A hole formed on the wall behind Aunt Sofia and I let out an 'oops' looking past her to see the damage I caused to the wall.Eh, it wasn't that bad so I can manage.I had missed the first shot and Aunt Sofia looked behind her then looked at me, staring at me in shock, actually everyone stared at me in shock because no one expected me to pick up the gun and fire at her. But what do you do to the person who just confessed to killing your parents and attempting to kill you? You don't think about it but just do it.Andrei reached for the gun attempting to take it from me and I fired at her again before he could snatch the gun from me.Aunt Sofia screamed in pain holding her arm as blood seeped through her clothes and her fingers.If the first shot missed, the second shot definitely won't miss. What does that tell you? Shoot your shot twice."Don't get blood on my carpet" I tell Aunt Sofia watching as her blood dripped on the carpet on the floor.Alessia paled in fear as she rushes to her
*Domenico Perez POV*I'm sitting on a sofa in the living room with my eyes closed and legs crossed, waiting for Andrei to come home.Bella got into an accident because of his incompetence and recklessness and she almost died. If he was more careful and watched the road, then that wouldn't have happened and Bella wouldn't have ended up in the hospital yesterday. When I saw her at the hospital, it looked like she was fine and she also had Andrei and Andro with her so I didn't see the need to go inside her hospital room and she didn't need to know that I came to see her. Besides she looked perfectly fine when she went to see her parent this morning, it didn't look like she got into an accident or anythung and it didn't kook like our separation affected her much.So it doesn't bother her then, the fact that we are no more together doesn't bother her and she moved on with Andrei.Someone walked into the living room and I open my eyes to see Andrei walking in about to walk past and head up
The sunrays passing through the glass window falls on my face, waking me up. Groaning in annoyance, I roll over to the other side of the bed, away from the window, covering my face with a pillow.I should really do something about my bed being so close to a window if it keeps waking me up.I look at the wall clock on the wall and it read : 7:29AM. Why was the sun so bright by this time? Doesn't it want to be with his wife the moon? Why leave her so early and come for work? Did they have a fight or something?I groan louder into my pillow when I remember that I have to go to school today.I would have just skipped today and stayed home, but I would be signing up for a massive failure in my exams if I skipped school today. And what Andrei had told me yesterday about picking myself back up after falling and the fact life won't pause just to wait for me to feel okay before it continues moving would be my motivation for the day.I'm just eighteen, I shouldn't be thinking about all I'm thi
So, if you divide the equation by two then 'X' would be equal to 34" Andrea solved the problem while explaining it to me.I stared at the solving sheet in silence for a few moments, trying to understand all she just explained."Do you understand?" She asks me when I don't say anything.I keep staring at he paper scratching me head in confusion, then I nod my head but as I progressed to the next line I got confused and shook my head telling her that I didn't understand."Oh my" Andrea groans dragging her palm down her face."Sorry. Please explain it once more" I say sheepishly and she gives me her 'are you kidding me look'"This is the fifth time I have explained this particular problem. Fifth time!! At this point I think you are just messing with me because how can you not understand this simple thing?" She asks frustrated with me and I look down meekly."Maths isn't my strong point" I tell her. I have always had problems with maths coupled with the fact I missed a few weeks of school
"You never mentioned the part where you turned him down Bella" She says and I rub my neck awkwardly making her call my name in the way she does when she thinks I've done something wrong."Bella……" "I didn't mention that part cause there was never a part like that. I was about to say it, 'stay away from me Andrei if you can't control your feelings for me' but that was when Nico came in and he didn't hear me say that and then I didn't know he had bugged the car and he asked why we were in the car but I lied and Nico hates it when someone lies to him. So yes he threw me out of the house and told me never to come back or show my face, giving me the property papers as well" I say all in one breath covering my mouth with my hands once more.Andrea blinked a few times, trying to understand what I had just said."Hold up. Andrea asked you to run away with him" She stated and I nod. "Yes""Nico bugged the car and heard everything you said and asked you about it hoping you would tell him the t
Where is everybody by the way?" I ask her looking out the classroom door. There wasn't any one in the classroom or even hanging around the corridors. It was just us two here. Where did they go?"Oh, you didn't know?" She asks and I give her a blank look."If I knew about whatever it is I'm supposed to now about I wouldn't be asking where they were now, would I?" I ask her hoping she understands that the question she asked me was a little bit dumb. And she calls me the dumb one."If you were in school yesterday, you would have known that the P.T.A meeting was today" she says.Why is she talking like I skipped school on purpose yesterday?P.T.A meeting? They have one of those today? "That means our guardians were here. Right?" I ask and she gives me a duh look.I wonder if Nico would come because k am certain Aunt Sofia wouldn't be coming for me."Do you think Nico would come? Since he is supposed to be my legal guardian and all" I ask Andrea and she shrugs unsure. How did I expect her
