PEACHY

14 (ANDY/MATTEO)

Waking up, half past five
Blood on pillow and one bruised eye
Drunk too much, you know what I'm like
But you should've seen the other guy

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*unedited* ANDY'S POV

Today has been a long day and now I am sitting on my bed with a bright red strapless dress with a slit up the side on my body. My hair has been curled and I have little to no make up on. You can tell I am tired and I still have things I need to do but no I have to go on this date that I don't want to go on.

"Andy, he's here," my mom mutters as she walks into my room.

I look over at her and stand up. "What's wrong?" I ask as I walk to her.

"I don't want you with him. Something seems off with him. Please be careful and if you need help, we will help you," my mom says.

I nod. "Let's get down there," my mom mutters.

My mom and I leave my room and go downstairs. Red stands beside Leo and Alessio with an intimidating expression on his face. My mom and I walk to the three of them and they look at us.

Alessio walks to me and pulls me into a hug. "Keep your phone on at all times, Andy. If you're not home by a certain time we are coming to get you. We don't trust him," Alessio lightly whispers in my ear.

Alessio pulls away from and I smile at him. I'm so uncomfortable. "Are you ready?" Red asks.

I nod. Red grabs my hand and guides me out of the house. We go out to his car and get in. We leave the mansion and drive through the city. The car ride is silent and sort of calm. I'm anxious. I don't know what is going to happen or how this will go.

We pull into a parking lot and get out. We walk across the street to a strip club. We go inside and straight to the VIP section. Men are sitting on a very large couch with girls scattered around the room. Red grabs my hand and drags me to the couch. Red sits down and pulls me on his lap. I look at him with a blank face.

"I thought we were going on a date," I murmur.

"This is our date," He replies.

I look away. There's only one exit in this room. There are about ten men in this room and all are in nice suits. They are most likely armed. There's basically no escape from here.

"Don't even think about leaving, Andy," Red says.

I turn and look at him. "Why not? This isn't a date," I reply.

"Sit there and be quiet," he replies.

"No, I want to go home," I say as I stand up.

Everyone looks at me. "You going to let her talk to you like that, Boss?" One of them asks.

Red stands up and towers over me. I don't back down because that's going to get me nowhere in this situation. Red backhands me sending me flying into the glass table. I groan as I slowly get up.

"You want to leave? Then go, Andy, but you better watch your back," Red says.

I wobble out of the room and out of the club. I start staggering my way down the street. My head is pounding and my back hurts like hell. Loud footsteps surround me as a bag gets put on my head and something pokes my neck. Everything becomes numb as I feel like I'm falling.

Everything completely goes.

MATTEO'S POV

I watch Peach as she sleeps quietly on my couch in my office. Andy was supposed to come and get her two hours ago but I guess she forgot the time or something. I stand up from my chair and walk over to Peach's sleeping body.

I gently pick her up and leave my office. I make my way through the backyard and through the garden. I enter the Rossi's house to see chaos happening in the hallway. I go lay Peach in the den then come back to see everyone arguing. I clear my throat and everyone looks at me.

"What's going on?" I ask.

Alessio steps forward. "She's not back from her date. He was supposed to bring her back two hours ago. Her phone is off and her last location was his strip club," Alessio says.

"You didn't have anyone follow them?" I ask.

"No," Alessio says.

"What do you want me to do? I told her to be careful," I reply.

"We need to get her back for Peach's sake," Leo chimes in.

"Well, call up the guys and see if they can find anything useful. Keep an eye out for anything suspicious. Make sure her work knows that she's not going to be in for a little while. We need to keep Peach occupied," I state.

"Hannah and I can take the kids on a trip for a little while and home school them while we are gone. We will pick a safe place for us and keep in touch," Stacy says.

"The wedding is off, for now, Hannah. We don't know how long she will be gone and she is needed," Alessio says.

"I'm fine with that. I'll go pack some stuff," Hannah responds.

"No, there are clothes at all of the safe houses, just pick one and get there tonight," Alessio says.

Hannah and Stacy nod then head upstairs. "Since he has her, do you think he is going to go after someone else in the family? Because if so we need to tell everyone including her father. Teddy is a big part of her life and she cares for him a lot. We have room for them," Leo says.

"He has what he wants for now. We are just going to have to wait and see. Double the guards everywhere and get them down here asap," I respond.

Leo nods and walks away. Alessio takes a deep breath and leans against the stairs. "I shouldn't have let her go. She didn't even look comfortable, Matteo," Alessio says.

Alessio runs a hand through his hair. "Why didn't you stop it?" I ask.

"I don't know. I didn't want to intrude on her dating life. I am her big brother but that doesn't give me the right to keep her from doing something like this. She's always been able to come to me for anything but she never told me to stop her from going out with guys or help her out with something," Alessio responds. "It's my fault she is gone."

"It's not your fault. We don't know what happened but we will get her back one way or another."