Chapter 51: Confrontation

**BACK TO THE PAST...**

"We're going to have so much fun together, dear Sharon," Addicus said with a smirk with Sharon still on her knees, looking up at him.

Sharon had to think fast. She knew that Addicus would have Hector and Victoria killed just like he did Martha and Lily. He was too cruel and would not let them live after showing his face to them. Sharon looked around the kitchen and counted four men, including Addicus himself.

Then, she looked at Hector and her eyes spoke more words than her mouth ever could. She stared at the knife holder in the kitchen, signalling to Hector to grab one of them. There were also some frying pans on the floor that fell during the struggle when JJ assaulted Victoria earlier.

Sharon slowly reached for one of them. Hector had also picked up two knives and handed one to Victoria.

"Take her to the car and make sure she's quiet," Addicus ordered, and one of the men started to approach her.

**It was now or never!**

Sharon picked up the pan and smacked Addicus right on his temple. He fell to the floor, dazed and stunned. One of his men tried to subdue her and turned his back to Hector, which gave him an opening to attack.

Hector wasn't a killer or a man of violence, but in the heat of the moment, with his sister's life at stake, he was willing to do anything to protect her.

He stabbed one of the men in the back, killing him, and tried to attack JJ. Sharon used her pan to attack the second goon. He tried to pull out his gun, but she smacked it out of his hand with her pan and swung it at his head. He ducked and hit Sharon, pushing her to the floor.

Victoria ran to her aid and jumped on the goon's back, stabbing him multiple times but not hard enough. He threw her off him and picked her up by her neck and was strangling her. Her knife fell on the floor and Sharon noticed it. She got back up, picked up the knife, and ran it into the neck of the goon.

Sharon felt his blood splatter on her hand. This wasn't her imagination like on the train; ***this was real, and she had just killed a man.***

Addicus was still down and was crawling away from the fight. Hector, on the other hand, was still trying to attack JJ. He swung his knife, but JJ dodged it and punched him in the face. Hector got back up and attacked again, only facing the same outcome. He was no match for JJ and just as he was about to finish him off, Victoria hit the goon across the head with a frying pan.

He fell to his knees and stared at her in anger. Sharon was by his other side and hit him again with another pan. JJ remained conscious, refusing to go down so, Sharon and Victoria simultaneously struck him with their pans again on both sides of his head.

The four hits were enough to knock him unconscious, and he fell to the floor.

JJ was down and so was Addicus. This was her chance to finally be free of him. Sharon rolled Addicus over to face her and got on top of him. She raised her knife, intending to drive it straight into his heart and finally be rid of him once and for all.

"Sharon, wait!" Hector yelled out.

She paused with her hand still holding the knife, suspended in the air.

"I understand killing someone to defend yourself, but are you really going to murder him?" Hector asked her.

"This **is** self-defense. If we don't kill him now, then we're only guaranteeing our deaths," Sharon said, justifying what she was about to do.

"It's not self-defense. He's down and he's unarmed. We should call the police and have him arrested."

*Sharon couldn't believe her ears.*

"Arrested? This man is a pig. He's corrupt, and he'll find a way to escape justice. This is the only way to truly guarantee that justice is carried out. This is exactly what he deserves," Sharon said angrily, her eyes red with rage.

"Don't do it, Sharon. You won't be able to live with yourself if you do," Victoria added, "I know you, miga! This isn't going to make you happy or free, it's just going to be another thing you'll have to spend your life trying to run away from."

Addicus was conscious now, and he smiled at Sharon.

"You can't do it, can you? Even after what I did to your parents and your friends, you still don't have what it takes. Deep down inside of you, the promise I made is enticing, isn't it? You do want me in your bed. You just can't admit it", he said.

"Shut up! Shut up, you pig," Sharon yelled at him.

"You'd better kill me because if you don't, I'll kill you. But first, I'll kill your friends, and I'll do it slowly while you watch. I'll cut them apart, bit by bit, until there's nothing left and then, I'll fulfil my promise to you. I'll defile you till you bleed, and then, I'll kill you too."

Hearing him say this only filled her with more rage. She thought about everything she had lost because of him; all the suffering she had gone through. The urge to kill him only became stronger.

"You think I won't do it, huh? Is that what you think, you bastard? Do you think you have some psychological hold on me? Well, you don't, Addicus, you don't!" She shouted.

"If I don't have any sort of hold on you, then finish it," Addicus taunted even more.

"Sharon.., don't listen to him. He's just trying to upset you," Hector said to her.

"Go on, Sharon. Kill me. When I meet Lily in the afterlife, I'll have my way with her too," Addicus said again, trying to anger her.

Sharon had had enough. She screamed out loud and brought down the knife with full force, barely missing his scarred ugly face.

"Call the police," Sharon said with a heavy heart.

She moved away from Addicus and sat down on the floor, breathing heavily.

As Hector began to dial the police line, Addicus began laughing hysterically.

"What's so funny?" Sharon couldn't help but ask.

"What's funny is that the rest of my men will be here before the police. What? Did you actually think I'd bring only three men to capture you? No, you're far too important. You are a threat to my empire and my freedom. Only you can take away my gold, my businesses, and my entire fortune because I made you my heir when I adopted you and, since I don't have children of my own, it would all become yours. You also know about some of the people I've murdered and, with your testimony, I'll be imprisoned for life," Addicus said, still laughing.

"He's bluffing, Sharon. If he truly brought more men, they'd be here already. He's scared about us calling the police, and he wants us to run away rather than have him arrested," Hector said.

"One thing I know well about this man is that he never bluffs. His men are coming, which means we have to leave now," Sharon said.

"But Sharon?" Victoria tried to object.

"No 'buts', Vic. You guys go. This is where our time together comes to an end."

"Come with us then," Victoria offered.

"I can't! As long as I'm with you, you'll never be safe. I have to keep going on my own."

"Sharon!"

"Just go. Quickly, before they get here," Sharon said loudly.

"What about you? Aren't you leaving?" Hector asked her.

"I will, but first, I need to have a chat with Addicus."