Chapter 19: Saving Lily

"Well done, Martha. You just saved your family's lives," Addicus said and rubbed her head.

The maid had told him everything he wanted to know and he was ready to go and find Sharon. He left the room and when he got to the door, he pulled JJ close.

"Kill her and get rid of the body."

JJ nodded in affirmation and Addicus left Martha to her fate.

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Later, his doctor arrived at the house to stitch the cut across his face to prevent it from getting infected.

"What's that?" Addicus asked the doctor when he noticed him trying to inject him with something.

"It's morphine. You need to be under when I begin stitching or you'll be in a lot of pain," The doctor warned him.

"I don't need it. Begin. I have somewhere I need to be," Addicus said and laid back so the doctor could stitch him up.

He watched the needle touch his skin and he winced when it broke into him.

The pain was excruciating and it was almost more than he could bear but he did; *his hunger for retribution willing him on.*

Addicus left the house with his men. He looked horrible because of the cut on his face. He had planned the worst punishment for Sharon for marking him. They got into their cars and headed out to get her.

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Sharon had withdrawn the money she needed from the bank, which wasn't too far from the hotel. She started walking back to Lily so she could get her things and leave before it was too late. Then, she noticed some cars passing by and the man in one of them; **Addicus.**

Where was he heading to? She thought and then it hit her; *he knew where she was and was going to look for her at the hotel.*

**Sharon turned around to look for a vehicle to take her to the docks when she remembered that Lily was still at the hotel. She needed to warn her about Addicus so she could leave the hotel before he got there but how?**

She ran back to the bank and asked to use the receptionist's radio phone. She dialled the hotel and on the other side of the line was one of the hotel's concierges.

Sharon requested to speak with Lily but the woman told her that it was not her job to ring up the hotel guests and offered to redirect her call to the hotel management staff.

Sharon was redirected and she begged the receptionist to call up Lily's room claiming that it was urgent and that it was a matter of life or death.

The radio phone in Lily's room began to ring and she picked it up and was surprised to hear Sharon's voice.

"He's found me, Lily. He's headed to the hotel right now. You need to get out of there. Now!" Sharon said.

Lily put down the phone but didn't hang up. She took her bag and whatever else she could carry and bolted to the door. She opened and gasped in fear when she saw Addicus and his men already there.

"Hey there, Miss Lily," Addicus said menacingly with an evil smirk.

Lily tried to close the door quickly but one of the thugs pushed her aside and she fell to the floor and started crawling back into the room.

Sharon could hear the commotion through the phone but wasn't sure what was happening.

"Lily, are you okay? Lily, what's going on?" She asked but no one responded.

Lily crawled towards the phone in desperation to ask Sharon to send help but she was pulled back by one of the thugs and she screamed in terror; *a scream Sharon heard through the phone.*

Addicus walked up to the phone and placed it on his ear.

"Lily? Lily? Are you there? What's happening, Lily?" She asked, fearing the worse.

Her fears became stronger when she heard a familiar voice speak to her on the phone.

"Hello, my dear. Did you miss me?"

"What have you done to Lily?" Sharon demanded to know.

"Oh, nothing yet. She's alright, for now. Whether she remains that way or not is entirely up to you. We're waiting for you to join us,"

"Don't come here, Sharon" Lily said loudly and one of the goons hit her on the head.

"Dear Sharon, you're so beloved by so many people who are all willing to put your needs before theirs. Your little friend here and dear old Martha," Addicus said, trying to provoke and manipulate her to come.

**Martha!** Sharon thought.

"What did you do to Martha, you bastard?" She asked frantically.

"Me? I didn't do anything to dear old Martha; *you did.* She's now in the afterlife with your parents and it's all your fault."

**Martha was dead.

He had killed her and he was going to do the same thing to Lily. Sharon sobbed at the realization.

"Don't hurt Lilly. Please, I beg of you. I'm coming, I'll be there. Just don't hurt Lily, please." She begged in tears.

"We'll be waiting," Addicus said and hung up the phone.

Sharon was conflicted. She didn't know what to do. She needed to save her friend but what guarantee did she have that Addicus wouldn't hurt Lily if she did as he had said and went to him at the hotel?

She knew she couldn't trust him so she called the police and told them that a murder was going to take place at the hotel and that they should get there quickly.

Sharon hoped the police would catch Addicus in the act or at least scare him off quickly which would make him spare Lily's life in his haste to get away.

The police immediately dispatched their units and went to the hotel. Addicus and his men could hear the sirens headed their way and they realised that Sharon must have called them.

"Looks like your friend's not coming," Addicus said to Lily. "We need to leave right now," he told his men.

"What about her, Boss?" JJ asked looking at Lily.

"Kill her and make it quick," Addicus ordered.