Elvin watched the scene unfold and he was shocked, his legs turned weak. He knew that Leo was a ruthless person, but he had never imagined this would be the truth. He asked baffled, "What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you really going this far?"
Jimmy rushed up to Leo and grabbed his collar as he asked, "What the fuck do you want, you sick bastard? How can you target an unarmed woman and a child? Have you given up your soul to the devil? Answer me! How can you bring yourself to do this?"
Leo shook Jimmy away with ease and he sorted his shirt a little before he delivered a tight slap across Jimmy's face.
The sound of the impact resounded through the entire shop and the impact made Jimmy wobble a little before he fell. His jaw was swelling at a visible speed, and Elvin took a step back as he jumped of his chair in a step. He recalled how Leo jumped over the fence without any help.
Leo didn't start speaking immediately, Kyle rushed in with two more people, all carrying handguns. Elvin received an even deeper shock.
Leo waited till Jimmy got back in his senses and he said, "You are asking me if I sold my soul to the devil, right? No bitch, I am the devil himself. I rose from the edge of death and now I will consume each and every insect that dared to sting at my family.
You asked how can I do this to your family. You double faced snake, when you were acting like my best friend to go and make a nest with that thing Alina did you think what you were doing to my family?
I always trusted you, on the day I buried my parents, you stood there, on the side of the tombstones and I asked you to look after Snow in case anything happened to me, you must ensure that she was safe.
But you, unable to control your heat like a dog you skipped town with that bitch and now that you have a child you come back to the city, and you try to clarify things? Did you think that all that money I spent on you back in college was something that grew on trees?
No, you ungrateful pig, it was hard earned by my parents, and I liked to share it with you because I treated you as a family. How was I to know that the hole in your life is so deep that my money, and emotions all vanish in there, may be that is because your dear father used to fuck your ass every full moon, right?"
He was enraged, and his eyes were filled with blood. Elvin was shivering because right now, the sophisticated Leo Cardinal was no where in sight. The dirty talk was enough to give him jitters and look at Jimmy in disgust.
Leo took a pause and he crouched down beside Jimmy, grabbed his hair and lifted his head as he said, "I was on the death bed when my wife was forced to empty my urine bag while holding my three month old baby in her arms. All I could do was watch her and shed tears.
You think what is happening to your family is harsh? Think what my child must have gone through when she wanted to try a candy and her mother told her no because they would have to cut down on my medicine money?
Snow suffered in agony, day and night, to keep me breathing. My little baby, she spent three years of her life in such misery that when the school teacher bullied her she didn't even complain. Imagine if you found out that your so called best friend is a snake that was planted beside you by your enemy, and he left them to die so that he could shag a money chasing bitch, what would you do?
Believe it when I say, Shelby, I wish I can wring your neck right here and right now, but it is for the sake of that child I am willing to give you a chance. You still have thirty seconds to decide, or they will die because you chose that child fucking monster over that little boy.
If you don't do anything today, your glorious beast of a father and employer will do the same to your child. Wait, is it even your child? No wonder you are so uncaring."
Jimmy Shelby wanted to shout and yell but his body had no energy. That slap was akin to a car collision that sent him peek at death. He glared at Leo who smiled and said, "Ten seconds left Shelby, what will you do?"
Elvin rushed over and said, "Jimmy, say yes, he will really kill them. He is not lying, look at his eyes, he is really not lying."
Elvin was shocked and now he was scared that Leo would really kill the lady and the child if he had to in order to get what he wants. Jimmy looked at Leo and saw his deadpan face.
It was the eyes of a man that would not stop until he gets what he wants, and he nodded hurriedly. Leo said, "Julie, stop, withdraw."
Julie heaved a sigh that was heard through the speaker, she was also worried that something bad might happen and thanked the stars, that Jimmy crumbled, and said, "Ok, Sir."
Leo flicked Jimmy Shelby off his hands as if he was trash and said, "Kyle, take this thing to the hospital, I broke his jaw just now, and get him treated. Never let him out of sight. I will send Keval Nyay over to handle his complaint and immunity issues.
Then dump him back to his place and arrange for a detail to look after them and when all this is settled, take them to some place safe, I will have Ellyse handle that."
Kyle nodded and looking at the two people beside him, they quickly rushed out with Jimmy, afraid that Leo might really kill this man.
Elvin looked at Leo who closed his eyes and forced himself to calm down and asked, "Cardinal, you really have become the devil they all used to call you."
Leo sighed and sipped the beer as he said, "When the smiling angels are thrown into hell, they rise to become the devil that cares for nothing but carnage. I am that devil, Rao, and this is my carnage."