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Chapter 9: Seventy-Two Hours of Retribution
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THE MAFIA'S JEWEL Chapter 62: The Don's Confession
Elena’s POVThe doctor says something to me, but I barely hear her. I am looking past her at Massimo, waiting for him to explain why I have just heard him refuse something that could keep him alive.He looks at me, then at the doctor.“It’s all right,” he says.No, it isn’t. I am beginning to hate those words.The doctor steps into the passage, drawing the door almost closed behind her.“He needs to rest,” she tells me quietly.I nod because I know that. I know he is ill. I watched him stop breathing, and I have spent every moment since then trying not to imagine it happening again. Apparently, while I was doing that, he had already decided that he wasn’t willing to accept a transplant.“I won’t keep him up,” I say.She studies me for a moment before stepping aside. I enter the room and close the door, keeping my hand on the handle until I trust myself to turn around.Massimo is still watching me.“How much did you hear?”“Enough.”“Elena.”“You’re refusing a transplant?”He shifts ag
THE MAFIA'S JEWEL Chapter 61: A Future Not Promised
Massimo’s POVElena looks at the doctor, then back at me. Her fingers tighten around mine, and I know she is trying to decide whether to argue.“It’s all right,” I tell her.I could ask that she stay, but I don’t know what the doctor is about to say. I don’t want to freak Elena out more than she already is.The doctor waits beside the bed.“I’ll be outside,” Elena says eventually.I nod, but when she gets up, I find myself reluctant to release her hand. Her eyes drop to our fingers, and for a moment, neither of us lets go.Then I loosen my grip.“Ask someone to bring you something to eat.”She gives me a look.“What?” I ask.“You’re lying in that bed, and you’re still telling me to eat.”“One of us should listen to medical advice,” I chuckle.The doctor raises an eyebrow.Elena smiles, then brushes her thumb over my hand before letting go.“I’ll be back.”I watch her leave, listening until the door closes behind her. The room feels different without her in it. I had barely woken up, a
THE MAFIA'S JEWEL Chapter 60: Impending Goodbye
Massimo’s POVElena lifts her head, and whatever amusement I intended with my words disappears when I see her face. Her eyes are swollen, her cheeks wet, and her lips part as though she is afraid to believe she has heard me.“Massimo?”“Yes, sweetheart. Were you expecting someone else?”She is out of the chair before I can say anything else. Her arms slip around my shoulders, and she presses herself against me, burying her face in my chest. Pain spreads across my body, but I lift my arms and close them around her.My hand settles against her back. She is so soft beneath my palm, so warm against a body that has felt nothing but discomfort since I woke. I close my eyes and rest my cheek against her hair, letting myself have a moment before I remember all the reasons I should be careful with her.God, she feels good in my arms. I want to pull her closer. The longing catches me off guard.A breath escapes me when I shift, and she immediately draws back.“I’m sorry.” Her gaze drops to my c
THE MAFIA'S JEWEL Chapter 59: Elena's Affection.
Elena’s POVWe arrived at Hacienda del León yesterday, but I have barely noticed anything beyond the room where Massimo is being treated. His cardiologist told me this morning that he is stable and doing better. I thanked her, then asked if I could sit with him again.Now I am beside his bed, watching him sleep.There is more colour in his face today. I noticed it as soon as I came in, and I have been holding on to that small improvement ever since. His hand is warm beneath mine, and his chest rises and falls without any of the terrible effort I saw on the plane.I should feel better. In some ways, I do. But every time I remember yesterday, my stomach tightens, and I have to look at him again.The doctor who travelled with us managed to get his heart beating again before we landed. I remember the relief in his voice when he told Benito, although he continued attending to Massimo throughout the descent.His cardiologist was here when we reached Hacienda del León. She took over his care
THE MAFIA'S JEWEL Chapter 58: He won't Answer
Elena’s POV“Massimo?”His fingers loosen around mine, and his head falls forward. I catch his shoulder before he can slip farther out of the seat, but he is too heavy for me to hold upright.“Massimo, can you hear me?”He does not answer. A few seconds ago, he was looking at me. and now I am gripping his shirt and calling his name as though he has simply decided to ignore me.“Someone help me!”The hostess turns at my voice. Whatever she sees makes her put down the tray she is holding and hurry towards us.“He was talking to me,” I tell her. “He said he was tired, and then he just…”She calls to someone behind her as we lower him onto the floor. I kneel beside him, waiting for him to complain about the fuss we are making, but his face remains frighteningly still. There is a strange gasp, then nothing that looks like a proper breath.My hands are shaking so badly that I can barely place them.I attended a first-aid course before one of my field trips. I remember practising on a dummy
THE MAFIA'S JEWEL Chapter 57: The Don's Goes Down
Massimo’s POVElena climbs the steps ahead of me without looking back. I follow behind her into the jet, watching as the hostess welcomes her and gestures towards the seats. She thanks the woman quietly, chooses a seat beside the window and settles into it with her hands in her lap. I can see she is trying to put as much distance as possible between herself and me, but I don't make much of it.I close the distance and take the seat in the aisle opposite hers. Outside, the last of my stuff is being loaded, and Elena watches with an interest I doubt she actually feels. Even when I sit down, her eyes remain on the window.“Are you comfortable?”“Yes. Thank you.”I wait, thinking she might say something else, but she turns away again. I should be pleased. We have managed to get onto the plane without another argument. This is what I wanted, and she is no longer looking at me as though every word out of my mouth must be a lie. Yet, after a few minutes of sitting across from her in silence,
THE MAFIA'S JEWEL Chapter 5: The Chase
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