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“It won’t be the first time I get shot, go for it.”
Pulling the trigger the bullet grazes the side of my thigh, my eyes swell up as I bit down on my jaw refusing to let out a sound of pain. Taking in a few deep breaths I push the pain away and stare Xavier down who looked more petrified by what he did than I was about being shot at.
“Your thigh … it’s bleeding” he stutters out like it was his first time pulling a trigger, I knew he didn’t mean to shoot me, and he knew. This wasn’t about trying to hurt me more so about proving a point.
“Oh really? I hadn’t fucking noticed that half of my goddamned blood was flowing out of my fucking thigh but thank you for letting me know I truly appreciate it you fucking pathetic excuse for man!” I sarcastically yelled out at his utter stupidity.
“I was going to offer you help-” I cut him off swiftly.
“I never asked for your help, nor do I want it.”
I hissed feeling the sting on my thigh, “don’t be stubborn” he stepped closer, and I kicked him in the face “I said no” I warned.
“You are outnumbered and injured do not forget that your life is literally in my hands” he yelled rubbing his jaw clearly enraged, “just because I’m outnumbered doesn’t mean I can’t kill you all one by one if I wanted to” I warned, and he knew full good and well that I could easily live up to my threat.
He backed away and nodded his head knowing the only reason I was behaving was because to keep Lorenzo safe at least until Vincenzo grabs him. Nodding his head slowly he exited the room quietly, I looked down at my thigh and saw the blood fall down my thigh, I hissed as I bent my leg, I couldn’t even aid myself because my hands where still fucking chained up.
I close my eyes softly and let out a sigh, knowing I was about to meet my end.
“I’ll see you soonhermosa” I whispered softly imagining my sister standing right in front of me.
Vincenzo’s POV
I told the men the plan and dismissed everyone, they all ran out of my office scrambling to get to ready, I knew this wasn’t going to be easy. As cowardly and pathetic Xavier is, he isn’t to be underestimated when you are that gutless you learn to be very cunning slithering out of every confronting situation his spinless attitude is the only reason he is still alive.
Always having an escape plan ready in case things so south not caring to sacrifice his men as long as he is safe, he sees those who work for him as pons in his life always standing in front of the barrel and easily replaceable. One thing Xavier doesn’t realize is hungry dogs are never loyal.
I gather my things and rush out of the office, feeling a grip on my arm I turn to see a worried Garcia.
“Vincenzo” he calls my name broken.
“I need you to bring my daughter back to me” taken back I shake my head “daughter?” I question. His face changes as he calculates what to say next in his head.
“I’m Isabella and Maria’s biological father” he clarifies leaving me even more stunned than before, everything slowly falling into place I look at Garcia with mixed emotions. Happiness, confusion, and sorrow, he just got his daughter back and now she’s in the hands of a maniac and I’m caught between two rocks and a hard place no matter who I save it will lead to an explosion and I knew it.
I sighed nodding my head “I can’t imagine the chaos going on in your head right now, but I just got my daughter back. Please don’t let me loose her now … not again. I’m with you till death Vincenzo just say the word” I gave him a sharp nod to which he returned as though reading my mind before I rushed out jumping in my car. I turned the note around staring at the two locations scribbled on the paper, I bit down my entire body tensing up not being able to look away from the scribble and my body not allowing me to start the car and drive off.
I know what I have to do that doesn’t mean I want to do it, I hit the dashboard screaming out in pain, cursing I yelled until my throat became raw.
What I would do for Dante to be with me right now, to reassure me that what I’m doing is the right decision. What I would do to be the one facing death just so I can see my brother, I laughed at the irony I have been so occupied this past year I haven’t allowed myself to really sit and remember my brother, fuck I haven’t even been out to visit his grave. I felt tears welling up in my eyes letting out a deep breath I nod my head knowing exactly what I needed to do.
Suddenly feeling a sense of calm rush over me the same feeling I use to get when I had Dante standing right next to me, I looked over my shoulder at the empty seat and smiled.
“You weren’t born to be soft and quiet. You were born to make the world shatter and shake at your fingertips” I whispered repeating his famous phrase imagining him sitting right next to me saying it at the exact time reassuring me that I knew what I needed to do. I took in a deep breath turning the car on as the engine roared to life, I felt like someone wrapped their arms around me, or two people. I shook my head shaking the feeling off looking out my window I gesture to my men along with Garcia and drive off.
My mind drifted off to my brother as I drove down the quiet road, Lorenzo who I raised. I watched him go from a newborn baby to a man. A man I’m so fucking proud of, a man I couldn’t become myself. Someone with the purest heart and innocent mind, a real man not a boy who throws a few punches and claims to be a man, no Lorenzo was everything everyone wanted to become.
I remember when they brought him home from the hospital Dante and I were so excited seeing our baby brother, I remember we kept fighting trying to get to him first. Dante would jump over me, and I would throw a Tv remote at his head. I laughed at the distant memory.
I remember when Dante died. Lorenzo was only ten I got him dressed in him tux trying to hold my own emotions back I looked at my brother who was crying his eyes out.
‘Why did he have to die Cenzo’he cried out, I had to bite the inside of my cheek to stop myself from crying.‘The angels needed him back Enzo. He has a much higher purpose now; he is living with the stars’I whispered.‘Tell the angels to give him back! We need him here as well … I need him’he whispered. I took in a deep breath feeling as though my heart was being crushed from the inside.‘Why do you need him buddy?’
He chewed down on his bottom lip before looking me in the eye.
‘I need him to help me keep you safe … I love Dante so much I just want him back’he jumps into my chest hugging me as he cries into my shirt. I hold him tight letting a few tears fall from my eyes.
‘My job is to keep you safe not the other way around. I promise you this Lorenzo as long as there is a soul in my body, I will always protect you and Dante will be doing the exact same thing but from the skies.’I kissed his forehead as he looked up at me‘you promise?’
