The Family

Boom...

Avenito....Avenito....that name....

I stood, frozen, and deep in thought while my father introduced me to the person he was sitting with.

"This is Mr Avenito. One of the mafia bosses from the other side of town." My father explained.
"Oh please, call me Lorenzo." He said calmly.

"And you must be Valentine Russo...oh I heard very promising things about you..." he mused.

I nodded, still deep in thought.

As if on cue, I saw a figure move behind Lorenzo. A very familiar figure....

"Ahhh DeLuca, delightful for you to join us." Lorenzo greeted. He nodded and kept his eyes on me, an arrogant smirk on his face.

Lorenzo followed DeLuca's gaze and his eyes landed on me. A knowing smirk on his face.

"What are your intentions..." I mumbled under my breathe, making sure no one heard me, however I proved to be unsucceful as Lorenzo's smirk grew wider. He looked at me with piercing eyes.

"I suppose you've met my bodyguard then," Sighed Lorenzo, his eyes still on me.

At his words, I had to stop myself from physically facepalming myself.

Of course! It was so obvious. He wanted to take down father.

"Yes, we've met a couple of times." I mumbled at the tanned male standing behind Lorenzo.

I couldn't stop but growl as I came to the realization and my father gave me a disapproving look.

"Now now, I thought you had manners in you, girl." My father scolded.

"Forgive me papa, but there's something I need to tell you." I warned while glaring at Lorenzo and DeLuca.

I leaned down and spoke into my father's ear,"Papa, they want to take our family down, like everyone else." I whispered.

"Now you stop right there, you seem to be forgetting who the head of the house is. It is not our family, it is mine.
And if you must know, Lorenzo and I are thinking of joining both our families. We will be incredibly powerful that way." Antonio, my father scolded.

"Papa, he's playing you!" I muttered.

"Valentine! You listen to me-" my father began but was cut of by the sound of shrill laughter.

We both looked over and saw Lorenzo clutching his stomach and wiping an imaginary tear away as he laughed loudly.

The music seemed to stop at the sound and everyone stood still in confusion, myself and Papa included.

He let out the last of his laughter and looked me straight in the eye.

"Hahaha...this is simply amusing." He began but his aura soon turned to that of a darker one as his face contorted into a sadistic smirk.

"Valentine.....what a smart girl you are." He spoke, and snapped his fingers loudly.

The sound resonated through the quiet hall, and as if on cue, I heard shrieks and gasps emanating through the room.

I observed my surroundings and realized that every inch of the walls were covered by Lorenzo's men. They each held Tommy guns in their hands and their hats covered their eyes.

My heart skipped a beat as I turned around and spotted Nicolas and Seraphina.

"Nicolas, Seraphina, GET DOWN." I shrieked at the last minute before the shooting began...