It Takes Two

Chapter 19

It's a long one...

Donovan

I rubbed the sweat on my face as my eyes were shut tight. The sun was beating on me as I laid in this comfortable ass hammock. I hadn't relaxed like this in years. Even though it was bright as hell, the heat felt nice. It didn't annoy me for some reason. At this moment, I didn't feel like anyone was coming to kill me. A nice feeling indeed.

Suddenly, I heard the blaring of a lawn mower. I snapped my head in the direction of the noise and of course Dam was cutting the grass. Just had to ruin my moments of peace. I huffed as I tried to block it out.

"If you don't want to get hit with grass, I suggest you move your ass, fratello!" He yelled over the lawn mower. I rolled my eyes and rolled off the hammock. "Good choice!"

I paid him no mind as I went inside the condo. Everyone was doing their own thing today. Matteo and Leo were watching some TV in the living room. I never saw Leo actually take time to do that.

"What's good?" I said as I entered the room.

"Sup' fool?" Matteo replied. He turned his attention back towards the TV.

"Donovan...I assume your relaxation time was cut short, yes?" Leo questioned. I nodded. "Figured as much when I saw Damiano going out there with the yard clothes."

"Yeah, what a fucker."

"You wouldn't know the first thing about yard work, hmm?" Leo teased as he had a dumb ass smile on his face.

"Don't get hit." I warned.

"Oh please, you can't hurt me. You don't know how to do math." Matteo laughed at his comment which earned a glare from me.

"Is he wrong?" Matteo asked.

"I'm not going to take shit from someone who doesn't know how to act their age..." I directed at him. Matteo scoffed and sent the middle finger.

"It's called loving life you bitch."

"Everything alright, gentlemen?" Rae's voice came out of nowhere as she descended the stairs. Finally, someone I actually wanted around.

"Nothing wrong, just Matteo and Leo asking for smoke." I shrugged as I sat back. Leo chuckled and Matteo gave an eye roll. Rae shook her head as she sat on the opposite couch.

"I see. Well I hope you can see past your differences as you guys usually do." She joked.

"I don't know, Rae. D is about five seconds from being dropped on the ground..." Matteo smirked.

"Like hell you would."

"Okay!" Leo intervened. "God, we get it. You both have big dicks." We all snapped our heads at Rae to look at her reaction. She was covering her face with both hands.

"Excuse my language, Rae." Leo chuckled. She waved us off.

"So, today's the day for our recon. Damiano said there is supposed to be dinner party going on real late, correct?"

"Yep." I replied.

"Great, we will recon today. I would say we could store stuff, but I don't want to risk them seeing it when we actually get ready to do the damn thing. Oh yeah, another thing." She sighed. "I know you guys are not fond of this."

"What? Jumping in that floating cluster fuck afterwards?" Matteo asked.

"Yeah, we're going to need wet suits. I was able to get us some with a couple contacts I had." She stood up to retrieve a bag behind the couch. "This is what we'll be wearing when we dive in the water. Leo, it's your lucky day. You are lookout."