Chapter 49
Emil walked into his bedroom, his heart was pounding in his chest and he could feel thee rage in his veins, he did not recall a time in his life when he was ever so angry and it was all because of Andrea or perhaps it was that low bred lowlife’s fault, the only reason this was happening was because Lorenzo DeLuca had somehow stumbled into their lives.
He walked over to the bar in his bedroom and grabbed the bottle of whiskey, he also grabbed a glass, he poured a generous amount into the glass before raising it to his lips, the burning liquid did nothing to soothe the anger he was feeling, he needed to do something, anything to release the pent-up energy he was feeling.
There was a knock on his door and for some reason, it infuriated him even more.
“Who the hell is that?” he yelled.
There was silene from the other end before another knock sounded again.
Emil let out a breath of frustration before walking over to the door and opening it.
“Whoever it is better have a good reason for bothering me” He said angrily but a bit of his anger dissipated when he found Marco and Willma standing at his bedroom door.
Wilma had a somber look on her face and Marco had an unreadable expression on his face.
“Do you mind if we come in?” Marco said.
Emil had half a mind to ask them to leave but this was Marco and Wilma, two of the people he cared about the most, he could not treat them badly just because he was angry.
He walked back into the room, leaving the door open for them to walk in.
“Emilio, please, you need to calm down” Wilma said, her voice was gentle and soft, she was obviously trying to soothe his anger.
Emil walked back to his whiskey and poured some more into the glass before raising the glass to his lips, he drained the contents in one gulp, the liquid burnt a path down his throat all the way to his stomach.
“Wilma please I do not wish to speak about this matter, I am not in the mood for it” Emil said with his back to them, his heart was still racing and he could not stop thinking about everything Andrea had said to him.
“Emilio, please, calm your mind, you are scaring me” Wilma said sadly.
“Emil, I am sure whatever happened between Andrea and you can be settled, you do not have to have her locked up in her room, just try to calm down” Marco said, hoping to get through to his brother.
A humorless laughter escaped Emil’s lips, there was nothing to settle between he and Andrea, not until she learnt to be reasonable.
“She needs to learn respect and she will learn it in the solitude of her own thoughts” Emil said.
“Emilio” Wilma said sadly.
“Emil please, you are not being yourself, you are not calm right now and you never make decisions when you are upset, so I beg you to calm down and think this through when you are much calmer” Marco said.
“She called me a liar” Emil said with a cold smile on his handsome face.
Wilma and Marco went quiet, they exchanged looks, they both knew that Emil was not going to take something like that lightly but they still had to convince him to calm down.
“She is just a child, she does not know what she is saying, you should not take anything she says seriously” Wilma said.
“Yes Emil, Wilma is right, she is just a child, barely Enzo’s age, you can’t possibly take anything she says seriously” Marco said.
Emil smiled but there was nothing warm about it, he turned to look at them, the panicked look on their faces almost made him smile again.
“You should not worry, she will realize her mistake by tomorrow, I do not intend to keep her there for long, just until she realizes her mistake and the consequences that come along with it” Emil said, the calmness of his voice had returned, his heart had ceased racing and the blood was no longer roaring in his ears but with the dissipation of his anger came the clarity of his mind.
“Wilma, I am certain it will be difficult for you but leave Andrea alone for tonight, ensure she eats her meals but I want her alone tonight, is that understood?” Emil said.
Wilma opened her mouth to protest but Emil raised his hand to silence her “Let’s not argue about this, please Wilma” he said.
Wilma did not like the idea but she knew it was better not to argue with Emil when he was upset so she nodded and said “Yes Emil, I understand”
“Thank you” Emil said and turned to look at Marco “I want Lorenzo DeLuca and I want him in this house as soon as possible” he said.
“Emil are you sure you want to get involved in this drama?” Marco asked, he was hoping Emil would change his mind.
“I want him found immediately, he might not be a direct problem now but he is definitely going to become a problem to our family, one way or another so it is for the best to take care of him now” Emil said.
Marco nodded his head and said “Okay Emil, I will make sure he is found soon”
Emil nodded, the next thing he needed to do was get in contact with Dante Severino, he had to know his plans as well, if it was in sync with his, then they could walk together and if they were not, then he was going to walk alone, he was not a man that enjoyed working with others after all.
“You both should get some rest, you should not worry about Andrea and I, we will settle our issues one way or another” Emil said.
Marco and Wilma decided to leave Emil alone with his thoughts, there was nothing they could do anymore, his mind was made up already.
They muttered their goodbyes and then they left.
Emil stood staring into space for a few minutes, then he snapped out of it and picked up his phone, he dialed Dante Severino’s contact, it rang for a while before it was answered.
“Hello Emil” Dante said.
“Hello Dante, I believe we need to talk” Emil said, his eyes fixed on the file Giorgio had brought him.