When 19 years old, Anna Hunt moves from California to Italy. She hopes to start a new life, make friends and be a normal teenager.
Lorenzo Balotelli is the most dangerous and feared person in Italy.
He is also the boss of the Italian Mafia.
He wil...
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The sound of people rushing around the house woke me up. I checked my phone to see that it was 4 am and I had overslept. I jumped up off my bed and went to the bathroom. I washed my face, brushed my teeth and brushed my hair. I kept yawning because it was so early and I'm not a morning person. When I finished brushing my hair, I put on pastel purple sweatpants and a white hoodie. I also put on my air force 1's.
I grabbed my suitcase and my bag from the corner of the room and walked out of my bedroom. I saw Mario running down the stairs and Kate walking towards me. "Hey," she said. "Hi," I said tiredly. We both said no more and walked downstairs. Lorenzo was already downstairs at the door looking at his phone. He glared at us as we walked closer to him." Took ye long enough." he rolled his eyes. I rolled my eyes and ignored his comment. Mario soon came and asked if we were all ready. We all nodded and went out the door and into one of the guards g-wagon.
I sat beside the window. Mario, Kate and I made conversations. "Wait, are we headed to Miami right now?" I asked. They had never made it clear if we were driving or taking a plane. "We're going to the airport because that's where they decided to drop off the private jet," Lorenzo spoke up. I nodded my head. I suddenly felt really hot, so I opened the window. When the breeze hit my skin, it felt like water was being poured on my body. I put my head out of the window and it felt amazing. Five minutes later, I put my head back inside. Mario and Kate were talking so I stayed silent. Soon enough, I dozed off to sleep.
~Lorenzo~
We arrived at the airport at 4:50 am. Kate poked at Anna to wake her up. We got out of the car, grabbed our luggage and walked towards the airport. Once we were inside, I told the group to stay back while I go speak to someone. I walked up to someone working in the airport and told them who I was. They nodded and told me to follow them. I waved a hand to the group to tell them to follow me. They quickly ran up to me and we follow the person. The person brought us out where my private jet was. The person said that a pilot would be out in about 5 minutes. I nodded and they left.
We all boarded the private jet and made ourselves comfortable. "Anna, you know the rule. Don't. Puke. In. My. God. Damn. Jet." I demanded. "I'll try not to." She laughed. We sat in the jet while waiting for the pilot for a few minutes. When the pilot came, he told us that drinks are in the fridge, and food will come when we're in the air. Mario, Kate and I already know this but since it's Anna's first time she nodded her head and thanked the pilot.
When the plane took off, Anna grabbed my hand. "What are you doing?" I glared at her. When she looked at our hands, she quickly pulled her hand away. "Sorry, I didn't notice." She said. "It's ok," I answered. The rest of the flight was pretty boring. Anna fell asleep and I went on my phone and then also fell asleep.
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"WAKE UP!" I heard someone shout. I opened my eyes to see Mario and Kate standing up about to walk off the jet. Anna also woke up beside me and we got up and followed Mario and Kate out. I looked over at Anna, and she looked very excited. There was a car waiting for us, and so we put our suitcases in the back and hopped in the car. The guy already knew where we wanted to go so he drove off. Mario, Kate and Anna talked on the way to the house, while I just stayed quiet.
When we finally arrived at the house we're staying at, we took our luggage and went inside. Mario ran to find the master bedroom, even though he knows I'll be the one to get it. I walked around the house to all the bedrooms, when I came across the master bedroom. From across the house, I could hear Mario shouting, "I've got the biggest room in the house!" I started laughing. Usually, there's something on the bed saying if it's the master and on the bed of the room I was in, it said the master. Are there two master bedrooms? I decided to text Mario and ask him.
Mario, does it say master on the paper on the bed?
No:(
I started laughing. This is the second time Marios thought he got the master bedroom. I put my suitcase on the bed and walked out of the room. I saw Anna sitting down on the couch on her phone, and so I sat down beside her. "You hungry?" I asked. She jumped up because she didn't realise someone was sitting beside her. "You scared me and yes, I am hungry." She answered. I started laughing and she glared at me. I stopped and put my hands up in surrender. "Ok, get ready because we're going to a restaurant. I'll tell Mario and Kate." I said. She nodded and left the room. I texted Mario and Kate and told them we're going to a restaurant for dinner, so they should get ready.
I decided to go to my room, and put on jeans and a shirt since I only brought one tux and that's for tomorrow. When everyone was ready, we waited for our driver to come to pick us up. He came within 10 minutes and we loaded into the car. Once we were all inside, I told the driver we wanted to go to, The Garden House Latin Restaurant. He typed it into google maps and drove off. We got there in a half an hour.
The place is so beautiful. The fairy lights are turned on and there hung everywhere. We walked in and asked if we could get a seat for four. The person at the desk nodded and got someone to show us our table. When they showed us our table, they handed us a menu. Looking through it, I found something that seemed appealing to me. "Are you guys ready to order?" I asked. They all nodded. I called a waiter over to a table and she began taking everyone's order.
She looked over at me and asked what I wanted. "I'll have grilled chicken with chilli sauce and white rice." She smiled and moved on to the last person which was Anna. "I'll have a shrimp rice." She said. The waiter nodded and told us our food would be here in about half an hour.
"Are you guys excited for the ball?" Anna asked. I shook my head. "A lot of people I despise will be there, but I'll just have to smile at them and act like we don't have a problem," I replied. She looked confused. "If you don't like it, why do you go?" She wondered. "Because I have to. It would look bad if I didn't attend." I answered. She didn't say anything more. Five minutes later, they brought a bottle of champagne. Anna asked the waiter for a bottle of water. "Why do you not want champagne?" I asked. "I just don't want to." She shrugged.
We stayed silent and went on our phones while we waited for food. Eventually, it came, and we all dug in. We made small talk, but mostly just ate our food and enjoyed each other's company in silence. "When we go back to the house, I'm going to sleep straight away," Anna spoke up. "Same." Mario, Kate and I said in unison.
When we were finished eating we all decided we were too full to get dessert. I paid and we left the restaurant. Our driver waited outside the whole time, and so we didn't have to wait. We got inside and he drove away. Anna fell asleep on the way back to the house. I swear this girl can fall asleep anywhere.
When we got back to the house, Mario wanted me to wake up Anna to tell her we were back, but I shook my head and carried her in bridal style inside. "Kate, do you know where her room is?" I asked. She nodded and told me to follow her. Kate led me to her room. I laid her in bed and closed the door. I went to my room, changed into sweatpants and took off my shirt and went to bed.
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