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“Like my heart was torn from my chest and I no longer had a purpose,” she answers honestly, a sad expression on her face.
“I love Sienna. She’s the only thing that matters in my world. If she’s gone, my purpose on this Earth is gone with her. Unlock my cuffs. Let me do the first selfless thing I’ve ever done in my life. Let me put her first.”
“That’s not the mafia way.” She shakes her head. “You know I can’t let you go.”
“What was that saying your father always said before he died?”
“Family protects family.”
I attempt to tap my chest over my heart with my first. “Sienna is in here, she is family.”
She tilts her head up, closing her eyes. I think I might have her.
“Please,” I beg, my hands making a praying gesture.
Both of her hands go to her cheeks and they hold her chin as she says nothing, but stares at me.
“Tell them I overpowered you. I’ll take whatever punishment they give me. Please, do me this one solid.”
“Maximus…” My name sounds like a plea on her lips.
I almost have her. “Let me go down by doing one good thing in my life.”
She curses in Italian, getting up and pacing the room. More curses fly from her mouth before she storms back to me with a key in her hand. “If you ever tell anyone the truth, I will deny it and kill you in your sleep.”
My cuffs are released and I stand. “You are officially my favorite Rossi sister.”
IwanttosetSienna’s life up before I go away to prison. The first thing I do is find Brute for her. If I can’t protect her, he will. It takes mindless hours before finding the correct shelter Brute was tossed into. The moment he sees me, his ears perk up before he jumps at the cage and barks. It’s the first time I’m hearing him use his voice.
My stomach is fucking sore from all the invisible punches I’ve taken to the gut in the last few days.
“He’s scheduled to be euthanized this weekend, unless we find him a home,” the lady says in a sad voice.
“I’ll take him.” There’s no thinking needed in my decision. Brute was part of Sienna and he’s going to stay that way.
Once he’s on a leash, I bend down, rubbing at the back of his ears and he pushes his head into my hands. I never realized how much I cut myself off from the world before now. I never needed anyone, ever. I used to prefer to be by myself at all times. With Sienna gone, I’m lonely as fuck.
“You miss her too, huh, Brute?” He does a little whine, agreeing with me.
When did Sienna worm herself into me? I used to go months not seeing anyone. Now, my brothers have become these needy little blood suckers that call medaily. One side of my lips hitches up thinking about it. I hate that I like the phone calls.
My father would say needing anyone made you weak, but he’s wrong. Being a unit has made us stronger.
One thing I know is that when I go down, it’s going to be in spectacular fashion. It will be better than the fireworks on the Fourth of July.
“AmIgoingtoofast? You sure you’re getting this down?” I ask Elliot, who’s across the kitchen table from me. Not even my family knows all of my secrets, and it feels fantastic to let it out. I didn’t even realize I was carrying the weight of it until I unleashed it all. I couldn’t stop myself from talking.
His eyes are bright and his fingers are flying over his keyboard a mile a minute. This is the first time I’ve paused in two hours. Maybe I should have checked in sooner.
“This is gold, keep going.”
I speak for a few more hours, until I’ve told him everything, including all of my secrets. If I’m going to go out, it’s going to be with a bang. I want the whole world to know and understand how I work and what I’ve done. I’ll be the greatest serial killer of all time. Elliot wanted a tell-all book and he’s going to get his dream. Look at me, making dreams come true all around me.
“Are you really doing this to get your girl back?” he asks at the end, his eyes still scanning over the screen.
“Yes and no,” I answer. “It’s more redemption of our love, because I’ll never see her again once I confess to everything.”
“I would’ve thought you’d pin it all on the cop,” Elliot says absentmindedly.
