King and Queen of Mafia

Chapter 14

I had spent the whole fucking week either crying my eyes out or doing nothing in my bedroom. Enzo and Dana tried to talk to me but I refused to speak.

The only words I said throughout the day were 'hi' and 'thankyou'. Hi was when they entered my room and thankyou was when either Enzo or Dana brought me my lunch or dinner.

"You can't keep behaving like this Rose, you have to say something. It will make you feel better." Dana said for the thousandth time as she gave me my lunch. Enzo came and sat on the sofa as usual.

"How do you fucking expect me to feel better Dana? That monster has hurt me so much. I still have the bruises on my back." I yelled lifting my shirt and revealing the whip marks which just refused to heal. Both of them gasped aloud looking at it. This was the first time Dana was seeing it and the second time for Enzo. I didn't feel like looking at it or showing it to anyone.

Enzo's phone rang. He answered it and went outside the room to speak.

The room is filled with silence. I eat a part of my lunch and ice cream. Ice cream always helps in lifting my mood. But this time my mood was so mad for so long that it didn't have much effects.

"I think you should do something about those scars." Dana suggested randomly.

"I am using some creams and stuff they will go away eventually. The nurse said that the scars would be barely visible. But I doubt whether the ones on my heart will ever heal."  A tear threatened to escape my eyes.

I just sat there staring blankly at the wall in front of me. Just a few minutes later Enzo entered.

"Leo has been shot. By one of Colton's men." he said.  I was pretty sure that the person who shot him would be dead by now.

"What! Where is he?" I panicked. So did Dana. He is just like family to her and a really good friend to me.

"Its okay, don't panic. Everything is under control." he told us to calm down.

"But can we see him?" Dana asked.

"Yeah. He is in the mansion only." 

We went towards Leo's room. That's where he was.

I entered the room to see Leo lying on his bed. He was asleep. Kai was sitting at his side. My heart clenched at the sight of him. He looked so broken. I could tell he had been drinking. He hadn't even shaved.

I just sat there for a while waiting for Leo to wake up. Enzo and Dana left after a while because Lexi wanted to play with them. They asked her to play with the babysitter for a while but she started throwing tantrums if they refused to. That left me and Kai alone. Well, Leo was there but he still hadn't woken up so that didn't count. This was the first time I had seen Kai since the incident.

I did not want to be here with Kai but nor did I want to leave. Leo looked so bad with his chest all bandaged. This poor little guy had to get involved in this kind of stuff because of his brother. Even though he enjoyed parts of it, he had to deal with this kind of stuff too. I wanted to speak to him. And it felt nice getting out of my room after what was just ten days but felt like months.

Both of us sat there awkwardly, refusing to speak or to look at each other. I had suddenly found my palms really interesting and was examining them. I did the same with other things in the room which were far from Kai. Fortunately, Kai's phone started ringing and he left the room.

Half an hour later, Leo woke up. When he saw me, he smiled.

"How are you feeling?" I smiled at him.

"I feel like I am going to some battle wearing a suite of armour." he indicated towards his chest. "And the suite is made of bandages." both of us started laughing. Though Leo stopped when his chest hurt.

"No, seriously, how do you feel?" I asked.

"I am fine. What about you Rose?"

He had come to visit me a few times but I wasn't in the mood to talk.

"Wh-what about me?"

"Are you okay?"

"I don't think so. He hurt me both physically and mentally." I said referring to Kai.

"I know, but Kai is just like that. He does that when he is angry."

"Everyone gets angry Leo, but you have to know your limits." I sated. Kai had gone way past the limits that day.

"He is different." Enzo came to sit beside me. How long had he been here?

"Rose", he said turning to me, "I want you to know that Kai is not like that. We don't expect him to be. He started playing with guns even before he learned to talk. We grew up like that. The both of us. We were raised in a mafia family, Rose. We were raised to be cold and heartless. I completely understand if you don't forgive him. But just don't think of him as the wrong person."

"I understand, but you and even Leo, the both of you are so nice and he is just-" I cut off because I couldn't decide which word to use.  

"I get it. He does care about you. Just he doesn't show it and is not good at showing it. He doesn't want to create a weakness."

"Weaknesses are not bad, Enzo. In fact they are really good if you use them in a good way or make them your strength."

"Kai doesn't know that." he said.

I just replied with a hmm. I didn't agree with Enzo on that subject but I appreciated their efforts to confront me.

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I know these chapters are getting shorter and shorter but like I said, I want each chapter to have its own moment.

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