Lost Lombardi

Chapter 14

Dino woke up in his comfortable bed and saw Pietro pacing back and forth in his room with a troubled face.

Immediately upon seeing Dino open his eyes, Pietro quickly approached him and asked, "Are you okay?"

"What happened?" Dino asked. Memories came to his mind little by little. He had been in Don's office, and Don had been asking ridiculous questions.

"Rocco said you fainted when you were in Papa's office," Pietro said.

"He was asking ridiculous questions," Dino said, hugging a pillow. "I hate him," Dino said, and Pietro looked at him with surprise.

"Hey, don't talk about him like that," Pietro said.

"He's horrible," Dino said.

"Stop it," Pietro raged.

"He's a monster," Dino said again.

"DINO," Pietro raised his voice, and Dino was shocked and stopped blaming Don.

"Sorry," Dino said, burying his face in a pillow as tears fell from his eyes. He didn't want to show Pietro that he was crying. Dino was physically exhausted and weak. It made him mentally exhausted.

As Dino sniffled, hiding his face in a pillow, Pietro's anger melted. He put his hand on Dino's back.

"Hey, don't cry," he said, trying to turn Dino's face upwards softly. But Dino kept his face hidden.

"Don't talk about Don like that. He's your grandpa. No one talks to him like that. He's an adult," Pietro said, touching Dino's hair.

Dino cried loudly, feeling extremely exhausted and helpless.

"Come on, Dino," Pietro said, pulling him into a hug. Dino's weak body leaned against Pietro's strong body without any hesitation. Pietro wrapped his arms around Dino and let Dino rest his head on his shoulder.

"Why are you crying?" Pietro asked.

"I feel tired and weak," Dino said.

"Is it because of the allergy thing?" Pietro asked.

"I think so," Dino said.

"Okay then. Have a good rest," Pietro said.

"But no one is letting me. They keep popping into my room, asking questions I don't know how to answer," Dino said.

"I'll tell Luca not to let anyone disturb you," Pietro said.

"Has he come back?" Dino asked, still resting his head on Pietro's shoulder. Maybe it's good to have a father, Dino thought, feeling Pietro's warm embrace.

"Yep. Luca beat the shit out of the Johnsons and came back," Pietro said as if it were an ordinary thing. Dino pulled back and looked at Pietro's face with surprise.

"He beat them?" Dino asked. "He beat Robert?"

"Yeah, he beat Robert. Storm beat Emily," Pietro said.

"Who's Storm?" Dino asked.

"That's one of our female guards. She loves to beat people," Pietro said.

Dino felt happy to hear that Luca had beaten Robert. He remembered how Robert used to beat him, even for unfair reasons. Emily used to catch Dino, not letting him escape when Robert punished him. But when Dino grew older and robust, Emily could no longer do that. So, Robert and Emily switched their roles.

"Good for them," Dino said. "What about Christy?" Dino asked again with confusion.

"Who's Christy?" Pietro asked.

"Their daughter," Dino said.

"Did she also beat you?" Pietro asked.

"No, she did not," Dino said.

"Okay then. She's safe," Pietro said. "Now rest well," Pietro said and left the room.

Pietro couldn't believe he cared so much about Dino. He had even hugged him and let him cry on his shoulder. Pietro felt strange. At the same time, he felt like he had done the right thing. He wasn't sure if he still felt like a father. Pietro couldn't avoid the fact that Dino was Rossalia's and his son, and Dino had gone through so much pain.

Whenever he thought about what Dino had gone through, he felt angry. Pietro still hadn't found out how Dino had ended up in the Johnsons' hands. According to the Johnsons, someone had entrusted Dino to them for adoption and had provided them with a substantial amount of money each month. However, that someone had no idea Dino was not with them anymore, and they were still getting paid. Pietro tried hard to track that person, but getting details from banks was difficult.

Pietro couldn't believe Roselia had given up their son. Roselia was Pietro's first love, and he had been crazily in love with her when he was around 17. But it was a forbidden love, as their parents were enemies. He could still remember her, and she was such an innocent girl. Bad boy Pietro's heart and soul had crept to her just from seeing those big brown eyes once. Pietro felt like his heart was beating fast thinking about their first-ever childish love. But it was real. So real. There was no way Roselia had given their son up for adoption. He didn't believe it.

He had loved Roselia so much, and there was no way he couldn't love their son. Although Pietro confessed to others that it was casual sex, it was not. They had loved each other and had hidden it from everyone until they got caught. After that, he didn't see Roselia again. It had taken a very long time for him to forget her. Dino had entered his life, and he reminded Pietro of Dino's mother. Dino mostly looked like Pietro, but there were little things that looked like his mom that Pietro couldn't avoid.

The more Pietro thought about Dino and Roselia, the happier he felt that he and Roselia had a son together.