Dilara

Chapter 41:

It's been two days since the attack and Adriano was finally discharged from the medical room yesterday.

'Vittoria wants us to head over the training headquarters.' Lorenzo says.

'Apparently she hasn't gotten very far with interrogating the attackers, and she wants Adriano to speak to Xuan,' Zoya adds.

'We'll go there as soon as we leave school.' Adriano says as we walk over to my locker. He leans against it and crosses his arms. Lorenzo stands next to him.

I open it up and take out my calculus book.

My phone starts ringing and I see that my mum is calling me.

I sigh and answer her call.

'Dilara!' She says.

'Hi mum,' I reply.

'Darling I'm in California, I'm going to be staying here for a couple days before I have to go to Chicago.' She explains.

'Great.' I reply plainly.

'I was thinking that Antonio and I could stay at your house.' She says.

'But-' I start.

'Great, we're making our way over now, come meet us,' I roll my eyes.

'Mum I'm in school right now.' I say through gritted teeth.

'Well then come as soon as you're done.' She says. She ends the call before I could reply.

I sigh and rub my face. Zoya looks at me sympathetically.

'What's up pazza?' Adriano asks.

'My mum is coming to live at my house for a couple days before she goes to Chicago, with her boyfriend and she wants to meet me.' I reply, closing my locker a little bit more aggressively than I meant too.

'That doesn't sound too bad,' Lorenzo says. 'Your mum is Audrey Caesar, the famous actress right.'

'Yep,' I reply. 'She's a real pain in the ass.'

'When does she want to meet you?' Adriano asks.

'After school, meaning I can't come with you guys.' I say.

'I'll come with you,' Adriano says.

'Vittoria needs you,' I reply smiling at him.

'You seem like you'd enjoy the company,' he replies. 'We can head over after, and I'll get to meet your mum.'

'I don't really think you'd want to meet her.' I sigh.

'Don't worry about it pazza.' He says.

The bell rings telling us to go to fifth period.

'Come on lovebirds, let's get to class.' Zoya laughs.

On the way to maths class we bump into Terzo and Alora who are going to Ap Physics.

We pass Aiden, Kai, Carlos and Alara who wave at me. I give them a small smile and wave back.

Adriano glares at Aiden.

I realise that as I'm walking through the corridor it looks as if I have bodyguards. People move out of our way until we reach Calculus. I guess hanging out with the Giovannis has it's privileges.

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'So are we driving straight there?' Adriano asks.

'Yeah, get ready to meet my mum.' I reply.

We get into Adriano's car and he drives me to my house. I already see a black Tesla parked outside.

We get out of the car and walk to the door I insert my key and open the door, I hear noise coming from the living room.

'Hey mum,' I say. 'How did you guys get in?'

'Dilara!' She exclaims. She runs over and hugs me tightly, I awkwardly pat her on the back.

'I brought you this house of course I have a copy of the key,' she says.

She many have brought me this house but does she pay the bills?

Antonio comes out of the living room and shakes my hand.

My mum looks over to Adriano and just stares at him.

'And who are you?' She asks.

'I'm Dilara's boyfriend.' He replies, pulling me closer to him by my waist.

My mum bursts out laughing.

'Dilara has a boyfriend?' She laughs. 'That can't be true!'

'It is true.' Adriano says, clenching his jaw.

'Then how come we've never heard of this so called boyfriend before?' Antonio asks.

'Because it's none of your fucking business.' I snap.

'No le hables así!' Mum yells.

Translation: Don't talk to him like that

'¿Por qué no? no es como si fuera mi padre!' I yell back.

Translation: Why not? It's not like he's my dad

Adriano looks from my mum to me and then to Antonio. His phone starts ringing but he ignores it, Vittoria is probably calling him.

'Alguien tiene que enseñarle modales a esta chica,' Antonio snaps.

Translation: Someone needs to teach this girl manners

'Eres tan ingrata!' Mum screams. She raises her hand and slaps me across my face. I stand there stunned, my cheek stinging.

Translation: You are so ungrateful

She goes to hit me again but Adriano grabs her arm before she could touch me.

'Tienes que aprender a respetar a tu hija.' He snarls. Wow he can speak Spanish too.

Translation: You need to learn to respect your daughter.

'Get your hands off her.' Antonio snaps.

'Stay out of this.' Adriano snarls at him. 'I don't give a shit if Dilara's your daughter, touch her again and I'll fucking kill you.'

Mum tugs her arm away from Adriano and glares at him.

'I try my best with you mum,' I say shakily. 'Nothing I do pleases you.'

'She pays for your hotel, she helps you while your drunk even if your in another country.' Adriano says.

'What more do you want?' I ask. My eyes start watering but I hold back my tears.

I don't think I've felt pain worse than your own mother not being pleased with you, not wanting you.

'Let's go Dilara,' Adriano says. We turn around and walk out of the house, back to the car.

Adriano turns to face me once we get into the car. I look at him and smile softly.

He pulls me into him and I just break down. I start crying and he kisses my head.

'Why can't she just be happy with me?' I ask.

'Dilara, there's nothing wrong with you,' He replies. 'Your mum is the problem.'

'I try with her, I really do,' I say, wiping my nose.

'I know you do,' he says. 'You don't need to change yourself to make her happy.'

He cups my face in his hands and smiles at me. I wipe my eyes and Adriano pecks my lips lightly.

*AUTHORS NOTE*
Hey guys! Sorry for taking long to update, I sprained my ankle and needed to rest. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!
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