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Celeste is the newest emperor of the Rossi Familia. Despite her young age, she's gone through more than she should've. The world of mafia and coward men tore her apart. However, she hid her heart between a million locks to ensure she didn't g...
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I walked into the meeting room where my parents, grandparents, brothers, the Bianco: Antonio and Camilla. (Antonio being Vincenzo's cousin), Martin and Francesca (Francesca being Antonio's daughter) and Lorenzo with his husband Marco, were already sitting. The Martinelli accompanied them.
I spent some time alone in my room to collect my thoughts before the meeting. There was too much going on with my family and I really appreciated the alone time. I had time to think about my life and the possible ways of getting back at the Usoros.
I walked to my seat, which as usual was right across from Liam. Everyone stood up and Liam kept his heartless expression on, but I noticed his faint smile after I walked in.
"Sit." Everyone obeyed as I sat down. "I gathered you all here today because I have news to deliver." I sighed. "Giovanni is dead." My side of the family looked shocked, sad and disappointed. "The twins are supposedly being taken to the US and Damiano and Luciana are going after them."
"This seems very familiar," Vincenzo spoke. He earned a few looks from Martinelli. "What? You really don't know what I'm talking about?" He stood up. "Valentina."
"Nonno, no." He looked at me. I pinched the top of my nose that separated my eyes with my fingers and closed my eyes. Vincenzo was a living headache.
"Valentina Bianco. She was killed by someone after her father's death."
"If you're saying that we're responsible for her death, then you're insane, Vincenzo," Francesco said.
"I'm not trying to accuse you, Francesco, but Valentin, on the other hand." Valentin stood up.
"No, no, no, Vincenzo. As much as I hated you and still do, I would never kill a child." Vincenzo chuckled. "Do you really think I'd kill an innocent child?"
"You would have done everything you wanted to get revenge on me and my family." Valentino shook his head no.
"I would've, but I would never kill a fucking child. I'm not a psychopath." I removed my hand from my face and took a deep breath.
"Alright, everyone shut the fuck up." Everyone turned to me. My tone was louder than I anticipated, but it got everyone's attention. I looked at Liam who winked at me and looked away from me. "Sit down." I glanced at Valentin, who kept his frustration to himself at this moment.
"Non mi dirai cosa fare." [You are not going to tell me what to do.] I stood up and looked him straight into his eyes.
"Se mi disobbedisci ancora una volta ti mando in cella," [If you disobey me once more, I'll send you to the cell.] He sat down. "Inoltre, dovrei farlo dato che vuoi andare alle mie spalle." [Besides, I should do that since you want to go behind my back.] Liam chuckled and I sat down.
"Lo sto facendo per la famiglia." [I'm doing it for the family]
"Costringendola a sposare un aggressore?" [By forcing her to marry an abuser?] Liam intervened.
