Alessandro’s POVWe're both interrupted by Doctor Greene's voice, "Mr. Gattani."I grab Della's hand and stand up with her before walking towards, Doctor Greene, "I need you to look over my wife and our baby. Make sure everything is fine."She nods her head, "Of course. Just follow me.""Son." My dad speaks up before we could leave.I turn to face my parents who look like they're in a rush, "What's wrong?""Your mother and I are going to head out right now. We just wanted to let you know." He says, while wrapping an arm around her waist."Okay, well, can you take Daisy home with you both? It's late and she looks like she's getting tired." I tell them, while looking back at, Daisy. She has her head resting against Camillo's arm."I'm sorry, figlio." My mom apologizes. "We actually have somewhere to be so we weren't going to go straight home." She checks the time and releases a sigh. "We have to go now."They both say their goodbyes before heading out of the hospital in a hurry, which m
Alessandro’s POVAfter he finishes speaking, the room becomes completely silent. She passed away? Is Apricot permanently gone from our lives? For some reason, it appears to be too good to be true.A few moments pass in complete silence, but the silence is quickly broken by the sound of Della's laughter. We all turn to face her, and she slaps her hand over her mouth, trying to stop the laughter, but it doesn't work.She keeps laughing, and when she finally stops, she takes a few deep breaths before saying, "I apologize. It's only that..." She pauses and laughs again. "That woman has attempted and succeeded in killing me numerous times. She's been a pain in everyone's ass from the start, and you're saying that all we had to do to get her out of our lives was push her crazy ass down the stairs?!""I wouldn't necessarily advise you to push her down the stairs." He says nervously, tugging at the collar of his shirt."I just find it extremely difficult to believe." Della declares as she cro
Della's Point of View * Five Months Later *"Can you hold this for me, Della?" Sebastian inquires, handing me his Capri Sun."Sure, sure." I respond before taking his drink away. "Are you planning on playing with Daisy again?""Yes." He says this as he looks around the large yard, his gaze fixed on her. He waves at me as he runs towards her with a big smile on his face. "All right, bye!"As I watch them both play with Tom, I shake my head and laugh to myself. A few moments pass before Alessandro emerges from the house."Baby, what are you doing?" As he takes a seat beside me, he asks."I'm watching the kids play with Tom." I respond, never taking my gaze away from them.Alessandro gently rubs his hand across my stomach. "And what about my baby boy?"At that precise moment, our baby boy begins kicking in response to Alessandro's voice. Alessandro smiles broadly before leaning down and kissing my stomach. I watch as he places his head on my belly and starts talking to our baby about un
Della’s POV"I just wanted to check in on you since I'm already here." Doctor Greene orders it, Nat."Fine." She exhales a sigh. "Just get it done quickly. I'd like to sleep after I eat again."I yawn and push myself off the couch "Going to bed doesn't seem like such a bad idea.Tell anyone who asks that I'm sleeping."Nat waves me off and takes my place on the couch where I was. "Sure thing, Della," I say.I walk out of the living room and into our bedroom. Ann and Adelmo approach me as I walk down the corridor."There you are, my dear." Adelmo says when they both come to a halt."Were you both looking for me for a while?" my brow furrows as I look at them.Ann shook her head. "No way, love. Only for a few moments.""All right." When I look down, I notice the suitcases. "Are you both on your way somewhere?""We're going to pay a visit to Dario." Adelmo responds."We've already informed Alessandro that we'll be leaving. We simply did not inform him of our destination." Ann takes the i
Della’s POV"Umm..." I look her in the eyes and grab her hand. "Bubbles, you go to school to learn new things. Yes, you could make friends there as well, but when you go to school, you must get good grades and complete assignments.""I could do the work, but Bash made it sound like a lot of fun. Please, mother! Can I please accompany you to school, bash?" She begs, her sad eyes looking up at me."Most kids beg their parents not to make them go to school. Nonetheless, you're pleading with your mother to enroll you in school." Alessandro chuckles as he walks into the room.I'm sure she'd have had to go to school sooner or later. The only reason she wasn't in school yet was because it wasn't safe. I didn't know where Harold was, but I knew he was looking for us.I did teach her some of the things that kids learn in school, but I was too afraid to put her in school. I suppose she could leave now. After all, she has Favio as a bodyguard."Let me tell you something. I'll enroll you in the s
Alessandro's POV"We need to talk." Hailey says, her eyes filled with a range of emotions."What are you talking about?" Della, I ask, my arm tightly wrapped around her.I know Della trusts her, but she's still Franchesko Ivanov's sister. Her brother is the Russian Mafia's boss. Bratva is a type of brat. I can't relax my guard around her. At least not until I know she's not planning anything."Harold, my brother." She tells me, her voice trembling and low.I pause for a moment before nodding towards the house. "We could converse inside."She starts walking slowly towards the house, with Favio close behind. Della and I follow them, and we all make our way to the living room."Please take a seat." As I assist Della in sitting, I tell her. Instead of sitting beside Della, I remain standing.Favio stands beside the double doors to the living room and closes them. Hailey takes a seat across from us on the sofa."You may now speak." I tell her, wanting her to get right to the point.She tak
