"What matters most is how well you walk through the fire"~CHARLES BUKOWSKI "We are getting married.""What!?" I shriek, Alessandro puts me down on my feet but quickly intervenes our hands."Have you had him investigated?" He asks the guards ignoring my baffled form, one guard steps infront to answer "sì Capo" he nods his head. Alessandro doesn't seem satisfied by his answer.What investigation? What is he talking about? I look up at him asking him through my eyes. He just pulls me closer to him."Come here" he commands the priest in his dark voice, the room was surrounded by his dominating aura making everyone feel at edge including me.The priest looked visibly shaken, he takes slow timi

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"~Unknown Third person POVSomewhere in Italy.."What news do you have Gary?" The boss asks impatiently, Gary straightens his already rigid posture.He seemed well composed this time compared to the last time he barged inside the boss office like a headless chicken."Boss, I am working on the details but what I have gathered is that Capo was already aware of his uncle's intentions. He was playing along with his game until Antonio sputtered out everything himself" he informs.The boss motions with his fingers telling him to continue "No one knows where Antonio is, the last they saw him was being dragged by the Capo towards his warehouse" Gary visibly gulps, being dragged by the ruthless don toward

"The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies"~D.S. "Valentina?" Gloria whispers doubtfully in a hoarse voice, her eyes were squinted as she stared in my direction.Her eyes widened when she realised I was really there "Oh Valentina!" She cries, slowly getting up from her place on the floor.I couldn't help but concentrate on the groaning person that was tied to a chair behind her. I had found Gloria laying her head on that beaten man's lap and wailing loudly.A sudden force has me stumbling back a few steps, Gloria's unexpected hug pulls me out of my thoughts, I gaze at her as she tightens her grip around me making me encircle my arms around her as well.She was murmuring something accompanied by her cries making it hard for me to grasp her words, the situation, the b

"You were a risk, a mystery, and the most certain thing I'd ever know"~Beau Taplin, "A certainty" Alessandro's POV"Tutto è coperto." (Everything's covered.) Antonio informs taking away the file from me that I had just signed. I give him a nod, he knew I was grateful. I needed this break.I go over a few more things with him before heading towards the mansion, I couldn't go there directly when I arrived, I first had to get some work settled in the warehouse but now it's all taken care of.I have given away my responsibility to Antonio for some weeks, I need some time away from work so I can spend time with Valentina and maybe also convince her to marry me.I know she's stubborn a

"We've got to live, no matter how many skies are fallen"~D. H. Lawrence "Tina was always the ugly sibling, look at this, her running nose in this picture" Everett cackles pointing at one of my pictures in which embarrassingly enough I do have a running nose."No! I was the cute one. You resembled like a grumpy grandpa when you were born. Dad tell him" I look at dad giving him a 'please take my side' look.He looks at me nervously then back at Everett, I follow my gaze only to see Everett making the same face. Dad clears his throat "none of you were ugly or resembled like a grumpy grandpa, be-" both Everett and I groan "–cause both were beautiful children all thanks to me your handsome father's genes" he points at himself proudly.Mom scoffs rolling her eyes, we all chuckle at dad's expanses. We were currentl