A year in Italy

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Carlos looked hesitant to tell me at first, he looked confused contemplating some thoughts in his head trying to figure out whether to tell me or not. "Ma'am I am risking my entire life and job here so I am trusting you with this secret..." he said as he turned to look at me with pitiful eyes. " Carlos please" I said to him with a reassuring tone. Then he started explaining...

" 3 years ago Eliot was engaged to a woman named Isabella, she was very beautiful and smart too. However she had a soft side for everyone... just like you. Isabella also loved Eliot more than anything, during those days Eliot was at his peak of happiness even we cannot believe the Eliot we see today is the same as the old one. One day a woman appeared from no where and became very close with Eliot. Isabella then finally caught up with everything that was happening, Eliot was having an affair" Carlos then looked away from me to wipe a tear from his eye. " Carlos I'm sorry but I need to know" I said as I softly stroked his shoulder. "I know I'm sorry. Isabella found Eliot and the woman kissing in his car one day outside a shopping center that she liked, she went to the car and confronted them both".

"Eliot tried explaining himself however she was not interested in listening to them, Isabella got in to her car and rushed back to the mansion to pack all her belongings to leave him. Eliot followed her to try to stop her but he was with the mistress  which was about to turn out into a terrible plot twist. Once Eliot got to the house he rushed out leaving the mistress in his car, he didn't really think when he left her in the car. Eliot rushed into the house and later on Isabella walked out with a knife, Eliot had apparently told her that he came with the woman to try and explain the situation. Isabella went to the passenger side of the car and opened the door with full strength ready to strike the woman with the knife, he then shouted for her stop but she wasn't listening to a word he was saying. The woman in the car screamed for her life then a gun shot was let out which made the surrounding area to suddenly go dead silent. Isabella froze right with the knife above her head, she then fell down making a loud thud. She was shot in the stomach. She was rushed to the hospital and died 4 days later. At that moment it was a dark time for Mr. Russo because we found out that Isabella was 9 weeks Pregnant, Eliot lost his soon to be wife and soon to be child that day, I lost a sister and soon to be niece or nephew" he then broke down in tears.

I got out of the car and walked to the driver side, opened the door and gave Carlos a comforting hug. " Why do you still work here?" I asked him in a hush voice, " To avenge my sister" he said as he held me tight. " Carlos what do you mean? Eliot didn't kill your sister though" I said , " I'm not taking revenge on Eliot" he replied me. Then it hit me, Carlos never told me the name of the woman Eliot had an affair with, " Carlos who is the mistress?" I asked him as I then looked at him... " Mercy" he replied. Why would Eliot want to marry Mercy when she was the one who took away his happiness, now I was more determined to end Mercy and her selfish ways. I had no idea that Eliot had such a dark and sad past, I imagined him to have daddy issues not something like this.

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A week had gone and Eliot was still gone, Sophia had been helping me with my target practices and Carlos and I kept getting closer, I only had one thing on my mind which was so frustrating for me to think about and that thing was Mercy. How could anyone be so cruel to this extend. Mercy had replaced Isabella but did not replace the child Eliot could have had. I was deep in my thoughts when Carlos came to the dining area where I was sited to tell me I had a visitor. I stood up and went to the front door and had a small gun on my waist incase this was one of Mercy's attempts to finish me off. When I got to the door I was shocked to see someone I had never seen before but she looked terrified. " I know who you are but you may not know me, Camilla I am Christina... Eliot's mother and I came to warn you about the dangers of being with my son" the woman in front of me said with a shaking voice.

We both entered the mansion and we sat in the living area, "Christina right? Tell me what you mean by what you just said" I squinted my eyes looking at her with intimidation. " Camilla, Eliot is a very bad person like his father... I tried protecting him from his father but he threatened to kill me if I tried anything. Russo chased me away from my children and told me to leave town" she explained with a very scared expression on her face. " That is no reason to leave your children mother..." a voice came from upstairs, I looked up to see Eliot he was back from his trip early. " Eliot my son... please listen to me, it was not my fault" she tried explaining as we both looked up with shock. " Why are you here Christina? Do you need money?" Eliot groaned with a furious tone, " No! I want to be in your life my son please" she cried to Eliot. " I am going to count to 10, and if you are still in my house by the time I get to 10 I will not hesitate to kill you" he exclaimed before pulling out his hand gun from his belt.

" One, two... ten" he then pointed the gun at her.