Nessa Sims ~•~ I hurriedly went to the car without even changing back to my normal clothes because the twins convinced me to leave as soon as possible. I just removed the black heels and changed into the slides I had on earlier. We all rushed to the car and I started driving to the location Ellie had sent to me. On the way there, I tried calling her severally to check up on her but there was no answer. I silently prayed she wasn’t in serious danger. We finally got to the place and it was a restaurant. Maybe she was just drunk and had done something stupid. I pulled into the driveway and hurriedly parked the car. As I stepped out, I noticed I had been there before. It was the Rezdora restaurant where Vito and I had our first date. ‘Weird.’ I thought to myself and went to the entrance with the girls. Was she with a man? And how come everyone needed my help today? I shoved my thoughts aside and focused on saving Ellie. As the twins and I walked into the restaurant, we were greete
Nessa Sims ~•~Chapter 1 “We’ll be late if you don’t come down right now.” Ellie screamed at me. She was downstairs waiting for me to get ready for the hackathon event Tech Titans was hosting. Ellie knew I always took forever to get ready and I honestly expected her to be used to it by now. “I’ll be down in five minutes.” I applied the last of my makeup and put my hair into a bun. I was already dressed. Ellie had to drive me because she was the one with a car and I had always been her passenger princess. I went downstairs along with Liam because we were going to drop him off at my Mum’s house first. I locked up the house and we went to the car. “When are you ever going to change?” Ellie came at me before I could even sit down properly.“Maybe when I find the love of my life.”“How does it even relate?” She laughed and hit me softly.“You’re allowed to laugh but not to hit me.” I slapped her hands away from my body. The ride over to my mum’s was fun. Well, whenever it was a combi
Nessa Sims ~•~“Vito Giancana?” I repeated. “Who are you?” I wanted to act like I didn’t know who was talking, maybe he would give up on me. “You’re really going to do this? Don’t make it hard for the both of us.” He chuckled. “I’m coming to pick you up by 12 tomorrow.” He ended the call. How did he even know where I lived? I was beginning to get scared. “Why are you acting like you’ve seen a ghost?” My mum interrupted my thoughts. I hesitated, unsure of what to say. I didn’t want to tell her the truth. “Oh, it was just my friend telling me they sent my share of the prize money.” I lied. “Okay.”I went out back to tell Liam I was ready to leave. He hugged his granny goodbye.“Bye, Mum.” I waved her goodbye and we walked into the car. “I don’t feel too good Mum.” Liam always had these phases once in a while and it was hard to deal with. I didn’t want him to go through it again so I hoped it was just a mild discomfort. “What’s wrong baby?” I placed my hand on his forehead trying
Nessa Sims ~•~*Three years ago*“You’re going to be my lookout.” Ben has always been a thug. He always resorted to stealing as his last option whenever things got hard. I knew he was that way but I still fell in love with him and had a baby with him. “Why can’t you go with one of your boys? Why do you want me to be involved?” “Compassion Nessa, Compassion.” He screamed at me. He always poured out his frustrations on me, and it made me feel bad, but even if everyone around me advised me to leave him, I just couldn’t do it. “I’m not going with you.” He just wanted me there in case he got caught. Nobody would want to call the cops on a pregnant woman and the pregnancy would be some sort of excuse for our stealing. He dragged me by my arms into the truck. “Let go, you’re hurting me.” He refused and I had no option but to go with him. We got to the house he planned on robbing. He parked out front and gave me instructions on what to do in case anything went wrong. He gave me a knif
Nessa Sims~•~I pushed his hand and got away from his grip. “Are you out of your mind?” I blurted. “What is wrong with you?” At that point, I didn’t care if he was Vito or not. He was clearly harassing me. His men had already started beating the innocent man I was dancing with. I was confused because they didn’t have any reason to create a scene because of me. “Who are you speaking to this way?” He barked at me. “I thought you only wanted me to work for you? How does my personal life concern you? And how did you even find me? Are you watching me?” I asked him a ton of questions. “Stop interrogating me and come with me.” He dragged me by the hand and walked towards the door. The whole place was already chaotic and everyone stopped to watch because they all feared him and didn’t have the guts to keep on partying with him in the building. “Leave my friend alone.” Ellie stepped in and tried to loosen me from his grip. “Let go, this is none of your business.” He pushed her away fr
Nessa Sims~•~“We need to talk.” Vito’s voice cut through the quiet room.He was already dressed in his usual tux. Why was he dressed up so early in the morning? “Good morning to you too.” I pushed my blankets to the side and sat up, realizing I was not going to be getting any privacy in this house. “Yeah, we need to talk.” “One of my drivers will drive you so you can go pick up your son and get whatever you need from your apartment.” He walked towards the window and pulled the drapes to the side. “Is that all you want to talk about?”“Yeah, for now.”“Well, I can’t stay here. I have a whole life, you just can’t disrupt it out of the blues.” I tried my best to stay confident while saying it even if I was a little bit scared of what his reply would be. After thinking about it, I realized it was ridiculous. I had a son, a family, a team. What would I tell them about my absence? It didn’t make any sense for me to stay at his place.“We’ve talked about this and we’re not having this
