The Red Nights

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Nelson stopped the car and when he came out followed by Sania he found Konny with her personal guards behind her waiting for them. Sania ran in her arms and Konny welcomed her with a kiss while enjoying the irritated face Nelson had. She gently pushed Sania, took a look at the car behind them and then she landed her attention on Nelson.

With a satisfied smile she said " I see that you have taken the right decision. Congratulations ".

" I don't care about that " he replied with a severe face. " I have done what you have told me to do so now it's your turn. Keep your promise ".

" I will I will " she repeated while waving lazily her hand, " but before that, what about the two other women? "

" I just abandoned them there " Nelson responded coldly, " They kept calling me on my walkie-talkie but I ignored them ".

" You what? " Konny asked less satisfied all of sudden. " Did you lose your mind? "

" I wouldn't have been able to get them both if I have tried to kill Volga Carla would have killed me before and vice versa. And even if we went together, with Sania, we would still have been no match for them. They are more dangerous than you think " he crossed his arms and explained, " I chose to left them there. Phil's would probably achieve to kill them and even if they don't, with the hunger and the tiredness of being chased all over Phil's territory, they will not represent any threat for you tomorrow when you will launch your attack ".

" Why didn't you just bring them back here if they were so dangerous!? " She shouted as she started to lose her cool. " You didn't even need to confront them, you should just have drawn them here and I could have turned them into my side just like I have done with all your army!

" But do you think they would have agreed to quietly follow me while Jamal was missing? " he asked back calmly, " they would have sensed that something was wrong even more if I dared to lie to them. They are not naive ".

Konny didn't say anything. She didn't try to hide her irritation while staring at him for a moment, she took a deep breath, sighed and then after she calmed herself she said " if you are so convinced that they won't represent any threat then you shall come with me tomorrow to ensure that ".

Nelson wide opened his eyes, shocked. " The deal was if I killed Jamal for you, you will release Sania from your control and let her leave me ".

" Yes I remember that, but the deal is not valid as the outcome of your mission is not satisfying ", she stroked delicately Sania's chin " you see this girl is just too valuable for me to just let her go so easily. So that's the new deal, tomorrow while I will go take Phil's head, you will capture those two women Volga and Carla for me ".

" What? No we had a deal. You can't change it as you wish! " he protested.

" I can do whatever I want " she reminded him with a tone of superiority. She drew the revolver of Sania from its case, put it in her hand and directed it to below her chin, after she released her hand but Sania kept the position " you see? I can make her do whatever I want, even if I go to order her to take her own life she would obey, so if you want me to give her to you alive you better do exactly what I'm telling you, got it? "

Nelson clenched his fists in anger, he silently bowed his hand and Konny took it as a submission to her will. " I can't fight them, as I told before I could do a single move they would kill me for sure " he said in low voice.

" I will put at your disposition as many men as you will need " she waved her hand, " I doubt that they are able to handle an entire army ". She stayed silent for a short moment and then continued " by the way have you discovered where Phil, that rat, is hiding? "

" We didn't find his real and exact bas.e.m.e.nt but we managed to get a more precise zone of where he actually is. We couldn't find how many people his army are counting either as they were too careful but before we killed him Jamal said that your own army alone is slightly bigger than his. " Nelson responded while raising his head.

" Great, great, great " Konny mumbled, then with a louder voice she said " besides your fault with the two women I acknowledged that you have done quite a great job " she praised him, she turned to Sania, took the gun from her hand and carried, still talking to Nelson " I think, for that, you even deserve an award ", she turned and said to Sania " go with him, I'm charging you to make him feel good with those special skills of yours. Don't leave his side until he's completely satisfied and then you will return back to find me in my home "

" I refuse that offer, I don't want or need such things so don't force her to do that " he protested.

" I don't remember having asked for your opinion " she replied coldly, " you will return to your room with her and you will use her to satisfy yourself and I'm warning you if she comes back and tells me that you didn't do anything to her I will give a painful punishment to her ", she pushed Sania from her back in Nelson's arms and then told them " now go " while pointing at the quad bike waiting for them at the side.

Nelson didn't have choice but to obey he walked toward the bike and right after he got on it he felt someone sitting behind him, Sania passed her arms around his waist and grabbed him tightly. He started rolling toward the sector where was the residence Konny had given him. They arrived few minutes later and Nelson jumped out from the quad bike and walked very quickly toward the house and entered in while Sania was following him right behind him.

When she closed the door behind her and walked toward Nelson he suddenly grabbed her from her shoulders and pushed her against a wall. He plunged his eyes in hers as if he was looking for someone. Sania moved forward toward in the intention of kissing what surprised him, he pushed her again and said " please wake up... wake up Sania... you can't end like that so please wake up don't let her win " he started feeling tears dropping from his eyes and rolling on his cheeks, while Sania just stayed silent looking at him back not moved at all . Staring at her emotionless expression made him remember all the hateful things he had done while blaming himself for being so weak.

He started by remembering his discussion with Konny before they left for the mission. He'd firstly gone seeking explanation from Sania after the reunion but she'd just kept ignoring him, he remembered being so upset that he'd started shouting at her, until then he himself couldn't understand why couldn't he control his emotions, his anger had been so strong that he couldn't hold it. Later Konny had come to tell her that they had to go, Nelson had tried to protest he'd extended his hand to force Konny to stay but before he reached her, Sania had kicked him hard on his belly what had made him lose his breath for a short moment, he'd put a knee down and Konny had been looking down at him and said " if you want to talk to her so badly you can stay to prepare yourself here, we will go to the point of gathering together so that you will have all the time to talk to her " she paused " but I doubt the result will be different ".

