The Wedding Night

Benjamin POV

In life, once a child is born. It calls for joy and celebration but that’s wasn’t the case for my brother. His heart had been filled with hate ever since he was born. I didn’t blame him for everything he was doing but yet, it was just too much. I loved my brother and wished he could realize his mistake and stop acting cruelly before it’s too late.

“I’m a bastard because that’s how I was born. When I turned five years old, my father said that I was lucky to be born.” I heard my brother explaining his sad story to our family. I never resented my brother for everything he had done for my family. I wanted him to be happy because he was in too much pain and to heal, he became a monster.

“My father said I was a monster,” George laughed. “I guessed it because I’m a bastard. ” he declared. “Let’s him go,” he ordered the guys beating Giovanni to stop.

“Your childhood doesn’t mean you had to change and treat everyone like they are dirt in your shoes. ” melody said to him. “Behind your attitude, there is still humanity in you. I believe that.” She stated.

Melody was wrong when she said George had humanity in him because he had lost it a long time ago.

“That’s where you are wrong,” George retorted. ” I don’t have any humanity left in me because if I did, I wouldn’t invite you all here to blow you up.” He grinned and beckoned for one of the men. “Go bring the little girl,” he commanded.

The man left the living room and a few seconds later, he came in with Giovanni’s daughter who was sleeping peacefully in arms.

“Let’s my daughter go,” Giovanni begged. He was laying on the ground with blood seeping out from his mouth.

I couldn’t do anything to save my family as I remained silent and just watching the scene before me.

“Of course, I’m going to let her go and we are all going together.” I didn’t understand what George meant by that statement until he removed Hope’s clothing and revealed a bomb. The bomb was a tiny cylindrical shape and it was counting down.

“Please,” melody begged. “Let my daughter go,” she tried to break free from the ropes that were used to tie her. “Please,” she cried.

I gasped as I finally realized what George had called us all for. He never wanted the inheritance all along. It’s was a trick to kill us all.

“George!” Lorenza who had been silent for a while now stood up and rushed to George. She raised her hand at him and gave him a deafening slap. “Haven’t you done enough? How dare you try to kill a child because you want revenge.” She questioned.

Marissa had always been a strong woman. Even with everything that had happened in the past years, she was still standing strong.

As she raised his hand to slap him again, George grabbed her hand and dragged her towards me. “Isn’t she pretty Benjamin? Want to have fun before you die?” He mocked.

“You are disgusting,” I spat on his face. “Your fight is with me. Let’s them go.” I begged him.

“Well, I’m not going to die alone.” George laughed and pulled Lorenza away from me. He beckoned to one of the guys to hold her down.

“George!” Marissa shouted like a maniac.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

Seems it wasn’t only George who has lost his mind.

“You can’t change anything! No one can!” He suddenly coughs and held his throat. He covered his hand with his mouth and when he stopped coughing, his hand was filled with blood and saliva.

Now I know why George was acting like this. He was dying.

I wanted to question him but Lorenzo beat me to it. “You are sick ain’t you? I saw your report. You’ve cancer. The last stage,” Lorenzo announced.

“Okay, you’ve found out. Impressive.” He clapped. He walked to where Lorenzo was been held down by two of his men and punched him in the face. “That feels good.” He smiled.

“You are doing because you are dying!” Melody shouted. “You want to ruin our lives because you are dying!” Melody yelled.

“Yes, little girl. That’s exactly why. You are lucky to have survived that accident but it’s so unfortunate that your death would be extremely painful.” He said and burst into laughter.

“It’s so pathetic to see you trying to kill your own family,” Lucas commented.

” that’s because family sticks together and they die together,” George repeated the phrase over and over again. “None of you know how I feel. My parent never loved me,” he confessed. “It’s was all about Benjamin,” he was right about that one. ” The reason I couldn’t procreate was because of my father. If you think I am a psycho then you should have meant my father. He was worst right Benjamin?” He questioned but I didn’t reply to him instead, I looked away like a coward. He was telling the truth.

“Stop trying to blame someone else for your own mistake!” Lucas shouted at him, “your father was cruel but you could have chosen not to become like him. ”

“Blame!” George scoffed. “That’s man castrated me because he didn’t want me to produce monsters like myself. My mother was aware but she said it was for the good cause.” He chuckled, “Benjamin was also aware but he did nothing.”

” I couldn’t do anything at that time George,” I confessed. “I regret not doing anything and it is a pang of guilt I carried throughout my life. ” I’m sorry.” I apologized.

“Sorry! It’s can’t change the past. I bled for two weeks and was in extreme pain while my father made sure you were treated like a prince. In that process, I lost my insanity.” He said softly.

“You can still change! You can still free my daughter and free us too. Please let my daughter go!” Melody cried out in pain. “Please.”

“Thank you for your advice but I don’t care. I can’t die alone so we will die together. ” George said and pressed a tiny button that seems to control the bomb that’s was attached to Hope’s body. The bomb began its countdown from thirty minutes.

