Chapter 1

what is going on here? "I am only going to ask you once." Wade said to the man kneeling on the floor with blood all over him as he tugged on his sleeves.

"Why did you do it?"

The man was silent, not daring to look Wade in the eyes.

The man was hit in the gut with a metal bat and he fell forward from the impact.

"Leave us." Wade spoke to the other men in the room. As he waited for them to leave, his eyes never strayed from the slumped figure of the man he once thought he loved.

Wade stepped forward, squatting next to the man's figure. He reached for his jaw and lifted the man's head.

Oliver shut his eyes, refusing to look at the love of his life.

"Was your love also a lie?"

Oliver's eyes immediately opened and he shook his head, "No... I loved— I love you." He spoke for the first time since he was locked up.

"Do you?"

"You're the only one I have ever loved and the only one I will ever love."

Wade tightened his grip on his lover's jaw. "Then WHY?" He yelled. Lowering his tone, he asked again, "Why did you do it?"

Oliver's eyes shifted. He couldn't lie to this man so he chose not to speak at all, pursing his lips together.

Noticing this, Wade stood up, took his phone from his pocket and spoke to someone on the other side, "Bring him in."

Logan was shoved into the room, tied up and frantic.

"Ollie!"

Oliver looked from Logan to Wade shaking his head frantically as he silently begged Wade to stop what he was about to do. Logan had nothing to do with anything he had done.

"Ollie! I don't care what they are saying, I know you didn't do it, right? You didnt—" He was hit in the face by the man that brought him.

"Why don't you tell him, Ollie? Are you responsible for Vincent's disappearance or not?" Wade sneered down at Oliver.

"I... I... —"

"You what, Oliver?!"

"I am!"

Logan stared, horrified at the man he'd called his big brother.

"I am responsible," He breathed heavily from shouting and his blood loss wasn't helping. "But, I didn't —"

"I am not going to ask again, Oliver." Wade said, pulling out a gun and pointing it at Logan. "Why did you do it?"

"Wait, wait —"

"Three... Two..."

"Ollie!" Logan screamed for his brother.

"On—"

"I didn't have a choice! He made me do it!"

The room fell silent.

Wade's brows creased. "Who?"

Oliver whimpered, falling to the ground, his eyes shut as if in pain.

He had not yelled out in pain while he was beaten but the thought of this man made him shake and whimper in pain. Wade almost wanted to console him. Almost.

"Who made you do it?" Wade faltered. A tiny bit of hope came to him. He didn't want to kill Oliver. If he was guilty, he'd have to. But if there's was someone else behind it, someone he could direct the blame to, he could let Oliver go with severe punishment.

Wade squatted next to Oliver again, running his fingers through his thick brown hair to call him down.

"Oliver," He flinched, knowing what was coming.

"Who? Tell me. Babe, please."

Oliver shook his head, "He'll hurt you. I don't want you to get hurt."

"But you're hurting me right now."

Those words shot Oliver back up. "No no no, I- I—"

"Calm down, [darling in Italian]. You're hurting me because I'll have to hurt you if you don't tell me. I don't want to, but I will have to. And hurting you like that brings me pain."

Tears were in Oliver's eyes now and he wailed at the thought of causing pain to the man he'd loved since he was a boy.

"I... I will," He breathed in and exhaled loudly, trying to calm himself down. The fingers that were still in his hair helped a lot.

"I will tell you." He lifted his head and looked his love in the eyes. "Ever

ything."

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