His Delicate Flame

chapter 7~ What the hell.

Alessio was confused. This was rare for him. He usually was on top of his game with all of America with small gangs surrounding them, so he was lost as to who dared to tail her.

"How?" Lukas asked getting his senses back.

"Ask Stephano, she disarmed him." He walked around his desk and sat down.

Alessio was also curious about how Julie got in. He figured there was more to her than he had imagined.

Lukas shook his head in disbelief."That patuna is crazy."

"Do not call her that." Alessio ground out. "Find out who has been following her." He ordered.

Lukas sobered up instantly.
"Yes boss."

Alessio's mind was muddled he needed answers that only Julie could provide. He called Luigi to meet him outside. He was going to pay the angel a visit.

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He was parked opposite her driveway with a clear view of the  house. Her car was missing from the drive way so he knew she was not home yet.

He wondered where she had gone after she left his home. She should have been home by now. Just as he was about to call her , her car came screeching  down the road and parked in the driveway.

Julie did not even notice his car as she ran to the door she looking frantic. Alessio followed her. She even left her front door opened. Now he knew something was up.

In the few weeks he had come to know about her through his men she was very conscious about her doors. He assumed she was paranoid about something. She made sure they were locked. Always.

He got in without knocking not wanting to scare her, she looked frizzled enough already .He found her waiting by the doorway to the lounge. She looked like she was in a trance. She was holding on to the door frame like she was trying to keep herself from falling down.

When he spoke she didn't hear him and it confused him until he walked closer to her and saw the state of her lounge.

It looked like there had been a struggle of some sort. Broken furniture some couches where upside down. There had been a fight,  there was a little blood on the floor. Not enough to be alarming but enough to worry.

Julie mumbled something before collapsing and starting to sob.

He finally made sense of her mumbles . Tony was in trouble, but with who was his question.

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Julie was a mess. She was sobbing so bad that all Alessio could do was gather her into his arms and comfort her. He had kneeled by her so that he could wrap his arms around her without struggling. She in turn  snuggled to him unconsciously letting him comfort her.

He could not get any information from her. She could not even bring herself to stop crying long enough to answer anything.

Gone was the fierce, sassy woman who had pointed a gun at him. Even his soft delicate angel was gone. In her place was a distraught women letting out heart wrenching sobs. It somehow pained him to see her like this.

His cell rang with Lukas calling him. He hoped he would get some useful information from his brother because Julie was in no shape to talk.

"Russians" Lukas said going straight to the point.

Alessio frowned."Why?"

Lukas paused slightly."I don't know."

"Well find out." Alessio snapped then hung up.

Julie quietened down to hiccups. Her eyes bloodshot and puffy. She looked at his tear stained suit and she moved away from him.

"Thank you. Sorry for messing your suit." She mumbled her voice hoarse from crying.

"It is ok." Alessio waved it off.

"I have to go."

She was still dazed as she went to her room slightly staggering and using the wall to steady herself. Alessio followed her worried she might hurt herself.

Julie went to her closet and moved boxes to reveal a safe. She typed in her security code and it opened. Inside was a black travelling bag which she took and went to put it on her bed.

Still oblivious to Alessio standing by the door she started unpacking the bag shocking the shit out of him.

Guns, knives ,grenades and more weapons. Julie took out two nine millimetre glogs and checked the cartridge. When satisfied she tucked them in the waistband of her jeans.

A smaller kitty gun was strapped to her left ankle and she folded her jeans to her knee and strapped a combat knife to her right calf.

Her hair which was lose and tangled from her breakdown was pulled into a tight pony tail. She shrugged on a leather jacket then put two grenades in the pockets inside.

Alessio was still frozen in shock when she turned around finally spotting him.

"What are you doing here?"

"What the hell !"

They both spoke at the same time.

"I don't have time Alessio I have to go." She moved to pass him.

He stopped her. "Do you know where?"

"I will find them." She assured him confidently.

"Then what?"

Julie smirked,an evil glint in her eyes. "Don't worry about it. Lock my door when you decide to leave, I have some rats to trap."

She walked past him and he was too dumbfounded to stop her. The look in her eyes had rattled him. Somehow he feared for those Russians.