I am staring at the girl at Nico's side as she laughs in a flirting manner at something he said, Nico smiling to at her.He raises his eyes and meets mine, then he goes back to giving her his attention.What in the world??"Someone is jealous" Andrea whispers in my eyes and I couldn't deny it"Of course I am. Look at her acting all chummy chummy and close with my husband and you want me not to act jealous?" I asked fuming with anger as I watched the both of them at it. They were acting like it was just them both in the room, not paying attention to anyone else."you mean ex husband? He threw you out of his life. Remember?" Andrea reminds me and I turn my glare to her."We are just having a misunderstanding. Don't just assume that we wouldn't be getting back together. Because we will" I tell Andrea and she stares at me with disbelief written all over her face.I had just said that I wanted to get over him, and now I'm saying that we would still get back together. Both my statements con
"So why are you here? You have a sibling here? You look like you go to this school though" Ashton asks me and I smile at him, but I felt pained. Do I look that small? "Actually, I go to this school" I tell him and his mouth widens in an 'oh' and I nod, he looks like he is done with high school, so obviously be is going to be older than I am"What grade?" He asks me and I reply " Final year". And once again his mouth forms into an 'oh'. "I thought you were in your tenth or maybe eleventh grade. For a moment there I was worried you were still a minor" He chuckles, rubbing his neck awkwardly.Oh... So I look that small then"So you are eighteen then? Just to confirm" He asks me trying to be sure and I nod laughing, even though I wasn't laughing on the inside. He thought I was a kid."Yes, I'm eighteen. How about you?" I ask conscious of the eyes on us, both from the female sitting next to me and from Nico too."Oh, I am twenty four" He says. Oh, he is an older guy, I like."That's coo
*Warning. This chapter contains a little bit of smut.**Isabella Russo's POV*I was walking down to class when someone yelled my name from behind."Hey Bella! Wait." Pretending like I didn't hear the person, I increased my pace, hoping to avoid whoever didn't want to leave me alone."Bella. Stop" He placed his hands on my shoulder and unfortunately I couldn't fake being deaf or unable to feel his hands on me so I stopped and turned."Hey Charlie. What's up" I say with fake euthusiasm. Charlie is one of my classmates, who apparently likes me since first year. But I've been avoiding him my whole time since then because why not?Everyone expected us to date because apparently the 'queen' and 'king' has to be together. But no thanks. Don't even know why they tagged me as that."What do you want Charlie?" I ask again when I notice he has been staring at me without saying anything. My cheek hurting because of the fake smile I had on for too long. He shakes his head snapping out of whatever
I stared at the car which stopped a few distance away from my house, it stayed there for a while, before it drove off once again.It's been a few weeks since I started seeing that car around me, at first I thought it was a coincidence, maybe a student with a car staying around. But it has been showing up everywhere and anywhere I go. Maybe it was Andrei asking someone to keep an eye on me, but for some reason I wasn't bothered and wasn't about to panic.I opened the door, walking into my house and shutting it behind me, making sure it was locked.It's been two years since I left Italy, two years without Nico and two years since I started all over in a place no one knew me.Andrea decided to go to fashion school at the last minute so we were separated, not that I minded.It was nice to be in a place without anyone staring at you with pity at every minute, waiting for you to break down so they could wrap their arms around you and tell you everything was going to be alright.It was sicke
*Isabella Russo's POV*Prom day went by fast, which I obviously missed and finally it was graduation day, the day everyone has been waiting for to come. Everyone except me of course, I just wanted to be over and done with all these. I sat on my own waiting for Andrea to arrive. She was the only one I could lean on today.I was wearing my graduation gown over a plain shirt and baggy jeans.Andrea talked about it all she could, but I didn't care that it was "D graduation", I want it done.l s I could start a new beginning.I didn't bother telling Andrei it was today because he would be busy and things like this didn't interest him, I don't want to bother him. But it didn't matter along as I was finally leaving this place. "Why are you looking so lost? You should be happy that finally we are leaving this school" Andrea said, sitting beside me and snapping me out of my daze. She held m e tightly, gluing her sweaty body to mine and I wondered what she did to be that sweaty."You do know tha
