2. The Beast And His Beauty✔️

As Time Goes On

It's been a week since Tamara was shot.

I haven't visited her since I found out that she couldn't remember anything. I don't know what to say. I don't know how to make her remember me or us. Whatever us is or was.

I heard a knock at the door.

I looked up to see Tony at the door.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with Aria."

"She's with her mother. I came to see how my best man was doing. Are you okay?"

"Do you ever just want to stop?", I said melancholically with a light chuckle.

"Stop what?"

"Everything. Do you ever feel so hurt and useless that you just want to stop everything?"

Tony sat down next to me.

"Stop talking like that."

"I keep losing, Tony. I lost the love of my life. I lost my child. Tamara got shot because of me. She was put in this entire situation because of me."

"What happened to Tamara wasn't your fault. She was born into a mafia family."

"But they wouldn't have known about her if I hadn't killed off her entire family. She's innocent. She deserves better."

"You were defending Aria when you killed Tamara's family."

I nodded slowly.

"I don't know what to do anymore.", I said before pulling on the hair on my head.

"Have you seen her?"

I shook my head. I feel guilty for not even visiting her.

"Look, I don't know all the details about your relationship with her, but you can at least see her."

"There is no relationship! I love Aria!", I shouted in his face.

"Giovanni, her four-year death anniversary is in four months. She would want you to move on and be happy. She loved you and she wouldn't want you to be hurting."

"She's supposed to be here. We were supposed to be married and raising our child. We promised each other that we would love each other for the rest of our lives."

"And she kept her word. She loved you until she took her last breathe. I'm not saying to forget her, but you have to move on. Victor told me you and Tamara kissed before she was taken."

"She broke it off. I wasn't ready."

Tony smiled.

"What?"

"She's the first girl you paid attention to since Aria. You must like her."

Before I could answer, Valeria walked into the room.

"Val, what are you doing here? Are you okay?", Tony said before walking over to her.

"I was worried. You didn't answer your phone or text me back, so I came here.", she said.

Tony looked at his phone.

"I'm sorry, Dolcezza. My phone was off. I didn't mean to scare you."

Tony hugged her."Where's Aria?"

"She's with Bruno. I think she really likes him.", Valeria said smiling.

Juliana walked into the room. Her eyes were red and puffy. Her hair looked unkempt.

"Juliana, what's wrong?", Valeria asked.