― In which Santino D'Antonio falls in love with a girl and it changes his life.
Power and money is all that's ever mattered to the leader of the Camorra, Italy's biggest mob. But an alliance with the British crime syndicate will make his path cross...
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PIPPA HAS to force her eyes open as she wakes up, her surroundings blurry and bright from the morning sun streaming in through the window. Disoriented and exhausted, she confusedly looks around from the large bed of white to the to her clothes scattered on the floor. She sits up straight for a few seconds trying to take in her surroundings- for some reason she still never expects to wake up in Rome. A smile forms on her lips as she rubs her eyes and jumps out of bed to go jump in the shower.
The sun continues to peak through the slightly open curtains of the bathroom, streaming onto every edge of the room with the water running. The rays paint onto the rich cream walls inside. Pippa is now standing in the shower, the warm water cascading down her body. Her body and mind feel relaxed from the state she previously woke up in, tired and confused. The mirrors are completely fogged up, the steam starting to run out from under the door.
Showers are a place where she can get lost in old conversations and memories; good or bad. Waking up this morning, she's pissed to see she only got a few hours of sleep.. which is how it usually goes but it resonates with her emotions as well, the moments she realized the other room was empty. Pippa isn't too ecstatic to remember that she's alone while her friend is in Florence. That means she'll have to entertain herself until her friend is back.
Finally the water turns off and Pippa exits the shower and into the cold, fogged up bathroom. She wraps a towel around her and walks out into the bedroom to get dressed; probably just to sit around anyways.
Her bare feet pad against the cool hardwood, she glances at the clock and sees it reads 9:03 a.m., and then she sees her discombobulated state in the mirror. Wet messy hair and dark bags under her eyes; more than likely caused by the all-nighter she's still recovering from with Nana... or probably from her fucked up schedule in general. Most likely from her lack of sleep these last few years.
Before she adventures out of the bedroom into the living room she figures she should get dressed. The sound of her stomach grumbling drags her back down to earth that she needs food when all she wants to do is curl up on the couch. Throwing on a sun dress she decides she'll go get something from the café about a five minutes walk away. For a second she's about to walk into Nana's room-
But oh yeah, Nana left for Florence already.
So then Pippa brushes it off and becomes busy focusing on the straps of her dress when she reaches the doors to then realize there's an envelope on the floor.
"What are you..." she wonder aloud as she bends down to pick the paper up. It appeared to have been slid under the door.
No words are written on the envelope so carelessly Pippa opens it up.
