Ekin is angry expecting to see Leon. Louis is confused to whom it is but he's not stupid, he also expected to see Leon. Slowly a figure comes forward reveling it was indeed Leon. Leon looks at them without surprise and asked, "Were you expecting me?"
They both glare at him. "I can't believe you were so cunning." EKin said. Louis nodded. "I thought you were the last good one out of our bunch." he added.
Leon chuckled. "That's amusing. A good man in the evil triads. Isnt that a laugh?" he asked smugly.
"Don't play games with us. What do you wnat?" Ekin asked assertively.
"It's not me that wants something." he repleid looking over his shoulder.
"Who is it then!" Louis asked angrily.
That was when Ekin realized the girls took on the last name Lai! That was Leon's last name! ANd he was already expecting that Nnadia's body wasn't really hers. She must be the mastermind in all this! Shit! he thought in fear as he looked over Leon's shoulder expecting Nnadia to appear. His heart cringed at the very thought.
Nnadia appeared at the doorway. Louis dropepd his mouth in shcok. "Ah-So?" he asked.
Although he anticipated Nnadia to come out, Ekin is stunned, disapointed, angry, and hurt all at the same time. His emotions are mixing crazily and his blood is boiling. He wants to hold Nnadia embracing her in his arms yet he want to kill her for everything that she's done. He wants to forgive her yet he wants to hate her.
"How could you still be alive?" Louis asked. "You were shot by so many bullets?" he asks confused as ever.
Ekin held his fist firmly together and replies for her because he's seen trhough her evil plans. "Leon was the one that shot her so do you think she would have died?" he asked disclosing that he knew what she had done.
Nnadia hackles loudly and for the first time Ekin notices an evil glint in her eyes. "That's right, Mr. Wong. You're a lot more intelligent than you're given creidt for." she said with contempt.
Louis understood but was still a little confused. "How did you get out of the hospital?" he asked. "I saw them put you in the cold room." He said.
"When I was in the emergency room I told the nurses that you were abusive and I didn't want to live a life of danger and freight anymore. The beauty about America is that the government will help you escape and erase your identity if you're a battered woman." She informed him.
Ekin looked at her disbelieving not knowing who the woman who stood in front of him really was anymore. The tone of her voice was so vicious and cruel at that moment. Ekin was outraged with hurt.
Nnadia notice his pain and smiled deceptively. "After you left to finish off Simon, the doctors took me out of the cold room. Since I was only in there for less than half an hour with a blanket instead of a plastic bag, I was okay." She replied.
"Why must you do this to me?" Ekin asked angrily. "I gave you my heart fully and completely. I loved you more than my own life." He said. "Why?" he asked again.
Nnadia gave him the coldest expression anyone has ever seen. Leon stared at Nnadia for a moment. He recognized that look. It was the look Nnadia had given him when he violated her. Nnadia was furious.
"Because you're Edward Wong's son!" She yells shaking as she spoke.
Louis and Ekin heard the name and were shocked. They never thought they'd hear that name again. The man they hated with all their hearts. They only wondered how would Nnadia know Edward?
Leon places one arm on her shoulders to calm her down. "It'll be okay, you're getting your revenge now." He spoke softly to her. Nnadia flinches from him.
Nnadia continued as she approached Ekin and Louis. "All men are dirty bastards, Ekin. You're no different. Why did you want to marry me? LUST!" she shouted turning away from him. "It was all becuase you wanted to fuck me! What did we do right after the wedding?" she asked turning to face him with raging eyes.
Ekin didn't respond. He couldn't remember doing anything but making love all day and night. "That's right," Nnadia said with contempt. "You had your fun and fucked me all night long!" she shouted angrily. "That's the only thing on your dirty filthy minds! On all men's minds."
She shot an angry glare at Louis. "You're just a typical man also." she said clenching her teeth. "Using the woman for your gain and pleasure. After everything my sisters did for you, you go out and fuck another woman!" she asked in more of an accusation. "Of course." she said calming down. "What are women to men if not toys and objects?" she asked with an icy look at both of them.
