Chapter 66 The Stand Off

…Trinity POV…
Looking at the way they have beaten up Colton just breaks my heart, but yet, here he sits, and I swear the man will be ready to take another beating. Somehow it makes me feel rest assured that they will not hurt him now that they have found him. But yes, I am sadly mistaken if I think that they are done, for I have to go and open my mouth.
"Who is your trash bitch?"
I watch as she walks on over to me with one godawful smirk on her face. Next to me, I can see Colton just shaking his head, telling me to keep quiet. But he does not know me; nobody calls me trash.
So as she comes to stand in front of me, she shows for Karlo to untie me from the chair. I can see as Colton s eyes grow wide, and the fear sets in. From underneath his breath, he softly whispers, "Princess, keep quiet."
But the bitch hears him call me princess, and she immediately reacts, "You are such a sweet couple. It is a pity that this will be the last time that you will see each other."
My heart stops beating, and I can feel a cold shiver flow up my spine.
What does she mean that this is the last time that we will see each other?
Well, I am not going to sit and keep my mouth shut, "You have two chances taking Colton away from me, slim to absolutely fuck all."
She only but grunts at me and stares at Karlo, "Karlo, stick something in your whores mouth, or I do it."
Now that is not going to sit, "It takes a whore to notice one."
Just then, she grabs me by the hand and pulls me by my wrists off the bed.
"Ouch, you bitch, you are hurting me."
"Princess," she looks at me mockingly. "Call me that one more time, and I will waste your little bodyguard."
"You are a bitch."
She turns around to Karlo once again, "Deal with your woman before I shoot her."
Karlo takes me out of her grip and wraps his hands tightly around my wrist. He is squeezing so hard it feels like he is going to break my hands off.
"Let me go! You are hurting me, Karlo!"
Colton that has been watching this whole exchange, tries furiously to break free from the ropes that have him tied to the chair, "Let her go, Karlo!"
He looks at Colton and only but laughs at him, "She is mine now, Cruz."
I start pulling as I try to free my hands, "I will never be yours, Karlo."
"Oh, princess. You are leaving here with me today."
I look at him and laugh in his face, "My father is already on his way."
"He will never find you."
Just then, he sees the phone that is tucked in the pocket of my pants. There is a red hot fury that starts to grow over his face, "What have you done, Trinity?"
He starts shaking me as he repeats his question over and over again. When I do not answer, he strengthens his grip and starts to twist my arm.
"What did you do Trinity," his voice comes rumbling from his chest.
"Karlo, please let me go; you are hurting me." I try furiously to rip my hands away from his grip, but he only firms it harder as his fingers dig deep into my flesh.
From behind me, I can hear Colton shouting at the top of his voice, "Let her go, Karlo! I am going to fucking kill you."
But Karlo only ignores him and continues to shake me, "What did you do, Trinity?"
He lets go of my one wrist and takes my chin firmly in his hand, "Answer me."
"Karlo, please."
His voice grows louder and louder as he demands me to answer, "Answer me."
"I.." my voice hesitates as my mind tells me to give him the truth. If I don t answer him now, he is never going to stop. He grabs the phone from my pocket and sees that I have dialed my father and that I have never dropped the call.
"You goddamn bitch."
The hand that was holding my chin so firmly is now raised above his head. With one swift motion, the flat of his hand connects with my cheek. The pain of the impact stings through my body.
He turns my head to face Colton, "I am going to kill your boyfriend in front of you."
He grabs me by my neck, squeezing firmly. It feels like with another small fraction, and he'd be snapping my bones.
"I am sorry, Karlo. Please, I am sorry."
He pushes me back on the chair as he says that, pointing his finger in my face, "Do not cross me, Trinity. You will be sorry if you do."
I hear Colton s voice coming echoing through the warehouse again, "Leave her alone, Karlo. I am going to fucking kill you if you touch her again."
Karlo pulls me back off the chair with so much force that I can hear the bones in my hands click. He holds onto my upper arms and shakes me as if he is trying to shake the words from my body. But before I can snap at him again, he slaps my face so hard, the impact makes me lose my balance, and my body falls to the floor.
Then it goes dark.
?…Colton POV…
If there is one thing that I cannot stand, then it is for a man to lift his goddamn hands to a woman. What makes it fucking worse is an asshole that lifts his hand to my woman. Now he better make sure he is far away from here because he is dead, and even after that, I will fucking hunt him down and kill him.
As I look at Trinity while she is lying in a bundle by his feet on the floor, there is a rage that builds up in me that I cannot even begin to explain. I have always known Karlo to treat his woman badly, but he has just crossed the fucking line.
So as he stands there looking at Trinity, he turns his head at me, "I knew the bitch could throw a tantrum, but god, she is out of hand."
Ya, he is fucking dead.
But I am not about to sit here and keep my mouth shut to this trash, and that includes all three of them, "You are a goddamn pig, you and your bunch of misfits. I am going to enjoy killing all three of you."
Sloane steps closer to me again, "That is no way to speak to your father-in-law."
"Ha! I wouldn t touch that daughter of yours even if you paid me too."
Sloane launches his fist and smashes his knuckles right into my cheekbone under my eye. The force of the impact makes the chair tumble backward, and I fall on my back.
He comes closer and towers his body over me where I am lying on the floor. Then he grabs a full hand of hair and pulls my head off the floor, and slaps me with the back of his hand.
"You will respect me." He growls at me from deep in his chest.
I only but burst out laughing at him, then…
In less than an inch of a second, I roll away from him and launch myself off the floor.
Sloane steps back as he stands in shock, "What the fuck?"
"Ya, you thought that I could not get loose. Now let's see who is going to play."
I catch a glimpse of my gun that is lying on the table behind Sloane; I swing around him and grab it firmly by the grip.
Both Karlo and Amber take a stance and point their guns at my head while Sloane is still struggling to get his from the back of his pants.
Just then, I see Trinity start to stir; as she lifts her head up, she is faced with Amber s gun in her face.
Well, it seems that we have a little stand-off.
But the question here begs, what do I do with these misfits?
I spin on my heels and face Sloane that is still struggling with his gun; I guess the man is about to piss his pants. Ya, that is not going to happen for in one…two…three… I make the next choice that shall define my life.
I watch in straight in the eyes, and with a smile on my face, I only but have three words for him, "Go to hell." With that, I take a gentle but somewhat trembling finger that is aching from the pain, and I squeeze the trigger. In less than an inch of a second, the bullet pierces his skin, and he drops to the floor.
Then from behind me, I can hear the click of a gun, and I know that either Karlo or Amber has taken aim at me. So with a very confident voice, I speak, "Are you such a coward that you are going to shoot me in the back."
"Then turn around," I hear Karlo say. "Then your princess can see your face as we kill you."
"Ya, about that." I look at him with a smirk on my face. "Your partner in crime has just ran out the door."
He snaps his head to where Amber is supposed to be, "The fucking bitch."
"Well," I take a firmer grip on my gun. "Guess it is just you and me, Karlo."
"You don t have the balls to kill me."
"Oh, believe me," I reassure him. "I am going to kill you twice just to make sure that you are dead."
But just at the very moment, I see Vic coming bursting through the door. He sees me with my gun aimed at Karlo, and I can hear his voice echo from afar, "Don t do it, Colton."
I look at Trinity, and I see the blood on her porcelain skin, and I only but shake my head. I raise my gun but an inch then, with one soft flick, my finger touches the trigger. I hear a slight click as the bullet moves into the chamber with ease. It slides smoothly through the chamber, and I can almost hear as it sings. Then there is a jolt, one snap, and two bullets later; Karlo Castaneda meets his fate on the floor.