Alessandro’s POVSome time passes before a knock is heard on our bedroom door. I get up and open the door to find Fedele standing there."Boss, I just got an alert on my phone. Surveillance at one of our warehouses is down but the motion detectors picked up movement." He says, showing me his phone screen. "Nobody was supposed to be there tonight."I scratch my chin and let out a breath, "Take Luca, Charlotte, Gerardo and Marcelo with you to check it out."He nods his head and puts his phone in his pocket, "I'll go let them know right now and we'll be back as soon as we're done there."After he leaves, I shut the door and I'm about to lay back down when my phone pings with a message. I grab it from the night stand and see that the message is from Luciana's dad.Andres : There is something that I'd like to discuss with you, Gattani. I'm going to wait for you in your club. It's an urgent matter and I'd like to get it over with sooner rather than later.I send him a respond back, letting
Della’s POVThe three of us stay silent after those words escape his mouth. Luciana's dad has cancer. She's going to be so heartbroken when she finds out. Both her and Sebastian.Alessandro opens his mouth to speak but then pauses. He rubs his chin, blows out a sigh and asks, "How long?"Andres leans back in his seat and looks up at the ceiling, "Three years max. I've made my peace with death. I lived the life that I was supposed to live and now, it's time for me to go.""Whatever you need, let me know." Alessandro says, after running a hand through his hair."I just need you to take control of my mafia and protect my children." He responds."Now you know why I don't want to wait. I trust you and your intentions. I know that my mafia will be in good hands. I have the paperwork and everything else ready. For the rest of the time that I have though, I'd like to spend it with my children."Alessandro nods his head, "I'll make sure to set the time and place for us to meet.""Thank you, Ga
Fedele’s POVHe pulled out his phone and turned it so I could see it. I looked on the screen and sure enough there was a video of Della"You see Fedele I hold all the cards. My wife, my family and hers are safe and sound.""Now what? Are you going to kill me with your bare hands.""Actually I have been thinking about that. Then I started thinking what would be the best possible punishment for your indiscretions and it came to me as I arrived here."He got up and a screen came down from the ceiling. Pictures of children faces appeared. One was of a little girl who looked to be blind, another one was of a little boy connected to a machine and a little girl who's face seemed to be scarred. Then more pictures appeared of sick people. One by one from young to old he clicked through pictures of people I didn't know."Why are you showing me this?""Because you are going to either save their lives or you will enhance it.""What are you talking about?"The door opened behind him and two men wa
Fedele’s POVI woke up to find myself in another room. I was still wearing the blood stained garment that was drenched in Harold's and Auntie's blood. I must have been dreaming.The stench of the blood was starting to get to me. I raised up slowly holding on to the wall."Rise and shine." I heard the eery voice of my captor. I looked around and still his cover was hidden.The wall opened up and there was a bed with white sheets and someone lying in it. I walked in as it seemed to be the only place to go. As I walked in I heard two distinct voices. A man and a woman but they were moaning. The covers moved and then someone emerged from under the sheets. I watched as the sheet slowly lowered from the back.I squinted trying to figure out who it was and why was I brought here. It was a woman.She moved her body up and down. He leaned her head back and I stopped in my tracks."Ashley?" I ran towards her but was stopped instantly as I hit a glass wall. I started to beat on it but she couldn
Fedele’s POV"What's the difference Harold? Della's dead and you nor Alessandro got her .""You sick mothefucker! Della was the only... reason I stayed. You switched the results...""I did what I had too. I had already lost everything and I couldn't afford to watch you have Della.""You sick scum .""This time he charged me and was able to grab my foot and I hit the floor hard. I tried getting up but he kept pulling me closer until his face was mere inches from mine. His left eye was dark purple as I could see traces of a fist. There were light scratches on his cheek and his neck was bloody with remnants of a huge scar.He laughed as I could see most of his teeth had been pulled out. Somehow the blood had dried up in clumps around his swollen gums making him look like a monster. I turned my face as I didn't want to see him.I knew I could never trust him and I needed to find a way out of here."Me? You started this Harold!""I might have but you took it to another level," he said cough
