Guns and Roses | ✔

Chapter 7: Baths, Kisses, and Pizza

I walked up from the basement, wiping off the blood from my hands with a wet towel. This is our first lead in two years on finding my mother and grandparents' killers. The California clean up crew came in and walked down to clean up the dead bodies. Han, Sam, Ami, and Jay were upstairs getting cleaned up. Alex and Luca were following me, quiet for once.

David, one of the crew members, was passing me but I stopped him with my hand. "I want to send James back with a note."

He bowed his head and said, "Yes, Miss Thanos." Then he walked off. The clean up crew was basically those who couldn't deal with killing another human being but was not put off by blood. They were most likely born into the famiglia, giving them little to no choice of being part of it. I don't get why they see us as a higher power than them. I see them as equal to me, but I can't really change their minds once they made them. Trust me, I have tried.

I didn't feel any emotions yet other than numbness, leaving me cold and empty. It usually takes me about an hour or two before I'm back to normal. Alex and Luca were sitting around in the white and marble kitchen where I was.

Alex was actually digging through our cabinets looking for food while Luca stared at me. "What," I snapped.

Luca walked up to me and cupped my cheek. "Kitten?" He wiped off a little blood from under my eye.

I slapped his hand away. "Leave me alone. I'm busy," I growled. I turned around and grabbed a piece of paper off the island to write the note. This boy has no control over me, emotionally or physically. He has no right to interrupt my work.

"Gaia," Luca growled back, but I ignored him. He gently grabbed my upper arm and spun me around. "Gaiana, don't ignore me."

"I'm just going to go," Alex said nervously as he left the room to God knows where.

"What's wrong, baby," Luca whispered.

I looked away from his eyes. "Nothing."

"Look at me then."

I rolled my eyes and made eye contact with him. "There. Better? Now get away from me. I need to call my cousin." I shoved him away and turned to get my phone from the island, but it was snatched out of my hands by Luca. I turned back to him and growled, "Give it back. I have a job to do." I tried to jump for it but my short ass couldn't reach it.

"No. Not until you lighten up." I glared at him and turned back to the letter, ignoring his aggravating ass.

'Dear Silver Bullet,
Fuck you. You're next.
Signed,
Don Thanos'

Short and sweet. Just the way I like it. I felt Luca look over my shoulder. "Classy, kitten."

I pushed him away and growled, "Mind your own fucking business." I grabbed the note and a plain black switch blade with a rose engraved at the end. I walked out the front door, with Luca following, and over to David. He was about to load in James into the back of their truck. "Open the body bag." He zipped it open and, with the knife, I stabbed the note onto James's chest. "Go ahead and send it to Silver Bullet." He nodded and loaded James into the back. With a slam of the doors, they were off to wherever they go.