CHAPTER 8

“Do you wanna die?”

“Papà!”

“Elmo!” Tears fall on Mariella’s eyes when she sees hope. Hope that there is someone to protect her.

“Papà, what are you doing?” He walks toward his father, Eduardo Giordano, Enrico’s first cousin. “Pointing your gun at Mariella? Really? You’re scaring her!”

“Don’t you dare raise your voice at me, Elmo.”

“I’m sorry, papà.” He lowers his voice. “Please papà… put the gun first.”

“She’s supposed to be dead.”

“Papà!”

“Leave, Elmo. I’ll deal with this.”

“But papà… someone might see you.” Elmo doesn’t know what to do. He can’t just let Mariella die on his father’s hand.

“I said leave!”

Elmo is horrified when Eduardo yells at him. Elmo steps back, looking at Mariella and his father back and forth.

“Elmo…” Mariella is afraid to be alone with her uncle who wants to kill her.

“Señor,” Leo joins the picture as soon as he finds them.

“Señorito Marchetti,” Eduardo is surprised to see the heir of Marchettis. He immediately hides the gun at his back and simply looks at