Not his toy

III

Years passed ever since Gio and I were separated. In the first few months of our long-distance friendship, we often found ourselves talking up until six in the morning. We called each other messages each other but as time passed everything was cut short until we no longer talked. I use to message every day even when he had begun ignoring but I wasn't the child he had first met that seek for his attention. If he didn't want to talk the so be it, I wasn't going to chase a guy around.

I graduated college with a bachelor's in mechanical engineering and a minor in Computer science the same year Giovanni left. I had only slowed down to stay at the same pace as him but he dropped out of college so no need to wait. After that my brother cut my ties with the mafia and left me as an ambassador meaning I still had to marry Giovanni. I decided to go to Stanford to get a Biomedical engineering degree and I got it in less than two years.

I soon got bored with my life, I had no friends, I had all these useless degrees and my brother excluded me from the family business. I found myself going to a shrink, and go in-depth of my social problem, and to be honest the therapist was a quack but unfortunately, he was good and his methods did work. I know have three of the most intelligent people in the world as friends, people I can have a real conversation with. There is Bryan Willows the leader and the ass of our huddle, Seth Dale a mathematical prodigy and grandmaster of chess who suffers from a severe case of OCD. And then their Eddie Quinn a behaviorist and medical prodigy with a serious gambling addiction.

"If my math is right and it is, we can siphon 700 kilowatts a month through the fall before anyone notices " Seth started feeling confident in his math turning to me as I stood in the ladder trying to regulated power flow to our build from the other one "Dammit their all frayed" I hissed getting down for a new regulator "Careful, more than 30,000 shock-related accidents happen a year." Seth fumbled nervously as I got back up the ladder "Please, I got this."

As if on cue the wires started to spark the light flickered until the electricity self-contained, Bryan walked in boredly as he placed a bag of food on the table and looked up at me "Are you stealing electricity?" he asked walking to see Seth's Algorithm "No. I'm borrowing it until they turn the power back on" Bryan quickly gasped and rushed to his innovated cooler "Relax, Pickle. I hooked up your cooler to a car battery. Your mouse brains are safe" I rolled my eyes as I put the ladder away. He opened the cooler and carefully removed a dish with a grey substance- Yep he has real moose brain in there. When he was done analyzing it before he put it back.

"I thought we were paying bills after the credit national Job?" Bryan asked as he hopped on a table and sat down "I was, I mean, I worked 3 days on a loss algorithm for credit risk. They loved it, Bry, really loved it ..." Seth sputtered guiltily trying to justify his action "You got lost in the numbers again and forgot to pay the electric bill" Bryan sighted putting everything together "And the water Bill. And our rent. " I added, I would love to pay the bills again but Bryan said that this small company of his would-be self-sufficient, so I stopped paying the bills six months ago.

"Not so much forgot as couldn't: they wanted me to analyze their Mexico operation, you know I don't do Mexico—the stats on foreigner kidnapping? They think we're a nation of Lindbergh babies." Seth said fumbling with his thumbs "How long has it been since you ate" Bryan sighted holding his temple "You mean like food?" Bryan chucked an apple at him, even though Bryan was an ass sometimes he was our shield.

"It's cool, I finished the Lynnwood job. Docs picking up the fee right now" As soon as I said that I regretted my decision remembering Eddies gambling addiction "Why'd Eddie go get it?" Bryan asked now irritated "I built the contractor an automated conveyance system and he called me sugar. So I hit him in the mouth" Bryan groaned and ran his hands through his face and looked down in defeat. "Of course, you did"

We tried almost anything for this company, we tried working for the government as Government contractors but they cut us off after we got angry at them for trying to let one die just so they could keep their operations a secret. My phone suddenly rang startling everyone, I waved and answered the call "

"Mom, I'm kinda busy right now" I answered as Eddie came in gasping for air "Hello to you too darling, How is your day. Mine is going just great " My Mom retorted sarcastically "Hey, Mom. How is the family doing " I mumbled as I heard a blast from the other side of the phone "Ohh you know just dealing with two of you with no sense of guilt " My mother shouted the last part at the twins, the twins born were born the same as I did. They were prodigies but they are fewer cautions and more ambitious than me.

"That's nice. So why did you call me even when you know my schedule by heart" I asked as I watched Bryan chocked and shake Eddie. "I'm just calling you to remember not to be late" She asserted, Late? Late for what. I looked into my computer and looked at my planner and there was nothing planned that I didn't know of. "Mom, What the hell are you talking about "

"Valentina, are you serious right now. You're supposed to be there in an hour" She enunciated "Where woman where"

"Giovanni is coming back to the states " That bitch.

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I didn't even get time to get dressed, I'm all dirty, messy and I really don't know how to feel should I be mad or happy that he's back. I mean its been 6 years and I don't know if he is still the skinny giraffe that I came to like. Shit, I forgot to take my other car. It's fine who cares about a truck, she has carried many of the innovations that made me money. You know what, I am mad at him, I can't believe that ass did not tell me he was coming back. He made me wait six fucking years and he expects me to be okay with this, he didn't even bother responding back to me and he didn't tell me.

I have a busy schedule man and I'm going to be late for my meeting with the board and I still have to get home and take a bath. I looked at my watch and sighed. If I make it there in 15 and have a five-minute greeting and take three minutes to walk back and at least 20 minutes to get home, 20 minutes to get ready for the meeting, 15 minutes to get to corporate, I will be exactly 18 minutes late. 'I will be 25 minutes late, be advised to cut the statements short' I texted the COO.

I soon arrived at the airport and made a run for it inside, I looked like a mess but this was a last-minute thing, I looked at the side and there was a store maybe Ill buy, some treats. I quickly entered the store and grabbed a Cayenne chocolate bar., a bunch of spicy chips, three spicy beef jerky bags, and two chocolate milks. I handed a hundred bill to the cashier and waited for him at the gates.

Finally, my eyes landed on him and he was no longer my skinny awkward giraffe, he was a well fit giraffe. He wore a nice black suit that fitted well with his hot new body, he was accompanied by eight bodyguards that covered every single angle of his sides. My best guess was he started doing weights and those muscles looked big enough and average enough to look like a natural muscle, meaning he did not take any enhancements. That was a hard worked body, he better not reject my last-minute gift.

I stood there in the middle of the way and I gained his attention when the guards slowed down "Merry Christmas " I threw him the bag of snacks at his face and looked at my watch I only had a few seconds before I needed to go. The looked at me as If I threw a bomb at him and tried to detain me but Giovanni rose his hand to stop me.

"Bye," I said surprising him I turned around and ran out of the airport. I got onto my truck and started driving and as I turned I notice two SUV and Giovanni getting on one but not before he took a glance at me. I know this was the most useless encounter but I really needed to see if he was really back.