His Blossom (AMBW)

𝙰𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢

Zara's face seemed to lose it's color and my mom didn't blink.

"Well, are you gonna continue to cry and talk or are you gonna let me?" Gustavo asked.

I calmed down and so did my mom and Zara. It was better if we were calm.

I'm going to kill both of those sick bastards.

"Well, I have two parts to my story. One about your family and one about Kenji's. Which one would you like to hear first?" he smiled.

None of us answered.

"Okay, we'll go with the story about your family." He continued. "Where to start? Where to start? Oh. This was when you were roughly six years old, Alex. Zara you were probably eleven. Your father started his job as a fifth grade teacher, but he needed more money. I was running some deals in Milwaukee and I ran into him and offered him a job. He'd become one of my transporters and big time dealers. He dealt with different countries with big time men." He smiled. "He was a good employee. Until he wanted out. But we couldn't let that happen could we? Once you're in the game, there's no getting out. You can't want out. So, we waited around a year. And then I hired Marco to take him out. And he did just that." He turned to me. "We didn't expect you to see, but maybe it was better that you did."

More tears ran down my cheeks.

Was my dad a bad man?

"I don't want to listen to anymore." I whispered.

"But you must!" He exclaimed. "I haven't even gotten to the rest. Come on, you can listen to some more."

"Please just stop." my mom cried. "Let my children go. Please. I don't know who you are and I don't know if what you're saying about Malcolm is true. But please. They don't deserve this."

"Would you shut the hell up?!" Gustavo yelled. "Imbavagliati e metti del nastro adesivo sulla bocca." He ordered his guards. They came up to us, and shoved some clothing in our mouths and then duck taped us.

Where's Kenji?

He ran through my mind.

How could this happen?

"Now," Gustavo sat down. "Let me tell you about Kenji and why I'm doing everything in my power to kill his family and end his empire. Well, Akio and I had been close since we were kids. Our fathers worked in the mafia, obviously. And we were getting ready to take over our father's businesses. Once we did, we went to New York for a few weeks. Akio owned a few buildings and casinos over there. From there, we met Hinata. God, she was so beautiful. I wanted her all to myself, but no, Akio had to have her. She-she had a choice. And she chose him. Him over me!" He shook his head. "He had to take everything from me!" He threw the chair. "Do you know how draining it is to have someone take the things that you want?!" He ran his hands through his hair. "Anyways, him and I got into a fight about it, but I guess we put that to the side. And we were friends. Then came Kenji and my daughter and wife. I guess it was okay. But no, Akio kept growing. He was profiting in MY areas. Taking away MY business. God, I must've always had a hatred for him. He's so damn selfish. So damn selfish! Now he has to learn what happens when you mess with Gustavo Ricci. Now, I have to take away the things he loves. It'll get me so much money and land. You just watch!" He was so excited. "Maybe I'll take over Lorenzo's while I'm at it. In exchange for you two." He gestured between Zara and I.