CHAPTER SIX: Lucia Romano's pov

After Andretti dropped Lucia off, first thing she noticed was the police barrier tape, she got in and first thing she did was to grab her phone, she checked it, missed calls from an unknown number, it must have been the police she thought. That was the first thing on her list she needs to do, go to the police to claim her father's body.

She got to the police station at exactly 12pm, she got through the formalities and she was told that the burial would be conducted by the state because of his long and exceptional years of service.

"What an irony" she thought, he was killed because of his dirty deals. They asked her some questions and she told them exactly what she had told Andretti the investigating team had assured her that her father's killer would be found, either the police catches them or Andretti find themselves she would be fine with any outcome.

She decided to check through her father's belongings maybe she could find more information about his friends or family members that would like to attend the burial, there were a lot of things to go through, as she searched she found an old photo album, the only pictures there were that of when her father and her mother first got married and that was it, she wondered where they never remarried.

She fell asleep at some point while going through her father's things she woke up, when she checked her phone it was already 8pm, she went downstairs to make herself something to eat, while she ate she decided to get some work she is a data analyst and she had backlog of work she was supposed to get done.

It was around 10:30pm she first heard the noise, she paused and listened, the noise stopped,

"It's s probably a raccoon ", she said.

The noise came back around 10:45pm this time it was a loud bang, she jumped with a start, she heard the front door open, she ran out of the kitchen to a check what it was, she was getting close to the door when she saw the men coming in, she didn't wait to see how many they were or what they wanted. She ran back into the kitchen, grabbed her phone and ran upstairs to her room and locked the door.

The men that killed her father were back, she could hear their footsteps coming up the stairs, she ran into the wardrobe she had hid herself in before. The men came directly to her door and started banging, they had come for her. She remembered that Andretti had given her his card, she opened the wardrobe door into her room to search for the card. She found it and dialed his number immediately, it rang once before he picked,

"Andretti, help me", she cried into the phone.

"LUCIA?", he asked.

The banging on the door for louder and the door broke open.

"Help me, And...", just as she spoke those words the wardrobe door sprung open, and one.of the men dragged her out, grabbed her phone and threw it against the wall.

She screamed at the top of her lungs, then another of the men gagged her and blindfolded her, tied her hands as she was held down, she tried really hard to fight back but they were just too strong, gagged she could only voice out muffled sounds, she struggled so much they had to bound her to a chair.

'" I can't believe we didn't see this bitch earlier", one of them said.

" Let's just end her and get out of here", another replied.

"Rollo asked us to question the bitch, we have to give him his answers".

She could tell from their voices they were three men," so this is the end for me, maybe I should have called the police and not Andretti" she thought. Thoughts of the things she had always wanted to do flashed through her head, for the first time in years she prayed, he prayed that her life be spared, just then one of the men removed the gag from her mouth.

"If you scream, I will blow your head off..do you feel that?".

She could feel the cold muzzle of a gun as it pressed against her head, "yes" her voice shaking.

"Who did you tell about us", they asked.

"Please, I don't understand what you mean", she cried.

"We got information from our little birdie that you were present the last time we paid you a visit, who did you tell about us?".

"Nobody, I swear!, I didn't see anybody! ", she shouted.

Just then she felt something heavy hit the side of her head, she cried out in pain, the warm trickle of blood running down her cheeks "please!!!" She cried, her voice cracked.

"If you lie to us one more time, I'm going to kill you, that was just a warning... Who the fuck did you tell about us?!". The voice speaking grew louder, she could taste the annoyance in his voice

"Andretti!, he found me here and I told him what happened but I swear I didn't see your faces, I promise", she cried.

"Please just let me go, please I won't tell anyone else", she screamed.

The men whispered among themselves, of course they knew who Andretti was and they knew this was information their boss would be happy to hear.

"Please, I beg you! You already killed my father just let me go!", she cried, maybe she should just have stayed in Brooklyn, her life was easier, simpler there.

"Let's just end this bitch", one of the men said

She went silent, there was no use crying, these people had no sympathy for her, she had already accepted her fate when she heard the noise.

The men heard it too, "hey, go check out what's going on".

The man they sent went downstairs but didn't return, the two remaining started fidgeting, "is it the police?", one of the asked the other.

"How the fuck would I know?, go check it out".

"No way, let me stay here with her".

The men started arguing amongst themselves, they were more interested in leaving there alive than killing her, just then the sound of gunshots echoed, it sounded so loud she thought she was hit, she fell to the ground still bound to the chair.

The sound of blows and punches and men grunting filled her ears, still blindfolded she didn't know what was happening.

"All clear boss", a new voice said.

"are you okay?", she heard someone ask as she felt his hands freeing the ropes binding her to the chair and the one around her hands. The voice sounded familiar.

Finally, she was freed, the same hands got to her face and removed the blindfold, she saw him...Andretti, her savior.