~GIA~ Again, today, Sofia and I went out with Mario's permission, of course. We had Dante and Andries watch us and report to Mario if we were up to anything "extra fun." I rolled my eyes when I turned around to see them following behind us at the mall. Today we did a little shopping and went to watch a movie at the cinema. It was so much fun, and I would catch Andries and Sofia winking at each other when we went to play some games. It felt like Dante and I were third-wheeling. I wanted them to get a room already and smash before we could carry on with any other activities. But I was not supposed to make it obvious to Dante that I knew about Sofia and Andries. "Sofia, do you mind going with Andries to see what movie is up next?" I said as I gave her a little nudge. She instantly knew what I was on about. "Sure. Don't you guys go anywhere," she answered as she looked at Andries for them to go. I picked out another game to play as Sofia and Andries left to check the
~MARIO~ "Guys, I think I found something," Marco said as he clicked on his keyboard. It turned out that we had found Elio Missoni with a man named Andrea Bianchi. Their names were written boldly on the screen. 'Andrea Bianchi... It can't be...' I thought as I looked at the screen. "Oh shit, is that?" "Andrea Bianchi. My right-hand man." I cut Marco short before he could finish saying his name. The room went silent. We were all staring at the picture on the screen. I was in so much disbelief at what I was seeing. It was as if my scariest nightmare was coming true. I'd never been betrayed by someone close to me before until this very day. It felt like the universe was repaying itself for all the sins that I had committed. Andrea Bianchi was more than just my right-hand man. He was my friend, my brother, and my advisor. I never trusted anyone's word more than his. He was always there for me when I needed a shoulder to lean on. When I needed someone to advise me. He w
~MARIO~ Two days passed, and Marco could not find Gia anywhere. It seemed as if she disappeared into thin air, and the signal of her phone could not be located anywhere. It was clear that whoever had her took out the tracking device on her phone when he found it. I was so stressed out about her. I wondered if she was okay wherever she was. Dante said there was a woman and two guys with her when they took Gia. He tried to fight them off, but they outnumbered him and beat him up. He was left outside the bathroom door beaten up, and Gia was nowhere to be found. He said that he could not even see their faces or have a chance to call for help as soon as he saw them because they attacked him. But he did notice that they were not from around here because they spoke French. "You have to try by all means to find her, Marco," I said as I paced up and down the room. I was restless. I sent Dante and Andries to search for her anywhere, but they came back with no answers to where
~GIA~ Elio ordered his maids to get me a better dress. They brought me a flower-pattern dress that hugged my body in the right places. It hugged my waist and gave me an amazing shape. The shoes were medium heels and were great to walk with and very comfortable. My hair was tied up into a bun, and strands of hair were hanging over my ears. My bleeding had stopped, and it turned out that it was just spotting, nothing serious. I was so relieved when Elio brought a nurse to check me out and to make sure that I was fine from the drug that they used to pass me out. When the nurse had left, he didn't lock me in the room, but he took me out to see his house and offered to take me for a little stroll around his town. I was miles away from Mario. I was even starting to miss him a little. I missed Sofia. A part of me wished to be in his house because I was so scared to speak to Elio. I did not know yet if I could trust him. Or if he was going to respect my condition and not kil
~MARIO~ "Gia? Hello? Fuck!" I punched the air when I could no longer find her on the line. She hung up the call on me before she could tell me where she was. "Did you get anything?" I asked Marco, who was trying to trace Gia's location through the call. He shrugged and answered, "I couldn't get her location. It looks like she used a banner phone." "She called me with her damn phone, Marco!" I snapped. I was frustrated that we couldn't find her location. Elio's whereabouts couldn't be detected, even though the call that Andrea made to him was a bit long. "My brother is a very smart guy. He could be anywhere," Andrea answered. Not helping at all. We needed to find the guy's location. "We need to try harder -" I got cut off by my cell phone ringing. I picked it up because I wanted to hear if the truck that I took from Bruno was not detected by the police and searched when heading out of Italy. "Yes, talk to me," I answered. "We've arrived at the destination, boss." "Yes,
~MARIO~ The jail I was sent into was by far the worst unhygienic and inhumane one I had ever been into. My first night there was so horrible. There were cockroaches everywhere. Some were even crawling up on me while I was sleeping. Mosquitoes bit me all night. It was torture that never allowed me time to think of my next plan. The windows were open and could not be closed. The night cold breeze made sleep impossible for me. I kept tossing and turning on the little mattress that I was provided to sleep on. The blanket could not even do me any good as it had holes and was not warm. It was so ironic how I was in such a place that was similar to my dungeons. The realization of it broke me to my core. I was certainly sure that Gia was happy wherever she was. She finally got revenge for the death of her parents, and that of Anna I shot in front of her. She might have been rejoicing with Elio that I was looking at a life sentence in here. I wanted to curse the day I met G
~GIA~ "You had a miscarriage," Sofia said. "What did you just say?" I asked her. That couldn't be. I didn't even know that I was pregnant to be told now that I had lost the baby. "You had a miscarriage, the doctor said that -" I interjected before she could finish her sentence, "I am pregnant?" "You were, and then you lost the baby," she answered. Ignoring my question altogether. "Am I pregnant?" I asked again. "You were, Gia, and then you lost the baby," she replied. I didn't want to believe her. If I was pregnant and then lost it, I would have known. But there were no signs that I had lost the baby. They were wrong. This baby was all that Mario and I would need to mend our relationship. It was the only way for me to make up for betraying him when he wanted to avenge his unborn child for being killed. I was the only person who could determine that I was pregnant and had lost the baby because this was my body that we were talking about. If it meant us running a
~GIA~ "Gia. It's Mario," he said on the other end of the line. "Mario?" I said as I quickly sat up on the bed. My heart raced. I wondered if he was out and on his way home. I wondered why he called me and if he missed me as well. I wondered a lot of things, hoping and praying in my heart that he had forgiven me. "Hey, are you okay?" He asked. "Yes, I'm fine. I feel so much better now," I answered. A smile formed on my face. "Andrea told me about the pregnancy," he sounded sad. "I didn't lose the baby, Mario," I assured him. "He told me that the doctor confirmed that you miscarried, Gia," he protested. Andrea honestly had no right to discuss my pregnancy with Mario. He had no right to discourage him from us being the family that he always wanted to have. He was supposed to keep quiet about this until it was confirmed that I truly lost the baby, which I did not lose. I was still pregnant, and that doctor was wrong. "I did not miscarry our baby, Mario. I took pregna