Blame It On The Pain Episode 73
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๐ง Blame It On The Pain SEVENTY THREE:
DeLuca claps his hands. โGood. Now that we've got that all sorted out and everyone knows where the other stands. Alyssa, I would like your attention.โ
Ford's eyes meet mine. โDon't, Alyssa. Whatever he says isn't true. You have to trust me. I love you. I have always loved you.โ
Behind me, Ricardo coughs. โYou are one fked up person, Ford. And I've seen some sht, but this right hereโฆthis takes the cake.โ
Against my better judgment, I look at DeLuca.
โPlease, DeLuca,โ Ford pleads. โI've never asked you for a single thing, other than sparing her life. If you tell her everything. It will ki ll her.โ
โI'm counting on it,โ DeLuca sneers.
I look back to Ford. โDo you or do you not work for DeLuca?โ
โTechnically, yes. But I didn't always. I am a member of the FBI first and foremost.โ
Behind me, Ricardo says, โYeah, he's what we like to call a flipper-flopper. You know, when it suits him.โ
โWhy, Ford? How could you do that after you saw what he did to my father?โ
โBecause I became too powerful for him to keep trying to take down,โ DeLuca interjects.
Ford's face pales. โI couldn't beat DeLuca. So, I had to join him. There was no other way.โ
DeLuca takes a step forward and his face hardens. โGo ahead, Alyssa. Ask him what his first job for me was.โ
Ford's face contorts in pain and I feel so lightheaded white spots form in front of my eyes.
I shake my head and point my gvn at him. All thoughts of Lou-Lou as my leverage forgotten. โNo,โ I shout. โYou wouldn't do that to my dad. He was your best friend. You grew up together. He loved you. You wouldn't set him up to get ki lled.โ
โI'm so sorry,โ Ford whispers. โI had no choice.โ
โThere's always a choice!โ
DeLuca grins and it looks so sickening I have to look away. โAnd what a choice it was. He obviously chose to save his own as s. He came to me, worked out a deal and gave up your dear old dad in the exchange. You know, he was the one who suggested we do it right here, too. He said your dad liked the water.โ DeLuca chuckles. โHe even set up the two gang members to take the fall for it. I'll admit that was brilliant.โ
I look at Ford, not even trying to hold back my tears. โYou're so sick.โ
Behind me, Ricardo whispers, โYup.โ
โI won't deny that,โ Ford says. โBut I love you, Alyssa. You know that I do.โ
I'm more certain than ever that what he felt for me wasn't love, it was some gruesome combination of guilt, fixation, and control. I look Ford right in the eyes. โNo, what I knowโฆis that you were on the phone with me when it happened. You heard me cry my heart out. You heard my screams as DeLuca took my father from me.โ
I have to put my hand to my chest just to make sure my heart's still beating and it didn't physically crack into a million pieces. โYou picked up that scared and destroyed little girl and held her in your arms like she was your own. You held her like you would protect herโฆall while knowing you did this to me. To him! How could you?โ
A guttural cry rips from my throat and DeLuca laughs like it's the funniest thing in the world. โAnd that's not even all of it.โ
โWhat else could there possibly be?โ Lou-Lou whispers. Then she gasps.
DeLuca gives me a sinister smirk. โAlyssa? Besides your father dying, can you think of anything else that might have ruined your life?โ
โSht,โ Ricardo mutters.
โYou were behind the sx tape, Ford?โ
He stays silent.
โAnswer her, Ford.โ DeLuca directs. He shakes his head.
โYou tell her the truth now. It's the least you can do, you sยขumbag,โ Ricardo says, low and deadly.
โDeLuca promised Gaffney that he would win the run for mayor if his son Dean did it,โ Ford says. โHowever, it was my idea in the first place. I paid the Gaffney's off and promised that Dean would never get busted on a DUI charge if he fked you and filmed it.โ
โWhat is wrong with you? Why would you do that to me?โ
โI needed to do something toโโ he pauses like he can't even say it.
DeLuca gives me a sht-eating grin. โTo make sure your pretty face would never end up on the evening news. Where you could slip up and tell the whole world what I did to your daddy. Live from New York. You know, you really should have chosen a different major at NYU.โ His eyes blacken and I take a step back, not even caring that Ricardo's gvn is still digging into me.
โI run this city,โ DeLuca shouts while taking a step forward. โIt's mine. My greed, my hunger, my moneyโฆbut most of all my control and power. I let you live as a courtesy to Ford; after certain assurances were put in place, of course. But, I wasn't going to have your stupid as s mess up what I worked so hard to build. I couldn't take that chance.โ His lips turn up in a snarl and he winks. โHowever, I would like to thank you for being such a willing participant. Nice t its by the way.โ
I blink back impending tearsโฆbut there aren't any left. There's only darkness and pain.
I look at Ford again. โThe way you treated me after it happened. I went to you for help and youโโ
โMade her believe she was nothing but a wh're. Broke her trust in everyone and everything. Hurt her beyond all repair. And this was all after you had already ripped her heart out. You really are one despicable mother fker,โ Jackson's voice booms from somewhere in the distance.
โNo,โ I say with my hand on the trigger. โHe's one despicable de ad motherfker.โ
โNo!โ Jackson shouts, coming into view and halting me at the last possible second. โDon't do it, Alyssa.โ
In my peripheral vision, I see Ricardo aim his gvn at DeLuca.
โHe deserves it,โ I argue as Ford's eyes close and he clutches his stomach.
โHe does, baby. I know he does,โ Jackson says. โBut you need to let me do it.โ
โWhat? No.โ
โYes,โ he insists. โYou're not a ki ller, baby. I am. Your soul is still untarnished and I want it to stay that way. You don't know what it's like to take a life, Alyssa. Mike deserved everything I did to him and I would take his life again in a heartbeat. But, mu rder is a burden that I never want you to bear. I won't let you destroy yourself again because I love you.โ
He walks behind Ford and lowers his gvn to his head. โAnd you need to let me do this for you. And after this, I'm going to take out DeLuca. I'm going to take every single nightmare away, baby. I promise.โ
โNo,โ Ricardo barks in DeLuca's direction.
Ricardo moves closer to DeLuca and grabs Lou-Lou right before DeLuca has a chance to shoot Jackson. โDon't you even think about it, Babbo,โ he says before he puts the gvn to her head.
Everyone's attention turns to DeLuca and Ricardo at that moment.
As thankful as I am to Ricardo for not letting DeLuca shoot Jackson, I'm equally petrified for Lou-Lou. I never thought Ricardo would ki ll her. I regret ever bringing her here now.
Then, before anyone's brain can catch up to what's happening. Ricardo leans down and ksses Lou-Lou's tear-stained cheek. โTi amo. Sii libero,โ he whispers in her ear.
Lou-Lou reaches behind her and pulls a gvn out of her waistband.
She lifts her chin and aims the gvn directly at DeLuca's head. He's so caught off guard, he doesn't even have time to aim his gvn at her. โBrucia all'inferno. Burn in h'll, Bruno,โ she says as she pulls the trlgger, four times.
In slow motion we watch DeLuca's b rain spIatter all over the warehouse, his body falling to the floor with a heavy thud.
I can't contain the smile on my face. I think it's the brightest it's ever been. I barely even hear the sirens in the distance.
I open my mouth to thank Lou-Lou but she runs out the back door in the blink of an eye.
The sirens get louder and blue and red lights illuminate the warehouse.
โJackson Reid, put your hands behind your head. You are under arrest,โ a voice says over a megaphone as the doors burst open.
My heart shatters like glass and I drop to my knees.
That's when Ford lifts his head and smiles at me.
TO Be Continued