Mr.mafia's unexpected

Twenty three

I sat down next to Liam still waiting to see where and what he had been doing all these years.
After about half hour Marcus joined us again.
"Ezio" He called my name
"I have someone I would like you to meet" he said looking to the door. Jasper and Liam immediately stood up proud and with perfect stiff postures. What was going on?
Then a man walked through the door.
"Hello Ezio"  greeted a voice I had never heard before.
My eyes scanned the man in front of me.
"Your...dead" was all that Came out of my mouth.
"I'm alive son" he said looking at me sadly. I could see the tears brimming his eyes, it was almost as if they would burn him if they reached his checks.
"Liam, jasper let's give them some space" Marcus told the two before they all left each patting stefano's shoulder.
He stepped closer to me but I was frozen to the spot.
I couldn't say anything, I couldn't move, I couldn't even think properly.

"I know this is a huge shock?" He began
"Shock? That's an understatement" I replied
I didn't know how to feel
I was angry that he's been alive all this time, I've grown up thinking he was dead.
I was sad because I just wanted to hug him, I just wanted to know my father.
What would you do in my situation?

"I'm sorry Ezio" he apologised
"Do you know how old I am?" I questioned
"18 years old, 6 months and 13 days" he told me.
I didn't want that much detail but I was taken back by his answer since he was correct.
"That's 18 years that I've thought you were dead" I explained
"I know Ezio, it's been 18 years since I last spoke to my baby boy. I visited you the day you were born and I held you in my Arms. I knew that you were the best part of me, you were perfect just like you mother" he said pausing for a second or two.
"When she was taken...it broke my heart and I vowed to myself that I would find her, that I would bring her home to you and we could be a family. I vowed to not return to my family until I found the women that made it whole. I wanted to find her so you wouldn't grow up with out a mum but I failed you Ezio, I failed you as a father and I failed Kimberly because I haven't found her" he said sobbing.

I never imagined meeting my father and if I did then I wouldn't have imagined my first time seeing him that he was crying. I've always heard things about my father being cruel and violent but this is something I didn't expect.
"All I wanted...was to meet you but I never thought it would happen" I told him honestly
"I'm here now son...I will always be here for you son. Please could you forgive me?" He asked me
"I want to know my father, I forgive you stefano" I told him.
He grabbed me and held me tight.
For any body else right now would have seemed weird. An 18 year old hugging his crying father, especially since we were both involved in the mafia. Right now, it just felt to right.

"Who knows your alive?" I asked him
He took a step back and looked around the room before answering.
"Just Marcus, Liam, jasper, your mum and now you. I've let everyone else believe I was dead. It wouldn't been easier to find your mother If I didn't have anyone else to worry about" he explained to me.
"I know about Antonio, father"
The word seemed foreign coming out my mouth.
"Your a smart boy Ezio, the day she was taken...he lured her out to the road leading out of town by pretending to be me. Only I was on the phone when it all happened. He told me I wouldn't win this time" he said the memory showing pain on his face.

"He showed up to my party a few nights ago. We've caught him on camera and Liam was hacking other cameras to see where he's been going these past few years" I explained to him.
"We will find her son, we will make a great team, I'm proud of you" he smiled at me.
"We better get to work then, father"