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Chapter 39

It has been two weeks since our awesome holiday in Cape Town and I'm still gushing and salivating over our time there. Domenico promised that we could visit again and this time some other parts of the country.

We are on our way home after having a lovely dinner with the in-laws. It was nice seeing them again after two weeks. We normally try to see them at least once a week, because they live on the outskirts of New York and it's a good distance away from our house. Matteo's parents and Marco took some time forgiving him, but they eventually did. I was the happiest because I felt hurt at the fact that they weren't getting along.

Victoria, Domenico's sister will come back home in a few days, after her stint in Italy. Apparently, she broke up with her boyfriend and is finally ready to return home. Domenico's parents will be hosting a family dinner welcoming her back, so we will meet each other again after briefly meeting when I woke up the last time in hospital. I didn't see her afterwards or at our wedding, so I have no impression of her as yet, but I hope she's nice.

We were about twenty minutes away from home when I noticed the same black car that has been following us for the last thirty minutes, still following behind us.

At first, I thought it was just a normal car, but the heavily tinted windows and buff figures sitting in it, just gave off the wrong vibe. They have stayed the same distance away from us, so they won't be noticed by us.

"Domenico" I tried getting his attention. I could see the car swerving in the other lane, allowing a car to pass him. I would have looked past everything if this car did not pop up constantly behind us when I looked in the mirror.

"Mhmm?" Domenico hummed, lifting my one hand he had been holding this whole time and bringing it up to his lips placing a brief kiss on it.

"I am 100% sure, we are being followed" I say, looking in his direction with concern clearly written on my face. I know I'm not wrong about that vehicle

His face immediately scrunched up as his eyes fall on the rearview mirror.

I looked in my side mirror "It's a black car, left lane, third car behind the white Toyota" I explain, as my eyes constantly moved from the side mirror to the small mirror in the sun visor, looking back and forth, following the actions of that car.

"How long have you noticed them?" Domenico asked.

"About, twenty to thirty minutes. I first thought they might have passed us, but when they let cars pass them and they remained at the same distance behind us for some time, I knew there was something off about them. They could have passed us a long time ago if they were not following us" I say, still looking at the car following us.

Domenico immediately dialed Luca's number on the car phone. He picked up after the first ring.

"Listen, Luca, we're being followed. We're on our way back from my parents. a black Mustang, NJ87BNY. There are three people in the car. They will most probably try something as soon as we take our exit to enter the city. Track my car and send back-up" I heard him calmly explain to Luca, while I'm panicking my ass off internally, but remain silent and calm on the exterior because I don't want to add on to the stress of the situation.

"On it. Don't take the usual exit. Stay on that road and take the second exit. That will buy you a few minutes. We will meet you at that exit" Luca explained, while simultaneously barking orders in the background.

"We got your location. I'm heading in your direction now" Luca confirmed.

"Yup, ok. How long will that be?" Domenico questioned.

I am 15 minutes out. Just drive at your normal speed so they don't get suspicious and try to stay alive, buddy. I will meet you at the exit on highway 90" Luca says.

'Keep me posted on your progress" Domenico says.

"We had guys on a mission near you, so they will reach you first. Max is already locked on your vehicle location, so we know exactly where you are. We are on our way" that was the last words Luca uttered, then we suddenly heard a loud bang and the call went dead. The body of the car was hit then we swerved into the other lane because of the impact.

"Olivia, get down" Domenico calmly demanded, while trying to gain control of the car, but I shook my head, instead. I won't be a deadweight in our situation, I will help where I can.

"Olivia! These people behind us mean business and u might get hit!" Domenico shout in my direction, while trying to dodge the onslaught of bullets hitting the car.

I think growing up in a house where you constantly had to watch your back, conditions you for situations like this and the fact that I was shot and drugged before, also changed my perception on difficult situations I'm thrown in.

You are able to be more emotionally intelligent to handle situations like these. Or so I, hope, let's see.

My eyes remained focused on the attacker's vehicle.

"Olivia, there's a gun under your seat" Domenico said. I bent down without thinking twice and made sure to get a good grip on the gun before pulling it out. It's a 45 Caliber handgun.

"It's loaded, so take the safe..." He started to say, but before he was able to finish his sentence, I already took the safety off and cocked the gun, moving the bullet into the barrel.

There's no time for him to question me about knowing how to use a gun as he has to keep us safe on the road and try and dodge the bullets still assaulting us.

"I'll try and steer them away. Please, I need you to lower your head. I don't want you to get shot" as Domenico rambled, I saw another car joining the one behind. The other car stopped shooting as soon as the second car joined them.

"There's two of them on the road now" I say, as I see one of the guys trying to aim at our tires, but before he could shoot in our direction, I already lowered my window.

It was like I was having an out of body experience, watching myself as I lift my upper body halfway out of the car. I rest my side on the window opening, facing backwards, with my knees on the seat and I start aiming back at their tires.

"What the fuck, Olivia! Get your ass in the car. Now!" Domenico demanded, but I ignored him. Where I got the guts to defy him? I have no clue, but one thing I'm certain of, is the fact that I didn't train my ass off since returning back home, to see both of us die.

"What the fuck, Olivia! I'm warning..."

Before Domenico could continue, I shot at both cars' tires, one after the other. Pelting their wheels with bullets. They probably thought the wife was useless and never bothered to check my side.

To be honest I am more scared of myself and what I'm capable of in this calm state, then I am of the people who is following and trying to kill us. Their cars were traveling at such a high speed, that the car on the left swerved and hit the one on the right, both hit the barrier, and stopped there as we got away. Luckily, there were no other cars on the road, just these menaces.

We drove and reached the second exit as planned and saw Luca flagging us down. I just remained quiet trying to get over the shock of what I just did while trying to catch my breath. Domenico told Luca to follow us to the base and we drove there in utter silence. I don't know if I was in the naughty corner or not, but I didn't care.

Once we got to the base. Domenico came over to my side, pulled me out of the car, wrapped his arms around me and almost squeezed the living daylight out of me.

"Are you, ok?" I asked, with concern lacing my voice.

"The car is bullet proof baby, but if they shot our wheels, it would have been over" he said.

Luca got out of his car and made his way over to us "are you guys fine?" I gave a nod as we walked through the entrance of the base that I've had to frequent every time something bad happened.

"Do we know who it was?" Domenico questioned, as we made our way through the building, heading in the direction of Max and the others.

"Max just sent me a notification, he found out who it is. You'll find out inside" Luca says as we headed inside.

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