AMORE

The most wanted man

Bella

I woke up alone in the bed that felt oddly cold. I looked around the room, but there was no sign of Lorenzo or even his clothes from yesterday. I would have considered that I had dreamt about yesterday, but I knew that wasn't the case. I had slept in the other room with Ali and woken up here.

I stood up from the bed and decided to freshen up before I walked to the living room where all the boys were sitting. I put my wet hair in a messy bun as I walked towards the room that was filled with tension. All the boys sat on their own side of the couch as if they were mourning about something. Adam was sitting on a chair, looking even more terrible than what he did yesterday. I walked over to them and Adam stood up from his chair to give me his seat. I rushed towards him to make him sit back and instead squished myself with Diego.

"What now?" Khalid speaks after seeing me settling down on the couch. Lorenzo sighed loudly, picking up a newspaper and staring at it for a long time.

"What should we do?" Scar asks Khalid back, running a hand through his beard.

"You have already done what is needed brother. If Moretti stays low, I don't expect any danger" Khalid advices Scar. My stomach rumbles at the wrong time, making the boys whip their heads to me. I smile sheepishly at them before walking over to Lorenzo to see the newspaper. He doesn't even fight me on it, handing it over immediately.

                FBI'S MOST WANTED MAN; LORENZO JUAN MORETTI

The news title is written in thick letters on the front page. My breath gets hitched in my throat as I look at the several pictures of dead bodies covering the pages. It is both women and men this time and all of them seem to have been beaten and killed brutally. I take notice of how there is no more information about Lorenzo or even a photo of him at all.

"We won't do anything different from the plan. I have been on the list in the past five years, this isn't a big deal" Lorenzo tells the boys with utter confidence. Khalid agrees by nodding his head, but the rest of the guys don't seem to ecstatic with the plan.

"it seems a bit odd doesn't it? When has news like this ever been in the news?" Diego asks, to which I mentally agree. Why didn't I think about that?

"They are trying to dig for information" Adams tells him, still looking as bored as ever. Diego raises his eyebrows for him to elaborate, which he does after a loud sigh; "They clearly don't have any pictures of his face. By sending out this news they will catch attention and before you know it, they will set a bounty on his head or for any valid information really" he continues, looking at the boys.

Adam has always been smart and thought long term. Even though he pretends to be this goofy and flirty guy, he sure is both strong and smart. Back in Iran, he had been the one to conceal the illegal business Khalid had from the police. He even got the whole town to support the business and shoo away outsiders. He really was good with words and manipulating peoples minds.

"And guess who would run their mouth for the millions?" he asks Diego, who has gone stiff beside me.

"Snitches" Lorenzo breaths out, as he takes a drag of the cigar that I hadn't noticed was in his hand by now. I look away quickly, not wanting to see him in any other setting than the sweet Renzo who is when we are alone. Also, the pictures really made me scared. Shitless.

"Do you have any potentials?" Khalid asks Lorenzo, without looking at him.

A moment of silence passes the living room until Lorenzo speaks again. "Nah, killed all of them" he mutters, thinking deeply about something. The image of Giovanni passes through my mind and a flashback of the day I had asked him to not kill him. He swore to omerta and vanished into thin air, just like he had promised Lorenzo. I was not even going to remind him of Giovanni, but Diego beat me to it;