XLIX *NOT EDITED*
Karma
"What plans have you got?" Vincenzo roars as he follows me down the hallway with Hades chasing after us, "Plans" I yell over my shoulder as I make my way to the room I woke up in before. I reach to open the door but Vincenzo slams it closed again, "Calm down buddy" I scoff pushing his hand away and opening the door again, "I'll calm down when you tell me what you've got planned" He replies following me into the room. I sit down on the bed and stip off to change my clothes, he slams the door shut behind him and looks at me fiercely "What?" I question putting a clean shirt on. "Tell me" He huffs folding his arms over his chest. "It's a surprise Vincenzo, you'll have to wait and see" I smile now putting some clean tracksuit pants on, "I don't do surprises" He replies staring me down. I stop what I'm doing and look at him, is this asshole serious? "Yeah well, neither do I but look who was drugged and flown across the fucking world! Pretty big fucking surprise huh Capo?" I hiss at him, his jaw clenches down as his eyes rake up and down my body, the tension in the rooms thick enough to cut with a knife.
We both stand still staring each other down like an old-style cowboy shootout, I attempt to stand my ground but my legs betray me, before I can stop myself I run up to him and jump hoping he will catch me and not let me land on my ass, thankfully he scoops me up and holds on as I wrap my legs around his waist and my arms around his shoulders and neck. He turns around and pushes my back up against the door he had just slammed closed, our noses touching, his hot breath blanketing my skin, his eyes staring into my soul, his hands squeezing my thighs and ass cheeks, I'm turning into goo in his hands I just can't keep my shit together. He moves one of his hands slowly tracing up the side of my body until he reaches the base of my neck, he then interlocks his fingers into my hair and starts to pull it so I'm now looking at the roof, his soft lips caress the skin on my neck and I can feel my body set alight, who I was kidding thinking I could say not to this man? This incredibly sexy yet stupid man.
He bites down on my skin and a small whimper leaves my mouth before a loud banging noise comes from the other side of the door, "Enough baby-making, Foods ready!!" My grandmother's voice echos down the long hallway, Vincenzo lets go of my hair and moves my face so we're eye to eye again "We will have to finish this later leonessa" He hums in satisfaction before slowly putting me down to the side. I watch as he rearranges his pants and fixes his shirt and hair before nodding "Let's eat shall we?" He opens the door and holds his hand out to me, "Come on, don't want to get yelled at by Nonna do you?", I shake my head and take his hand.
Walking into the kitchen everyone stares at us as we take our seats, "Do I have something on my face?" I whisper to Iggy who is scoffing down pasta "Nah but you've got a wet hickey on your neck" He laughs almost choking on his food. "I hope you do choke" I hiss before looking at everyone else, "Vincenzo cosa ti ho detto sul succhiarle il collo come un vampiro?" 'vincenzo what have i told you about sucking on her neck like a vampire?' Vincenzo's mother questions staring him down, "Eh I can't help myself she tastes good" He shrugs. "I don't want to hear this shit" Stefano groans holding his head in his hands. "Parla di nuovo del mio angelo così e ti castrerò come un cane" 'talk about my angel like that again and I'll castrate you like a dog' My Nonno growls from across the table causing Vincenzo to laugh.
"Alright that's enough you two, Mrs Moretti thank you for this meal it looks beautiful" I speak trying to defuse the situation that's currently unfolding, she smiles sweetly at me, "I told you to call me mom" She replies shaking her head, "Thank you mom" I say quietly before digging into the mountain of food in front of me. "So when are you giving me grandbabies" Nonna basically yells from across the table, oh dear god here we go again, "Nonna" I groan trying to enjoy my food. "Well I was trying but you interrupted us" Vincenzo replies with a chuckle, "I was just joking, you two were going to make babies? Karma put that food down and get back up there!" She orders pointing her finger at me.
My Nonno looks at her horrified as everyone else laughs, I can feel my cheeks turning red like a child that was just caught taking cookies out of the jar. "Stop teasing them, let them eat" Mom says looking to Nonna, Nonna continues to stare at me "I want 10" She whispers to me still pointing her finger in my direction. "Okay, you know what? I'm full" I sigh getting up from my seat, "So am I" My Nonno growls under his breath. I grab a pastry off of the plate and thank Vincenzo's parents before making my way out of the kitchen my Nonno following behind, "Why does she say these things?" My Nonno questions following me outside into the back yard "You know she likes to stir the pot" I laugh before taking a bite of the pastry.
We walk around the grounds looking at all the beautiful flowers in bloom I still can't get over how gorgeous it is out here, "Gotta keep an eye out for that one, she's unpredictable... just like you" He laughs looking at me as I shove the remaining pastry into my mouth. "I'm not unpredictable" I protest with a muffled voice, he stops in his tracks and raises an eyebrow at me "Alright I'm a little unpredictable". We continue to walk the grounds catching up on everything and talking about everything I have planned for my future. "Are you going to try and find her?" He asks looking at me with a worried expression, "You already know the answer Nonno why ask?" I sigh stopping to sit down on one of the wooden seats.