“George,” I shouted his name. “We can sort this out. Please let them go. This fight is between us.” I begged.

“Noo,” melody cried. “Let’s my daughter go,” she begged. “Please,” she cried.

“Your pleadings are all pointless. Wait for your death.” George said and started humming my heart will go on by Celine Dion.

He had completely gone mad. I looked at my family as they awaited their death. No one was saying anything except for Melody who was crying for her child. Giovanni had lost all hope as he laid on the ground and awaits his death.

“Was this going to be the end?” I thought as I looked around. A generation was going to end because of revenge.

“Finally,” George announced when the timer hit ten minutes. “It’s all going to end.” He laughed.

There was nothing to do as I also closed my eyes and awaits my death but then, in every story I’ve read, a villain never wins. The door burst opened and police officers swarmed in.

Thank God.

“You called the police?” George shouted in disbelief. “You’ve bought them to their death.” He laughed.

“No, they didn’t,” Kendra said. Together with Dennis and the other police officer whose name was Lara, they fought against the men inside the room and they were all apprehended. Kendra and Dennis freed all of us and cuffed George.

“You think this is the end?” He sneered at Lara. “You might have saved them but that’s little one is going to die.” He pointed to Hope who was held in Giovanni’s arm.

“Please save my daughter. Please.” Melody begged.

“She can’t be saved because the bomb is irreversible. It’s cant be stopped. Your little girl is going to die!” George laughed.

“No!” Melody cried out. “Please do something.”

I couldn’t watch any longer but I wanted to do something for her.

“I’ve seen that type of bomb before when I served in Afghanistan,” Dennis informed everyone. “It can’t be reversed but it can change host.”

“Change host? How?” Giovanni asked.

“The bomb works with the skin of humans,” he explained.

“Dennis, how do you mean?” Giovanni asked him. “Can’t we just remove the bomb from her body?”

Dennis shook his head. “No. This type of bomb will go off once it doesn’t make contact with human skin as soon as it is detached from the previous host.” He explained.

“There is no time. We only have ten minutes more. Kendra and Dennis, please take everyone out. I’m willing to sacrifice myself for my daughter.” Giovanni announced.

“What? Are you crazy? I’m not going to let you do that!” Melody shouted at him. “if you die then I die with you.”

“Now!” Giovanni shouted at Kendra and Dennis who began to drag everyone out against their protests. Lorenzo shouted for his brother while Lorenza burst into tears and begged for her son to be saved. When they try to take me outside with them, I refused.

“I’m not letting anyone die again. Giovanni, I want to perform the last duty as your father. I will exchange with her.” I offered but Giovanni shook his head. “There is no time. You have a long way ahead of you. You have a family that relies on you. Let’s me do this.” I pleaded.

“But you deserve to be happy,” Giovanni said with tears in his eyes. “You’ve suffered too much.” He cried.

“That’s why I need to do this,” I told him. Giovanni burst into tears and embraced me. I let the tears flow freely from my eyes.

“Tell Lorenzo that I’m sorry I couldn’t be the father he wanted and tell Lucas that I love him. ” I instructed and he nodded. “I’m sorry,” I pulled him for a hug once again.

With Dennis’s help, the bomb was removed from Hope’s body and placed on mine. The countdown had reached one minute and in fifty-nine seconds, my life would be over. I smiled at them and urged them to leave the mansion.

George looked at me as he was dragged out of the mansion. I smiled at him and mouthed I’m sorry to him. As the door closed behind me, I sat down on the ground in a corner and burst into tears.

It’s was finally over.

*****

George’s POV

I know that I’ve done a lot of wrong things in the past but it all happens because of my past. I became a demon because I relied on my past. I can’t be forgiven but I hope anyone out there wouldn’t turn out to be like me. As I was pushed out of the mansion by the police officers. I thought about my brother and remembered when we used to do everything together. I couldn’t let him die alone so I broke free from the police officers and ran inside the mansion and locked the door behind me.

If my brother was going to die then we had to do it together.

“You came back,” I heard Benjamin said as he noticed me. “You should have stayed behind and get redemption from those whom you’ve wronged!” He yelled.

“I don’t have much life anyway so I came to die with you.”

“Easy for you to say. This was planned by you!” He retorted.

” I know but I must say this brother. I’m sorry for everything.” I apologized sincerely.

“You are sorry. You should have said to the family you wronged. You should have apologized to everyone instead of coming here to die with me!” He yelled at me.

“I know everyone hates me but who do you think informed the police about coming here. I sent a message before Giovanni and Lorenzo arrived.” I explained.

Even though I behaved inhumanely, I couldn’t destroy everyone because of my taste for revenge. “I’m sorry,” I begged.

“Oh brother. You have always been like this for so long. I guess this is the end. In our next life, I wished we could be happier.” Benjamin said.

“Same here,” but I didn’t say it aloud.

The bomb soon hits one and I quickly took Benjamin’s hand before the explosion took place. Even as death welcomes me, I knew that’s my family was going to hate me forever but it was over.

Finally over.