelo even more. "You heard him right. We both love each other because he can never fall in love with a devil like you. You are the devil himself and you are despicable. You were just an obstacle in our way and now... we need to move you away."

Angelo moved his now red eyes to his friend and cried even more when he saw the evil look in his eyes. That was the same eyes that had looked at him with a lot of love. But now, he couldn't see the love anymore. He couldn't believe he had been so stupid all this while.

Angelo sobbed, looking at his husband. "What about all those promises... all those wonderful moments we spent together... all those kisses... all those wonderful nights?"

"They were all lies." Gabriel laughed sinisterly, taking a really deep breathe. "You are nothing to me. You mean nothing. All those fake promises were nothing. You definitely don't deserve anyone in your life. You need to suffer for everything. The world will be a better place without someone like you."

"Why did you do this? If you don't love me then why did you marry me?" He asked with pain in his voice. "Why did you lead me on?"

"Isn't it obvious?" He laughed softly. "I didn't love you but I definitely loved your money and all those luxuries of yours. Otherwise, why would someone be with a poisonous snake like you? You are venom and no one deserves you. Did you actually think I would love someone like you? No!" He yelled.

Angelo felt his headache intensify right there. He didn't know what to do or what to think anymore. He couldn't believe that had actually happened to him. The people that he loved the most where the same people that betrayed him and were probably planning something even worse for him.

"Why, Jack?" He moved his eyes to his friend. "We have been friends for almost all our lives. We are like brothers and we have shared everything together. Didn't that mean anything to you?"

"Of course," jack chuckled bitterly, folding his arms on his chest. "Did you actually think I was happy with the way you were living, uh?"

"You were happy." He cried softly. "I gave you everything that you could ever need including my complete love and trust. Wasn't that enough, uh?"

"No!" He answered coldly, yelling at Angelo. "My parents suffered and so did I. You always got everything that you wanted because you were such a spoilt little brat. Don't you remember what was happening when we were children? You used to laugh at me because I was really poor and couldn't afford anything. Everything that you had was provided for you. Your word was final and you caused my parents to lose their jobs and become beggars instead."

"What?" He gasped, failing to understand his friend or ex-friend. "That was a really long time ago. I was young and foolish at that time and..."

"And you even had the nerves to try and..."

"Why? I have given you everything that you have ever wanted in your life." He looked at all of them with pain in his eyes. "All of you. You are the people that I love and trusted the most but you are the same people that have hurt me a lot."

He cried softly, shaking his head. He moved his eyes to his husband. "I gave you everything Gabriel. We were really so much in love. Whatever did I do to you to deserve all this treatment from you? Where did I go wrong? Please. Tell me." Angelo had no idea what kind of pain he was experiencing. He was experiencing all levels of pain and it was even more painful than he could have remembered. He just wanted to wake up and find out that it was all a nightmare and nothing else. But how could that be when he was looking at reality itself. "We were so much in love."

"Well! Whatever it was that we experienced together was false." Gabriel said without any form of regret in his voice. "I have never loved you and have never thought of that too. You were only good for one thing and that was giving me pleasure with your sexy body." He licked his lips. Angelo moved his face away as he couldn't watch anymore. "Other than the great sex that you gave me which by the way is not compared to Jack, you are nothing to me."

"I can't believe this." He gripped his chest, feeling his heart hurting terribly. "I can't believe I am actually hearing this. So..."

"You were only good for sex and for you luxuries." Gabriel actually said the truth. "I can never ever dream of marrying someone like you. You are a devil and deserve to be in hell where you come from. People actually don't deserve someone like you because you are just the devil and I hate you and your nagging. You think you are god and you think you are..."

"Please. Stop!" Angelo cried loudly as more tears flooded his face. "Not anymore. I beg you, please. Don't hurt me anymore and..."

"You think you are hurt." He chuckled bitterly. "Well! You are not hurt yet."

Angelo covered his mouth as the lump in his throat got even bigger. He was sobbing uncontrollably and the pain was getting out of hand with each second that was passing. He felt as if someone had pierced his heart with a flaming arrow.

"So, tell me," He said in between sobs, trying to rub his tears. But his face got flooded once again. "How long have you..."

"For a really long time." Gabriel said with a soft chuckle. "We did this for your money. We wanted to earn your trust and what other way to do so but by supporting you. I am glad you finally saw us yesterday because I was getting sick of you. I was honestly getting tired of your face and your presence."