Nonno stops and sits beside me leaning back, "Why?" He questions softly. I take a deep breath and grab my cigarette packet out of my track pant pocket, I stick one in my mouth and light it deeply inhaling it before I answer. His hand moves to mine and takes a cigarette out to lighting it next to me, I look at him shocked, "You know Nonna will kill you if she finds out" I whisper as if we are surrounded by people, "Well lucky it's our little secret huh? Now tell me why" He demands staring at me. I close the cigarette packet and put it back into my pocket "She killed me when she sent me to St Marys, she killed me when she ordered people to torture me in that fucking hell hole, she killed me when she left for good and never came back for me. So now, it's time for me to repay the favour" I reply bluntly.
"Karma what if she gets you and locks you away again? What if we cant find you this time? What if-" He begins to ramble but I cut him off, "I was a child back then Nonno, I thought the best in people, I've learnt that monsters don't hide under your bed or in your closet at night, they walk this earth with us, they are human. I'm a grown woman now, I'm smarter too, she won't ever get to me" I try to reassure but it doesn't seem to be working. "Promise me Karma" His voice croaks "Promise me you won't disappear again, promise me I won't lose you again", My chest hurts as he speaks as if his words are knives stabbing me in the heart "I promise Nonno" I reply as I hold onto his hand, "I promise".
We sit in silence for god knows how long until he breaks the silence, "Tell me about the house you brought" He hums while looking up to the sky "How did you know I brought a house?" I question, the only person who knows is- "Frankie told me, he can't keep a secret" He smirks, fucking Frankie. "It's not so much a house to live in, more like a holiday house or a hideout" I watch as Nonno looks at me slightly confused but nods "Whereabouts?" He asks before looking at something behind me "It's deep in the forest, I'll take you there to see it tomorrow morning?".
"Is that your surprise?" Vincenzo asks from behind me causing me to jump out of my skin, "Jesus fucking christ Vin don't creep up on me like that!" I yell turning around to look at him, he stands there with his hands in his pockets with a smug smile on his face, "I'd love that, I'll leave you two alone I'm sure your Nonnas looking for me by now" Nonno says as he slowly stands up from the wooden seat, "Do you need help getting inside?" I ask as he slowly makes his way to the door "The longer I take the longer I don't get yelled at!" He replies yelling over his shoulder as he continues walking to the door.
"So is that your surprise?" Vincenzo asks once more as he sits down where my Nonno was sitting only moments ago, "Part of it, yeah" I reply in a huff, he opens his mouth to speak but the sound of a gunshot cuts him off, we both jump up to our feet and instantly he moves himself in front of me surveying the grounds around us. "What the fuck dude?! You said it wasn't loaded" Iggy's voice screams and we both take a sigh of relief, I peek around Vincenzo's body as the back doors burst open I see iggy being carried by Gio and Stefano and Lukas following them as blood stains the lower half of Iggy's shirt, "I thought it wasn't loaded!!" Stefano yells back at Iggy.
"We need some help" Lukas yells out to us, "I need a fucking ambulance!!" Iggy yells throwing his head back to scream at the sky, "Oh shut up no you don't, lay him down I'll go get the first aid kit" I reply rolling my eyes as I walk past the four stooges. I grab the first aid kit from inside and run back kneeling next to Iggy, I put a tea towel in his mouth as he looks up at me confused. "Bite down on it when it hurts" I say as I begin to dig into the wound to find the bullet, "It hurts, it hurts!!" He yells wiggling like a worm "Of course it hurts you've been fucking shot! Now lay down still or I'm not helping" I sternly say, he looks to me and stops moving but I can hear him almost crying under his breath "Someone get him drugs" I groan trying my best to dig into the wound without causing any more pain.
"God it hurts so bad" He cries out, "Is this the first time you've been shot? You're acting like a little bitch" I reply finally getting ahold of that stray bullet. "He gets shot at least once a week, he's just a sook about it" Gio laughs as he injects Iggy with something, slowly his cries of pain turn into giggles of pleasure as the drugs do their thing. "I feel amazing" Iggy smiles looking around like he's never seen the world before. "Bleedings not bad, doesn't seem to have knicked anything important. Just make sure he doesn't pull his stitches" I say to Lukas as I begin to sew the wound shut, after a few minutes I'm happy with the stitches so I apply a bandage and send him on his way, I watch as Gio and Stefano carry him back inside, hopefully to bed.
"How did you pick some of the stupidest people to roam this earth to be a part of your gang?" I ask looking up to Vincenzo who looks like he wants to burst out laughing, "They were born into it leonessa, believe it or not, they're the best men in Italy for the position they're serious when need be" He replies helping me to my feet, I look down at my clothes that now have blood splatter on them "If they're the best men in Italy than were all dead if anything serious goes down" I reply under my breath, "Nothing's going to happen, stop stressing yourself out we have every entrance into the country covered, your mother won't find you" He hums pulling me into his embrace.
There's always a way to get in undetected, but I'm not going to tell him that, hopefully, I'll find her before she can find me