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I wake up to turbulence from hell, don't ever ask why I don't like planes when I'm in one that's shaking like it's going to go down, and then I'll land in the deep blue sea, I never learned how to swim. Courtesy of parents who didn't give a fuck.
I sit up on the bed before pulling the blanket over my head, "stai bene amore mio?" (Are you okay my love?) "Fine, I'm fine." I say trying to convince myself, "It's going to be fine, it's just turbulence." "I know what it is, I'm painfully aware of it." He slowly spells the blanket off of my head, "I have food, you haven't eaten all day." "I'm not hungry," I mutter. "Okay, eat anyway."
I groan before throwing the blanket off me, "I am not hungry." I grit out my teeth, "don't make me feed you." He says, I arch an eyebrow trying to hide my smile, "But you want that, don't you?" He asks as a smirk appears on his face, "Just give me the fucking food and wipe that smirk off your face." I say sternly, he reaches over to the nightstand and hands me a bowl of macaroni and cheese. "Thanks."
I begin picking at the noodles only eating two or three, "You know it only counts if you eat it amore." He whispers, "I am eating." I turn my gaze to him looking up at him, he takes the bowl from my hand while holding eye contact. "You're going to feed me," I whisper. "Principessa, I'm going to treat you like one." (Princess.)
He scoops a spoonful before bringing it to your lips, "open." He whispers I open my mouth allowing him to put the spoon in before I wrap my lips around the spoon and he pulls it out leaving the food in my mouth, I nod while chewing the food before swallowing it.
"Thanks." I mutter before there is a loud scrapping sound, "We've just landed." He says, "thank god." I exhale before standing up. "One bite of food isn't going to cut it." He says from the bed, "It's never enough for you Lorenzo Romano." "Don't say that like it means something, you are Elora Romano."
"Whatever, can we just go, now." I say while grabbing my sweater, "The house has plenty of food." He says before getting up. We have a house, in every state. It's a little extra but necessary apparently.
He wraps his arm around mine before we walk out and into the aisle where dozens of people, our people are walking out of the airplane. "You'd think they'd wait for their boss to leave, but they show zero respect," I say, he puts his leg out stopping Diego from walking before leading us into the aisle. "You could be nicer to them you know?" I say under my breath.
"We're their boss we don't need to be nice." We exit the plane to the cars waiting, we decided to be discreet, or as discreet as possible so no limos. "Silas, Katarina, Diego, Alejandra, Maryanne, and Evan you'll stay in our house and the rest of you go with the others." Did I mention how big the cars are?
"A trainee, really Elora?" He whispers, "They have to learn somehow, leave it alone." I hit his arms slightly, he opens the passenger door for me. "Isn't the driver driving?" I ask, "No." "Well if the Russians see us we'll be dead." I alert him, "They won't." I don't bother to ask any more questions before getting in the car.
"Why don't you like us the way you like Enzo's clan?" Maryanne asks, she's an insecure control freak. "It's Mr. Romano to you and there's no such a thing as his clan it's our clan and I favour Katarina and Silas because Katarina has a fun name and Silas is my best friend, and you, I tolerate you and don't ask any more questions please," I say before Enzo gets in the car.
He holds a gun out, I take it without asking questions, Inn case the Russians see us." He explains before starting the car, "So Alejandra and Silas are you guys going to married now?" I tease, "over my dead body." Katarina barks, Calm down Kit Kat." I say while relaxing in my seat.
"KitKatt?" Enzo asks with a questionable tone, This is what I'm talking about, you make small talk with them a way you never do with us." Maryanne points out, it is true but it's because it feels like I grew up with Enzo and his people.
"Stop being an out-of-this-world control freak and maybe I'll make an effort to get to know you." I snap, Don't talk to her that way, she's a person."Kit Katt says before talking to Maryanne.
While driving we see a man on the side of the road whose eyes follow us, Enzo pulls over next to the guy and steps out of the car and I follow. "What are you doing?" I ask while he steps closer to the man and in one fell swoop he pulls out his gun and shoots him in the head.
"What the hell Lorenzo?" I scream Anyone who sees us is a liability, help me get him into the trunk." He says while grabbing the man's leg, I take a couple of seconds before grabbing his arms, There was no need to do that Enzo." I said while dragging him to the trunk. "We all do terrible things, Elora." After putting the body in the trunk I storm back into the car.
I sit in the passenger seat waiting for Enzo, "you okay?" Silas asks from the backseat, I can't answer before Enzo gets back in the car. "We all do terrible things, Elora," Enzo says again, I don't answer before he begins driving.
When we get into the house I go into the master bedroom where Enzo and I will be staying. I sit on the bed trying to gather my thoughts. I hear the door open but don't bother to look up because I know exactly who it is, "We all do terrible things, Elora." He says again.
"I know, I do terrible things too but I have reasons, I always have a reason you do terrible things for no reason and that can't be justified, so what is your play, are you going to remind me what terrible people we are because I would never kill a man on the side of the road without reason, he was a person, he had a family and a child a wife and maybe a dog, does that mean anything to you because it means a hell of a lot to me." My voice heightens with every word.
"I'm a bad person, I told you that you've always known that." He says before sitting on the bed unbothered. "Before we were a thing, the first night you brought me to your house I told you that people aren't strictly good or bad, things aren't just good or bad, and there's always a reason."
"Things and people are just good or bad, it's simple Elora." He says, "It's not, I don't know how you see it like that." "I don't know how to start a family with someone who doesn't think things are simply good or bad." I feel the air leave my lungs and my tongue goes lump.
I let out a small chuckle, What now I'm going to be a bad mother, God, Lorenzo you always take it too far, that man had a family, a life and you ended it for no reason that was the point of this conversation but-" I stop myself, "goodnight Lorenzo." I whisper before turning away from him and going to sleep.
