A Mafia Man's Chains

part 15

Bad news? I looked at him extremely confused as he sat down on the blood stained grass and pulled me down onto his lap.
He was clearly hesitating by the fact he just stared at me and tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear.

"Darling.. we had to kill your uncle.. I'm so sorry.." he whispered. Anxiously, he waited for my reaction. But I was forzen in place. I knew it was coming but I was still shocked.

"Uh..uhm.." I tried to get something out but I couldn't. I was choking on my words. I couldn't get them out. They were stuck. I felt tears well up in my eyes once again. My uncle was dead. My uncle Chris. He was my bestfriend growing up.. and now he's gone.

I threw myself into Danilos arms. Now sobbing. I gripped onto him as tight as possible scared that if I was to let go. He'd leave too.

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*3 weeks later*

We'd had a ceremony for both my uncle and Danilos dad then returned back to the main house which now had been built again to be safer.

I didn't even know why I was still here. But I didn't want to leave. And Danilo didn't want me to leave either. We were both grieving. In different ways. But we needed eachother.

I lay in my bed crying most days while he overworked himself untill he couldn't move at all, then we'd just sit in eachothers arms at the end of the day.

I wanted to see my family. I had called them to tell them my uncle had passed but I wanted to see them in person. My little brother turned 12. And I wasn't there. So Danilo invited them round for dinner.

I sat in my room in Danilos shirt which swamped me. I wasn't sure what to wear. In fact I had absolutely no idea. I eventually pulled on a simple black dress with short sleeves. It could pull off being formal or casual depending on how you  accessorised it. I heard the door opening and quickly covered myself as I was still getting changed, when I saw Danilo standing there I waited for him to shut the door behind him to continue getting dressed.

I watched as the boy pulled on a fresh white shirt then turned to me, "tie or no tie?" I examined him for a moment, "tie, but only a simple one." I grinned at him before sitting down at the vanity and applied some make up.

As I'm finishing applying my lipstick my phone begins to ring. I answer and hear my mother's voice through the phone. "Hello sweetie! We're having a but of trouble with your brither can you please tell him that he's got to wear his tie!" I chuckled at my brother whining in the background.

"Hey Ethan! We've got desert tonight. If you wear your tie we'll give you extra!" I heard some muffled talking before my mum came back to the phone. "Thankyou sweetheart!" Her voice rang through my ears before she hung up.

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We were sat at the sofa when the doorbell rang. My head darted toward the door before I jumped up and sprinted to get it.

As I swung the door open I was surprised to see a tall, buff man at the door. "Oh.. uh.. hello?" I muttered slightly disappointed it wasn't my family.

"You and boss need to come to the gate." He spoke with a stern voice. My eyebrows furrowed as I turned to go get Danilo only for him to be right behind me.

The boy chuckled at me before taking my hand and kissing it as he led me outside. I saw my parents car was outside the gate. I nodded at Danilo telling them its my family. Before I knew it I was running towards them with a huge grin on my face.

I told the gaurds to let them in, they glanced at the boy who was following behind me as he nodded. The gate opened and my parents slowly began to drive in clearly very anxious.