black lace - mattia polibio

how?

" i need to ask you something important." mattia speaks. 

" talk to me , what's got you so on edge?" avery puts down her tea cup. she leans back in the chair leaning against the wall. 

" are you still here?" mattia asked. " well i wouldn't say here but im definitely around somewhere. that lady at the hospital , her words got you thinking huh?" avery answers. she gets up from the chair and stands in front of mattia.

" at this point i don't know what to b- wait how did you know i was at the hospital?" mattia stops to ask. 

" i can see everything mattia , im a fucking spirit. you may not know but some places i actually follow you." avery states. 

" wait so you know what my every move is? that's creepy." mattia chuckles. 

" and i also know what your gonna do before you do it," she smiles. 

" cap , what am i gonna do today?" mattia raises an eyebrow. 

" where is the fun in that? i cant tell you what you already know."  avery looks. " but if you really wanted to know, your gonna hesitate to open my bag but you will eventually do it."

" gosh , im such a softie when it comes to you. only because i love you," mattia shakes his head.  

" hey , look at me for a second. whatever you find in that bag , use that information before its to late." avery places her hand on his face and sighs. 

" wait what am i gonna find in the bag?" mattia ask. 

" mattia you know i cant answer that , just please,"  avery gets cut off. 

" why cant you just tell me?-"

" mattia just please," 

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mattia's pov

i need to open that bag. whatever i find better be of some good use because she sounded really worried about it. 

it is about 3 in the morning and now i cant go back to sleep. i might as well take the opportunity and see what's in that damn bag. its like ever since i got it its been taunting me and i cant take it anymore.  

i get up from the bed and flick on the lights. i grab the bag from off of the small couch in my room and walk right back over to the bed. 

( play song)

before i opened it i took a deep breath. 

i open the bag and her scent hits my face, i was already on the edge of tears. the first thing my eyes came to was the shirt she was wearing the last time i saw her. it was filled with holes and blood stains that were trying to be rinsed out. 

i put the shirt on the floor next to me and immediately take out her pants. 

" i promise that it will all make sense once you get what im talking about. secondly , look in my right pants pocket , there is something in there for you."

i immediately feel her right pocket and i feel an object in there. i dig into it and take out a small golden box , like ones you get from jewelry stores. 

i slowly opened it and took out the gold chain with a ring on it. i observed the ring and it had our initials on it  and panther scratches. it was the ring i gave her when she joined the mafia. in the box was a small piece of paper folded into a small square. 

' i love you to the moon and back' written in her hand writing. 

i put the chain around my neck and took out the folder in the bottom of her bag. 

opening the first thing that appeared were some lab results. i examined it and she was perfectly fine on the inside. as i moved further down on the paper, 

" she was pregnant?" 

i was gonna have a baby and he murdered it. 

i shake the tears away from my eyes and looked through the rest of the papers. her x-rays showed a broken bone in her left foot. as i looked through the rest of the folder, i didn't see any of her autopsy papers.

they must have forgot , i was about to get up but something caught my eye. i small white piece of paper fell out of the folder onto the bed. 

an address is written onto the paper saying ' meet us there'. don't know what that means but something isn't adding up. 

remembering back to every conversation we had in my dream one phrase just stuck with me. ' see you soon' 

" what the fuck? i gotta go to the hospital." 

i throw on some black jeans and a black t-shirt and grab a jacket. i snatch my keys off the dresser and rush downstairs to the car. 

" you will see me soon, i promise." 

im not going crazy am i? 

i pull into the hospital parking lot  and rush into the doors. as i look at the check in counter , the same lady i saw yesterday ran to the back. 

she isnt going anywhere , i follow her but she runs really fast. i finally catch up to her and grab her arm pulling her into a room. 

" what - what do you want from me?" she cries of fear. 

" what did you do to my wife?" i question. 

" i didn't do anything , i swear." she holds her hand up in surrender. i know she is fucking lying. 

" your lying , im gonna give you five seconds to tell me the truth or im gonna shoot you in the head." 

" please , okay okay. the day she was supposed to 'die' , some dude payed me off to fake her death. i don't know his name , but he threatened to kill everyone i love including my son. she was still bruised up pretty bad but i tried to help her as much as i can." she admits. 

i took a few steps back and tried to come back to earth. 

" please dont kill me-"

i turn around i walk out of the door, i didn't even let her finish. 

avery is alive? 

she is alive , omg , i need to find her now. 

the vipers are in for war and im going to kill every last one of them. 

i hop into the car and drive straight home. i called camila and told her to come over because i need her to be aware of this shit. everyone does.