All Chapters of The Mafia Love Code: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

The last twenty-four hours have felt like an intense tornado that blew through except we didn’t get a trip to Oz. My heart was in a panic when Blake found Julia and I who told us we needed to get to the family safe house. On the ride to the safe house is when we found out Gail had been taken. It was a slap to my reality because I’ve been living in dulu land that the underworld isn’t as dark as one would initially imagine. I got caught in the glamor as if I was living in some book or movie where the threat was there but it never touched me. I was taken for Shane so I now know I was not in real danger. It was a controlled situation that while it could have gone wrong in a dozen different ways, ultimately I was okay and I ended up with Shane. Gail being abducted is a totally different situation. It’s not controlled and there is no way of knowing if she will make it out alive. The reality that I’m not in a movie is a bit of a hard pill to swallow. I don’t know why I thought I was untouc

As we turn onto our childhood street, I’m met with a mix of emotions. Anxiety is my initial reaction. The street itself is triggering, but I glance at Rosie who flashes me a sweet, reassuring smile. My light, my rock, and the love of my life is the only reason I’m not completely falling apart and on a fucking murdering spree. Even now, I have such rage looking at my childhood home. I find my focus as my sights narrow on the pale yellow two story home that was my nightmare for many years. My dad, still weird to call Russ that but it’s what he is, and Julia found that my mom has a routine for Sundays since her shit head husband always works doubles. She orders every single meal even her fucking coffee. Julia rigged the app so it would appear that the job was taken. I pull into Rosie’s parents driveway. We told them we would stop to see my mom first, so they aren’t expecting us to come in right away. “I’m going to go make sure my mom is alone. I doubt they would keep Gail in the house.

My dad helps me take my mom out of the trunk. Dale set the under ground torture bunker we have near the safe house. Dale and Blake aren’t going to take part in the interrogation part, but they will be digging a grave. I doubt my mom is going to live for very long. I doubt she will give us much of anything, but we are still going to try. Plus, I’m ready to work out some pent up aggression, and years worth loathing for the woman who was supposed to take care of me. Once we have my mom tied to a chair with arms behind her back and her legs zip tied to the legs of the chair. My dad takes the bucket of ice cold water he prepared prior to our arrival and tosses it on my mom. It takes several moments for her to come around to consciousness. Her cheetah print sleep pants and matching button top are soaking wet. She moves around uncomfortably, shifting in her seat until she opens her eyes in a panic. Her sludge brown eyes narrow in on me and the man next to me. “God, I hate how much you two

After about seven hours of sleep, I’m awake and ready to regroup. I roll out of bed and get dressed. Rosie is already out of bed and judging by the smell her and Julia are cooking something good. Bacon, I definitely smell bacon. After I’m dressed, I head out to the living room and find Dale and my dad sitting down discussing things. Blake is probably dealing with the body. Julia and Rosie are cooking in the kitchen as they giggle no doubt making jokes. Sometimes I can’t believe how well Rosie fits into my life. I don’t know why it shocks me at times because it really shouldn't be yet it is. Maybe it’s because of all of those years trying to convince myself Rosie was better off without me in her life. Trauma really does have a funny way of turning the victim into believing they are worth nothing and deserve nothing. It’s hard to undo that type of wiring, especially when it comes at such a young age. Now that I’ve had the kick in the ass I needed to take charge of my trauma and not let

Two weeks have passed since Gail was rescued and sent to the hospital for her injuries. It’s been touch and go. The biggest concern is the swelling around her brain that the doctors decided to put her in a medically induced coma to help her body heal. Especially, with her age, healing may take awhile or she may never wake up. Dale has barely left the hospital. He has a hard time leaving Gail, and when he does he needs one of us with her. He doesn’t want her to be alone when she wakes up, which is so sweet and also sad if she never does. I do hope Gail wakes up. We all do. Russ has moved in with Dale to keep an eye on him. Plus, Russ is getting established in the world. He’s having fun with the dark web. He’s even going to start freelancing for the mafia, the Faceless Assassins, and more. It’s nice seeing Russ take his life back even if it’s not how he pictured. Russ and Shane are working on a father son relationship, which makes me happy. I want Shane to find healing in his past so h