Fighting the Mafia (Completed)

Chapter 40

I can see how spiteful he is. He raises his gun and shoots me in the shoulder. The pain from the bullet makes me grind my teeth.

"Now, you're going to watch as I rid this earth of the Morletti's and you can be the last. You're disgusting to choose them over your own blood." He raises his gun towards Grace. I quickly swing my leg and connect it with the back of his legs making him miss his shot and fall to the ground. I kick him in the face as hard as I can - he's out. I kick myself backwards hard, trying to smash the wood chair when I hit the floor. The chair lands backwards and I hear it break. I fell back so hard that it knocked the wind out of me.

I turn over, gasping for air and wiggling my way out of the rope. All of a sudden this sharp pain flows through my right arm and I look over seeing my gun shot wound that hurts like a bitch. I hear groaning and I ignore the pain and quickly start to stand up when I see Kade looking for the gun. He goes to grab it and I kick it away from him and punch him in the face.

I run to grab the gun and Kade grabs my leg and pulls me down. I lift my leg to kick him in the face, but he grabs and twists me ankle. I scream in pain and kick his hand with my other foot. He grabs both legs and gets on top of crushing the air out of my lungs. He wraps his hands around my neck. "No daughter of mine will be a Morletti slut."

He starts to strangle me and I grab at his hands, trying to pull them off. I feel tears starting to fill my eyes as I gasp for a breath that doesn't fill my lungs. I can feel my body slowly starting to die, starting to give in to the monster that has his hands around my throat.

I hear a shot and see blood spilling from Kade's chest. He looks down, stunned and let's go of my neck. I push him off of me and falls to the side, completely shocked. I look up to Zane, his eyes meet mine and he drops the gun that I had kicked. I then see Cale and Stephen running into the room. I look over at Kade to see that he was gone. Zane had shot him right in the heart.

I start to get up and Cale tries to help me and I swat at his hands. "Help Zane!" I scream, with tears falling. I look at Zane and I can see he's lost a lot of blood.

Cale runs over to Zane and helps pack his wounds, one to the shoulder the other to the abdomen. They wrap him tight and pick him up. I untie Grace and she rips the bottom of my shirt and ties it around my shoulder to make sure it stops bleeding. I feel her arm wrap around me and direct me down the hall. We walk outside to several men that are carrying guns. "Who are these people?" I look up at Grace.

She smiles. "Our familia. They work for Theo. You didn't think the people in the warehouse was all did you?" I smile and bury my face into her shoulder.

We get to one of the vehicles and I notice one of the others speeds off in a hurry. I look at the guys ushering us into the vehicle. "They are taking Zane to the hospital for surgery. You're going there too." He undoes the wrap to my shoulder. "At least the bullet went through." He smirked and ties it tighter, making me groan.

I hear Grace whisper. "You'd be fit to remember who that woman is. Theo will have your head if your disrespect her. Got it."

I didn't see his reaction, but I couldn't help but laugh at Grace, her momma bear instinct coming out.

We get to the hospital and nurses rush out to me and Grace. One nurse takes me and the other takes Grace into separate rooms.

I'm helped up onto the bed and a female doctor walks in. "So...you're Haley. Not quite what I was expecting, but I've heard about you." I look at her confused.

"Sorry, I'm Dr. Morletti. Theo's cousin." She walks over and inspects my shoulder. "Bullet wound, straight through. I think you'll live." She winks at me. I'm trying not to be rude considering this is Theo's family that I've never met.

"Is Zane going to be okay?" I ask firmly.

She brings cleaning cloths over and sits it down next me. I know that shit it going to hurt like a bitch. "Considering you're not family, I'm not at liberty to discuss." I look at her stunned.

"You know what, I've been fucking stabbed and shot for this family. I don't give a flying fuck if I'm not blood, tell me if he's alive!" I fling her her tools across the room.

She smirks and picks up the bottle of antibiotic and pours it on my wound, making me groan and bite down in pain. "He's alive, but badly injured. He's in surgery now, but they think he will recover."

I slump back and sigh. "You're something else." I raise an eyebrow at her. "No one has ever talked to me like that because of my last name." She doesn't even look up from cleaning my wound.

I chuckle. "You obviously know nothing about me." I pause. "Why do you hate me?"

She grabs her needle. "I don't hate you. I honestly thought you were some badass Italian when people told me about you. I was surprise when I see a beautiful blonde woman sitting on my table. I thought you were some dumb blonde that got hit in the cross fire and someone had to save you. But, when you opened that mouth to yell at me, I realized you're not what I first expected. You're a fighter. I'm sorry I judge you harshly on you're appearance. You're very beautiful, even with a black eye and busted lip."

I sigh. "Theo's going to flip the fuck out." She chuckles, "yeah he is." She puts the last stitch in. "Let me clean it and cover it and then you're good to wait with the rest of the family." I nod my head.

The curtain is pulled back quickly and I see Theo searching my face. He walks over to me and slams his lips to mine. He hands caresses my cheek. "Baby, I'm so sorry I wasn't here to protect you."

I shake my head. "Stop, everything was my fault." I start to cry. Theo lifts my chin up. "None of this is your fault."

I cry more. "If I had let you kill Kade, we wouldn't be in this mess."

He wraps his arms around me. "Baby, calm down. Don't get mad, but it was Zane's decision to not kill Kade. He wouldn't let me when you were in the hospital. It's no ones fault."

The doctor clears her throat. "Can I finish with my patient?" She smirks.

"Emilia, pleasant as ever." Theo eyes her and moves over. She walks up to me and cleans the now stitched area and bandages it.

Eight hours later....

I'm sitting in the waiting area with all of Theo's family. Grace is holding Nat's hand while she lays her head on Grace's shoulder. She looks so lost without Zane. I would probably be the same without Theo.

The doctor comes out and Nat rushes over him. "Zane made it through surgery. He needs to stay here for a few days to be monitored."

Nat shakes her head. "No, he's going home." The doctor starts to argue, but Theo steps behind Nat and places his hands run on her shoulders. "Doctor Gray, I think it would be beneficial for Zane and for you if Zane came home tomorrow morning."

The doctors eyes widen, "uh...yes Mr.Morletti. We will have Zane ready by 9 am tomorrow morning. You may see him, but two at a time." Nat starts to cry and throws her arms around Theo and hugs him. "Thank you little brother!"

He smiles and grabs her hand, walking towards Zane's room.

A little bit later, Theo walks down the hallway and walks up to me and turns towards his family. "He's really tired and is pretty groggy. I think it's best to let Nat have some alone time with him and we can visit him tomorrow. He's doing well."

As everyone starts to walk out of the hospital, Theo wraps his arm around my shoulder and pulls my body into him. "I'm ready to get you home and in bed so I can hold you all night. Once you feel better, I'll make love to you all week and show you just how much I missed you." As my face turns red, he chuckles and plants a soft kiss to my lips.