Chapter 24
Lucy (Caterina)
Enzo and John was next to me in seconds each holding a hand. “What’s wrong Love?” John asked “Why are you crying?” Enzo asked. “I knew him.” “What?” Frank asked sitting on the opposite side of us. “Not know know but every time I was moved to another home he would just rocked up out of no where with nice food for the whole family, we never really spoke he will ask everyone how they were doing but with me he would look at me so intensely like my eyes will tell him how I was, I don’t know what he saw in them but it was like he was satisfied that I was okay. But I wasn’t really I felt rejected with each family I went to it’s like the previous family didn’t want me.” “Oh my God.” Nico said. “What?” the others asked him. “He was making sure his little girl was safe in each house; you guys know the horrible things that happens in those homes.” Nico went on. Before they could say anything, I was the one that chipped in. “How would you know you didn’t live there I did.” “Okay let’s look at this from another point, have any of your foster parent’s brothers or anyone ever hit you or sexually assaulted you?” Wait what? “Why would you ask me that?” “Because you here horrific stories of kids in foster care being abused by there foster parents and or the kids that live with them, did any of that ever happen to you?” Nico asked again. “Not in the foster care system no.” “What happened to you?” Enzo asked quick on catching on that nothing happen in the foster care system but something did happen outside of it. “That’s not important we are talking about my dad now?” “Oh no like we are telling you who you are we need to know who Lucy is and what happened to her.” John said squeezing my hand.
I was thinking if I should tell them what happened I mean it’s a living room full of men, how would they react to what I have to say. It was Enzo that said “Don’t worry about us just tell us what happened. We are already thinking the worse.” At this point I wanted to know how he knows what was going on in my mind but that is probable something for another night tonight I’m laying Lucy bare and they are telling me about Caterina and her famous Mafia family. I looked around the room and closed my eyes. “I was raped and I should add that was also how I lost my virginity.” “Fuck” John said next to me. Enzo pulled me towards him and held me to his side. Frank and Nico was on there knees in front of me everyone’s hands were on me, you would think after I told them I was raped and that is how I lost my virginity that I wouldn’t wanted to be touched but having them all around me touching me in one way or another felt good and safe. “We so sorry to hear that.” Frank said. But he sounded angry. “So sorry sweetheart.” Nico said but also angry. I looked up “Are you guys angry with me?” “God no why would you even think that?” Frank asked “It sounds like it.” “We not angry at you we are angry that it happened to you.” “Can you remember anything about him?” John asked “John not now.” Enzo said. “We are sorry to hear that angel and very sorry that it happened to you and we will have questions about that later, but what we are trying to say about your father is that he went to all those homes you where in to warn the parents not to mess with you and that is why you where moved so much and why he came to visit every time you where moved. Although you didn’t know who he was and although there is a blood debt on your head, he always made sure you are safe.” Enzo said.
Wait what did he just say ‘A blood debt’ “Fuck I did it again.” Enzo said out loud. “We’ll she needs to know why she was hidden in the system Enzo.” John told him. “What is a blood debt?” Nico was the one that took over the conversation. “Let’s just first tell you what happened.” “Okay.” I said not sure of what was going to be said next, I mean I still can’t believe I actually saw my father multiple times in my life. “There was a war between the Italian Mafia and the Mexican Cartel you where about 5 years old the lot of us not much older but we knew about it, our mothers didn’t want us to fight in the ‘war’ but we knew what went on. One night one of your fathers’ men mistake Marchetti’s son for a Mexican cartel member and shot him.” “Oh shit.” “Jip after the war was done with the cartel we found out it was a set-up, the people that came was not part of the cartel and was just here to cause havoc between the Mafia families and the one that suffered the most was you.” “Me?” “Yes you.” Nico went on. “Marchetti that is the Mafia King since your father died has but a price on the Capone Heir, he wants you dead one child for another that is called a blood debt. Your father didn’t want to give you up so he hid you in the system and to this day the Marchetti’s or should I say all the Mafia families have been looking for you because you are the only person that stands in the way of the Marchetti’s being the Mafia Kings for generations to come.”