Hers To Love (complete) Cover By @army_ss841

Chapter 30

Fabio picked Luca up at the house.  He had Roberto and Z with him plus three of Fabretti's men.  Seven total including Luca.  That should be enough to get done what needed to be done.  Luca hadn't said anything to him since he'd entered the SUV.  "Boss, I was just notified by Enzio that the package has been taken to Santini's.  There wasn't any trouble obtaining the package and it went off without a hitch.  Enzio said they would secure everything until we get there."  Luca grunted acknowledgement but didn't say anything verbally.  He had been carrying a lot of anger around with him since this asshole broke into Arienne's apartment.  He was going to find out who put him up to this and why and then he would never be heard from again.  The muscles in his jaw clenched as he took out his gun, unloaded the magazine, all chambers were full, popped it back in and then racked it and stuck it behind his back in the waistband.  He was going to put a stop to this shit with Morelli once and for all.

Paulo pulled a Gator around for he and Ari to drive in out to where they did their target practice.  He had loaded up some targets,  a 12-gauge, a Baretta 92FS, and a USP Colt 45, earplugs and lots of ammo.  Ari was excited.  She didn't dare tell Paulo that Luc had taught her to shoot when she was 15.  She would go to the target range with him every week.  He always told her that he didn't want to have to worry about her when he wasn't around.  So some fathers wanted their daughters to know how to sew and cook, Ari's dad wanted her to learn how to defend herself and she could sew and cook too.  They reached a small clearing, a pretty good distance from the house so there was no way anyone would hear them knocking off some rounds.  Paulo came back to the Gator after getting the targets set up.  "Ladies first" he said smirking.  Ari took a breath, stepped up  and pulled her 45 out of her back waistband.  She racked the firearm and squeezed off all rounds until the clip was empty.  She checked the chamber, it was empty, and then looked over at Paulo.  The look on his face!  She was mentally doing a fist pump!  Ha!  He was speechless.  He was muttering to himself about being set up.  "I'm sorry I didn't quite catch what you were saying" Ari played back.  He shook his head and prepared to shoot.  After he was finished they walked out to the targets.  Paulo's was on the left and Ari's was on the right.  Paulo had a perfect bulls-eye except for one shot that strayed a little right.  Ari hit a perfect bulls-eye with all of her rounds.  "Well you certainly had an unfair advantage you little minx" Paulo said playfully.  The girl's eyes shone with pride.  When they finally finished shooting all the ammo Paulo brought with them, they loaded up everything and headed back to the house.  Paulo looked up at the sky.  "Looks like we got a storm coming in".  Ari nodded in agreement.  They reached the house just in time for the heavens to open up.

"Paulo, I'm going to take a shower.  What do you want for dinner?" asked Ari heading up the stairs.  "There are some frozen pizzas in the freezer.  How does that sound?"  "I'm all for it.  Don't really feel like cooking anything.  Are there any beers left from last night?"  "Yep there's a 12-pack".  "Sounds awesome.  Pizza and beer.  I guess go ahead and heat the oven up.  I won't be long" she called disappearing up the stairs.  Paulo was whistling to himself getting everything ready in the kitchen when his phone buzzed.  He'd made sure to put it on vibrate as to not worry Ari every time it went off.  "Enzio" he said professionally.  It was Luca filling him on what was going on.  Paulo listened intently to what the other man was telling him.  He pounded his fist on the counter.  "Son of a bitch!" he yelled.  "Please tell me that you ended him?"  Luca told him he took care of it himself and that Morelli would be getting a package soon.  "How's Ari?" Luca asked trying to change the subject while washing blood from his hands and his knife.  "Well" started Paulo "were you aware that your girl was quite the marksman?"  Paulo pulled the phone away from his ear while Luca ranted about him taking his girl shooting.  "Dude relax.  It was her idea and after seeing what I saw tonight I feel a lot safer with her around" he said trying to lighten the mood.  I guess it did the trick because Luca laughed and said he wasn't surprised at this revelation.  "Where is she now" he asked.  Paulo informed him that she was taking a shower, that they'd just gotten back and it had started to rain.  "Well with the weather and other activities I will be staying overnight and most of the day tomorrow.  Just to see if there's any blow back from tonight."  Enzio asked if he wanted him to get Arienne.  He said he would call her later that evening.  They finished talking and hung up just as Ari came down the stairs.  She was in black leggings and one of Luca's long sleeved sweatshirts.  It dwarfed her small frame.  Her wet hair piled on top of her head in a messy bun. "Hey what's up?" She asked seeing how he was looking at her. "Nothin girl. You just look like you're about 12!" He said laughing. Ari fake punched him in the arm and stuck her tongue out at him. "Ok so what miserable chick flick do I have to sit through tonight?" asked Paulo worriedly. Ari just just grinned and held the DVD case behind her back. "That's for me to know and you to find out!" she chortled. He faked a groan. "Okay" she said "movie, check, beer, check, pizza, check!" She inserted the movie and plopped down next to Paulo. The man peeked between his fingers when the movie started. "Yes!" he said. "Resident Evil! Girl you rock!" She smiled and high-fived him.
They polished off the pizza and the beer and Ari started to clean up when Paulo stopped her. "I will take care of this. Luca is going to call you shortly." She walked over and gave the big man a hug. "P, you're the best. Thanks for a great day and evening." She headed upstairs and looked forward to Luca's call.