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(FLASHBACK TO EARLIER THAT DAY)
Leon entered Nnadia's chamber once again. She flinches noticing him. He became very sad and disappointed. "I'm sorry Nnadia." He says trying to redeem himself.
Nnadia refuses to look at him. "Go away." She says afraid of him. She cornered herself on her bed as he came closer. "LEAVE!" she yelled. Leon didn't want to do anymore harm to her so he moved from the bed and left the room.
Nnadia turned back to the TV screen flinching and shaking. She was unstable but she didn't know it. Her whole body was cold. Suddenly Nnadia's eyes widen. She saw a Caucasian girl dressed like a whore walk into the room. The Caucasian girl threw her arms around Louis telling him how much fun she had last night. Nnadia looked at the monitors of Ada and Kristy in their hospital beds. Rage and anger built up inside her. She heard more of the conversation because the girl spoke loud enough for her to hear everything.
Leon peeked into the room to see what was going on. He saw the Caucasian girl he hired to seduce Louis. He smiled thinking his plans was working. Nnadia would go into a rage and immediately kill the Wongs. He didn't want Ekin around anymore and after Ekin was dead he was sure to have Nnadia's heart back.
Nnadia is furious. Anger is boiling up in her because she's feels disgusted by the men. They are all selfish bastards. After everything they did for him she can't believe that he's treating them this way. They were just another toy he played with. All men needed to die. All of them were filthy especially if they were Edward Wong's son! Nnadia thought to herself.
Nnadia trembled getting up from the bed to look for something. She moved things around throwing it to the floor angrily. Leon watched wondering what she was doing. Finally it dawned on him; Nnadia was looking for his gun! He smirked. Nnadia found it and loaded it with an evil glint in her eyes grabbed some more ammunition and ran out of the room.
She saw Leon and said, "I want the Wongs dead now!" Leon nodded and followed her.
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(BACK TO THE CURRENT SITUATION)
"You think all men are bastards? What about you women?" he countered her. "You seduce us men into falling madly in love with you, so in love that we're willing to risk our lives and fortune for you, isn't that the same shit!" he hoollered back at her.
She realized he meant how he felt about her. She let him go and backed upa few steps. Ekin stepped forward towards her. "You planned to met me, seduce me, use my emotions for you to help you destroy Simon!" he accused her of the truth. "Do you think that is not as bad as the way you just described us men!" he hollered now in her face with anger.
She cringed looking away. "You and your sisters set us in a trap. A trap that you knew wold work because we are not the evil men you thought we were!" he shouted. "But you are more malicious. You have been trained to seduce and use men to your whims! After you finished using me you moved on to LEON!"he shoutged pointing at Leon.
Nnadia shoved him out of her face. "You think I wanted to do this?" she questioned angrily. "If it wasn't for your father and his men, my sisters and I wouldn't have to live this kind of life. It has always been men subordinating women to their whims!" she hollered at him. "So of course it's natural that you have to pay for his mistakes! Since you're just like him!"
Ekin chuckled loudly. Nnadia pulls on his collar. She's stronger than him since he's wounded and in pain plus the fact that he wasn't resisitng her. "What's so funny?" she questions him.
"You want to know what's so funny?" he asked still chuckling. "Edward kidnapped us from China 15 years ago and took us to America by boat." Ekin informed her that they had the same enemy.
Louis chuckled as well since he also figured the plan out. "So you were the one trying to frame me!" he glared at Leon.
Nnadia looks at them then at Leon. "Frame? For what?" she asked unsteadily throwing Ekin away from her and turning her attention to Louis.
"I don't know that Caucasian girl. I was hit on the head last night or drugged and woke up besides her." Louis replies. "And as for Edward, he kidnapped us to please his parents telling them we were his sons from a China wife." He added
Ekin continued. "We hated him so much for what he did to us. He murdered our real parents. Even though he gave us a steady home he abused us and ruined the one we originally had in China." Ekin said clenching his fist. "His only savior was that his parents, our supposed grnaparents loved and cherished us."
