Orange Blossom

Chapter 20

"Daniel...?" I said almost above a whisper as he stop their looking guilty as ever.

"Zagara...? Wha-what're you doing here?" he asked cluelessly.

"You know my daughter?" my father said standing up.

"Your daughter?!" he said unbelievably, "Dio mio..."

"Are you apart of this Mafia too? Do you work for my father?!" I yelled at him.

"Yes, but I-"

"But you what? You lied to me! Have you even been to Michigan?!"

"No, but I wasn't lying about me working for my godfather," he said this time I think honestly.

I looked at my dad.

"Godfather?" I asked him.

"Yes, he's my godson. He's my best friend's son, he's considered family," he said looking between us two, "Are you guys romantically involved with each other?"

"No!" we both yelled at the same time.

"No, we're not!" I yelled covering my face, feeling uncomfortable.

"No, Boss, we are not and never will be," Daniel said.

"Were you lying to me about your girlfriend too?" I asked Daniel.

"Yes, I lied! I'm sorry, okay?! I just wanted to do something nice for you..," he said shrugging his shoulders.

"Do what?" my Dad said with an eyebrow raised.

"He just gave me a tour around Italy, okay?" I said to my dad then giving Daniel a death glare.

"She's your daughter, alright," Daniel said chuckling in the end.

"Excuse me," I said giving him a death glare.

"Enough!" he yelled, losing his patience.

Daniel instantly shut his mouth, bowing his head.

I looked at him strangely then turned to my dad.

At first, he had an angry look, but instantly relaxed once we met eye contact.

"Look, I do not like to be disrespected," he said to me with his hands in his desk.

"Well, I don't like being knocked out, tied up to a chair, a gun stuck up my mouth, and finding out my father is alive," I listed off to him.

He was silent.

"Wow," Daniel said, looking up at me, then looked back down once my Dad made eye contact with him.

"Call Tino in here. Now," my dad said with hatred in his voice to Daniel.

Daniel then left without saying a word getting Tino.

"What're you doing...?" I asked my Dad once Daniel left the room.

"We need to call your mom, you're not safe here. I don't want anyone knowing about you...," he said to me and to himself at the same time.

Before I could speak my mind, Tino enters the room with Daniel right behind him.

"Yes, Boss?" Tino asked looking at my father then to me.

"Boss, do I get to kill her?" he said smiling evilly as he took one glance at me.

"Daniel, take Zagara outside," he said as calmly as he could.

"Yes, Boss," he answered grabbing me by the hand and taking me out of the room.

Once we were out the room, Daniel closed it behind him.

"Let's stand over here," he said taking me by the arm again away from the room.

"What is he gonna do to him...?"

"Uh....," he said hesitating.

As if to answer my question, a loud terrifying painful scream came from the office a few feet away from us.

"Oh My God...," I said covering my ears, not believing what was happening. He was hurting him.

Tino's screams only grew louder, until suddenly it stopped.

I looked at Daniel, my hands still covering my my ears, my facial expression asking if it was over.

Daniel just shook his head then wrapped his arms around me.

Three. Three shots were fired from inside the room.

I began to cry in Daniel's arms, not believing what my father had done. Well, it shouldn't have been too hard for him. He is the leader of the Sicilian Mafia.