Shattered Innocence (BWWM)

XXVIII

//How deep is your love?//

Harold, Fico, Lorenzo, Ferro and Antonio around the poker table at one of Harold's clubs. The room with filled with smoke from their cigars and the smell of whiskey was prominent. Then men were quiet as they tried to think about what their next moves should be.

"So Dante" Lorenzo started making all the men look up from their cards and to him. "Ferro told me that you left your family and went to Alison's and spend the rest of Christmas will her" he said as he moved his cards around. Harold looked at him with a suspicious look, he wasn't sure what Lorenzo was doing but he had a feeling that it would lead to a long discussion.

"Did he now?" Harold said looking towards his older brother who looked at him innocently. Harold just glared at me.

"Yes, he did go but I didn't know it was to this girls house" Fico said before taking a sip of his Jack Daniel's. "Harold son, Siete andati a vedere quella ragazza? {Did you go see that girl?}" Fico said turning to Harold.

"Sì papà"

"Ok. Dimmi, che cosa ti senti per questa ragazza? {Ok. Tell me, what do you feel for this girl?}"

And paused for a moment and brought his cigar to his lips and inhaled it before blowing it out, adding to the collection of smoke already in the room. Harold had already told Porsha how he felt about Alison but this was his famiglia. The people he had know all his life, their and Alison's opinion  mattered more then anything in the world. He knew how he felt and wasn't going to deny it. He felt this way for so long at it was now time to tell them.

"I love her papà"

"You love her?"

"Yes. I love her more then anything in the world" Harold said nodding before placing his bet.

Fico couldn't help but smile. Whoever this Alison was, he had to meet her, she had seemed to change Harold for the better. It wasn't known for Harold to say that he loved someone. Growing up Harold only said 'I love you' to his parent rarely, he wasn't really  on for affection and to here Harold say the worlds so easily showed that Alison wasn't like the girls Harold slept with. Hell the fact that Harold asked her to be his first girlfriend showed that she was special.

"Well, this is something. Let us see a picture of her". Harold put his cigar down and pulled out his phone. He pulled out his favourite phone of her and gave his phone to him. Fico took the phone and looked at the photo. Alison was sitting in a café  with sunglasses on top of her head smiling. It was obvious that Harold was sitting opposite when the photo was taken. Fico nodded his head giving Harold his approval. 

The thing about Fico was that -much like his wife and Harold - he was very good and reading people and knowing their personalities from one look. It was a gift and a curse which made it easy for them to know who to trust. Looking at Alison made Fico relived that he would have Alison in his son's life. He could tell that she was a strong women who had a rough past but didn't get in the way of her future. He knew that she was a honest, kind and intelligent women who didn't go around throwing herself to men, he knew that she wouldn't take Harold's shit and would be able to tame him a little. But the best thing that he saw in her was that she wasn't a gold digging whore and he knew he could trust her.

He turned to Harold and gave him the phone back.

"Sono contento di averla, lei sembra buona per te figlio {I'm glad you have her, she seems good for you son }

"Sei sicuro? Non l'hai ancora incontrata {Are you sure? You haven't even met her yet}" Ferro said.

"Tu dimentichi Ferro, tuo padre ha un sesto senso. Sa che è buono e chi non ha fiducia {You forget Ferro, your father has a sixth sense. He knows who is good and who's not to trust} " Antonio said earning a nod from both Harold and Lorenzo.

"Inoltre , sesto senso o no , Alison è buono per voi . Hai cambiato per il meglio . Si diventa più forte , più felice e il tuo diventare il leader sei nato per essere. Lei mi piace. Lei è una brava persona {Also, sixth sense or not, Alison is good for you. You've changed for the better. Your stronger, happier and your becoming the leader you are born to be. I like her. She is a good person}" Lorenzo said whilst looking at Harold.

Harold couldn't help but smile. Hearing that his close friends and father already excepted Alison made him glad. She meant everything to him. And he wanted her in his life for good and could no longer imagine a life without her.

"Oh look, he's thinking about her" Lorenzo teased causing everyone to look at him. Harold couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed that he got caught.

"And he's blushing" Ferro added making everyone laugh at him. Harold just glared at the two while going a little red; he refrained himself from shooting his brother and friend.

  "Chiudi quella bocca fottuta {Close that fucking mouth of yours" Harold hissed out before rolling his eyes at the two idiots in front of him.

As much as Harold hated the lot of them, he couldn't imagine life without them and he didn't want to.

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Looking at snippits of Harold's life and what he does when he's not working or with Alison. Hope you liked it.

-Candide Molamba.