"So when we were capable, Ekin and I killed him in his sleep 10 years ago." Louis said falling to the floor now that his wounds had gotten to him.
Nnadia took a few steps back. She thought back to the research she did on Edward Wong. Suddenly her mind shifted back to the memory on the boat 15 years ago. There were three boys similar in age to her, Ada, Kristy, and Joey on the boat. That day Edward bandaged Ada's wounds, he walked overto three boys to look at them. A few days later he came to pull them out. She realized Ekin, Louis, and Nic were not Edward Wong's real sons!
"Shit." she said falling back a few steps. Her knees sudddenly felt weak. Her mind spun with confusion. She couldn't handle the truth. She was about to drop when Leon rushed to hold her. She didn't move from him this time. She was trembling and confused.
"Where is your proof?" Leon asked Ekin.
"Ask Nnadia!" Ekin yelled upset. "Does she remember us from the boat?"
Leon looked at Nnadia who nodded her head rapidly then she shook her head. This was too much for her she didn't want to think anymore she didn't want to remember anymore. She held her head shaking for a reply but she couldn't think straight.
"It'll be okay." Leon reassures her. Suddenly she shoves him away from her. "LIAR!" she yelled pointing the gun at him. "Nothing will ever be ok."
All the menare shocked. Ekin and Leon stare at Nnadia. Ekin notices her eyes are different. They're scared and confused as if she didn't know who she was or where she was. He wanted to hold her and comfort her at that moment. Even though he wanted to hate her, he couldn't do it.
Leon looked at her fearful of what she might be feeling. The sisters had the softest hearts even though it might not seem like it and Nnadia had the softest most emotional heart. If it wasn't for emotions, she wouldn't have been blinded by vengence as long as she was.
Louis remembers Ada from the boat. "Ada was wrapped up by Edward in a dirty cloth when she hit her head trying to protect you." Louis added. He shouldn't have because it agitated her ming a lot more.
Nnadia shook her head. "You raped her! You caused her to cry! I hate you!" she yelled pointing the gun at Louis but instead of seeing him she saw Ben Luu, one of the 8 captors.
Leon was now convinced they were not the real sons but still wanted them dead mostly Ekin for the jealousy that he had to hide when Ekin married the love of his life. And even more he was jealous thinking a piece of Nnadia's heart would never return to him.
Nnadia points it at Louis then at Leon and finally at Ekin. She is the only one holding a gun and seems more confused than ever. Leon is afraid not because he was afraid she'd shoot him, but he was afraid she was going crazy and lost her mind.
"What did you do to her!" Ekin questions with anger at Leon. He didn't know anything but he assumed she was drugged or something.
"I... I... " Leon stutters unable to say he did the unthinkable and ruined her trust. The trust she gave him whole heartedly. He didn't know how to explain. He hated himself so much more than Ekin knew.
Louis moves closer to Kristy to protect her since Nnadia doesn't seem so stable with the gun. "Don't touch her!" Nnadia yells still not seeing Louis. She still sees Ben. "Leave her alone!" she shouts shooting at him.
Ekin screams "NO!!!!" as he tries to limp over to his brother, but he's too late. Louis is shot in the chest a couple of times and falls onto Kristy's body.
Suddenly Kristy wakes up from her coma. Her eyes are wide open. She can see Louis laying on top of her. She can feel the weight of his body on her and the blood that is drenching her blanket. She uses all her energy and all her mental capability trying to get up but cannot move!
Ada has also suddenly woken up from her coma in the other room. She cannot move either. Unlike Kristy she cannot even try. It seems as if her muscles were not responding or her body had just died on her. She struggled and struggled but couldn't move.
Nnadia looks closely at Louis and realizes it's him. "Louis?" she asked in a daze then saw Ben again. "No! No! You are Ben Luu not Louis! You can't trick me!" she declares in a baffle.
Leon looks at her stunned. "Nnadia I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" he cries seeing her in this much pain. He never knew how painful her past was for her and he had agravated it to this point. He hated himself for even coming up with this plan.
