The Doc & Her Don

Chapter 16

"I leave you alone for 5 minutes and there's an emotionally exhausted woman on the couch!" Apollo whispered harshly from the kitchen at the sight of Rose's sleeping form.

Luciano rolled his eyes, "I told you what happened, we had a heart to heart."

The other man groaned, "You didn't."

"I did." Luc affirmed.

"What did she say?" Apollo crossed his arms. If he knew anything about Rose, and he did, he could already guess what her response was.

"Well. . ." The man paused, his lips turning downwards as he remembered her words. "She told me I was just confused. Something about a Nightingale."

It was Apollo's turn to roll his eyes, "The Florence Nightingale Effect, when a patient falls for their caregiver or vice versa." He ran a hand down his face as he leaned against the counter.

"Damn, that was basically her 'diagnosing' you."

Rose stirred on the couch causing the two to go silent. When she settled back down, they looked at each other before speaking again more quietly.

"Listen, I know how I feel." Luciano scowled as his best friend shook his head.

"No one is discrediting how you feel, but what about Rose? You didn't have the best timing." He pointed his out while the other man continued frowning.

"I'm. . . new to this whole thing, okay?" For a split second Apollo could see something in the mans eyes but it quickly went away as Luciano shook his head and changed the subject, "Anyways, have you found out where Chiara is?"

Apollo scoffed at the question, "Tch, no. I'm not able to get ahold of her either. Klaus has us pinned."

"My father?"

"Safe. He's out of Italy and in one of the safe houses in France. Hey," Apollo looked over at Rose before speaking again.

"What's the chance of us making it out alive?"

"We'll make it." Luciano spoke with confidence as his friend raised an eyebrow.

"Give me a number at least."

"All you need is trust in me." His chest puffed out as the other man covered his face, laughing into his calloused hands.

We're gonna effin die.

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"I love you."

"Rose?"

The woman jumped hard, knocking into the table as some of her juice spilled from her cup. She held in a curse as she waved her injured hand in the air.

"Y-Yeah? What's up?" She asked, not bothering to look in the mans direction.

Luciano sighed as Apollo cleared his throat. "You were staring off into space, are you okay?"

Rose huffed, blowing a strand of hair out of her face as she nodded. "I'm fine, just a lot on my mind, you know?"

Apollo cut in, "Not to add to that, but I just heard that Klaus, the bad leader guy, is in town. So we're moving up meeting with the mole."

Klaus? Why does that sound so familiar?

Rose picked at her food, "I don't think I'm ready you guys."

The two guys looked at each other before Luc spoke, "You'll be in and out. You just need to meet with Bruno."

She paused, "Maybe I'm trippin but, why am I going to the hub of mafia activity? Wouldn't I be more likely to get caught?"