Nelson had indeed stayed in her house, he'd found all what he needed to prepare himself and as promised Konny let him accompany them to the rendezvous point. When they were in the car, as she had told him, Sania had refused to say a single word to him even though he asked him many times, he'd finally gave up on her and tried another strategy, " what did you do to her? " he had asked to Konny directly.

He remembered that the latter who was sitting between them looked at him with a smile and asked him back what did he mean. " Don't play dumb with me, I know you did something to her otherwise she wouldn't act like this... not anymore " he had pronounced the last words in a very low voice almost inaudible, " you are surely exercising a kind of pressure on her what obligates her to not say anything even to me, so what is it? What kind of menace did you use to force to act like this? "

That time she hadn't tried to run away from the question what had surprised Nelson but she had responded to him directly " you see, I hate people who are not honest with their feelings so I promise to tell you everything if you respond to this question honestly. Are you in love with Sania? ", if he had been asked that question more than two days ago he would have laughed at it but after what happened in Glenn's mansion he was sure that he didn't hate that woman but more than that he had actually some feelings for her. He'd known that he couldn't take the risk to lie as he would have probably lost all his chances to obtain the answers to his questions and would have subsequently lost all his chances to save Sania. He'd looked straight at her without blinking he'd said " yes ", he didn't know if it was his imagination but for a moment she had blushed even her had been slightly shaking.

Konny hadn't said anything until they arrived. They all left the car even driver who had went to stand away from them while the other three stayed next to the car. Nelson had been even more confused to notice that despite the time Konny had taken to respond he had been surprisingly calm. At a moment she'd sighed and said " I have the power to control people ". Nelson remembered having taken quite a long moment to understand and to assimilate what she had said, he had firstly thought that she'd been kidding but after he had taken a look at her serious face he'd understood that she wasn't joking and as to prove her statement she had ordered Sania to cut her throat, without hesitation she had drawn her knife and with it she reached her neck hopefully Nelson had quickly reacted, he grabbed her hand and as he was stronger than her he had been able to stop before she could put a scratch on herself.

Under his insistent look Konny had finally told Sania to stop. " Do you believe in me now? " but Nelson didn't answer he just stayed there staring at her with wide eyes too shocked to say a word, Konny had slowly stepped toward him and told him " now you understand what it is all about, you will listen to me carefully because I have a deal for you " she'd paused and leaned toward him " you will betray your friends and will kill Jamal for me and in exchange I will give you back Sania. And if you dare to refuse I will order her to take her own life ".

For Nelson to understand the trap he had put himself in it was already too late, by insisting so much on Sania he had unconsciously made Konny understand how much she was important to him and by confessing his love for Sania he had given her the confirmation she needed to set her trap. She had given him the cruel decision to choose between betraying his friends or letting the woman he loved die.

" Why? " he said with a shaking voice. Konny shrugged " you see, that guy, besides being really dangerous, he is also very smart. On contrary to you, he is very cautious about taking his distance and not showing too much about his emotions and personality, so it's impossible for me to see through him and find his weakness. Sooner or later he will figure out that I'm not whom I'm pretending to be and after he'd realize that he would surely try to fight me and I'm not sure to be able to defeat him. Since I can't control him it's better for me to eliminate him, don't you think? "

At that moment Nelson had started to think about the numerous advices Jamal had had given him 'stay calm, don't let your emotions exploding', 'don't rush, observe the situation first'.[ If I only I had listened to him nothing of this would have happened. I thought he had given up on her but he was just looking for the best and safest way to save her. I have been so stupid ] he couldn't help but thinking.

" So what is your answer? " Konny had asked slowly losing her patience, " will you save the woman you love or will you let her die? ", Nelson had turned his sight to look at Sania, he until then he would asked himself what should she have done in the same situation. He had bowed his head " I will do it " he had responded, " I will kill Jamal and save Sania ". He remembered that it was after he had accepted that Jamal, Volga and Carla arrived.

Then there in that house alone, in front of the woman he had sacrificed everything for, he couldn't help but feel remorse but he also knew that it was no time for that, he had to assume the consequences of his actions. His hands started to loose and he slowly let go of his grip on her shoulders, she slowly stepped toward him, she leaned toward him and started to kiss sensually and gently. He would have wanted to believe that it was the real Sania who was putting her lips against his and was slowly turning her tongue around his but it was just not true, the woman before him was just a puppet who was executing the order she had been given without any emotion.

" Hey, let's do it already " she whispered at his ear. Nelson bent while passing one arm around her waist and the other one around her slander legs, she lifted her and carried her on his arms and walked toward his room.

One hour later he was sitting on the bed while watching Sania putting her clothes back, " are you sure to be satisfied? We have done it only once " she asked him after she finished fixing her hairs, it was the third time she was asking and for Nelson the answer was the same " yes, I'm totally satisfied ". The woman shrugged and left the room letting him alone with his despair and his regrets, " what have I done? " he didn't stop repeating to himself while holding his head.

In the outside of the house a man standing next to a car was waiting for Sania. She went to sit on the back while the man entered in started it on. While he was driving her back to Konny's residence tears started to roll on Sania's cheeks even though her face was empty of any emotion.