Nnadia points the gun at him. "Get away from me!" she yells backing up.
"It's me, Leon!" he tries to persuade her.
"No! You're Lying. You're Daniel, Daniel Ngo!" (another of the 8 captors.)
"Nnadia, it's me." Leon tried to convince her but it was hopeless. She was shaking and not believing him.
"Leon would never hurt me! You.... you raped me!" she yelled pointing the gun at him.
Ekin looked at her then looked at Leon in rage for raping Nnadia. "Bastard!" he yelled lunging at Leon. He didn't need to know if it was the truth or Nnadia's illusions but just hearing her say that pained his heart.
Next thing Nnadia knew Ekin and Leon were fighting on the hospital floor. Ekin punched Leon in the face causing a severe cut in the mouth. Leon kicked Ekin off him and rammed him into the wall then kicked him in the abdomen. Ekin twisted his leg since it was already wounded. Leon punched Ekin furiously a few times.
Suddenly Leon fell back and hit the floor. He looked back at Nnadia who shot him many times. She was crying and shaking as she screamed. "Give Leon back to me! Don't hurt him. Don't take him away from me! He won't hurt me! He loves me!"
Leon tried to reach for her but she stared blankly at him shouting, "Give Leon back to me!" as she held the gun at him. "You lying bastard! DIE!" she shouted crazily.
Ekin stared at her. She was going crazy and he didn't know how to help her. His heart was in a deeper pain than his wounds at the moment. "Nnadia." he called softly before she pulled the trigger at Leon.
Nnadia looked in his direction and pointed the gun at him. Again she saw one of the captors, this time Albert Hong. "Get away from me!" she yelled pointing the gun at him.
"Nnadia, its me Ekin." He said trying to save as much of her as he could. "I want... want... to... to... to help you." he stuttered. "Let me.... help.... help you." he asked.
Nnadia again shook her head. "Ekin hates me. I ruined his life. He had such a good one without me. He'll never forgive me. I'm not worth it." She said blaming herself.
"I don't hate you." Ekin told her. "As hard as it is to beleive, even for myself, I still love you very much." He said softly.
Nadia shook her head staring at him. "You're lying to me! You're Albert Hong trying to deceive me!" she yelled.
Ekin moved closer to her and the inevitable happened. She shot Ekin. He fell to the floor in tears as his blood fell to the floor mixing with Leon's and Louis's blood that stained the hospital floor.
Now Kristy was able to mover her mouth a little with difficulty. "Ling Jei.... Jei." Kristy stuttered.
Nnadia recognized her sister's voice. "Kung-Ru? Where are you?" she asked afraid one of the men had taken her sisters. Although Kristy was right in front of Nnadia, she seemed blind to Kristy's presence. "Where are you?" she asked in a panic.
Kristy tried to move her hands to signal where she was. Nnadia still stared blankly and notice a women lying on a hospital bed. "You're not Kung-Ru!" she yelled. "Kung-Ru is only a little girl! You're a woman!" she said not believing Kristy.
Kristy shook her head. She could see this blankness in Nnadia's eyes. "I am." she said and used her energy to sing their old country song. In the other room Ada could hear the familiar melody. She had heard all the screams and cries to this point but she couldn't get up to come into the room.
Listening to the song and Kristy's voices, Nnadia was now conscious and alert. She saw Kristy as Kristy. She crawled over to her sister, staining her hands and clothing in the burgundy red color of blood. As she moved squishy noises were heard under her clothing because of the blood.
"Please stop!" Kristy begged. "Louis and Ekin are.... are... no....nnn.. not Ed....ward's son. Leon is not.... not one...one... of the captors." She stutters.
Nnadia looked back at the people she shot. Suddenly her mind was mixed with freight. She saw Ekin lying in a pool of blood. She quickly ran but slipped and fell on the incredible amount of blood on the floor. She trembled crawling slowly to Leon and Ekin's side.
