Bab 227: Chapter 227
"He is alive, your majesty. The autopsy revealed it was not him. We have a rescue mission now." The lead general said to Edward in the car as they entered the city of Amsterdam.
Edward could feel his heart swell. "Good. I'm glad I am here for it." He said.
They parked the vehicles and Jim told Edward and his guard to wait for their signal to enter after they had the building secured. "I'm going to get your son." Jim said.
Edward nodded and shook his hand.
"Charles. How could you? That's all I want to know. I trusted you with every detail of my life. You were like a father to me!" Erik said. He was talking to Charles as a distraction. He had convinced him to lift the blindfold and he had managed to loosen a piece of metal from the post he was tied to and he was using it to saw through the zip ties around his wrists as they were speaking.
"And Pearl! She loved you, too." Erik continued.
"Listen Erik. It's not personal. You would have done the same thing for that sickly little wimp of a brother of yours. It's family. You help family." Charles said.
"No. Your brother murdered an innocent woman and child. That is and indefensible act, regardless of family affiliation." Erik said.
"She wasn't innocent. She had filed for divorce. She was leaving him. She would have taken everything. Including Robbie." Charles said.
"She was leaving him?" Erik asked. Just then, he felt the zip ties loosen. He had cut through them. His hands were completely free.
"Yes. She was. He had to kill her. And Robbie was supposed to be at school but he was sick that day. First he walked in and then you walked in, and saw him beating her. And he would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you." Charles said.
Erik remembered now. He saw it happen. He saw Robbie's father killing him.
"Where is that piece of shit now. I would rather hear him say this to me." Erik said.
"He is sleeping at the hotel. When he wakes up and comes back, I'll have him retell it all over again, just for you." Charles said.
"No need." Erik said and in one quick motion, he stood up, leaned forward and grabbed one of the broken, rusted metal table legs and reached for Charles, plunging it into his chest before he even had a chance to react.
"That's for the years I trusted you." Erik said. He then pushed the rusted spike completely through him. "And that's for putting Pearl in danger." He said. He dropped Charles to the floor. He pulled the spike out and drove it through him again. "And that's for Robbie." He said. Charles was dead. He reached down and grabbed his shoes and trousers. He had to find the hotel Michael was staying at. He took out his wallet and found a hotel key card inside. The Amsterdam Marriott. Just then, men circled around him. Erik held up his hands. "It's Erik. I'm unarmed." He said. Jim came running to him and looked down. "Well, I see you don't need us. We will be going then." Jim joked. Erik gave him a big hug. "What took you so long? I'm starving." Erik said. "I couldn't be happier to see that you are the man here to rescue me. I love you, man." He said.
"We would have been here sooner if Edward, or anyone, would have just listened to Pearl. She is the one that led us here." Jim said.
"Pearl?" Erik asked.
"Yes. I will fill you in on the ride back."
Just then, Edward came in and ran to Erik, wrapping his arms around him.
"You're here, father." Erik said.
"I wouldn't be anywhere else." His father said.
"Thank you." Erik said.
"We have to go to the Marriott here in the city. That's where Michael is." Erik said.
"Let's go." Jim said.
Erik, Jim and the general walked to the room. Jim used the key card to unlock the door. The general entered first and gave the all clear. Michael was fast asleep. Jim looked for a weapon near him and saw it was all clear. Michael began to stir and Erik sat on the bed next to him, looking over him.
"Michael. Did you sleep well?" Erik asked
"What the, how did you get in here?" Michael asked, startled.
The general pointed a high powered rifle in his face and Jim stood a few feet away with a handgun aimed directly at his head.
"Why, I used the key and just let myself in, of course. I found it in your brothers wallet, after I ran a rusty metal table leg through his chest. Twice." Erik said. He could see the fear in Michael's face. The same fear he saw in Robbie's face as his father walked to him and threw him onto the ground.
"I had forgotten what happened. I had forgotten what I saw. What I saw you do." Erik said. "But thanks to your loving and loyal brother, I remember now." Erik positioned himself over Michael so he couldn't sit up or move i any direction.
"You didn't kill me, though. You let me live because you were scared to kill a prince." Erik said. "That was a mistake. Not to be scared of me but to not kill me when you had the chance. And you've had a few chances it seems." Erik said. He stood over Michael and saw the fear grow. He remembered Robbie's face right before his father hit him for the first time with the tire iron.
"You see Michael, I am not a good man just because I am a prince. I am a vengeful man. A cruel man if I want to be. And I remember your little boy. The way he pleaded for his daddy to stop hitting him. Promising to not tell like a good boy." Erik said. "Say it Michael. Say you won't tell."
"I. I won't tell." Michael said.
Erik hit him. Striking him hard against the side of his head with the first blow.
"Now say you'll be a good boy." Erik said.
"I'll be a good boy." Michael cried out, his voice shaking.
Erik hit him again and again. Until Michael stopped moving and the general stopped him, and said that is enough. He stepped away and looked at him. He was still breathing but he would never be the same. They had spared him his life. And that is more than he gave his wife and child.
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