Nessa Sims~•~I walked to the door to see one of the men standing. “Boss wants you back at the house right now.” He said to me with a sense of urgency. “But I haven’t gotten the clothes yet or picked up important things from my house.” I protested. “That’s not a problem and it can be arranged later, we have to leave now.” He said as he began walking to the car. “Why does he want me back at the house?” “Don’t ask questions, you’ll see when we get there.” He replied. I looked back to see my mum staring at me from the window. I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye to Liam. I just waved them goodbye and gave them an “I’ll call you later” sign. I entered the car and he drove off straight to the house. As the car sped away, I felt a mix of fear and curiosity. "What could be so urgent?" I thought to myself.The car came to a stop at the front of the mansion. I could see like five different cars that weren’t there when we had left earlier in the morning. I wondered what could be hap
Vito Giancana ~•~After the meeting ended with the board members, everyone else left apart from Nessa and Damon. I sat back to look at some paperwork from my hotel. I was going over the new trainee's list while Damon was trying to talk to Nessa. Damon has always been the social one while I was reserved. I didn’t want anyone to think they had easy access to me, so I only spoke to someone new when it was necessary. Vincent and Luca didn’t really like the idea of having a woman work with us. They still believed women were weak and during their prime when they worked with my father, women weren’t allowed to get involved with the mafia. I wasn’t okay with the fact that she was going to be working for us, but she needed to. “I’m Vito’s best friend. I hope he has been nice to you?” I heard Damon ask Nessa. “Of course, I’ve been nice to her,” I answered even if he wasn’t asking me the question. Although I wasn’t the nicest person, I never treated her badly, I just tried to create a prof
Nessa Sims ~•~ I hurriedly went to the car without even changing back to my normal clothes because the twins convinced me to leave as soon as possible. I just removed the black heels and changed into the slides I had on earlier. We all rushed to the car and I started driving to the location Ellie had sent to me. On the way there, I tried calling her severally to check up on her but there was no answer. I silently prayed she wasn’t in serious danger. We finally got to the place and it was a restaurant. Maybe she was just drunk and had done something stupid. I pulled into the driveway and hurriedly parked the car. As I stepped out, I noticed I had been there before. It was the Rezdora restaurant where Vito and I had our first date. ‘Weird.’ I thought to myself and went to the entrance with the girls. Was she with a man? And how come everyone needed my help today? I shoved my thoughts aside and focused on saving Ellie. As the twins and I walked into the restaurant, we were greete
Nessa Sims ~•~I’d been curious the whole day because Vito said he had a surprise for me but refused to tell me what it was even when I spent almost an hour begging him to tell me. I couldn’t think of what it would be but I knew it was going to be good. I had to go pick up Liam for school, so I was getting ready for that. The twins had gone to NYU with Vito to make some preparations for when they would resume. They barely had two weeks before they were going to start school. It was just Tommy, Tremani, and me in the house. I grabbed my car keys and headed downstairs. On my way out, I ran into Tremani who couldn’t stop smiling as he saw me. “Hey, how are you doing?” I asked, giving him a sly grin. “I’m good, you’re heading out.” He pointed out, trying to keep a straight face. “Yes, I’m going to pick Liam up,” I replied. “I’ll see you later.” I gave him a suspicious look and walked out the door. I knew he was up to something but I couldn’t quite figure out what. It definitely ha
Nessa Sims ~•~I had been restless the past few days because I was dealing with Liam and the court case. Liam had to move in with me for a while because the judge was going to visit me in order to make his decision. Liam also spent a day with Benjamin which he later described as the worst day of his life. Nothing bad happened but he made it obvious that he wasn’t comfortable with his father. He didn’t want to go at first but I pleaded with him as I dropped him off. After everything, we finally went to the court for the final hearing. Liam was present this time and both lawyers continued their arguments from where they had stopped the last time. Some hours later, the judge finally said he had come to a conclusion. I kept my fingers crossed, waiting to hear his final verdict. His next words were going to have a huge impact on the rest of my life. "After careful consideration, I have come to a decision," he said, his voice solemn. "The ruling I make will be in the best interests of
