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Chapter 11

(Her pj's without the shoes)

Alessandro's POV

Luciano stood up immediately.

"Whose THEY?"

"There was a member of th--" I was cut off by Luciano's phone ringing. He picked it up to see who was calling at 11 at night.

"Ciao... Nonno, come stai!? ... No- Io- Posso-, Nonno posso parlare o hai intenzione di continuare a interrompermi?" Nonno, oh god everybody knows Val is home now.
(Hello... Grandpa, how are you!?... No- I- Can I-, Grandpa can I talk or are you going to keep interrupting me?)

"Sì, la voce è vera. Valentina è tornata a casa. Nonno, devi capire che è venuta qui come 2 giorni fa e con tutto quello che è successo nella sua vita aveva bisogno di un po' di spazio prima di incontrare la famiglia." I could tell Luciano was getting angrier but he never disrespected nonno.
(Yes, the rumor is true. Valentina has returned home. Grandpa, you must understand that she came here like 2 days ago and with everything that happened in her life she needed some space before meeting the family.)

"Dad, can you talk to nonno. He's mad that he heard about Valentina being home from a rumor."

"Give me the phone...PAPÀ, è a casa da due giorni. Alla fine te l'avrei detto... Avrei invitato tutta la famiglia in una settimana in modo che in quella settimana potesse abituarsi allo stile di vita qui."
(DAD, she has been home for two days. In the end I would have told you ... I would have invited the whole family in a week so that in that week she could get used to the lifestyle here.)

While dad was talking to nonno Luciano came up to me.

"Okay, I'm going to ask this once and only once. Who saw you guys and started this rumor?"

"It was a member of the Russian mafia. Val noticed him and when we were getting ready to come back she told me that she saw the person behind her like 10 other times. When I looked up it was one of Alexi's men. He started running the second I looked at him and I didn't run after him because I didn't want to scare Val."

Dad got off the phone and now was listening in to what I was saying.

"Papà you realize that we're going to have to bring Val to the Mafia ball, that's in 3 weeks from now." Luciano told papà.

"Yeah I know." He said while massaging his forehead, like he had a headache. "Your grandparents, aunts, and uncles are coming on Saturday this week as well. I tried reasoning with your grandfather but he wouldn't have it."

"Okay well let's tell her on Thursday or Friday so she can get ready and mentally prepare herself for it. In the meantime I would like for her to pay attention to school and get to know us better." Luciano said.

"Alright, other than that everything was fine. Goodnight papà, goodnight Luciano." I told them as I was making my way out of the office.

"Buonanotte." I heard papà say.
(Goodnight)

Valentina's POV

I woke up at 4:00am sweating and panting because of yet another nightmare. I got up and made my way to the bathroom to take a shower because I was sweating and I didn't get to take one last night.

After I showered I wrapped a towel around my body and made my way to the sink, brushed my teeth and tried to treat my scars as best I could.

I got to the closet and got dressed into a matching gray sweatshirt and sweatpants. I wanted to be comfortable and still have my body covered because my scars haven't healed yet and I don't have time for questions.