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47- Meeting Paolo Costa
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The Entanglent With The Russo Brothers 48- Losing Her Again
XAVIER'S POVWhen we got home, Lana was the first one to hop out of the car. She was angry and I could not blame her. I was supposed to tell her about Costa, but I thought that she needed to find out herself if she wasn't undercover. it was so stupid of me to even doubt her. I have known her since college to think that she'd be a spy for Costa. I was supposed to keep her away from that man because he was nothing but bad news. I wasn’t supposed to just let her meet someone like that who had the capability to kill everyone in that restaurant just to escape with Lana. I felt so ashamed of myself and didn’t deserve Lana’s forgiveness."What is wrong with you?" Dax looked at me when we were in the living room. "What do you mean?" "You should have told her before allowing her to meet that good-for-nothing criminal!" And so, he was angry with me too. "We were there to ensure that nothing bad could happen to her, weren't we?" "You should have told her, Xavier! She's leaving us right now
The Entanglent With The Russo Brothers 49- Phone Call
LANA'S POVI locked myself in my bedroom and cried. I wished that I could see my mother and ask her if this was true or if Costa was playing tricks with me. If I had the superpower to get her to talk to me wherever she was, I wouldn't have hesitated to ask her to come forth and confirm this news to me. It was me, her, and Costa in the picture. The note on the back of the picture was written by her. She and Costa seemed to be in love in the picture. But I just couldn't believe it. It felt like I've not been living my life all my life. It felt like there was so much that was still hidden from me. I still didn't know what to think about Costa. If whether or not I wanted to have a relationship with him or not. I didn't even know if I would be able to see him and acknowledge him as my father. "Lana, open up please..." Dax begged on the other side of the door. "I am going to break this door down if you don't answer me..." he threatened, but I didn't pay attention to it.I just cried and
The Entanglent With The Russo Brothers 50- Party Pooper
AUGUST 2022DAX'S POVTwo weeks later, my apartment was decorated to celebrate Lana's 25th birthday. She was out to meet with her mentor when I organized everything and wanted her to have the best day of her life. I invited Xavier and wanted them to try and get better. They were talking at least, trying to make up for everything that happened. I bought her favorite Hyacinth flowers and made sure that it was breathtaking. I didn't want to leave out anything that I knew that she would love to see at her birthday party. I also had a surprise for her for the next step of our relationship when everyone had gone. "I hope she will like this," Xavier poured himself a glass of wine as we waited to see that everything was set and ready for Lana's arrival. "I know she will like this. She's been looking happier these past few days.""Oh?" Xavier smirked."Stop it, you're not the reason." He chuckled. "I didn't say I was, but you just admitted that she's been happier these past few days, and i
The Entanglent With The Russo Brothers 51- Almost Perfect
LANA'S POVBefore I saw Xavier next to Dax when I walked into the living room, and people were singing a birthday song for me, I hoped that I'd see him today. Nothing could explain the joy in my heart when I saw him. I was really happy that he showed up even though he didn't tell me that he would be coming to see me. My heart melted when I was everyone who was invited to my surprise birthday party. It made sense why Dax encouraged me to go and see my mentor today. He wanted to arrange everything for me. It made me emotional because no one had ever done something like this for me before. Xavier's True North necklace gift was out of this world. I loved it so much that I could not help myself but jump into his arms. I forgot for a moment that the house was filled with strangers and people that I didn't want to know my business with them. "You're so beautiful, I want to take you away from this place and show you how much I've missed you," Xavier whispered into my ear as I received my gi
The Entanglent With The Russo Brothers 52- Baltimore
LANA'S POVI woke up the following day and found Dax and Xavier in bed with me. I got off the bed and watched them for a moment before I went to the bathroom to take a shower. I looked myself in the mirror, appreciated my life, and counted my blessings. I was still here and thriving, I had to give myself a little pat on the back.After I showered, I dressed up and quietly left my bedroom while Dax and Xavier were still asleep. I figured that they might have had too much to drink yesterday. But it worked to my advantage because I didn't plan to be around the house today. Instead, I took my handbag, went outside, stood there for a while, and gazed upon the car that Costa bought for my birthday. I had to admit that Costa had a taste in cars and the one he bought for me was no exception. It was exquisite and the thought that it belonged to me gave me goosebumps. I decided that I had nothing to lose and went to the car and opened it. I found a little box on the driver's seat and there we
The Entanglent With The Russo Brothers 53- Awful Family Dinner
LANA'S POVAs soon as I pulled outside the driveway, Xavier and Dax came out. They both had their hands inside their pockets as they waited for me to come out of the car. I looked at them, took a deep breath, and got out of the car. "Where are you coming from?" Dax asked as soon as I took a step to the stairs leading to the front door. "I just got home," I walked up to them and went inside the house. They mumbled something behind my back and followed behind. They closed the door and looked at me as I sat down on the sofa and took a very deep breath. I didn't know how to distract them so that they wouldn't ask me a thousand questions about where I was and why I did not see a need to tell them where I was. "You left this morning without saying a word or even asking Nicholas to drive you wherever you wanted to go. At least if you had done so, we wouldn't have spent the entire day worrying about you and why you had to switch off your phone," Dax scolded me. "I am not a child, Dax!""
The Entanglent With The Russo Brothers 54- Unwelcome Visitor
LANA'S POV"What are you doing here, Costa?" I got up from the couch and felt like I was going to hyperventilate."I came to talk to you about the DNA, Lana. You requested it, remember?" He walked towards us and stood just a little distance from me. I wished that he did not show up whenever I seemed to be happy in my life. "I know, but you have no right to show up in here whenever you want!" "Lana, it's okay," Dax tried to calm me down. "No, he needs to leave. I don't want you here, Costa." I sneered at him. “Yes, leave Costa. You are not welcome here.” Xavier stood by my side.Whether Costa was truly my father or not, I didn't want him to be in my life. The damage had already been done and nothing was ever going to make up for the fact that I lost my parents when I was young. I mourned them for years until I eventually accepted that this was how things were meant to be for me. Not all of us were meant to grow up in a cozy home with our parents, and I made peace that I was amongs
The Entanglent With The Russo Brothers 55- Betrayal and Heartbreak
XAVIER'S POV"You knew Lana 12 years ago?" Dax asked me when I came down to the living room. I took a long breath. "It was at Boliver. I didn't even know it was her all this time, but I ran away that day!" It felt like the walls were closing in on me. My past had come again to tear Lana away from me. I didn't know what to do or not to do. My mind was all over the place. "Wait a minute, you went to Boliver? When and how?" Dax was shocked. He knew everything else I did, but not the incident at Boliver when I quit being a street thug with my friends. "The school trip I told you and Dad about was made up. I was going to Boliver with my friends for a job that we wanted done..."(12 YEARS AGO, XAVIER'S MEMORY)"We wait here for the people who are going to do the business transaction, everybody understand?" JJ said after briefing us about the people who were going to do a drug business transaction at the ally around sunset. We hid behind the waste bins and brainstormed how we were going t
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