Dangerous Love

43||Open Wounds

XAVIER ROMANO

I shoot the gun as the bullet goes through his head, he slouches down forward in the chair as blood flows out from the center of his head.

I turned my attention to everyone who was in the room with me. They all look at me like I grew eight heads or something. I let out a sigh before saying, "Don't act like you haven't seen this shit before."

They all blink a few times, I roll my eyes and turn to Danny who is lying on the ground with blood coming down from his mouth.

"Get up," I ordered in a cold harsh voice, I looked over at Axel who was standing there.

I walk over to him and hand him a gun and a dagger, he looks at me with an eyebrow raised as he takes them out of my hand.

"Kill him," I whispered as I walked out of the room and entered the main room of the warehouse.

Kylie follows behind me before grabbing my arm harshly, "What the hell was that?"

"What do you mean?" I asked as I pulled my arm away from her.

"Call us down here just to kill someone? No meeting at all? What the hell." She says as she crosses her arms over her chest.

"Look, I need to get those two morons out of the way before we discuss something important. But first I have to talk to my mother." I explained as I walked away from her.

She exhales deeply before turning around and then turning back to me, "Ok, whatever."

I turn around and walk away to find my mom, I have zero clue what Kylie's issue is right now. But that's the least of my worries.

Once I found my mother who was sitting at the head of the conference table, I sat down beside her and leaned back in the chair, "What do we need to talk about?"

"I need to tell you why your father and I were in Italy for those few years." She says as she leans forward.

"Alright." I say as I cross my arms over my chest, "Go on."

My mother sighs as she sits straighter and fixes her position, "We found out that very shortly you will be asked to handle the Spanish Mafia"

"Yes, and what about it?" I asked, nodding my head.

"Well, while we were down there we overheard that the Russian Mafia was looking for the leader of it ." She tells me as she looks down.

"What does this have to do with anything?" I asked in annoyance.

"Figlio, we are talking about the Russians. They are ruthless" My mother tells me as she grabs my hand tightly.

"I know, I mean they tried to kill me and they killed my sister," I said.

She shakes her head, "I don't think you should take this offer."

"Why?" I asked.

I look up at my mom as she tries to fight back the tears, "I don't have the energy anymore to lose another child of mine.".

My mom continues, "Your father and I have a few friends up in Italy, so when we found out about their next move we spent three years trying to find them. If you become heir of this Mafia, none of this will end well."

I looked up at my mom and narrowed my eyes as I took a sip of my drink.

"We are the main targets."

PETRA RAMIREZ

Later in the day, everyone else got home beside Xavier, I asked why Xavier wasn't there, and Axel said that he needed to do more business.

I walked into Ellie's room to check on what she was doing, she was dancing again this time she was in her outfit for her recital. I smiled as I leaned against the door frame and watched her dance, she looked so happy and innocent. This is a core memory.