Fedele’s POVI looked up at my surroundings. I decided to take the tunnel straight in front of me. It seemed as if I was in a catacomb. The dark rich stone and concrete was thick and settled as if it had been carved thousands of years ago. It was dark and the more I journeyed in the more the air seemed thin.I continued on which seemed like forever until I came to a door and I opened it only to find a brick wall behind it. I hit it with my hands and the force from the hit had me shaking the pain away."Ouch, what the hell?" I said hitting on all sides. I could hear his laughter in the background so I ran back the way I came. I finally came out and started on another tunnel. The Dane thing happened except this one became smaller at the end. I was literally hunched back when I opened the door to another wall. I ran back to the opening and there were two more tunnels.I started from my left and the tunnel zigzagged. I continued on as I felt coldness starting to seep through. My clothes w
Fedele’s POVI slid down the wall and cried. I could still taste the metallic flavor of Auntie's blood against my lips and my dress was drenched in her blood. How was this happening to me why did I do what i did? At this point I don't even know what made me involve myself in the plot to kill Alessandro's wife? I saw a red light and when I looked up the clock was counting down. I didn't know how long I had been sitting here but all I could do was watch the numbers ticking away."Mr Fedele time is wasting," he said in a singing voice. The deep baritone voice dripped with pure insanity."Leave me alone you sick fucker!""Ah now now now. Did we not just have a conversation about name calling? Have I called you out of your birth name? Where are your manners Mr. Fedele?"I looked around trying to find where his voice was coming from. I checked the ceiling and the walls and couldn't see anything."Did you have to kill her? She made a mistake and death shouldn't have been her punishment. That
Fedele’s POV"What kind of game are you playing Asshole? Let her go!" I yelled out in the room."Save me Fedele!" She said begging and crying so hard I couldn't hear my own thoughts. My heart was beating so fast in my chest I didn't know what to do. I couldn't afford to lose her. I climbed up on the platform to see if I could push the blade part back up. I was using all my strength to make it go back up but it wouldn't move up just kept moving down. I heard Auntie crying harder."I can use the saw and cut your feet off. I think it's the only chance you have.""No you can't. Oh God please no.""Auntie it's the only way."She screamed. "No....please. There has to be another way."Tears were rolling down my eyes. "Let me save you.""Ah nooooo..." I heard her say as the clock bonged out. The wood around her neck began to tighten. I could hear the metal and see the metal knobs that held up the two pieces of the opening turning. This contraption wasn't giving me much time."Whoever can hear
Fedele’s POVI heard him counting down and the once closed door began to open. A bright light barely showed through all the darkness as it seemed that the darkness behind me was starting to suck up the light in front of me. This couldn't be happening. I heard King growling and barking."Five... four... three..."I looked at the clock on the wall. The red numbers twenty-four appeared so bright as King started barking louder and before Hatter got to one, I took out through the open door. As soon as I made it out, the door closed and the lights began to automatically come on down the hall. I touched the wall and sure enough it was made of concrete. Was I in some type of maze? I continued down the hallway but when I stopped and looked back, darkness had covered my tracks."Alessandro please, this is too much. I'm sorry for what I did." I said moving down the hall. I was looking up to see if I could spot cameras but I didn't see anything.Finally a huge room appeared before me. It had a m
Fedele’s POV"I heard you the first time young man," he said with his voice dripping with sarcasm."Please have a cup of tea or something to eat. You must be starving. You were sleeping when they brought you here and it's been over fifteen hours I guess since you have probably had something to eat. People can't focus if their bodies haven't gotten nourishment."I could hear my stomach growling as he said the words. I didn't know if there was poison or anything else in the food. I looked at him and then the food. "How do I know you haven't poisoned it?""Here let me show you," he said taking a slice of ham and placing it on a plate. He picked up a fork and knife, cut it and placed a piece in his mouth. "See, this is good Canadian ham especially smoked with tender loving care," he said winking at me. He picked up the other empty glass and poured himself some water. He patted away any evidence of the food and water."What happened to your hair and apron? I wanted you to look nice when we
Fedele’s POVJolting awake from my sleep, I felt disoriented I looked up and saw green eyes staring back at me as I felt something cold entering my body.I grabbed my neck as I felt a tiny hole against it."Alessandro ?" I asked as my eyes felt heavy."The one and only.""You can't do anything to me!" I tried to yell but my speech felt slurred."I can do whatever I want. You wanted to play games so I am here to play. The only difference is you will play by my rules. The problem is do you want to live or die?The choice will be yours?""You can't hurt me. I am not... a..fr..aid of you." My breathing felt heavy."Oh but you will soon. Get some rest brother because you are going to need it." I felt myself swaying. Alessandro grabbed me and placed me in a box. My eyes were so heavy as I tried to keep them open.He put an oxygen mask on my face and connected the tubing through a small hole in the box to a small tank outside the box. He sat on his knees and strapped my arms to the side of