Don't Look Back { 18+ }

༒𝐶𝐻𝐴𝑃𝑇𝐸𝑅 𝑇𝑊𝐸𝑁𝑇𝑌༒

Antonio:

NO NO NO. I should've known this was an ambush. Tina is on her fifth glass of champagne and she's sweating. Why do I keep dragging her into shit?

"Tina-" she puts a hand up to stop me from talking. "This champagne is so good don't you think?" Yeah she's not here anymore.

I look at Alejandro and nod towards Tina and he nods back in understanding. I push through the crowd looking for my parents.

After they dropped that fucking bomb they just disappeared. I speed walk to the kitchen hoping they'll be there and they are.

My dad is hunched over the kitchen counter clutching his head while my mother calms him down. What is going on?

"What the fuck was that?" They look up at me. "Antonio-"

"No don't Antonio me. I thought that I could trust you guys again. I specifically told you that I don't want any part in this family business," I hook my fingers to form quotation marks when I say family business "but instead of respecting my decision you force it on me this time."

"Just lis-"

"Who the fuck do you think you are?! I don't want to put Tina's life in danger. I lost her once and I refuse to lose her again. You won't take her from me!" I practically scream out.

"¡Tu padre se está muriendo Antonio!"
( Your father is dying Antonio!)

I take a step back. "What do you mean mom?" 

"I have a brain tumour and it's in its advanced stage, I was too late to catch it." My father speaks.

"How much time do you have left?"

He takes his time before he says "two months." I feel my heart thump against my chest like a sledgehammer. I look down at my shoes.

The only reason I disconnected from my family was because of this business, but I don't hate them in fact they were nothing but loving and caring to me.

I shouldn't have left them. "But why me? Why not Alejandro? He's the oldest."

"He said that he'd rather be your second in command because we all see you as a leader."

"Oh so you respect his decisions but not mine. Fucks sake." I run a hand through my hair.

"Remember when you used to help us back in the day before you left to live in the US." I remember that alright.

"We knew from that age that you were meant to be a leader."

"I don't know mom this just sucks. I'm taking Tina and going back to the US just for a while." I turn to leave the kitchen.

"No matter what you do Antonio, you have to accept it. This is your life now." My mom says.

Well fuck that.

I move through the crowd looking for Tina. People nod at me with respect, some people glare at me and some people move back in fear.

I reach Alejandro and Tina is not with him anymore. "Where is she?" I ask. "She was tired so I carried her to her room." I nod and head upstairs.

When I reach our room I hear sniffling. I stand by the door and look into the room. Tina sits on the edge of the bed with her phone in her hand.

"Hey this is Isabella sorry I couldn't pick up the phone, please leave a message after the beep." The beep comes.

"Isabella you were right. I don't know what I'm doing and I'm making a huge mistake. I just got news that my life could now be in danger. I miss you so much Isabella and I'm a terrible friend, you've done so much for me but yet I threw it back in your face. I love you and I love Tobias as if he's my own son. You guys are my family and I took you for granted. I know that you may not want to talk to me right now but I need to hear your voice Isabella." She ends the phone call and continues to sob.

I feel bad. I feel really bad. Why didn't I tell her what my family does? Why did I drag her all the way to fucking Spain?

I don't want to lose her. I enter the room and she doesn't look up at me. "I just need to sleep and wake up from this strange dream. That's exactly it." She starts to giggle and it sounds like the same giggle from my nightmare.

No not this again. "Tina baby?"

"Antonio your family is so funny, they hired all these people for this huge prank," she laughs some more "You guys almost got me there."

I walk over to her and kneel so that I'm face to face with her. "It's not a prank Tina. . . It's real."

"This shit only happens in movies and weird books." She stops laughing.

"Why didn't you tell me that this is your life and that you weren't some driver for a serial killer?"

"I keep getting myself into nonsense and for some reason I really have a bad feeling about this."

I grab both of her hands so that she can look at me. "Don't give up on me Tina. You're not leaving me after I spent seven years trying to get you back and finally succeeding. I will protect you with my whole life and listen to me when I say this, I would rather die than see you get hurt again under my watch."

"But I feel so scared Antonio. It feels like there's a target on our backs now. I saw the way people were looking at us."

"They can look all they want because when I'm with you I'm the strongest person in the room." She wipes her tears.

"That's so corny." She says in an attempt to lighten the mood and I chuckle.

"How about we go back to the US so we can help Juan, to make you feel better."

"But what about your family and...you know the business." I stand up from the ground.

"It's okay Tina, your happiness is more important to me."

A/N:

A bit short but how are you feeling so far?

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