Mines Forever: A Vallea Mafia Romance Story

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I firmly hold the semi-automatic pistol in my right hand as my eyes lay upon Verena whose chestnut-colored eyes begin to shift down to the ground making contact with Kieran who was still lying unconscious on the hard, cold, cement floor. 

I could see the creases of wrinkles begin to make their way toward the center of her forehead, something that only tended to happen when she became extremely upset. "So you think killing the man responsible for your mother's death is going to solve anything", Verena questions me as if what I plan to do with Kieran Alvarado is wrong. 

Before I decide to respond to Verena, I glance over at Arsenio who has placed his arms around Zolani holding her firmly against him so she will not try to move. Her body is shaking and I can see the fear present in her eyes as she realize what she is witnessing. 

"Take her out of here", I demand to Arsenio, who immediately takes hold of Zolani's hand as they walk back up the stairs and then out of the door. 

I do not make any further movement until the door is sealed shut, leaving me, Verena, and Kieran stowed away inside one of the rooms I use to interrogate or torture individuals who I consider to be enemies of the Vallea Mafia. 

Verena then begins to lower her body to the ground, placing her hand against Kieran's cheek. Surprisingly he does not make any movement as her hand touches his skin. 

She then pulls the front of his body vertically against the floor so that his lying against his back as his hands touch his chest. I notice a frown immediately covering Verena's face as she looks back up at me. 

"His heartbeat is faint. I'm sure you do not give a damn if this man lives or dies". The corners of my mouth part open and I wink in her direction. 

"You know me so well Cherie. He deserves to die with the rest of his family". 

Verena rolls her eyes before she looks at Kieran one final time before she walks toward the opposite side of the room and leans her body against the wall. 

"You are such a fucking idiot. Did you ever think that maybe if what you are saying is correct", Verena then points her hand in the direction where Kieran lying on the ground, "That man has made it his mission to try to get romantically involved with me since I started living in Fountain View". 

I look over at Verena curiously as I squint my eyes trying to decipher what exactly is she trying to take this conversation because if anything just hearing how this scumbag has tried on many instances to get close to my wife, makes instead want to behead him with my machete. 

"You such a fucking loose cannon. Your automatic response is to kill. You are not thinking rationally about this entire situation because you are thinking with your emotions".

 Verena then walks over and stands in front of me, her eyes looking directly into mine. 

"Do you honestly think this is the right way to handle this situation".

 When I had my men capture Kieran a few days ago and bring him here to my estate and lock him down here in this room, beating him to a pulp to the point where it has left him unconscious, I believe I was avenging my mother's death. 

But now thinking about the things Verena just expressed to me moments ago, I wonder if maybe the murder of my mother was orchestrated and performed by the Alvarado family, but maybe others. 

A cold shiver slides down my body as I see my mother's body lying on the floor, my tears of pain seep out as I beg for her to wake up over and over again, my father turning into a fit of rage as his wife, the only love he has known for 30 years is now gone which causes his heart to turn cold, my brothers growing up motherless, forcing me to step up to the plate be active in their lives as much as possible so they would not go off the deep end. 

Those memories play repeatedly in my mind over and over again until it causes my emotions to flare my skin begins to tingle and my muscles begin to twitch. I close my eyes for a moment trying to block out everything but nothing seems to be working. 

I open my eyes avoiding eye contact with Verena as look down at my target, the man responsible for taking away the beautiful soul that nurtured and loved me until she took her last breathe, my mother, before my trigger finger pulls back the handle and I shoot him in the head, as his body instantly lifts from the ground for a moment before it makes contact with the ground. 

My enemy is now dead. I look over to see Verena staring at me in disbelief. I motion to walk toward her, but she places her hand up in front of her body, signaling for me to stay put in the place where I am standing with the gun I killed my enemy withy still lying in my hand. 

"You wonder why I left you...", she then walks over and slaps me across the face. I am taken by surprise by her sudden movement, but do not flinch in response as the pain of her slap immediately courses against my cheek, I am sure that had turned red by now. 

"You are erratic and do not always think before just up and want to kill someone. There was another way to handle this". I shake my head not agreeing with Verena.

 "I will never be the man you have fantasized in your mind to be. I am not ashamed of who I am. I will never apologize or back down from protecting my family, including you".

 Verena bites the corner of her lips before she turns and marches up the stairs and slams the door shut in response. Seconds later I hear the door open again, revealing Arsenio as he walks down the stairs and comes to stand next to me I begin to grab a handkerchief in my back pocket before wiping off the gun residue from my pistol. 

Arsenio whistles as he takes a closer look at Kieran who is now dead, and looks over in my direction. "Do you want me to call the guys to remove the body". 

I shake my head. "No, I'll do it". Arsenio places his hand on my shoulder as I have a solemn look covering my face as I think of my mother once more. 

Without any words Arsenio and I work to remove the body from the room. Maybe I could have handled this situation differently as Verena suggested, but Kieran Alvarado was going to die. 

If what Verena is indicating is true that maybe my mother's death was orchestrated and planned out by others outside of the Alvarado family, then I will hunt down every person responsible for mother's death and make them beg for mercy and torture them until they reach the realm of death and even thing I hope that their souls would not find rest for the burden and pain I have had to bear all of the years of losing my mother. 

Eryx has a temper for the most part he has been doing well with hiding it. Verena is disappointed but this not her first time feeling this way towards Eryx. This couple has so many issues to get past, they both have hurt each other.  This was a tough chapter for me to write, but I had to get through it no matter what.