His Beautiful Addiction

''You are going to die but first, you'll watch your son die, knowing that you brought this all on yourself. You are selfish, wicked, and even when you know with one cock of this gun I can take your life away, you are unremorseful, ''

Catherine skidded away from the bed as she watched Nicklaus stand up; she had a gun in the drawer, she would distract him until she reached it, she was Catherine, she wasn't going to go down just like that.

''I said I'm sorry, please I beg you, I regret everything I've done, my son doesn't know anything, please don't bring him into this; '' her voice trembled as she spoke.

''You tell me, you should have thought of that when you were killing a 4-year-old who could not even hurt a fly. You looked at a four-year-old little girl and you didn't even bat an eyelid as you shot her little brains out, so don't expect me to think twice as I kill your son. He's going to die, and you're going to watch him die.''

She was almost close to the drawer, she just needed to distract him some more;

''what did you expect me to do? I wanted him but he tossed me away like some piece of trash, I couldn't let him use me and throw me away like that! ''

''And your way of getting back at him is killing his whole family? Don't you see you are sick? ''

Catherine's hand reached to the knob of the drawer and she unlocked it, and with a flash she took out the gun inside of it, quickly cocking it, she pointed it at Nicklaus; a burst of derisive laughter resounding in the room.

''Oh, you're stupid, again! '' She laughed so much that tears gathered in her eyes;

''You should have killed me when you had the chance, Nicklaus, too bad I'll be doing that first. Not only will I kill you, but I'm also going to take your company too, you see, the villain wins! Not every story has a good ending. I killed your parents and that beautiful little girl and I'm about to kill their little boy who had loved his whole life to avenge them'' she laughed wickedly,

''I never regretted sniffing the life out of your parents, not even for one minute. My only regret was not killing you that day, my plan would have worked out perfectly, but no, you bastard-son-of-a-mediocre-thing chose to live, but don't worry, I'm about to right all my wrongs and I mean no one would suspect me because everyone thinks you died in the river; too bad, you should have just died, it's a pity that the person who killed your parents is going to kill you too. Extend my greetings when you reach the other side; ''

Catherine laughed and immediately shot him; she prepared her ears for the sound of the gun but instead a light funny sound came out. Her face paled as she pressed the trigger again but nothing happened; this gun was always loaded for emergencies like this, so how…

Her eyes turned to him and the relaxed expression on his face told her that he had unloaded it;

''You… you… '' She shook with the gun in her hand as she let it fall to the ground;

''You really have no remorse in you, Catherine. '' Nicklaus chuckled at her pitiful state, shaking his head;

''You want the company so bad, but it's a pity you aren't going to come close to it because you're going to die soon, like a weakling. See how far you went just to have what does not belong to you, too bad, not only are you not going to have it, you're going to watch from hell how Michael takes everything you have, '' He smiled devilishly making her pale the more.

''Mi… Michael… '' she said her chest heaving. Had she known, had she known she would have killed him when she had the chance; there were so many signs, his moving out, and he's talking to Diana even after she asked him to stop. God, she was a fool, a big fool. Even that night when he was helpless in front of her, she should have killed him but she let him go, and now it has become her greatest undoing. She didn't change the password to the house, and she was sure he had told Nicklaus.

Right now, Catherine was really scared. She had worked so hard for this, how would she lose everything, her life, her son, and even her company. Her hands held the wall for support as her legs were already shaking.

''You see the reward of the wicked? Misery and death and those are all you would ever have, misery and death. Bring him in! '' Nicklaus said and the door opened, a few feet walking in, Catherine's eyes widened when she saw her son being led into the room with a gun pointing to his head;

''Liam… '' She called him shakily and she made to walk towards him but Nicklaus raised his gun to her, stopping her.

''Mom… '' Liam called, his face was pale and his eyes were red with fear.

''I would have spared your son if he was any good, but he kidnapped my wife and wanted to rape her, there's just no good in any of you. ''

''Wait… Nicklaus please, we can talk about this. Please…. '' Catherine was scared to her wits right now. Earlier, she had hoped on the gun but now, she was thoroughly helpless. She didn't want to die, and she didn't want her son to die.

''I'll leave the company, I'll do anything you want, I'll… ''

Before she could complete the sentence she heard a gunshot making her words stop on her tongue. The gun was pointing at her all along so her eyes shut reflexively to embrace the impact, but after five seconds nothing happened, her eyes opened slowly and they turned to Liam;

''Mom… '' those were his words before he dropped to his knees and fell to the ground.

''Li...Liam… '' she stuttered as she watched blood pour from the side of his mouth, her legs moved forward and she walked to him, he was still spitting blood as he lay on the floor.

''Liam, don't die… don't die, please, wake up, '' she cried as she placed his head on her thighs, her tears flowing from her eyes. He was dead, he was dead already, her hands turned cold as she held his head and wept.

''Nicklaus! You'll rot in hell! You'll rot in the deepest parts of hell! '' She screamed, rage coursing through her.

''Maybe I will, but you'll be there first. Goodbye Catherine. ''