Never Judge

**Warning: Torture scenes ahead, will be very bloody and is not for the faint of heart**

Cedric was surprised to find out that Seth had once worked in his company. Most children that belonged to Mafia families, especially their first sons never worked outside of the Mafia. As a result they were more often than not tone deaf to the real world. 

"Many people in the underworld thought he would be soft since he didn't live his whole adult life as a criminal." Ian explained. "But he proved them wrong." The assistant said with a laugh.

Cedric assumed that Seth was quite the leader, it would take a unique individual to catch Ray's attention. And from what Cedric could see, there were very few Mafia families that Ray favored, among them were the Rocci and Dean families.

"Can we continue?" Alexi asked Miguel as the doctor finished patching up Brian.

"Give him a moment." Miguel said as he stood up and looked at the man on the ground. "If you go at it too fast he might faint, and we don't want that happening."

Alexi simply nodded as he walked over to a table reserved for them and poured himself a drink.

"You- you- you are inhumane." Rodrigo managed to shout as he looked at his friend on the ground.

"Just stop Rodrigo." One of the other Baron relatives hissed as the young man refused to backdown.

"Inhumane?" Ray said as he let each syllable roll over his tongue as he spoke. "If you knew half of the things I've done kid, you would be sick." Ray said with a laugh as he walked back to check up on Brian.

"According to all records this man is already dead." Cedric explained, shaking his head. "Even you and your cousin both thought he was dead, so on paper we are torturing a corpse." 

"He was a good man and he treated my cousin with the utmost respect, what you say are lies!" Rodrigo declared as he shouted back at Cedric.

"Really? He treated your cousin with respect?" Cedric asked as he nodded at Ian. "Care to tell our friend what you found out, Ian?" 

Ian quickly pulled out his phone where he had Brian's file saved. The man had so many dirty secrets that even he couldn't believe how a person like Brian Schnider could have lived so long undetected.

"You claim that Mr. Schnider respected your cousin,  but is it respect when he beats not only her up but his other women as well?" Ian asked as he watched a shocked expression spread on Rodrigo's face.

"He did what?!" Rodrigo asked in a shaky voice as he tried to cope with the new information.

"I guess your cousin wasn't being completely honest with you." Cedric said as he shook his head and looked at the woman on the floor. "He manipulated her in such a way that she accepted all of the harm he inflicted on her and she still desperately loved him."

"Lies!" Rodrigo shouted as he thrashed against the man that held him.

"Brian didn't just harm me, my family, and my people, he harmed yours as well." Cedric said as he glared at Rodrigo. 

"Is he ready?" Alexi asked in a bored tone as he tested the whip on a wall.

They all watched as scratches appeared in the area where the tips of the whip made contact with the wall.

"This will hurt." Alexi said with a malicious smile. 

Cedric knew how angry Alexi was at anyone and everyone that had anything to do with Aiden and Jen. 

"He should be fine now." Miguel said with a nod. "I'll be in the other room if you need me, I can't stand this scene." He said as he shook his head and left.

"Great, let's continue." Alexi told everyone with a smile as he stepped in front of Brian.

Brian looked up with his empty eyes, Cedric didn't know if Brian could even recognize who was standing above him.

"You see this whip?" Alexi asked as he raised the steel tips in front of Brian. "These are meant to tear flesh from you, and that is exactly what I will do. For every man you killed I will whip you one. Just once. That's a small grace seeing as you killed them." 

Cedric watched as an expression of fear flashed across Brian's face, but it was so quick that Cedric wasn't sure if he had actually seen it or if it was just his imagination.

Alexi walked up behind Brian and sent the whip crashing down against Brian's back. 

Cedric watched as the metal tips pulled Brian's flesh from his back, making the man scream in pain.

"That was for Joselino, he was a father of three, the only breadwinner of his family. You shot him dead when he went looking for Aiden and his hideout." Alexi said as he told Brian about the man he had taken the lashing for.

"Joselino was eating at a local restaurant when you and your thugs came in, dragged him out, tortured him and killed him." Alexi hissed.

"One whip is too light for the life of a person." Cedric commented from the side.

"If I were to whip him with the amount that he truly deserves, he would die before we even got a quarter of the way." Alexi scoffed as he lifted the whip once more and brought it down, stronger this time.

Just like the last he mentioned the name of a soldier that had died, but this time the man wasn't even on a mission. 

Brian had just recognized him as one of the men that worked for Alexi and murdered him.

Alexi proceeded to whipping Brian seven more times. 

Every time the whip made contact with Brain's back, the man screamed in pain. 

Cedric watched as the members of the Baron Family flinched every time Brian was whipped. He could see how torn and tormented Rodrigo was now that he knew what kind of a monster his friend was.