Angelo got surprised at what his ex had just said to him. His face could still show that surprised expression on his wonderful.

"Yes!" Jack thought, nodding his head. He was happy because he finally had Angelo were he wanted him to be. He had finally brought him to the ground when he was on top. "Are you surprised? Well! We planned on doing this but you made it so easy for us. For that, we are really thankful to you. You have made all this possible and now..." He gave a sinister chuckle. "...now you are here on the ground looking like a pest."

"I loved you and..."

"Well! I didn't because I hated you so much ever since you were young." Jack said angrily, clenching his fists when he remembered the past. "You thought you were god and always looked down on everyone but look at you now. You are gonna lose everything that you own. You are even gonna lose more because you are such a despicable person and I despise you."

Angelo couldn't have been more surprised. That was coming from someone that he loved so much. The pain inside of him was really deep. Never in his life could he have dreamed of being in such a situation but it was happening right in front of him. He'd never experienced such pain in his life before. It was really painful.

"I can't believe you actually believed I would love you." Gabriel laughed loudly, looking straight at him. "I was starting to get sick. We only loved your money and that was all that we wanted from you. Your money is the most important thing to us and now... we are gonna get it and we are gonna live happily together."

"You stabbed me in the face." Angelo now looked at his friend. "We grew up together. We were like brothers. I thought you understood me. Yes! I was a little bitter to others but to the two of you. Why did you choose to..."

"Because you were a son of a bitch..." Jack yelled in his face, scaring him even more. "You were such a spoilt brat. My parents worked for your family for years. They slaved for them and yet had to kneel to get even some money for my food. All they ever wanted was just some money. Don't you remember what you did? You prevented your stupid father from opening a shop for my father. And what happened next, your parents died and they never left a penny for us. We were made to bow to you, a spoilt little brat and you made us slaves."

"I was nice to you and..."

"My father and mother died in a motor accident because you couldn't even buy them a car of their own." He yelled, feeling tears building in his eyes. "So tell me, why should I love you? Why shouldn't I hate you so much? You deserve to suffer for everything that you've done to everyone, especially my parents."

Angelo couldn't believe that he had been living his entire life a lie. He couldn't understand that the people he loved hated him that much.

"Gabriel..." Angelo slowly got up, moving closer to Gabriel. "Please. Tell me this is just a plank to scare me. You love me so much and I love you too. You shouldn't hurt me like this. Please. You know you are my strength and my only weakness."

Angelo painfully walked to Gabriel, trying to cup his cheeks. But he moved away, leaving Angelo even more broken than he already was. He still couldn't believe it.

"Remember how happy we were yesterday and how we kissed." He chuckled bitterly, feeling more strength leaving him. "Remember all those special moments we shared and how you professed your love to me, my love." He was trying to get to Gabriel. "Remember the vows you made to me on the altar. Please." He put his hands together as more tears left him. "Don't do this to me, my love. If I have done anything wrong then forgive me but just don't hurt me like this. You know very well how I am. You shouldn't hurt me like this. Just tell me that..."

Before Angelo could even finish his sentence, Gabriel gripped his arm even harder. It hurt a lot and Angelo knew it was gonna leave a bruise over there. He winced and cried out more. His cries were becoming a little painful and louder.

Gabriel got really close to him. "No! I don't love you and I don't remember those moments you were talking about because I don't have space in my mind for stupid and disgusting memories like those you've mentioned. The only memories in my brain are those of my love and our happiness together." He said harshly, applying pressure on his grip. Angelo cried more, trying to move his face away. "I am honestly getting tired of pretending. It will now be your turn. I don't want you in my life because I hate you so much."

With those words, Gabriel threw Angelo to the ground with a thud. He hit his arm and winced when slowly trying to get up. His entire body shuddered in pain as a painful electrical impulse passed through it all the way to his brain. His vision blurred and his heart dropped, beating faster and weaker at the same time. A myriad of emotions took control of him at the same time and he just didn't know what to feel anymore. His heart was pulsing terribly, feeling as if it was about to explode... the pain in his heart got intense to the point where he felt like giving up... he was struggling to breathe properly and felt as if he was breathing in poisonous air... his eyes were really swollen from crying and so much was in his mind. He couldn't imagine the pain that had struck him at that time. It was as if he couldn't function properly anymore.