Love on the road

chapter twenty

When my mom and Martina came back I saw Martina almost in tears. I ran up to her and wiped away an old tear from Martina's face and she held my hand tight.

"are you okey my love?" I asked and she nodded and kissed my hand.

"i'm more then okey mi amore" She said and I smiled and kissed her cheek softly. Then Dahlia came up to me with a series face

"Can I talk to you?" She asked and I nodded and kissed Martina on the cheek.

"I'll be quick" She smiled and nodded as I went after Dahlia.

We walked out on the backyard and she closed the door behind her. We stod there for a while very awkwardly. Until Dahlia coughed to get my attention.

"so, that went well?" She tried to smile and I just raised my eyebrow not amused.

"whats up?" I asked and crossed my arms over my chest as she started to fidget with her fingers.

"well... I'm sorry for being so hard on Leo so he was hard on you... About Martina" She said and I understood that she was trying to apologize.

"but I have to be honest.. The Garzias are much worse then us Black lotus" She said seriously and put her hand on her hip.

"what?" I said and released my arms from
my chest to put one on my hip, she nodded.

"I only do shipment on illegal drugs and guns and sometimes have to kill but the gun I have on me, is only to bring a little fear into my enemies. But the Garzias... they kill for fun" She said I felt a shiver down my spine.

I put down my arms and she walked up to me and put an arm on my shoulder. I had to look away so I looked back into the house and saw Martina talking to my mum and Nova. She locked eyes with me and smiled bright. I looked back to Delilah and nodded slowly.

"I can't... The only thing I feel like I can do is try to trust her..." I said and felt my bandages on my neck and my eyes wanting to water.

"promise me Esme to be careful" She said and I nodded. She looked like she was about to cry and stepped away from me to look up to the sky.

And suddenly I felt a cold in my shoulder and I looked up to and realized that it had started to snow.

Oh right it's soon christmas

"It was a night like this that I gave birth to Leo" Dahlia said after a while I was so shocked that I couldn't help but open my mouth wide open.

"WHAT?!" I shouted out. And she nodded.

"yeh, it was me who gave birth to Leo" And I steared at her with wide open eyes. I couldn't believe what I heard, but then after a while of staring I could see very much Leo in her.

"yeah... That makes sense now.. He's very much like you" I said and she looked at me and smile sadly.

"he is... isn't he.." She said and I heard her voice crack with a sadness in her voice. I looked at her with confused expression and she noticed.

"it's not easy to get pregnant when you a mafia boss, you instely become an easy target for all the enemies" She said as she looked back up into the sky.

"We have been into hiding for a while now and that haven't really worked out for us now so I need Leo to come back into our world... I need his help" She said and I understood immediately that she was talking real. She and Nova was in real danger.

"But why him?" I asked and she liked at me surprised and I noticed that maybe she wasn't sure I would answer her.

"Because he's the best person to do this with his background" She said and looked at me weird like if I knew or not. I nodded slowly as my memory came back of that night.

~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashbacks~~~~~~~~~~

"STOP IT LEOO!" I screamed at him as he continued to hit the man on the floor. We were in a bar together with Theo the first time we met. The blood came running down the man's face and nose. I tried to push Leo off the man but he slammed me into the wall and I feel to the floor
hard.

"Stop it.." I sobbed out and Leo for the first time looked at me and he looked like he wanted to cry himself I tried to stod up again and he helped me up quickly and put me in his arms.

"Shhhh I got you" He said as he walked out of the bar and walked away. When we got to a quiet little park he sat me down on a bench slowly.

"I'm sorry Esme... I just wanted to protect you or something" He said and I looked at him angry.

"Almost killing somebody does not protect anyone" I said angry and drunk

"It's the only thing I can do... It's the only thing I'm good at..." He said quietly and sat down beside me and started to broke down. I felt my heart break with his.

"Is it your family's fault?" I asked as I let my hand rest on his shoulder and he nodded

"I know... My dad hits me to..." I said after a while and he looked up at me surprised and I nodded understandingly. He hugged me tighty and buried his face in my neck as I brushed my hands softly in a cirkel on his back.

~~~~~~~~~~~End of Flashback~~~~~~~~~~

That's how we met and got so close to each other.

"I know, But you also have to know that he doesn't want that life anymore" I said and she nodded.

"I know he wants a calm life a normal life, that's why he's so hard on you about Martina... Because he know that life and he hates it more then anything" She took a deep breath in and out before she continued.

"Just how he hates me" She said after while with a broken voice and I saw a tear run down her cheek. I wanted to hug her but I was to scared to. So I looked back into the house and saw Nova notice her wife crying and ran over to us.

"Dahlia my love" She said when she came up to her and wiped away years from her lovers face.

"I told you that you didn't have to tell her everything" She said and I just stod there confused as fuck when Martina came to me and lifted me up in her arms.

"You okey amore?" I nodded slowly but still looking at Dahlia and Nova talked and kissed in between the talking. Martina kissed my shoulder and got my attention and she raised her eyebrow and I just smiled and brought my hands to her face as I kissed her lips.

"It's snowing my love" I said and she looked up and nodded.

"It does mi amor" She said and we stod there just looking at each other just admiring us and this moment. Then my mom came out.

"Your gonna catch a cold come inside we have some food and drinks" She said and Martina started walking in with me in her arms still and I looked behind her. Nova and Martina stood out there and held onto each other and their heads were inches apart. Until Dahlia kissed Nova on the lips I smiled at the sight and looked down at Martina.

She sat me down in the kitchen island and I had my legs wrapped around her waist and she held my waist tight. My mom handed my Pink Panther drink from before.

"What do you drink my dear?" She asked Martina who now looked at me and asked for help in her face. I giggled and kissed her forehead.

"She will take a whiskey sour" I said and she looked at me wierd as my mom nodded and started making the drink.

"But i don't like sour" She whispered and I just gigelde again.

"Too bad" I said and winked at her and she smiled and shook her head.

"Your impossible my love" She said and I took out my tongue.

"Payback for this" I said and pointed at my bandages around my neck and she looked at them woth a sad face and guilt.

"I'm sorry" She said under her breath and I took her face and turned it up to me.

"I know you are... And from now on you will never do that ever again to me" I said and she nodded and I kissed her gently on the head again as my mom came over with the drink.

"Thanks mom" I said and she smiled and went back into the kitchen. Me and Martina held into each other tighter.