Betrayal | ✔️

11. Mellifluous

Mellifluous: A sound that is sweet and smooth, pleasing to hear.

- E m m a -

I walk up to Vincenzo's front door and knock and there's no response. I hear some voices coming from the side, so I decide to walk over there.

"La missione non è ancora completa!" I hear Valerio (I think) yell.
["The mission is not yet complete!"]

"Non posso continuare a fare questo!" Vincenzo yells right back.
["I can't keep doing this!"]

He can't keep doing what? Maybe they'll say what the mission is. I really want to know.

"Oh mio Dio, Vincenzo, mi stai stressando! Non abbiamo tempo per questo! Fai innamorare Emma di te e basta!"
["Oh my God, Vincenzo, you're stressing me out! We don't have time for this! Just make Emma fall in love with you!"]

What? Vincenzo need to make me fall in love with him? Oh my God, I've been played. I try to keep my sobs to a minimum.

"Tu non capisci. Io non-" Vincenzo starts, but I interrupt.
["You don't understand. I don't-"]

I storm into the garden, fists balled and tears falling from my eyes.

"So, that's all you wanted from me?" I ask Vincenzo, "You just wanted me to fall in love with you for your little Mafia?"

Vincenzo starts to say something but I cut him off by holding up a finger. "Well, good job, Vincenzo! You completed your mission!" I yell as tears fall from my eyes, "Good job because I've fallen in love with you!"

I turn around and run away, crying my heart out. I get in my car and slam the door shut, looking out the window to see if Vincenzo was following me. He was, he was sprinting towards my car so, I quickly turned the car on and stepped on the gas pedal. I drove away, the only thing cutting the silence in the car being my defining sobs. I've been played twice. Twice. I stop my car right outside my apartment, getting out and running upstairs. I don't have anyone now. No-one.

I had my best friend and boyfriend, but they were secretly dating. I had my dad, but he died. I had Vincenzo, but he was just using me. I never had my mum. All of the people that I thought I rely on ended up either betraying me or dying. Maybe they weren't the problem. Maybe I was. Maybe I am. I plop down onto my couch, the same couch that Vincenzo and I had such fun yesterday. I can't believe that it was only yesterday. It felt like months ago. I guess that I deserved to have my heart broken. After all, I did fall in love with Vincenzo after only knowing him for a few weeks.

All week, I'm avoiding Vincenzo in the office. Yes, I know that he doesn't work there but he's been turning up an awful lot. He's also been calling me and coming to my apartment. I can't seem to escape him, though, as he always manages to climb into the lift at the same time as me. I don't know what everyone thinks, and as a matter of fact, I don't care.

I spend every night crying myself to sleep. I've been coming into work late and leaving late. I'm getting really stressed out. I have to merge companies with Vincenzo soon and he keeps pestering me and I am getting sick of it. I wish that I never fell in love with him. Hell, I wish that I never even met him.