The M in Mafia

Chapter 41

It has now been more than a month since we had been back here in L.A., mom and dad were back in their newly refurbished house after staying a while at Enzo's. I on the other hand decided to stay with Enzo. After everything that had happened and almost loosing a year apart from each other I didn't want to be away from him ever again, even if we would just be 20 minutes away from each other's house.

Enzo had been so happy when I told him that I wanted to stay and live with him, only if he wanted to too of course, and judging by the smile and the kiss after I had said those words, I was pretty sure he was happy to have me stay with him.

"Hi Maggie." Lorenzo, one of Enzo's friends, greeted me as I entered the house with my baby Nugget by my side.

"Hi there Lorenzo, how are you? I haven't seen you in a while." I said, as he kneeled down and started to play with Nugget, who was completely exhausted from the little run we went on.

"I'm good, lots of work but everything is going good so I can't complain." he said smiling back at me and then going back to petting Nugget. I smiled back and left him with my nuggy, while I made my way towards the kitchen.

It had taken some time to get used to seeing a lot of men around the house, with guns and 'patrolling' as Enzo said, but they were all friendly and I was able to get to know some of them personally, like for exemple, there was Vito, a man around his late 40s who patrolled around the house, he has a wife, her name is Delia and they have a son Dany and a daughter Celia. Whenever I ask about them, he always smiles brightly at me, happy that someone cares about him and his family. It made the atmosphere around the house more cozy and less serious, like we were really a big family.

As soon as I arrived in the kitchen I went to the fridge and took a fresh bottle of water, today had been an extremely warm day and I downed the bottle of water pretty quickly. Taking another bottle when the first one was empty and hearing soft paws walking towards me, and saw Nugget in front of me. 

I saw that his water bowl was empty, and I quickly refilled it, he looked so happy with his little tail waggling and as soon as I put his bowl down he was drinking like a mad man. As I was petting his soft fur, I was taken out of my daydreaming when the bell rang.

I waited to see if anyone was going to answer the door, but when the bell rang two more times, I decided to go and open the door. Knowing that it couldn't have been a threat since the person would have had to pass by the security at the front gate of the house.

I opened it, and mind you that I was still wearing my yoga pants and sports bra, a little bit sweaty from taking Nuggy out. Of course I had to be wearing that when the person I had opened the front door to, looked like a model out of a Vogue magazine. 

"Who are you?" the Vogue model said, that's when I realised that she looked at me in disgust as her eyes travelled up and down my body. I put on my best smile, the same as the twins in the 'Parent trap' when they call Meredith, Cruella. 

"I'm Maggie, I would've shaken your hand but I'm a bit sweaty." I said, trying to contain my laughter when she scrunched up her nose in disgust.

"Whatever, is Enzo here?" she asked, completely ignoring whatever I said, I rolled my eyes and tried to stay calm.

"Yes he is, can I ask who you are?" I asked her, now crossing my arms in front of me, my eyebrows raised but my smile never faltering.

"God, how hard is it to get good help these days." she huffed out, looking at her pretty manicured hands, which reminded me that I also had to go and get my nails done soon.

"I'm his girlfriend." she said to me matter of factly, I wanted to snort, my eyes grew wide as if realising how important she was.

"Oh of course, my apologies, I am new here, please come I will lead you to his office." I told her my smile as bright as ever.