The Mafia Rose

Chapter 28

Sofia's POV

We made our way back to Chuck's to find out what news he had for us. I wasn't nervous about it I just wanted to know so I knew if it was a threat to my family or not. "How can you not be worried about it all?" Izzy knew me better then anybody, she knew I wouldn't be worried about it all but she did know how much my family means to me.

"I just want to get it all sorted before anyone else gets involved, the less they all know the better."

We carried on walking towards the apartment, the day light started to fade as time went on, dad never liked any of us out at night without any back up. Even when I went out with Pietro he had to know what time I would be back and where we was going. I hated constantly being watched by someone but when I joined into the family business I soon learnt why it was always needed.

"How far now my feet are killing me?"

"Only the next block you big baby." She wasn't the one who put heels on today thinking we would be driving. "Good because my feet can't take much more..." Before I could finish I was interrupted by a hard nudge by someone walking next to be. "Hey watch where your going." Izzy the rottweiler had awoken, she struggled to be 5'3 tall but she had the temper of a caged animal.

The man stopped, I looked towards him, his shoulders here broad and he towered over both of us. "Yeah you better stop and apologise to my cousin here." She never knew when to stop herself. The man turned around, I felt my body freeze, Pietro was standing right in front of us. I hadn't seen him since the incident in Italy when Ivan punched him.

"Hey Sof." He stopped and looked at Izzy, "Izzy I see you still have the same temper."

I didn't know what to say to him, mean I didn't hold what happened against him but everything just felt so awkward between us.
"Oh it's you, well why did you just walk passed without speaking to ever of us." I was still frozen to my spot just staring at him.
"I didn't think Sof would appreciate it after the last time we saw each other and I just want to say now I'm sorry about what happened it was just hard knowing you had moved on." And there he was the old Pietro I knew and once loved.

I woke from my frozen state to hug him, no man I know apart from my dad could compare to Ivan but I didn't want to end things on bad terms with Pietro. "It's fine seriously, it's was hard moving on believe me but me and Ivan just click together." Izzy started to do the most unsubtle cough imaginable.     "I'm sorry guys but if we don't get going Sof, your dad is going kill us." She was right it was nearly seven in the evening.

"Well I guess we'll catch up at some point then." Pietro went to walk off.

"Hey, actually why don't you come to my wedding in a few weeks?"

A confused look appeared on his face, "I'm pretty sure your family wanted to kill me last time I saw them." I shrugged it of to him trying to play the whole situation down. "No it's all forgotten and I want you there so they'll be fine, give me your number so I can text you the details." Another strained look appeared on his face. "This is going to sound crazy but I actually lost my phone yesterday so I can't but are you staying at your dad's place?"

I nodded at him. "Well I'll pop over soon to get the details then." Isabella was getting more and more agitated by the minute. "Okay, well I best go now then." With that we parted ways continuing to Chuck's house.

"You know what?"

"What?"

"I think he still loves you."  Of all the crazy things she could come out with she comes out with that. "Of course he doesn't, I was one of the reasons he went to prison for God's sake." I shook my head and carried on walking, there was no way he could love me, I betrayed him and also I didn't love him anymore. What me and Pietro had was over never to return again.

We finally arrived at the apartment, Chuck rushed us in before we even knocked. He was red and flustered struggling to make a sentence, he must have big news. "Will you just spit it out for god sake." Isabella snapped at him. How he could have ever loved her I will never know.

"Right well umm... okay well I have a picture from the CCTV of the man I think is messaging you." Chuck passed us a black and white image of man purchasing a mobile. "Well umm I can't..."

"What she's trying to say is it's shit Chuck, we can't even see his face in this." I glared at her, the man is trying to help and she just threw it all back in his face like a piece of trash. "Well Miss Isabella that is where you are wrong, watch this." He hands over his laptop to us. Chuck had hacked in to the CCTV of this area, it was a little bit fuzzy but you could make out the faces of people passing by.

"Look this is the bit you need to concentrate on." Chuck zoomed in on this one guy, "if you look closely you can see it's the guy from the shop." I focused on the man in front of me, he was right it was the same guy but his back was still turned to the camera so I couldn't get a clear image of him. The guy was fumbling about with a phone, "he's probably just setting up his new mobile." Chuck just nodded back to the laptop. "Just carry on watching."
The man then finally turns to face the camera, Chuck like lighting pauses the scene.

"There you go, take a look at that."
I could feel my insides start to knot.

"It can't be can it?" Izzy was just as shocked as me. The man I was staring at was the I was talking to five minutes ago, the man I first feel in love with, Pietro. "Look this is where things start to get interesting." Chuck reaches over to continue the video.
Piero was checking around his shoulders before he suddenly throws the phone in the trash.

"That son of a bitch, we was just talking to him." Izzy stormed around the room, I was still trying to process the whole situation in my head. "We have to tell your dad Sof, he'll be able to sort all of this out." I had to stop her there before she did anything rash.

"No we can sort this out." She placed her hands on her hips and stared at me, "so how do you plan on doing that then? I don't know if you've noticed or not but he's a six foot five man built like the incredible hulk."
The truth was that I didn't know but what I did know was nobody's else could know about it.

Ten minutes passed, Izzy and Chuck were sat the dining table talking to themselves while they left me just replaying the footage over and over. I didn't know what to do but what I did know was I couldn't let Pietro know I was on to him.

"Right Pietro cannot know we're on to him so we're just going to have to be normal with him, it's best we keep him close so we know what he's doing." Izzy looked at me with a cocky expression on her face. "I don't want to burst your bubble be I'm pretty sure that's what he is thinking as well with you."
She was right but I had already thought it all out.

"You're right but we have something he doesn't." With that I got Chuck's attention, I could feel a smile creep on my face with the thought of Chuck blissfully unaware that he was now about to join ranks with the mafia inside my head.

"We have the eyes and the ears of the city Izzy and he's sitting right next to you." Izzy looked over to Chuck, his face started to turn red and his words came out and stutters.

"So Chuck are you in or are you out?"