My Endeavor

Chapter 4: " Decisions"

              
Back at the Lobby...

"What!, what do you mean this is the last day we work together!?" Kelly yells and it echoes all over the lobby.

"For fuck sake lower your voice!" I tell Kelly while hiding my face in shame that everyone is staring at us. "I didn't know it was going to happen, Bruce is no longer working here apparently, I'm just as surprised as you are".

"Oh, give me a brake! I'm having a moment, my best friend is leaving me with the dorks at the front desk, at least Bruce is gone that guy gave me the creeps, but you now are going to go work for the almighty sexy God boss." She says mockingly but a little annoyed.

"Hey! What do you mean Dorks!" says a random desk clerk walking by us.

"Oh piss off Bob" Kelly says while exchanging looks with Bob, she sticks her tongue out at Bob and turned to look in my direction. "Oh, well... can't do anything about it I guess, but wait..." Kelly crosses her arms and rests the tip of her index finger on her cheek and starts to think, I already know this is going to be a bad idea. "We should Celebrate!, let's go to the club and dance and drink!" she tells me all exited about the idea.

I stand there thinking... well it is a Friday, there's no harm with that and we have had a rough week it wouldn't kill me to live a little and maybe get ridiculously drunk and pass out at home and finally get a good nights sleep without nightmare interruptions. I stare back at Kelly with a cheeky smile;

"Okay, I'm in!" I reply super exited extending my hand for a high five.

"Alright!" she high fives me back, but the moment gets quickly. Interrupted by the sudden sound of the meeting room door opening.

I see all the men walk out and you can see the tension on all their faces, Rocco, Enzo, Alberto and Nick look like they are about to snap anything that stood in their way, they were surrounding Gio that he looked puzzled, he was thinking about something and I have a feeling it wasn't good.

"What's going on..." I whispered to myself, while staring at the men still confused and also wondering where Luca is...

Luca walks out and locks the door behind him, I see his face covered in blood, I feel my heart drop to my stomach, what the hell happened in there? I asked myself completely concerned, our eyes meet and his look is not the same look I saw this morning he looked worried, puzzled...frustrated. He quickly turned the other way and kept walking towards the front exit, his facial template changed and just went blank...what the hell is going on?" I quickly get brought back from my thoughts by the annoying high pitch ear destroying sound of kelly's voice;

"Hey, Earth to Vicky" Kelly pokes me in the head.

"Yes Kelly!" I roll my eyes.

"So Tonight, my house we get ready we leave right".

"Yeah...sounds like a plan" I turn around and keep looking out the front door to see if I can still see him, but he already left, you can see the small disappointment in my face. "Come on Kelly lets go" I start making my way to the exit and Kelly behind me, I'm going find out what's going on here... something is not right.

Luca's POV.

I get inside my expensive sports car, I quickly step on the gas needed to get out of here before she walks outside at the end of her shift and sees me again, I hated it that she was there and saw me like this, I usually never care about what women think of me but with her is different, there's something about her that just drives me mad, scares me even...  Flash backs of the end conversation I had with my brother at the meeting could my mind;

FLASH BACK

"So about the girl, you didn't just convince me to make her my receptionist because of her work ethics?" Gio asks Luca while he's leaning on the wall looking out the window.

"No..." Luca says on a low tone of voice, sitting on the table elbows on the edge hands held together in a fist supporting his forehead as he looks down at the table. "When I was watching that creep harass the employees and be like a slobbery dog, It was just disgusting... but then I saw him following her slobbering on her and It just infuriated me, I don't know why I usually don't give a shit, but there's something about her, as I watched her on the cameras for the last couple of weeks I could see she was a happy soul so kind, always smiling, that night that I heard Bruce on the phone talking about some girls at the hotel matched some kind of description, It just made me sick to my stomach thinking that it was her that was in danger..." Gio quickly interrupts.

"So you gave me a bullshit story of her being a "excellent" employee to keep her close, by being my receptionist" Gio scoffs."Let's just make one thing clear, I hope you know what you are doing, I will not put the safety of my men and the gang in Jeopardy because of a hunch you had about this girl. I know she's my employee but I cannot control or be held accountable for what happens outside my territory or by actions made by someone who is not family" Gio stars walking towards the door.

"She's not going to be a problem or distraction" Luca says straightening up his posture as he gets up to walk out the door.

"I hope not... now Rocco come with me we have a meeting with father, We have to update him with what's going on, Enzo , Alberto , Nik you guys go to the docks we have a shipment coming in and I would like it supervised and put away at the warehouse before tonight and you... go home clean yourself up , I'll call if I need you."  Rocco opens the door and everyone exists. But before Luca exits Gio grabs him by the shoulder and whispers into Luca's ears "Stay away from the girl, this lifestyle she doesn't need that in her life" he let's go and proceeds to walk out.

FLASH BACK ENDS.

I take a tight grip on the steering wheel, I better get my shit together can't afford any distractions or risking the crew... I need a drink, I better get my ass home and clean up and I'm hitting the club, I need to get my mind off this... of her.