Someone Like You

Chapter 23

Thank you guys so much for 1.3k reads. I love all of you so much, Enjoy

Zeniyah

I groan waking up and stretching, me and Alex both decided to camp out in the living room last night, I've gotten so used to sleeping with Gio it was hard to sleep last night. I wake up climbing off the couch careful not to wake Alex, I go upstairs into Giovanni's bathroom and shower slipping on my tights and sports bra with one of Gio's shirts. 

I head back downstairs and see Alex isn't on the couch anymore, I go to the kitchen and toast some hashbrowns then fry some turkey bacon with eggs. 

I pile everything on 2 plates with some orange juice placing it on the table, I grab some hot cereal for Junior and head to the living room where he's still laying asleep, I wake him up then take him to the bathroom to shower, change and clothe him. 

I meet Alex at the dining table with Junior, we begin eating talking occasionally about random things, 

"Have any of them called yet?" I ask Alex 

"No, but because of the time difference they're probably jetlagged you know," she says.

"Hey, can I ask you something, you don't have to answer by the way," I say and she nods making me proceed.

"Are you and this Theo guy best friends or something? I've never seen you break down the way you did yesterday," I ask. She blushes deeply, 

"Theo is my first love, when me and my siblings moved to Italy and Giovanni was still closed off Theo protected me with his life, he's technically my fiance," she mumbles making me choke on my food. I begin coughing violently in shock 

"He's your WHAT!?!" I yell 

"Yeahh. He's my fiance we're no on the best of terms right now because he doesn't agree with my constant thirst to travel, he just wants me with him 24/7 where he can watch me," she says rolling her eyes

"Like your brother with me," I say giggling, and she nods

"Italian men are like that," she says. 

"Wait you said Giovanni was closed off when you met Theo, Why?" I ask curiously.

"Well you see Giovanni was the firstborn son of the Russo generation so from birth everyone knew he'd be the next Capo, my parents initially wanted him to have a normal childhood but when he was about 6 years old he was kidnapped by one of our uncle's men, my uncle demanded that his brother; my father, should hand over the Capo title. Giovanni was eventually found but he was never the same. After a year my dad started training him to be this brutal person no one could ever hurt again. By the age of 10, he had killed at least 15 men before. It wasn't until after our parents were killed that he reconnected with me and Sandro," she says leaving me shocked.

"Wow I-I never knew," I say to her 

"He doesn't talk about it, he acts like it didn't affect him but I know es damaged psychologically, Sandro once told me that for part of Giovanni's training he was locked in an infested box for days," she says. Tears form in my eyes thinking of little Giovanni going through all that,

"I know he struggles to show affection and he might be difficult sometimes but he truly does care for you, more than I've ever seen him care for any girl outside the family," she says smiling at me 

 I've been through hell in my life but this sounded horrible. I need to make sure that he knows I'm here for him when he gets back. After we clean up our dishes I decide to do some speech training with Junior along with allowing him to play with some toys. I need to talk to Sandro about putting him in daycare or preschool so his development isn't slowed by being around adults all day long.

The day is pretty slow and mostly consists of us restlessly watching Netflix and waiting on the boys to call. Around 6 pm I try putting Junior to sleep but he won't stop fussing, 

"He probably misses his dad, don't you baby," Alex says cooing at Junior

"Let's go for a drive I'm hungry anyway," I suggest she nods hopping up to get dressed, I slip on a hoodie and shoes before grabbing a car seat for Junior. We head out to the garage and I choose the black Honda Civic. 

"So what you feel like eating?" I ask Alex,

"Nothing special, how about Mcdonalds?" she asks I nod typing Mcdonalds into the GPS to find the nearest location. 

We drive to Mcdonalds and decide to dine in so we can stay out of the house for a while. I order our food then we settle in and eat. I feed Junior tiny pieces of my nuggets and some ice cream. When we're done I see a plaza across from the McDonalds and go over, I walk into a Spectrum Mobile and get a SIM card with a plan so I can call Giovanni myself. After that, I go to the bank beside to deposit some of my cash, when I look at the balance I see $165,000 in my savings account and I nod. I then see $50,000 in my chequing account making my jaw drop. 

"Alex!!!" I yell in shock

"Yeah what's wrong, what's going on?" she asks

"I have like $30,000 dollars too much in my account," I say 

"Oh yeah Sandro, Gio, and I thought it would be nice to pay you for everything you've done around the house," she says casually.

"$30,000 for only 4 or 5 weeks?? I should quit my job" I say laughing 

"I'm sure that's what Giovanni was going for," Alex says laughing

"Nope I'm returning it," I say finally 

"He won't let you be good luck," she says. We head out of the bank and get back in the car. 

"Let's just drive around for a while," I say and she nods in agreement. By the time we reach home Junior is deep asleep and it's about 8 pm. I put Junior down to sleep and go up to change. Alex meets me back in the kitchen and we decide to make some chocolate chunk brownies. While I'm placing the pan in the oven Alex's phone begins vibrating,

"HELLO? hello? Giovanni?"She says before putting the phone on speaker. 

"Hey sorella, are you ok?" He says gruffly [Translation: Sister}

"Yes, we didn't hear from you all day we were worried, where are you what's going on?" she rushes out

"It's around 2 am here, we're about to go meet for the deal," he says and my breath catches in my throat. 

"I love you, Sandro and Tony, please get Theo and get out alive," Alex whispers sadly

"Ti amiamo di più bambina," he says [Translation: We love you more baby girl] 

"La mia principessa è lì?" he asks [Translation: Is my princess there?]. She hands me the phone and I take it staring at it, 

"Hello,"  I whisper.

"I miss you, mama," he says. I feel tears welling in my eyes, I hate this feeling I ran from this for so long and now I'm back here

"I mi-miss you too," I say with my voice cracking as I hold back tears. 

"Baby, why are you crying?" He asks sounding panicked. 

"Nothing...just please stay safe," I say.

"We'll be back by tomorrow night, I promise, we're going to get Theo, stop by his apartment then get back on the plane, ok?" he said

"ok," I say nodding.