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“What is hetalking about, Fia,” Renzo asked, his voice deadly calm.
“Yeah, Fia,” I smirked. “What am I talking about?”
Chapter 6
Kasen~
I felt like I was on the verge of a heart attack. While I’d always known that this wasn’t going to end well, I hadn’t ever imagined that Nero Sartori might already know about Fia’s affair with Mano. I had envisioned a scenario where Fia ended up running off in the middle of the night; not this.
Never this.
I watched my sister’s eyes scanning the room like acornered animal. It was one thing to feel brave and talk a good game from the safety of your bedroom, it was quite another thing to face off with Nero Sartori. I had no idea how he’d found out, but it was obvious that he knew, and I could only hope that Fia didn’t suffer horribly for her misguided choices.
“I will not ask you again, Fia,” Papa bit out, his face turning pink with irritation.
“I’m…” She straightened her back, and I almost closed my eyes and shook my head. I knew what thatsmall, measured, exact movement meant. “I’m not going to marry Nero,” she finally announced.
“The hell you’re not,” Papa snarled as Mammi let out a strangle cry.
“I’m in love with someone else,” she went on, digging her own grave.“I’m in love with someone else, and we’re getting married.”
Papa’s facewas a dangerous red. “You dare to dishonor this family?”
“Papa-”
“Stay out of this!” he yelled at me, effectively stopping me from trying to save my sister.
“I am not dishonoring it,” Fia lied. “I’m following my heart.”
Papa took a couple of steps closer towards Fia. “You arenotgoing to marry some-”
“I’m pregnant,” Fia blurted, and all I could do wasclose my eyes in resignation before opening them back up in time to see Papa’s fury explode inside the room.
“What?!”Papa thundered as Mammi started crying in despair.
“I’m pregnant,” Fia repeated. “So…see? You can’t keep me from-”
“Who is it?” Papa asked, a dangerous tilt in his voice. “Who is this man that you dared dishonor yourself with?”
I shook my head, praying that Fia had enough sensenot to answer that question, but it was no use. Used to getting her way, Fia couldn’t see the danger in her actions, no matter how angry Papa was or how Mammi was openly sobbing now.
“Fia, don’t-”
“I’m in love with Mano,” she broadcasted, stepping over to him, taking oneof his hands in hers, blind to anything but getting her way. “We’ve been together for six months now.”
Everything happened in slow motion as I watched Papawhip out his gun, aim it her way, then pull the trigger, splattering Mano’s brains all over the office wall and my sister’s face.
“No!”Fia screamed hysterically as she tried to catch him in her arms.“No!”
Not being able to stop myself, I raced over, then dropped next to my sister, trying to comfort her in any waythat I could. When I glanced upward, Papa looked like he was on the verge of having a heart attack, his face red, his gun still smoking, but his hand as steady as ever.
“I trusted him with you!” Papa yelled down at her. “I trusted him to treat you with respect!”
“I hate you!” Fia cried out, cradling a dead Mano in her arms. “I hate you!”
“Oh, God,” Mammi sobbed, collapsing on the black leather couch in Papa’s office. She was pale and crying, and she looked so damn fragile that I had no idea if I should be comforting her instead.
“How could you do this to your family?” Papa seethed, stuffing his gun back inside his jacket. “How could you do this to us?”
