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Chapter Nine ~ Mario
I have no idea what the fuck happened to me but one minute I was on my way to my brother’s house to tell him I wasn’t going to marry Ivana and the next I heard some gunshots and woke up in the hospital with Ivana next to me.
“What are you doing here?” I managed to mutter to her, trying to sit up in the bed.
She got up, fussing over me. “Don’t. Just lie back. You don’t want to pop open your stitches.”
I sank back down in the bed as my brother came into the room. “What is going on here? What happened?”
He gave Ivana a look and she stood up. “I’ll be right outside and be back when you’re done with your brother.”
We watched her leave, and when she was safely gone and the door shut behind her, he sat down down in the chair Ivana had been sitting in.
“You were shot out side my house.”
“What the fuck?” I tried to sit up again but winced.
“Calm down, Marco, I have it all handled.”
“Was anyone besides me hit? How long have I been down? Where is Camila? Is she safe? And Liam?” I was frantic now, worried that I’d lost the love of my life I’d just gotten back.
The machine nearby started beeping and a nurse came in the room. “Is everyone okay here?” She turned it off and looked at me.
“My brother is getting a little anxious, that’s all.”
She crossed her arms over her chest. "Well, Mr. Bravo, you need to calm down if you want to get better. We can give you something if you're feeling too anxious"
“Fuck that,” I muttered.
“You need your rest and if you can’t keep your pulse and blood pressure down, we will have to sedate you.”
“Fine,” I mumbled through gritted teeth, willing her to leave so I could talk to my brother.
We both watched the nurse leave and when she’d closed the door again, I looked at him expectedly.
“First of all, no one else was hit. It was a sloppy job and your men managed to scare them off before they could do much damage. You’ve been down for about a week. You had some internal bleeding they had to fix and they kept you unconscious to help you heal.”
“Fuck, a whole week?” My head fell back on the bed. “Has anyone told Camila?”
“Well she was at your place and found out from your men that day. She’s been here ever since. With your son.” He sat back and put his crossed his foot over his knee.
“I didn’t know until a few days ago, Anotonio, I swear.” I held up my hands.
He rubbed the back of his neck with his hands. “I know. Camila told me everything.”
“You saw her?” I hated making her worry but I was glad she knew I just didn’t come back for her that day.
"She's been here since you were brought in," he said quietly. "I can't get her to leave. I gave up a couple of days ago." He shrugged, and I couldn't help but smile. That sounded just like my fiery Camila.
“Why is Ivana here?” I could see her hovering outside the door through the cracks in the blinds.
Antonio rolled his eyes. “She’s playing the dutiful fiance. I couldn’t get her to leave either, especially when she saw Camila here.”
“Ugh. We need to talk about that. That’s what I was coming over to do - talk to you about Camila and Ivana.”
“I know.”
“Camila told you?” I was surprised my brother spent so much time talking to her.
