The Mafia's Teacher

CHAPTER 24

*stacey's pov*
!tw! Mention of domestic abuse

BEEP-BEEP-BEEP

Huh? What the hell is that?

BEEP-BEEP-BEEP

The noise was getting amplified by the banging in my head. I slowly lifted my eyelids to be staring at an unknown  ceiling. I slowly navigated the room to find it recognisable. Where am I?

My suspicions were confirmed when Gabriella can walking through the heavy doors.

"How are you feeling Stacey?"

"Not too good, why am I in here? Where's Daisy...where's Lorenzo?"

"Ok slow down Stacey. Daisy is fine and Lorenzo is just taking care of her. He's taking care of Daisy while I'm taking care of you. Please let me check your temperature." Gabriella smiled politely.

I complied and decided that once she's done I will ask her why I'm laying in a pure white private hospital wing in a Mafia's leader house.

I looked down to find I was also in a hospital gown, panic started to run through my veins.

"Gabriella! You changed me right?" I asked, panicking.

"When I first came in you were wearing Lorenzo's shirt, but I changed you into the gown."

"So Lorenzo...he saw? He saw my body in this state?" I was referring to the scars running down my body. All scars I had from him. I hated them, every inch of them. They were a show of weakness, failure. I couldn't bare the thought of someone seeing them. They disgust me, I couldn't imagine what anyone else thought of them.

"How did I get here Gabriella?"

"A burglary gone wrong. It's ok if you don't remember, you were unconscious when Lorenzo found you. Your butterfly blouse was torn to pieces. Your stomach was injure- "

"Butterfly...!?" Suddenly last nights happenings hit me like a tidal wave as I remembered the butterfly knife and I let out a loud sob. I'm not safe, no matter where I am. I'm not safe.

Gabriella came to my side instantly and tried to comfort me.

"Stacey? Would you like to tell me about the scars...you don't have to if you don't want to."

I have never been confronted before. I wasn't sure if I was ready to open up, but I trust Gabriella.

"His name is Jace. An ex boyfriend, the controlling type. He didn't like when I went out, or did anything individually. He would then beat me...sometimes he would use knives too. It went on for years, only ended when I escaped him at night. It was horrible. I don't like to think about it."

"Omg Stacey I'm so sorry. Does anyone know? Family?"

"Unfortunately...my parents were killed in a car crash.' A short gasp emitted from Gabriella's mouth. I couldn't tell her that I was the cause, it was my fault after all. "The only person who knows is Keo, and well now, you. He was the one who followed me here after I escaped him. He was the one who did this" I pointed to the scars I am painted in.

Suddenly, a disturbance came from the entrance ward and I turned to face and enraged Lorenzo.

"I'm going to kill him."