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Chapter ten
Nico
"What. The. Fuck?" Luca stared at the empty doorway in shock.
I didn't know what the hell was going on, but there were no complaints from me. "You can say that again. That was some awakening. Do I even want to know what's been going on between you two?"
Luca just shook his head. "I wish I knew the answer to that, brother."
By the confused look on his face, I knew he was struggling with his feelings. It was an emotion I'd seen many times in recent years, and I knew he didn't want to talk about it.
"How long have I been out? I feel like I slept for ages." I stretched my legs and arms as best I could, and only noticed then that one was in a sling. "Shit. What happened?"
Luca finally tore his eyes from the doorway and sat down.
"You don't remember?"
I frowned, trying to think of the last thing I could remember. As the memories came flooding back, I cringed.
"That's right. That asshole shot me in the chest."
Luca nodded, "Dead asshole, now. You had us worried. It was touch and go there for a second."
I tried to move my arm and pain shot through my shoulder.
"How long?"
"Five weeks."
"Five weeks! Shit! What did I miss?"
"Nothing you need to worry about, man." Luca patted me on the shoulder, "Just get some rest. We'll talk in the morning."
I laughed. "You don't have to tell me twice. I'm completely sated right now. Not sure what I did to deserve the royal treatment, but I'll take it."
Luca finally cracked a smile, "Do you need the nurse or anything?"
I shook my head, "Like I said, I've been taken care of plenty already."
He grinned, "I'm really glad you're awake bro. You have no idea what it's been like."
"I'm sure you'll tell me everything."
He nodded, rose from the chair, and grabbed my head with both hands and kissed my forehead. "I love you bro. Now get some sleep, we have a lot to talk about."
With that he left my room, closing the door behind him.
I looked at the clock. 4:30am.
What the fuck was he doing in my room at 4:30am in the morning, covered in blood and fucking Catalina on top of me?
We had a lot to talk about all right…
Three days later and I was finally out of bed. Catalina came every day to see how I was doing, and Atlas almost lived by my bedside, catching me up on the current status quo with the attacks. It appeared he'd been enjoying himself, and letting out his inner psycho more since I hadn't been there to keep him in check.
Ironically, from what I could make out, Catalina thought he was some sort of sweetheart. Boy did she have another thing coming.
I still hadn't had a chance to catch up with Luca. He'd been called away the next morning for a business trip and he'd been gone ever since. Now here I was, finally up and about and having breakfast with Catalina and Atlas.