Ekin struggled to looked at Nnadia with his last ounce of strength. He didn't see the evil glint in her eyes anymore. She no longer looked demented. He saw his loving wife and smiled with relief. He reached for her face. A blood stained hand print was left on her cheek as his hands slid off..
She grabbed his ahnd and held it to her cheek. "I'm sorry.?" She said softly holding onto him. "I've done so much wrong. I've made a mistake." She cried.
"I've forgiven you wholly and completely for everything a long time ago." He replies and is finally unconscious. Nnadia hugs him close to her crying for all the wrong she has done. She couldn't believe she shot him.
Then she notices Leon's watch on a hand near Ekin's body. She follows it to see Leon. "NO!!!!" she screams loudly letting go of Ekin and falling to the floor once again. She moved a few inches over to Leon who is very close to Ekin and pulled him up. "Oh Leon! I'm so sorry!" Nnadia says pulling Leon into her embrace. "I am wrong." she says holding him tightly.
"I'm sorry." Leon says softly. "I got overly jealous." He tells her trying to breath.
Nnadia hold his face with her bloody hands. "No I was wrong, I shouldn't have let you into my life. I shouldn't have asked you to help me. I betrayed you when I gave part of my heart to Ekin. I deserved it!" she cries holding him tighter.
Leon looks at her and shakes his head. "I did everything becuase I loved you, I should apologize for not loving you and trusting you." he said. '"I'm sorry. I was overreacting."
"No it was me! I was supposed to save my heart and soul only for you." she cries.
"Do you love me?" he asked her. Nnadia nodded crazily. "I do! I love you!" she screams. Leon smiles and reaches for her face but fails. His hand falls to the ground.
"NOOO!!!" she shouts rocking his body in her amrs crying crazily.
Kristy is still struggling to get up. She's trying to see if Louis is alright. But it's very difficult and she can barely move.
Now security and police officers have reached the room. Frankie is leading the operation and had a hard time opening the locks because they were computer coded. Leon had changed the entrance codes because he wanted to stall the police from getting in so they could make thier getaway. He never imained for this to happen,.
Doctors and nurses follow behind and when they entered the sight before him frightened them beyond belief. Blood was everywhere. Louis laid on top of Kristy's weak and feeble body. Nnadia was still holding onto Leon's body. A gun was near the bedside. Nnadia had dropped it there a while ago.
Doctors and nurses quickly tried to rush Ekin, Louis, and Leon to the emergency room. When they took the bodies, Nnadia yelled, screamed, and cried jumping around the room unwilling to let them until doctors injected a calming vaccination into her. She fainted and was dragged out to be treated also.
Kristy wasn't able to see if Louis was okay before they dragged him out to the operation room. She barely gotten herself up even one foot above the headboard of the bed. "Ada." Kristy thought falling off her bed because she had heard Ada's voice earlier when they were singing.
A nurse helped her up. "Please be careful." The nurse advised. "Stay in the bed until we can get a roll away bed to take you to another room.
"No, my sister. I need to see her." Kristy stuttered weakly.
The nurse hesitated but the look of determination in Kristy's eyes and the situation Kristy was just in, made the nurse empathize with her so she helped Kristy to Ada's room. It was an awful walk, blood everywhere. The nurse almost wanted to puke.
Ada was lying in her bed with her eyes wide open. Tears were coming from her face. Kristy fell to Ada's bedside. "You heard everything?" Kristy asked.
Ada blinked her eyes. That was all she could move; her eyes, nothing else. Kristy pulled the nurse. "Jei Jei, why aren't you talking?" she asked in a panic. She then nocticed Ada wasn't moving either. "Why isn't my sister moving? Why can't she move?" Kristy yelled.
"I'll get a doctor." The nurse said running out wondering what had happened.
Kristy looked back at Ada. "Everything will be alright, you'll be fine." Kristy tried to say as she fell to the floor. She was still too weak to carry herself. Ada blinked her eyes again. Kristy cried half on Ada's bed and half on the floor.
Doctor Ruth and Doctor Lim came into the room. "Oh my goodness." they gasped at the sight before them.
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