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e had seen them at least once. I knew that. I knew a time would c

sy handling business in Italy, and I'd been happy to hear that because I couldn't face him ju

ee all his dealers - not just the newer ones -

son to. But now, unfortunately, I was kind of un

eep calming breaths, the gates opened. I froze. Then I had to start driving if I didn't w

ly next to my car window

ler, Carlo'

He was just one of them. Technically, I worked for him and he worked for

abbing his only good eye. I was irritated at the fact that he

st soldiers in the Mafia were brutal and easily angered, as trained by the bos

wo brought out his cellphone and dialed who I assumed was Carlo. His pho

puzzled but told

e gate and the marble pathway, surrounde

didn't have much time to waste. I rang the doorbell as

d again, I didn't have the time to take it in. We walked through a narrow hallway a

ut me up as he gestured his head towards the door, indica

hind me before I heard his footsteps retreat. Turning aroun

uld see the confusion swirling in their irises, yet I tried not to let it bother

of the men asked and the rest

shrink myself away from them. They were making me

of our attention. The room immediately felt more tense than usual and even if

kest eyes which happened to be the same color as his hair which was in a man bun. His nose wa

, Patrizio. He was almost as good-looking as the boss, but

n't break me out of my reverie. "Who said you could sit?" He barked out, a

ful that I was at the back, shiel

t someone- one of you - is suppl

ou couldn't supply to underaged kids, and the fact that someone w

ss spoke instead. "This is the part where someone takes re

to step up and take the fall. Nobody want

kled shortly. "

o be called, nodded, exiting the room and coming back in with two teenagers who looked like they wer

ared to death, like the last t

't know what your parents would think though." That didn't seem to help. In fact, the fear on their faces intensified. A

nodded f

of these people sold you the

-have the same

more than one

about it and everyone

oaming through without any result, Alessandro got irritated

ho the dealers were and this whole thing was for his

finally became visible to him. It jumped even more when the girl point

ly taken by surpr

hook her head. "Th

s all the blood drained from his face. He looked just a few year

e gesturing for the boy to come forward as the teenage boy pointed out h

to look at them as they scurried away. "Don't fucking wast

'm sorry

enough to shut the boy beside me up.

ry of going, they went anyway,

ay from the high schoolers

hance to continue because Alessandro suddenly whipped o

e was teaching us all a lesson. Showing us what would happen if we fucked up like they

heir bodies hit the ground, someho

a sleep finger at

ack and left the room. One look at the dead bodies on the fl

ppearing through a corner and I had to hasten my steps if I wanted to keep up with him. When he entered another ro

gh, before he muttered, "come in." I hadn't even closed th

immediately and he no

s your

resence clouding the room, restricting the oxygen.

ed to himself before looking

ar

hed his jaw and typed into his phone. Carlo showed up in less than a minute.

tanding immediately dawning on

ose scumbags, only to see that you hired a," he glanced at me with irritation as he stoo

oppose his statement

n the chair, wanting nothing more than to disappear into thin air. "Does Pa

d. "I managed to convince him to let her stay

on't you try to convince me why I should let

n't there; like I wasn't qualified to do this just because I didn't ha

ediately snapped towards

tired of them addressing me as a child. I wasn't. That was precisely why I stood up and took a step cl

tween us. He wrapped his hand around my throat and I gulped a

th my restricted movement. "What if I just don't want yo

not w

pplied pressure on my neck, completely cutting off my airway. I str

I managed to get ou

ressure. My vision was beginning to blacken and my

he'll pa

elt like I was

ntly. "Next time, she'll have

ely got me into