Black and Grey | Book 1

Chapter 8

Iris POV:

I followed behind Grayson as he took large strides towards the exit of the store. He took me to a restaurant and we sat at a table in the corner, away from everyone else.
The waiter came towards our table.

"What would you two like to order?" He asked.
Grayson looked at me.

"What do you want?" He asked and I looked blankly at the menu as I didn't know what specific type of food to choose from.

"Um..."

"We'll both have the lasagna with your finest red wine." He said.

Okay then.

The waiter nodded and scribbled down our order before walking away. Grayson turned to me and looked at me sharply.

"What are we doing here?" I asked, knowing that we didn't come just to eat.

"I need to tell you a few things... Well, more than a few. We'll be here for a while." He said and I frowned curiously at him.

He sighed.

"Look, whatever I'm going to tell you, listen first and just stay calm, for both of our sake please." He said and I got even more confused.

What was he on about?

He was about to open his mouth to speak again, but the waiter came towards our table with the plates in hand and the wine.

"Enjoy your food." He said before walking away.

"So your real father is Nicolàs Luciano and your mother is Alessandra. Your father is Italian and your mother is Spanish. They were a sweet couple and everyone admired how they fell in love." Grayson blurts out and I freeze.

Wait what?

I blankly stare at Grayson who keeps his eyes on the table, his gaze only flickering to meet mine from time to time.

My parents?

Real parents?

He had to be joking around.

"It doesn't take a dime to guess that you know that I'm part of the mafia now and all those people you met at the house, they've known you for ages, since you were in your mother's belly." As he carries on speaking, I'm getting even more confused, but I choose to keep my mouth shut and listen.

"In the mafia, there are lots of different families. The man you met earlier, Marcello Russo, he's the leader of the Russo family.

Your father was the leader of the Luciano family obviously, but all your family died in this war they had before with another mafia. Your uncles, grandfathers and everyone else are dead apart from your father and mother.

It was really tragic, it wasn't particularly a nice story of how your family died. Your father was a well respected man. He was loyal and honest and a lot of people looked up to him, but his anger was a problem.
His anger was something that would get the best of him, and it was something that a lot of people haven't really seen before.

After your family died, your father was quite broken for a while and this is where his anger came in. He got angry all the time and lost control that your mother had to move to a different house. She didn't want to be around him anymore, she was scared of him.

A year later, your father decided to clean up his act. He wanted your mother back and he wanted to be the man he used to be, instead of going out and getting drunk every night.
So he did exactly as he wanted.

He cleaned up his act and got your mother back. Soon, everyone looked up to him again. They weren't scared of him anymore and thanked god for the miracle that he changed.
Another two years later, your mother and father announced to everyone that they were having a baby girl. They already decided on the name. Iris Luciano. You. Your father was one happy man and your mother was so proud of your dad for coming so far.