Page 95 of The Wicked
Well—good fucking riddance.
“I don’t know what you think you’re waiting for?” I stepped closer to him. “But you need to hurry the fuck up and get the fuck out of everyone’s faces. No one needs your bullshit, neither do they want you here.”
He remained silent for a while before he swallowed and responded, “Okay.”
I scoffed, shaking my head in disbelief before walking away from him and back to the car, needing to get out of there and away from him.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Elio
“A man like you shouldn’t feel.”
“Love is only a sentiment, boy. It is a weakness. Take out your heart and paint it black, a man like you shouldn’t love.”
“Be ten steps ahead of your enemies and your friends, boy. Never show remorse. Never show regret. And most importantly, never show weakness.”
“Chin up, soldier; everyone you shoot today will deserve it.”
“So what? You lost a few men. Get back on your fucking feet! I didn’t send you here to make friends.”
“Elio, I wish I could help you, but the voices in my head won’t let me see your pain, my love.”
“If you keep this up, you’ll be dead as soon as you take my place. Bold, Son. Be bold.”
“You kill a father? Make sure you kill everyone he has fathered; you don’t do it? They’ll come for you.”
“You are like your father! You’re never here; you’re always shadowing him! What about me? What about your mother!”
“I’m scared, Elio.”
“Family is only necessary when they’re useful.”
“I hate you!”
“I need help, Elio; help your mother.”
“They were screaming for you; where were you?”
“Open your eyes, Elio! This world is not black-and-white. It’s whatever color you paint it.”
“Lock him up until he comes to his senses.”
“He’s a monster; he murdered his whole family; best not cross him.”
“You are not my family.”
“What reason do I have to believe any fucking word that comes out of your mouth!”
“Weak. Incompetent. A fucking failure.”
“Did you love your mother’s scream while you stabbed her? Or Mariana’s and Lorenzo’s tortured wails while you fucking burned them alive.”
“The world will be a much better place without you in it!”
“You’re so gone beyond redemption, and you don’t even see it, Elio.”
“You need to hurry the fuck up and get the fuck out of everyone’s faces. No one needs your bullshit. Neither do they want you here…”
