With Love, xxxx. by Varshitha Kancharla (top e book reader TXT) 📕

They reached Rome and Nik’s funeral was arranged at his mansion. Many people from various countries attended and mourned for him. After that, Nik's wife left the place along with her kid. Ryan decided to stay away from Kathleen and Neil along with his men searched the city for any clue but they didn’t get anything. They kept searching for the person or gang who killed Nik. They searched many countries, killed many gangs but they didn’t get any information. Ryan's anger kept increasing day by day. They stayed in Rome and kept searching. The place where he decided to not go was welcoming him again.

Present 

Ryan came out of his thoughts and asked looking at Neil “What’s the clue that we got?” 

“The day you talked with Nik at an ice cream parlour, someone followed us in a car. We didn’t notice it. The night Nik died, the same car was travelled in the way that reach the place where Nik was killed. I checked the cameras. I saw the same car in street cameras near the ice cream parlour as well as in the road cameras in the way. I hope the person who owns the car, is the one whom we are searching.”

“What if it’s a coincidence?” Ryan asked as every clue they got till then went wrong. 

“I wish we are correct.” 

After many hours of journey, they reached the city. Then started in the car. While travelling, Ryan’s and Neil’s mind kept recalling the days they spent. Nostalgia hit them. Then they reached the address of the owner of the car. They both stood infront of a house which looked rich and classy. 

“We should ambush the house.” Neil said taking out his gun. Looking at Neil, all of their men took out their guns and got ready to attack.

“No. We’ll knock the door and enter in.” Ryan said. 

He ordered all of their men to surround the house and they both entered in. Ryan rang the doorbell and stood casually. The door was opened. A broad shouldered man of medium height with tattoos and piercings all over his body, stood in front of them. As soon as he saw Ryan, sweat trickled down his brow. He tried to close the door but Ryan pushed it to open. The man ran to the other door and tried to escape but Ryan’s men caught him. They took him inside the house and made him fell on his knees infront of Ryan. 

“He is the one.” Neil gritted his teeth.

Ryan was looking at him with his fierce eyes. He was looking at him like a beast waiting to attack. 

“Why?” Ryan growled. 

“Please! Please leave me.” 

Ryan punched his face that made blood ooze out from his nose.

“No. It’s not me. It’s Francis.” 

Francis had many businesses which were taken over by Ryan a year before. 

“Francis? We saw your car in the cameras.” Ryan shouted. 

“Francis is my friend. He was with me in the car.” 

“Where is he?” Ryan asked impatiently. 

The man told him the address. They took the man too along with them. Ryan was saving his anger for Francis. They reached near a house which was located in the outskirts. All of a sudden, they all attacked and entered in the house. Francis stood frozen for a second looking at Ryan but he smirked. 

“Hello Ryan!” 

Ryan began punching him so bad but Francis was chuckling. His laugh was increasing Ryan’s anger. 

“What the hell did Nik do to you?” Ryan shouted hitting him with a rod.

Francis was screaming in pain at the same time laughing. 

“Stop laughing.” Ryan held Francis’s collar. 

Francis shouted “Feeling pain because you lost your brother? This is how I felt when everyone left me because of you.”

“What?” Ryan asked not getting his meaning.

“You took everything from me. I became homeless. I lost my respect in the society. My prestige was gone. I fell in debts. Looking at me in that position, everyone left me even my wife. You are the reason for everything. From that day I was trying to kill you. But when I heard, you have a family, I changed my decision. You should know how it feels when your family leaves you. So I sent your brother far. So far. To the sky.” He kept laughing in an evil way. 

“How did you know he had a family?” Neil asked looking at him.

“One day when I was with my friend, I saw you. We followed you hoping we would get chance to kill the monster but we saw your friend talking to some other guy. My friend entered in the ice-cream parlour and heard Ryan calling him as brother. I inquired and it was right. Damn! His brother was quite a fighter. We were nearly ten, he killed almost eight during the fight.”

“You did a wrong thing. You are going to die very painfully. I’m going to give you a slow, painful death.” Ryan shouted.

Francis didn’t care about his words. He spoke “The day when I lost everything, I was almost dead. I’m still living to see pain in your eyes.” He chuckled and continued saying “I see it. You feel pain. You are going to take this pain with you till your life ends and it’s enough for me. You can’t have any people whom you love in your life. People around you always die. You cannot be peaceful in this life.”

Hearing him Ryan’s anger multiplied. He took out his knife and stabbed Francis’s heart. He kept stabbing multiple times till Francis lose his breath. He took out his gun and finally shot Francis in his forehead. Neil killed Francis’s friend and they walked out. They both started in their car.

Looking at Ryan’s blood filled shirt, Neil spoke “We should go to our mansion. You have to fresh up and we left few documents about our businesses there. We should take and leave.” 

Before Ryan opened his mouth to speak, Neil said “We are not changing the plan. We came. Did our work and we'll go along with documents. We are not going to meet anyone.” 

Ryan nodded and they reached their mansion. He went to his room while Neil went to the locker to take the documents. Ryan freshened up and came out. He wore one of his suits which he left there. Before he step out of his room, the last letter which he wrote for her flashed his mind. He walked to the desk beside his bed. He opened the desk drawer where he put the letter. He sat on the bed taking it. He thought of the surprise he arranged for her. He thought to take her to one of his lands which was arranged with beautiful flowers all over the place and a plane that releases the beautiful banner from the sky, written “Congratulations Kathleen.” On it. But it didn’t happen.