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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I felt someone poke me, so I opened my eyes. I immediately squinted until my eyes adjusted to the brightness.
"We're in California." He said.
I smiled.
I quickly got up and he walked out. There was a car waiting for us. Lorenzo gave the driver an address and we went off.
I texted Jessica to tell her I landed in California. I gave her the address we were going to and told her I'll be there in twenty minutes.
Kate and I made small talk until the conversation of California came up.
"Are you excited to be back?" She asked.
"Yeah, I've missed this place but we're not staying so I won't get to visit anywhere anyways," I answered.
She nodded.
"I wish we could but we came here strictly on business," she spoke.
"Mhm," I responded.
It took around twenty-five minutes to get to the location.
It looked like an abandoned warehouse. The brown paint looked faded, and a window looks to be broken.
Before we step out Lorenzo tells us the plan one more time so we're all on the same page.
We step out and I see Jessica running towards me. A smile appears on my face as we hug. At that moment nothing else mattered, almost like no one was there but me and Jess.
A few seconds later, we back away and I look at Lorenzo who is glaring at me.
"Who's that?" He asked angrily.
I don't say anything, hoping that he'll let it go but of course he doesn't.
"ANSWER ME!" He shouted.
Jessica took my hand and pulled me behind her. I knew what she was going to try to do which would only make Lorenzo angrier.
"Jess, don't," I whispered in her ear.
She hesitated for a second before sighing and moving behind me.
"This is Jessica, my best friend." I finally answered his question.
I think I could see smoke coming out of his ears.
I played with my hands while waiting for him to answer.
"Why is she here?" She asked.
I looked up from my hand but decided not to meet with his eyes.
"I told her to come because I wanted to see her," I answered truthfully.
There was no point in lying when he could tell when I was.
I looked from Kate to Mario and they had their heads bent down, not wanting to involve themselves in the matter at hand.
