He looks down to me lying on the floor before his eyes starts wandering around the place and spots Rossella who runs away into the back room, his eyes widening in shock. "So....it's really true? She is really alive?"I grunt in pain as I hold my stomach in pain as I struggle to stand on my feet. The last person I expected to be following me was my own cousin but I know the repercussions this could bring if he opens his mouth. "Davide, let me explain...""You traitor bitch, what exactly do you want to tell me?" Davide raises his gun and hits me on the forehead mercilessly, causing me to stumble back on the floor as I groan in pain. I slowly feel a warm wet liquid trickle down my forehead as he comes over and looms over me. "That you helped your friend escape and killed our uncle? You helped our enemies shame us!""That's not what happened.." My whole body racks with pain from each hit he gives me but I hold onto his body, telling myself not to allow him leave this place. My whole life,
My uncle's smile falters on his face after everyone hears my words but I don't give a damn. He is the one who tried to sell me like I am some sort of goods on a market but he made the wrong move. Any other woman might allow this insult go........but not me, Marcella Andreotti. I meet his glare eye to eye as the room is still drowned in silence until someone approaches us with a friendly smile. He stretches out his hand and says to me. "It's nice to meet you, Miss Marcella. You are as beautiful as they said.""Hey, were you f*cking deaf when I said I was married? Who is the Miss here?" I bristle at his comment and ignore his hand sticking out to my direction. Although it seems like I am acting a little bit rash in the eyes of the women present, I have my reasons. There was no way I was going to marry this man. Of all the Capos in Diff’rent Strokes, Aurelio Zanetti was the most ruthless and most merciless one. He was also the Underboss's favourite and he only worked on special missi
My men continued to search for the missing girls for days but there was no progress in the investigation. I had already ordered Frederico to talk with the immigration officers nearest to us to ensure that they didn't try to flee the country so that only meant we need to find them as soon as possible before they snuck off through some illegal means. Meanwhile, Aurelio continued to keep an eye over my operations and businesses as he searched for clues to help him discover where those girls had gone. I didn't intend to make things easy for him at all so I made sure that none of my people cooperated with him and his tactics. Although he tried not to show it, I could see the frustration in his eyes and it delighted me.When I entered the office to begin my work for the day, a man suddenly barged into my office rudely and threw some papers on my table. He growled at me. "My Capo wants information about the girls' families. I don't understand why you are making things fucking hard for every
My soldiers and I were no longer disturbed by Aurelio's unit after the incident. We both managed to keep the little fight we had from leaking out of our territories because we didn't want the Underboss to find out about it. We kept looking for the girls in places that we would find them but those ones were smart enough not to leave any traces behind. When I had just come out from one of my warehouses in the evening, I saw a familiar figure waiting in front his car at the parking lot. Frederico who had also seen the guy immediately brought out his gun but I stopped him with my hand and said. "Let's not cause any bloodshed today, I will go and talk to him. You can go ahead without me. "Frederico was a bit hesitant to leave but at the end, he nodded his head as he withdrew his gun and tucked it back to his pocket. "Yes, Capo. I will go now."I watched him walk away before I approached the car that was waiting for me and said. "I thought I told you not to follow me, Aurelio. What are yo
"You promised me that you would listen to my orders." My gaze hardens on him as he continues to point his gun on a young woman who is currently curling in a corner with fright. The last thing I need is for him to go back on his words that's why I was being so nice to him these last few hours. Our eyes meet as I convey my resolve in my words as if they are a command. "Aurelio, I want them alive."Aurelio seems to waver a bit, lowering his gun and angle lower from the girl's head. I can see his confliction in his voice as he sighs a bit. "You know that there is nothing I can do about it. My orders were to kill on sight.""You had your men follow us?" I arch my eyebrow at him but he mistakes it for anger and retreats a little upon hearing my tone. I smile a little as I now realize that he was probably using me the same way I was using him. "You are really something else, Bloodthirst.""Anything less would make me unworthy of being a Capo of Diff’rent Strokes." He returns my smile with on
A few minutes later, I heard a knock on the door and the door suddenly opened as Aurelio stepped into the room. I had been waiting for him to stop by and he came to me with a brooding face like I had predicted. He tucked his hands in his trouser pockets and glanced over my body. "Frederico just told me that you woke up so I came to take a look. How are you?" "You are very smart for keeping your distance from me, Aurelio." A small smile reached by lips as I stared at him through the window glasses. My hands gripped the fruit knife that I got in the afternoon, my eyes following his every move as he sat on a couch opposite my bed. "You have a lot of nerve coming here after what you did. How could you kill all those girls?"He seemed to have realized just bad the situation was at the moment because at this point, he becomes very somber in front of me. All his bravado had disappeared in front of my fury. He replied to me in a quiet voice. "Marcella, please allow me to explain...""There i
I dreamt about my parents this time. I could see them fighting again but maybe, it was a one side beating like it had always been with my mother at the receiving end. I could hear their voices screaming at each other while I hid in the corner quietly praying that my uncle wouldn't come and make matters worse. Our houses were not far from each other and my father listened to him too much, hearing him preach absurd things like how a woman in the mafia is meant to attend to her man's needs all the time and worship him like a god......My mother returns to me later and tries to check up on me but the first thing I noticed is the change of clothes she had from a short or transparent one to a long, opaque shirt. Her face looks just fine but that's only because for some reason, my father didn't want his only child to find out he was beating his wife so he never hurt her in obvious places that could be seen. I want to touch her but I am afraid of hurting her so I continue to wrap my tiny han
Dante still came by the next day when I was playing with Pedro to give us some food. My son was so happy to see his father again but I was more annoyed than ever seeing him smile so warmly in front of the child he rejected. I wanted to throw the fact in front of his face at the moment but I also didn't want to ruin this moment for my son so I kept my mouth shut and continued to give him the death stare. I vaguely heard him whisper to my son. "Should we really get that for your mother? Wanna come along?"Seeing Pedro nodding so enthusiastically only heightened my suspicions so I broke out in a coughing fit and reached for my son. "Pedro, where are you going? Come and hug your sick mother, love..."I spotted Dante's eyebrow twitch as if he was holding back his laughter but I didn't care. I was never going to allow him take my son anywhere without my company especially in my vulnerable state. California territory, this wasn't a place I could protect him. Pedro's warm and soft body mushe