Someone Like You

Chapter 31

Zeniyah

After we dropped off Alex yesterday I convinced Giovanni to drop me off at home claiming I had an extremely bad migraine and I wanted to be alone. Thanks to Alex I now know Giovanni's birthday is on June 11th which happens to be only 8 days away. I took off from work today so I can spend the day shopping for him. 

I  first head to a jeweler to get an identical necklace to mine that has a "Z" instead of "G" I ask him how quickly he can get it done and he tells me to come back tomorrow at noon. I nod heading to the mall I look around for a while before realizing Giovanni probably has everything. I decided to call Alex and ask her opinion, 

"Zeniyah my darling," Alex says picking up 

"Alex my love," I answer making us burst into a fit of laughter

"What's up babycakes?" she asks

"I'm at the fashion outlets right now and I can't find anything that I don't think Vanni already has," I say sighing

"Why didn't you check his closet before leaving?" she asks

"I didn't think this through," I mumble

"Ok well we know that Giovanni is utterly obsessed with you so hold on I'll send you a couple of photos I stole from his phone," she says.

I look at my phone to a couple of pictures of me, one at the arcade from our first date and I'm smiling while shooting a basketball. Another is on the Ferris wheel and I was looking down at the city. Almost all of them are of just me looking away except one that is my favorite, it's me and him in the elevator from our second date in that hotel, he has his arm wrapped around my waist and I'm looking back at him while he took the picture in the mirror in front of us. I smile at home happy I look. 

"Thank you, Alex, these are beautiful," I say to her knowing what I'm going to do with them. 

I decide to buy us matching tracksuits and slides. I stop at Macy's getting him an engraved watch and some colognes. I also stop at a card shop and get all the pictures arranged on one side of the card then I typed a custom message on the other side of it. 

I place everything in a box before heading to Russo's house to hide it in Alex's room since she's not here right now. I pull up to the house and struggle to climb up the stairs with the box in my hand. When I get inside the house is surprisingly quiet for the first time, I head up to Alex's room I place the box down opening the door and what I see nearly gives me a heart attack. 

"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?!?!" I yell out before grabbing a book that was on the table by the door and throwing it.

In the middle of the bed, Theo lays there as a girl's riding him. He jumps up pushing the girl off of him as he sees me standing there. I push him off of me running downstairs to the kitchen, I go into the drawer and grab two sharp and long knives, I begin heading back to the bedroom but I find Theo in front of the door with the girl he was fucking, 

"Woww calm down," He says to me which only angers me further. 

"I'm going to slit your throat and watch you bleed out," I said stepping closer to him with my chest heaving up and down. 

"Wait what about her," he says pointing at the girl who clearly looks confused

"This is your man?" she asks with tears in her eyes. I ignore her question and run towards Theo tackling him to the ground. 

"Fuck!" he yells as his head hits the ground. One of the knives falls from my hands but I grab the other making a quick cut against his bare chest making him yells out again. He reaches up grabbing my hair and pulling my head to the side. I lift the knife ready to stab him in the side before a voice booms, 

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON," Theo's grip on my hair loosens and I stand up kicking him in the stomach before turning around. 

I turn to see Giovanni, Sandro and Tony covered in blood but looking at me in shock. 

"What the hell happened to you guys, are you ok?" I say 

"I could ask the same," Sandro says looking at the girl who's standing there still shaking in fear with tears running down her face. I kick Theo in his stomach again making him cough up blood, I squat down to his level before whispering loudly to him with a smile on my face, 

"You have 60 seconds to get up and get the fuck out with your little friend or both of you die," I say 

"59, 58, 57, 56...." I begin counting making him jump up limping and holding his wound, the girl runs after him and they hop into his car leaving. 

"ZENIYAH!" Giovanni yells making me glare at him sharply

"Sorry, would you like to explain what's going on," He says 

"Um first you guys are going to change out of those bloody clothes and shower, I'll make dinner and we'll talk," I say before running up to Alex's room. 

I hide the gifts in her closet before removing the disgusting sheet and gathering all Theo's clothes putting them in a garbage bag. 

I head downstairs and grab the remaining meatballs from last night, I add some sauce on them before toasting some subs and placing them inside. I put 4 plates across from mine and sit there waiting. Then the gravity of the situation hits me, I let Alex's fiancee walk out of here after he was cheating on her in her own bed. I get up and begin pacing thinking of the different scenarios that could come from this, I've had a girl jump me with her friends before because I caught her man cheating. What if Alex never forgives me for making her fiancee leaving, suddenly I can't breathe. I place my hand on the wall trying to catch my breath as I begin panicking. 

"Niyah?" I hear a voice say but I can't look up, I feel like I'm drowning

"Zeniyah, look at me, look at me it's ok, it's ok whatever it is we'll fix it together," I start to recognize the voice as Tony's and I nod leaning into his chest slowly calming down. 

Sandro and Giovanni walk into the room and Tony explains that he walked in on me having a panic attack. Giovanni takes him from my arms holding me rubbing my back until I tell him I'm ok.

We sit down and begin eating, Giovanni tries moving to sit beside me but I tell him to stay in front of me, I know exactly why I put him there. 

"Ok, so we both clearly had some eventful day who wants to share first?" I ask