Mafia's Missing Murderer.

42. I Never Believed in Fairy Tales

Luciana Point of View

"It's too fucking dangerous to go on a stupid fucking date", Lorenzo roared. His red face was a give away that he was furious.

I scoffed, who did he think he was? "You do not get to tell me what I can or can't do."

He took a deep breath, calming himself slightly. "Luciana, there are people looking for you, people who want to kill you."

I stood up from the sofa and began walking towards my brother. "Do you honestly think I forgot? Besides I don't care if John Wick is trying to kill me, I am going."

"You are not going", He declared. We were so close to one another that I could smell the minty toothpaste on his breath.

"And you think that I am going to listen to you?", I chuckled," You're ego is getting the better of you Lorenzo."

I froze when I saw his fist flying towards my face. My head was forced to side with the strength of his hit. If he thought that this was going to stop me from going on my date, he was dead wrong.

"You bastard", I muttered while shaking my head.

I threw myself at him, sending the both of us into the wall, then we fell to the floor. Lorenzo was attempting to push me off of him, while Alessio was trying to pull me off as well.

My anger was getting the better of me as I began to slam my fist into any part of his body as I could. My knuckles were hurting as I wasn't making a proper fist as I punched.

I screamed, "You do not get to lay your fucking hands on me." I started to hit even harder than before.

"Alright enough", Alessio panted as he finally pulled me off of him. I smirked proudly as I took a proper look at my beautiful work of art. Lorenzo's lip was busted open and a very visibly black eye was starting to form as well.

Lorenzo spat some blood from his mouth. "You're a psychopath." He wiped some other blood from his bottom lip.

"Lorenzo", Alessio yelled, "What the hell is the matter with you?"

That was the first time I had heard Alessio raise his voice in such a serious tone. It reminded me of Vincenzo. Either way it was still just as terrifying.

"Like you have any room to talk", Lorenzo sneered with a glare.

"Get the fuck out of here before I let her go and she does more damage", Alessio demanded.

With a quick thought, Lorenzo rolled his eyes and stormed out of my apartment.

As soon as he was out of sight, Alessio released me from his hold. I took a few breaths to calm my anger. The breathing wasn't helping at all. There was another thing that I knew would calm me down.

I went over to my cabinet above the fridge and took out a small tin. I wasted no time opening it. With shaking hands, I raised the joint to my lips and lit it.

After taking a few hits, I raised the joint towards Alessio. "Want some?"

He sighed, "I was hoping you would offer." Alessio took the joint from me and took a few hits. We continued to pass it back and forth until it was nearly gone.

I slouched back on the sofa as I felt myself relax. "They are all a bunch of assholes", I muttered.

Alessio passed me the joint, "Even Marcello?"

I shook my head and inhaled, "He leaves the seat up."

He agreed," What an asshole."

"See what I mean? My life was so much better before I reunited with them."

Alessio paused, "You can't mean that." He shook his head in disbelief.

I pulled my feet onto the couch and rested my arms on my knees. "I just recently stopped having nightmares about the night ma-", I paused knowing if I said her name I would want to cry, "The night she died."

I took a few breaths, then continued "Then when I let them back into my life, I could do nothing but watch everything crumble around me."

Alessio nudged my shoulder, "Look on the bright side, if they didn't invade your life like that, we wouldn't be here smoking together."

I sighed then smiled, "I guess you're right."

We continued to sit on the sofa and talk about random topics. After I almost said Mama's name, I couldn't get her out of my mind. It was driving me insane.

Thinking about her made me remember something that I wanted, no need to get rid of.

I got up from the sofa and went to my cluttered closet. It took me a while to find the old cardboard box that was almost falling apart. A lot of other boxes were stacked on top of it so it was losing its shape as well.

I was debating if i should open it or not. With shaking hands, I tossed the box into Alessio's lap which earned me a confused look from him.

I lazily slumped back onto the couch. "Give that to Lorenzo for me", I instructed.

"Why can't you give it to him? Lazy ass", He joked as he began to open the smushed box.

"Don't open it." I demanded.

Alessio put his hands up in defense, "My bad."

I shook my head, "I can not go back to that house."

"Sure you can", He shrugged, "There's nothing stopping you."

"The memories... The memories are stopping me", I cried, "They are such painful memories that I can not relive anymore."

I sighed, taking a moment to compose myself," Besides, I beat up Lorenzo."

"Lorenzo deserved-"

"I gave him a black eye and busted his lip open. Who knows what else could have happened if you didn't drag me off of him", I cried, my voice starting to crack.

Alessio put his hand on my shoulder, "Don't... don't beat yourself up over that. Everyone wants to beat up Lorenzo, I'm jealous you beat me to it."

"You don't understand", I muttered and stood up from the sofa. "I have so many pent up emotions that I have ignored for years. I need more time to forgive all of them." Tears were starting to slide down my cheeks.

"You're not talking about leaving are you?"He frantically asked.

I sighed, "I have to before I hurt someone more than I already have."

Alessio jumped up from the couch and pulled me into a warm embrace. He hugged me for a few minutes before he pulled away. "I understand you need time for yourself but I can't just let you run away."

"Alessi-"

"Shut up", He said sternly and hugged me tight. "You keep my number saved and you wait until after your date."

"It's just a stupid date", I mumbled.

"It is not. I saw that light in your eyes. Whoever it is, they make you happy, it's obvious."

"She does make me happy", I chuckled and tried to wipe the tears away, "I literally met her two days ago."

"Love at first sight."Alessio smiled.

"I never believed in fairy tales."

"Well I do, and if you want me to give that box to Lorenzo you will go on this date.", He demanded.

I sighed before nodding, "Fine."