Mafia Connections

Thirty Six

Bella's POV

Finally. Oliver's asleep.

I pull the sheets away from my legs and wince as I slide off the bed. I'm still not used to the hot weather here so the black shorts and vest top is becoming my everyday choice for clothes.

I creep around the sleeping figure and go out into the hall. I've been imprisoned in my room for the past three days. Viktor comes up every hour or so if he's in the house to see me and Rya usually comes with him.

My legs are stiff from the lack of movement and I edge down the hall to make sure no one sees me.

I haven't seen anyone since Angelica had her mini heart attack seeing me and it's been killing me to know that they're so close by but I can't see them.

My stomach grumbles and I make my way into the kitchen that's thankfully empty. I open the fridge and pull out a can of coke and a slice of cake that had been left over from the wedding.

Viktor kept trying to throw it out but I kept it because who throws out a decent slice of chocolate cake? I stare at the cutlery drawer and wonder how I'm meant to get a fork out to eat the cake.

I must be standing there for a few minutes before I hear him chuckle. "Having a difficulty?" He asks.

I grin "Augustus" I laugh.

I hear him groan "After all these years and you haven't dropped that?" I turn to face him and he grins. His curly hair is definitely longer as he can now tie it up in a man bun. He notices me staring "Rose keeps trying to cut it off" he touches it and I laugh.

"I will too" I say. "Now. Fork. Please?"

He chuckles and gets what I asked for. He holds it out to me and then realises my dilemma. "Oh" he says and stabs the cake with it. "I'd hug you but I'll wait until your hands are free. Everyone's outside. Nobody will tell us anything about where you've been or why you wouldn't come see us"

I roll my eyes "I don't know why he's being like that. I told him he could trust you"

He frowns "And.. who's Rya?"

I laugh. "Outside first. Just make sure no one sees me"

Once I'm outside and the cake is safely on a plastic table beside the pool, I'm bombarded by hugs and screams of excitement.

At one point even, Isaac lifted me up and spun me around.

"Explain. Everything" Rose says as they finally calm down. Her hair is soaking wet as she had been in the pool with Rob and Angie. "How are you alive?"

I sigh "It wasn't me in the coffin"

"No shit" Rob laughs. Matthew's sitting on his knee grinning and it makes me smile. "Why don't you go play with Rya" Rob says to him and he nods and runs into the house.

I shake my head "It was some girl that used to work for Elijah. She looked a bit like me and we jumped at the chance. Of course, a few details were off so we got Maddox, a police officer, to make sure that everyone believed it was me. We even leaked video footage of me getting shot so they would believe us. It was our chance of getting away. But I couldn't leave you guys behind. Not again.

My funeral was the only way they would let everyone be at the one place at the one time. It was just luck that Rosalind actually showed up"

Angie frowns "So you faked getting shot?"

I shake my head "No. I did get shot. That part was real" I smile "The plan wasn't perfect. It wouldn't have taken long for them to realise that you guys weren't actually dead and once the footage was out, the world would be searching for Viktor. It gave us just enough time to get out of the country"