Vito Giancana ~•~I froze for a moment as I heard Palma say she saw Alessandro and Matteo. They were meant to be dead, I burnt those sons of a bitch alive. I watched the building burn. Or did they find a way to escape? It made a little sense because I didn’t see their dead body. Anyone could have easily found a way to escape. I didn’t think about it back then. I would have shot them in the head and watched their lifeless body fall to the ground. “Are you sure you saw them?” I asked Palma with a serious look on my face. She looked so excited talking about them. If only she knew what they had done to our father. Thomas who wasn’t present in the living room earlier came in and answered with a worried look on his face. “Yes, one hundred percent sure.” I had told him about what I had done to the brothers and he was fully aware they took the life of my father. I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down. The thought of them still being alive and walking on the streets didn’t sit
Nessa Sims~•~“You’ll be okay.” Vito gently squeezed my hands as we walked into the courthouse. It was finally the day of Liam’s custody hearing. My mum was going to join us later. It was very unnecessary to be going through all that stuff because Liam was okay where he was. With everything going on, I couldn’t help but think they would bash me for leaving my son with my mum. Some would say I abandoned him because I couldn’t take care of him.Benjamin, on the other hand, wasn’t in any position to be with Liam either. He just came out of prison and didn’t have the financial capacity to take care of Liam. At least, that was what I thought. I shoved away my thoughts and made my way to one of the seats. Some people were already seated. My eyes met Benjamin’s eyes who was sitting with some members of his family at the other side of the room. I cast him an angry, dirty look before averting my gaze back to the judge who had arrived. I’d never actually been to a court before, so apart fro
Nessa Sims ~•~The next time I opened my eyes, I saw myself in Vito’s room. I rubbed my eyes to see clearly and I found that Vito was already sitting on the bed. “Look who’s finally up.” He turned to me when I tapped his back. “How long did I sleep for?” I asked. I had no idea if it was still the same day. “What were you thinking? Taking alcohol?” He ignored my question and asked. “Don’t blame me, I needed it.” My head was hurting but I felt a little bit better. “Is it a new day?” I asked again. “Yes, you were passed out the whole night.” He placed his hands on my head, trying to feel my temperature. He picked up a glass from the side drawer and gave it to me. “What’s this?” I asked, slowly taking the glass from him. “It’ll help with your hangover,” he responded. “Have a drink.” He said and went back to his phone. I sat up and looked at the green substance inside the cup and almost puked but I had to drink it if I wanted to feel better. I closed my eyes and gulped down the co
Nessa Sims ~•~“I’ve gotten information on the person who killed your father,” Vito said as I opened my room door to let him in. The statement was triggering and tears rolled down my cheeks. Even after many years, I still couldn’t move on and accept the fact that my father was gone. I leaned back on the wall and Vito pulled me into a warm embrace. “You’ll be alright, baby.” He whispered.Sniffling, I wiped off the tears from my cheeks with the back of my hand and walked to the bed. “So what do you want to do? Do you want to meet him?” Vito asked me when I didn’t say anything. I thought for a while. I honestly didn’t know what I wanted to do. I just wanted my father to get justice. “Would I be a bad person if I wanted him dead?” I asked Vito. He sighed and hesitated for a while before answering. “You know it won’t change anything if he dies.” Coming from Vito who wanted revenge for his father’s death for so many years, he was just trying his best to take my mind off it. I chuck
Nessa Sims ~•~After Ben stormed off from the cafe, I pulled Liam in a protective hug. I didn’t know how he was feeling, I just wanted to make him feel better. “Mummy.” He finally spoke. “Yes, baby,” I replied with a soft voice. “I remember him.” He was referring to his father. “He was taking me from you when we went to buy ice cream.” He sounded scared while saying it. “He didn’t mean to harm you. He just wanted to get to know you,” I explained to him. Even if I didn’t like his father, I didn’t want him to grow up hating him. “Are you sure?” He took a glance at me. “Yes, baby.” I gently squeezed his hands to comfort him. “Will you be nice to him the next time you see him?” He nodded his head and rested on my chest. After that, I sent Vito a text telling him to meet me at the cafe. We needed to get a lawyer fast so we would be prepared for whatever Ben was planning. We stayed back for a while before Vito joined us. When Liam saw Vito walking towards us, he jumped off me and
Vito Giancana~•~I knew it was unusual for Thomas to leave the house early in the morning but I just waved it off and didn’t question him further when he said he had something to take care of. He also mentioned that he wouldn’t spend more than an hour and he would join me to work out when I was ready. We were cool but he always tried his best to please me and made sure I never got mad at him. When I was ready to start working out, I went to his room to check for him but I met an empty room. Maybe something came up and he had to spend more time. I didn’t want to be alone, so I asked Nessa to join me. She protested at first but she later gave in. I went downstairs and started lifting weights. After a few minutes, I moved over to the punching bags. It was then Nessa joined me. She went over to the weights and tried lifting them. I chuckled at the sight. It was cute seeing her try. We spent time chatting and working out until she claimed she was exhausted and went back to her room.