Everyone has heard of the Godfathers the definitive representation of what it is to be an Italian Mafioso, from the dusty mountainside of Sicily to the posh New York avenues.
Some choose to leave the fatherland for greener pastures; some turn the du...
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I regained consciousness and I hit by the searing pain rushing through my body, I cannot point out the specific area, feels like my entire body is on fire, I feel feverish and too tired to even check.
I try to think of something else to distract myself. I look around myself; I am in strange place, most likely a girl's room it's dominated by the colour pink and all the other girly stuff. I know it's kind of sexist, but my brain is not in a right place right now, totally dependent on my instincts.
Then I see her She was seated on the couch reading a book, her brown hair is messy and she was wearing a formal blouse and black pants. On seeing me awake she puts her book aside and gets into action, she gives me a tablet and gets me a glass of water and tells me it's a painkiller and it will help me relax. Then she goes out for something and returns in few minutes. "Where am I?" I ask her.
"You are safe here don't worry, you are at the Lambardi mansion" She answers. "So you must be Adriano's sister right?" I enquired. "Yes" she answered.
In the meanwhile the maid came with a bowl of chicken broth. Although I insisted I will eat it myself, she was adamant about feeding me herself.
In the end I had to give in to her demands and honestly I did not have the patience or energy to argue at the moment.
Slowly the medicine started kicking in and I felt at ease. She told me to rest and left the room. I peered outside the window from my bed and I could see the darkness outside, I wasn't sure if it was evening or late in the night. My memories about what happened today were hazy, I tried to replay them in my head, hoping to remember some missing detail or understand what really happened with me.
I escaped the rehab yesterday around late afternoon as soon as the sedatives wore out and I felt strong pangs of withdrawal hit me. I needed my fix and I needed it right now!
I thanked my lucky stars as I walked past the deserted corridors. Maybe the staff was busy or away on vacation, I don't know and I don't care either, it was playing right into my court!
I sneaked out to the back area near boundary walls which was secured with barbed wires and escape looked next to impossible, but to a junkie's brain anything is possible if you are chasing the next fix.
I was about to attempt climbing the 12 foot wall like an idiot, when I heard chaos in the front entrance. I saw a few familiar faces, my best friends were here to rescue me and they had handguns.
Apparently they had ambushed the security guards ina surprise attack and they lay injured, none of them were dead but some were severely injured. "Come on Gio, run to the van and sit inside we have come to save you" one of them said and pointed to a grey van parked a few meters away.
Within minutes we were on our way far away from this living hell, to be as high as a kite, floating in the blue sky. They drove for close to an hour and I was surprised by the new routes they were taking. "Bros where are we headed?" I asked.
