Chapter Eighty Four

Apprehensively I shifted nearer to Madison who was still out cold. my eye's flicking to the knife and then this person who looked like Antonia, but I was so confused I did not really know who the hell this was. "Why you asking? What is it with you?"
I yelped as she stood quick and caught my side, blood seeped through the torn hole in my shirt. My hand protectively clamped over the fresh wound.
"You dare to question me?, If I ask something you answer me, got it...." She waved the knife around in her hand in a stabbing motion and used it to emphasise her words as she spoke.
I shook my head.  and answered calmly " I Guess so..."
she re seated herself next to me, feeling uncomfortable and anxious, I hoped that the performance by Dot was a pretence and that she had really not left me and Madison alone with this pyscho but had gone to raise the alarm and call for help.
"so, that's better, I'm sitting all comfortable, so sweet cakes what went down?"
An alarm rang in my head as my mouth hit out exactly what I was thinking....
"Sweet Cakes? where the fuck you get that from?"
I swear I saw a flicker of fear, which she quickly covered up, "Its a family saying... no biggie, now you gonna tell or do I need to get rough..."
I'd hit the nail on the head, and on a roll I continued,
"Your Antonia right?, your not dead?, you never were, your pretending you are someone else cause the police want answers from you?.... c'mon talk, God,  I'm so right aint I?"
she stood again, the knife still clutched tightly in her hand, the blood that had seeped from the wound she had inflicted had ceased, thankfully; so I gathered it was just a flesh wound, at most a scratch.
"well?"
this time ready for a fight I stood and moved towards her, she backed away near to the window, her bravado had dimmed, as I took a stand.
I was cautious of the knife and knew not to back her into a corner, so stood some feet away, but made my body language clear I wanted answers. "Well, what fucking game are you playing?, you and your goons put me in hospital..."
she shook her head and tears filled the back of her eye's, "yeah, and yours did me too..."
"So you are Antonia?"
"Yeah, what of it?"
the arrogance returned as she tried to regain leadership, its just she now underestimated not just me, but my family and Madison, who I caught out the corner of my eye was gaining consciousness. I blocked it and hoping Antonia had not seen either and carried on interrogating her.
"So why you let everyone think your dead, Richie rang the hospital, they told him you were dead, how you managed that eh Antonia? who's on your payroll now?"
She seated her butt on the window ledge, and tried to act nonchalantly, but somehow she had a fear that she had never projected ever before.
I took another step closer, "well I'm waiting?"
"there's no-one, I'm all alone, you saw to that.."
I saw to that? how exactly have I? you have made my life hell and tortured me for months, you halted my tour, raped me and put me in hospital, just how the hell have I made your life so bad your all alone, You not think you need to take ownership for that?,  you created your fate, now its time to except the consequences. "
She stood, "Oh you think you are the one to make me do that do you?," her voice started shaking and faltering as sobs began to fall and she spoke between the gasps, " my only crime here is that I love you Jon, all I ever wanted was one night with you, you have given lots of your fans that, why could you not do that for me? huh, you pushed me t do the things I did, you made me get my brother and mom involved, you caused my moms nephew's to be murdered by your mom and her goon, so yeah you are responsible...."
"Jesus Christ, can you hear yourself?, do you really believe all the crap that just fell from your mouth? you are a god damn fucking stalker, you don't love me, cause you don't fucking know me... what goes round in your head is serious fucked up shit, that I cant fix, no one can... but what I will say is, for yourself, go get some serious professional help and get locked away for a long time where you cant cause anymore pain for anyone, ever..."
I turned my body from her and started to walk back over to where Madison was sitting, conscious not to take my eye's fully off Antonia, out the corner of my eye I saw her move, and as I turned to block her Madison was in front of her and in seconds had disarmed her and had knocked her out cold on the floor.
"Maddy, what the hell?, I thought you were still coming round....how did you?"
she stood next to me, her eye's still glazed, her speech still a little slurred, but she was on fighting form and make no mistake about it, even though she was a touch unsteady too.
"I saw her move, she had the knife raised, she was going to kill you Jon, I couldn't let her kill my boyfriend could I?"
she was smiling at me as she stood still a little uneasy on her feet, I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her into me for a kiss, just as Dot and the police broke down the door and joined us in the sitting room.
Antonia the focus who now was the one laying there unconscious.