The Mirage

Ch. 20 "Nervous"

Gemma mentally prepared herself for what it will be like basically handing herself over to her enemy. She was going to do it in less than 24 hours and she wanted to plan for the very worst so he could tell Luca about her leaving him. She figured if she told him she was going somewhere important and may be back in a day he wouldn't ask questions but what if she wasn't back in a day.

"Hey baby remember that pretty lady with the belly who came over and ate pancakes?"

"Yeah."

"How do you feel about spending the night with her. Nico will get you in the morning when you wake up."

Luca was very hesitant to nod his head not knowing why he would spend the night with Emily.

"Will you go with me?"

"Aww Luca I wish I could but I have to do something important for us. That's why you're going over."

"Okay then."

With that Luca kisses Gemma's cheek and started to draw on the piece of paper in front of him.

"Hey can you come here?" Nico asked Gemma popping his head out of his office. Gemma walked over and  sat in one of the chairs. Nico closed the door and stood between his desk and the beautiful brown haired woman he was starting to love.

"What's up?"

"I want you to know that you can trust Luis and Angelo. They are some of our best men but I also want you to have a gun so if it comes down to it your protected too. I want you to take one of the guns you have in your nightstand so they know we didn't give it to you."

Gemma nodded understanding what Nico was saying but then it hit her.

"How do you know I have guns in my nightstand? I never told you about those."

"I saw them in your room."

"Why were you in my room?! Can I not have a little privacy?"

"This is my house, that's my room, and everything in it was bought by me! It's not your stuff it's mine! You can't keep things that are mine private!"

"This is why I asked to buy my own stuff. You can know everything in my whole life I don't care but I'd at least like you to tell me instead of going and sneaking into something I thought was mine!"

"NOTHING'S YOURS!!! ALL OF THIS IS MINE! HOW DO YOU SNEAK INTO YOUR OWN HOUSE?!?!"

Gemma was irritated and never liked being yelled at especially with the stress she already had on her so she got.

"ARE YOU JUST GOING TO WALK AWAY YOU UNGRATEFUL BITCH?!?!"

Nico's voice was booming as Gemma was halfway up the stairs. Gemma was never one to be ungrateful so the words struck right through her. She quickly grabbed her guns, car keys and wallet. She grabbed a bag and stuffed a few of Luca's clothes in there. Feeling hurt by the way she had started developing feelings for and called her husband.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience. The money in the night stand should make up for what we took." Gemma said seeing a fuming Nico with alcohol in his hand. She picked up Luca and walked to the door.

"YOU CAN'T FUCKING LEAVE!!! YOU'RE MY WIFE!!!"

"Only legally. There was never love." With that Gemma opened the door and a glass flew in front of her hitting the now open door and shattering. She shook her head with a tear leaking from her eye and rushed to the old truck putting Luca in, she got in herself and started driving off.

Nico was nervous about the plan. He didn't want Gemma getting hurt. Yes he knew snooping through her stuff was not a good idea but he still did it. He had already had a couple of drinks to calm his nerves before he talked to Gemma. When she got upset with him he just got mad at her and started to lash out not knowing what to do or how to control his emotions.

Gemma was never one to walk out of an argument but she couldn't stand getting yelled at by a man she just liked while knowing she could be taken by Costa's men in less than 4 hours. She drove to Renzo and Emily's house knocking on the door. Renzo answered and let Gemma in with a questioning look.

"Where's Nico?"

"He's at his house. I'm ready to go once Emily can take Luca."

Emily came waddling down the stairs and saw Gemma. She pulled her into a hug.

"Hey Luca she's gonna take care of you okay? I'll be back later and we'll go visit Auntie and Uncle okay?" The child just nodded not liking the way his older sister was acting.

"Do you wanna talk about it real quick?" Emily asked trying to comfort Gemma. She just shook her head and looked at Renzo.

"I'm ready can we go?"

Stunned with how closed off Gemma had become he mumbled a 'yes' kissing his wife and walking to a black SUV. They hopped in and started a silent drive when Renzo's phone rang. It was Nico.