Isabella Russo's POVThings were becoming a bit better and Andrea always stayed with me and made me forget the pains I suffered earlier. School was going well and my finals were coming up soon. The days of my high school was coming to an end. And I could remember vividly when Nico promised to attend my graduation. What a jerk, I had come to accept his death and live a free life but doubted loving again."Bella, can I see you for sec," the principal requested as I was crossing the hallway with Andrea. "Thank you for your audience, I was wondering if you would like to be the valedictorian of the year. It's like I'm imposing it on you. But you have the highest grades so far and I don't know if..." She starts, staring at me and hoping I would accept. S"I will take it, the speech, I will say it. After all I earned it for myself. It would also be a great start for me in college," I smiled easing her tension. Everyone in school knew about my tragic story. They were avoiding me mostly and
Isabella Russo's POVThe funeral took place at the Perez's burial ground. As usual, everyone wore black and stood in line waiting for me to place the last flower on his coffin and say my final wordsNot that I was ready to say my final words to him, I wasn't ready to let him go.I was not allowed to cry because it would be a sign of a bad omen. In the mafia, Don's were to be respected till the very end. Crying would only mean that he was weak and didn't live a good life. I held my tears back and stood in front of Nico's coffin. Inside, his face was covered I couldn't even see his face for the last time. This was the part where I hated the mafia tradition. I couldn't see his face as I said my goodbye. And Andrei safi wasn't even allowed to say my farewell here to me. The mafia rules are against such. I really felt pathetic doing this, my tears were pending and the mourning crowd was waiting for my words."You have to speak Bella, the time is ticking," Andrei stepped to my side prompti
Isabella Russo's POVI froze in shock when Andrei dropped the bomb on me. "He lost a lot of blood and before we could save him...""You are lying to me. That's an on obvious lie Andrei. Please tell me you are joking. It's impossible, Nico can't leave me here alone," I held his shirt tight hoping that he would tell me that it was all a joke. But he didn't, instead he held me in his arms and let me cry on his chest.I got angry when I wasn't let to see his body. I wanted to confirm his death and and actually believe that Nico left me but Andrei didn't let me. He carried me away from the hospital and drove me back home.For two weeks, I refused to eat or talk to anyone. I couldn't believe that Nico was no longer with me. And the longer I waited, the more I felt his absence.He was gone for good and I couldn't get myself to accept it. I was fully healed and able to move on my own thanks to my consistency intake of the medicine. Andrei handled most of the activities in the mafia while I tr
*Isabella Russo's POV*My entire body went rigid with fear when I saw the bomb tied around my waist. It was ticking fast and had two minutes left before it went off."I don't want to die Nico." I cried holding him tightly. The bomb started to count after nico had shot his father dead. That is to say that he was the trigger."Don't worry, I will not let anything happen to you," Nico comforted as he looked at the bomb thinking of how to diffuse it."I'm so sorry, this is all my fault. If I had grown stronger or listened back then, none of this would have happened. I'm so pathetic for causing you all this trouble. Maybe if I hadn't left your office then I wouldn't have been taken." I muttered forgetting the pain I felt on my cheeks. "Don't say that, I'm the one who should have protected you. I let my guard down after I had promised to never let anything hurt you. You don't know how worried I was when I couldn't find you. And seeing you brusied and bloodied, makes me want to beat myself.
*Domenico Perez's POV*I marched down to the inn, completely blinded by rage. Martins was standing at the entrance of the inn, the same way he was the night before when we got here."I heard the explosion and I see you here. It seems she took you there earlier than she was supposed to" He tsked and I look at Angelina who was standing behind him, she lowered her head, unable to meet my eyes."You knew about it all these while" I say and he didn't bother denying it."Yes I did. I had a job to do. Kill the men coming to my village. And I had to perform this job." He says and I once again look at Angelina." Oh no, don't look at her that way. It wasn't her fault really. The girl just has a kind heart and wanted to help you even if it meant going against her father. I was just expecting her to hesitate a bit before she decided to disobey her father" He says and I see the tight grip he has on her wrist."So you were working for Andrew. You lied and said you were not working for him" Andrei
*Domenico Perez's POV*We had searched the whole village, searched every corner, every building and yet we couldn't find her. Angelina and Martins had watched us leave the inn, and the stare they gave us while we were leaving made it seem as if they knew were she was."They would know" Andrie said and I looked at him.We were currently parked at the back of the inn. "What?" I ask him. "The father and daughter would know where she is" Andrei says and I know that. "Would they be able to speak though? Tell us where they kept her? Do we have to torture them to get them to tell us? Andrei, each passing second that Bella stays with Andrew has my mind racing on what he is doing to her and all he can do to her. He would break her to the point of no repair. And I don't want that to happen." I say breaking down and he just listens, he doesn't have to say anything or do anything. He just listened.We has searched everywhere we could think of and I was getting frustrated and really angry. Wher