When The Wrong One Loves You Right 3: Forever And Always

Chapter 8: The plan

Ana's POV

I hadn't been successful. I wanted to die and I'd gotten close but someone must have found me. Someone saved me again. My head hurt. I was groggy when I opened my eyes to see Dante pale with red stains on his face from his tears. It must have been him that found me. As soon as I saw him I started to cry remembering what Vince had said to me.
"Hey." Dante said opening his eyes and looking at me sleepily. "I'd thought we lost you this time. Come here baby. Come talk to me."
I turned on my side and cuddled into Dante's chest. Then I screamed and sobbed letting all the pain out.
"Why couldn't you just let me die?" I cried. I don't deserve to live."
"I don't know why you think that. You deserve to live as much as anyone of us." He said quietly.
"All I do is hurt people. If I was gone I wouldn't be able to hurt anyone else."
"Stop Ana." Dante said angrily. "You are being a coward. What happened to the strong brave girl you used to be? Suicide is never the answer. If you'd killed yourself you would have hurt all of us. Did you even think about any of us, or your kids? What you did was selfish Cara." (Darling.)
"I'm sorry. I couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't hurt anymore. I just wanted it to end. I wanted to die." I cry.
"You can't die. There are to many people here that need you. If you died, our families would rip each other apart until we were all dead. Is that what you want? You want your children to die before they've even lived?"
"No. I just wanted my own hurt to end." I said quietly.
"Pain ends with time darling. You just need to give it time and let us help you. Sandro, Vince and I will help you get through it."
His name starts a whole new wave of tears and dark thoughts.
"Which one of them hurt you Ana? Which one caused you to do this?" Dante said pulling me closer and resting his chin on top of my head. "Was It Sandro?"
"No."
"Then it was Vince?"
I sob against Dante's chest.
"Shhh. What did he do to you baby? How did he hurt you?"
"He told me he never wanted to see me again." I sob. "He said we couldn't be friends anymore."
"He didn't know what he was saying babe. He's still hurting to. Vince doesn't handle loss well. Give him time. He won't stay away from you forever."
"I don't know. This time was different. He meant what he was saying."
"I'll talk to him okay? I'm sure there was just a misunderstanding between you." Dante said convincingly. "Are you ready for everyone to come see you?"
"No, but I doubt I'm going to be left alone anytime soon. You may as well let them in."
"I'm going to let them in and I'll be back in a bit. I'm going to go talk to Vince. Keep your chin up angel."
"I'll do my best."
"I love you Anabeth."
"I love you too Dee."
Dante leaves the door open and goes into the next room.
"She's awake." He said. "Don't bombard her all at once. She's still upset. Take it slow."
That's what starts the inflow of people into the room. Sandro came in first and stayed the whole time. Then the rest of the family came in a few at a time. All of them singing the same tune of 'oh we were so worried' and 'we are glad your okay.' Sergio kissed my forehead when he came in with Lexi, Issac, and Victoria. Sandro gave him a disapproving look but didn't say anything. Everyone hugged me and cried. Then the last person I expected to see walked in the room looking rougher than the rest had.
"Can we get a minute alone?" Vince asked. Sandro looked at me for approval and I nodded.
"Ten minutes Vincenzo." Sandro said before he kissed me and left the room.
After the door was closed Vince walked to the bed and sat by me. He sighed and looked up at me with tears in his eyes.
"Why did you do it Piccola? Why did you hurt yourself?"
"If I was dead you'd never have to see me again and I wouldn't be able to hurt you anymore." I said flatly.
"Do you know how guilty I would have felt if you'd killed yourself after the conversation we just had. I would have been the reason the love of my life was dead. I wouldn't be able to live with myself. I couldn't have carried that with me."
"Why are you here Vince? I thought you didn't want to see me ever again."
"Did you really believe I would be able to stay away from you? I just need time to move on Ana. I need to know if I could be happy without you."
"As selfish as this is going to sound, I don't want you to love anyone else. You are mine, forever and always."
"Ana I always will be yours. No matter what happens. You will always be the one that I want. But I can't have you while Sandro does."
"You need to learn to share." I pout. "I can't live without you. Every time I have you back in my life you break my heart and leave me again."
"Annie I love you. I always have and I always will."
"Please don't leave me Vincenzo. I can't handle it. Next time I'll use a gun and I won't miss."
"You need to stop threatening to kill your self and stop trying to. There won't be a next time Ana. If you ever try to kill yourself again, I'm going with you. If you'd stop being stubborn and runaway with me we could avoid this whole mess."
"I can't runaway with you. If I had to live without Sandro and Dante it would kill me too. I love you Vinny. I need you in my life, all of you."
"I'm sorry Annie. I want you for myself. You mean so much to me but we want different things. If you had your way you would have all three of us but all three of us want you for ourselves because we are greedy. I don't really understand why you chose Sandro over me but I know that he will never let you go even if you asked him to."
"I chose Sandro because he never scared me. I never saw what he was capable of. I've never seen him kill a person. I made that decision when I was a child. I watched you hurt people. I watched Dante kill a man. I didn't understand what this life was. It's dark and lonely. If I'd understood more I may have chosen differently. When I learned Sandro was still alive, we were fighting a lot. I didn't understand why you took me away from the life I'd made for myself. If I'd known what Mark had planned I would have changed what I was doing. If you wouldn't have taken me to your mom's castle, I wouldn't have known Sandro was still alive. I would probably be with you right now instead of him."
"I didn't have a choice Annie. If I hadn't taken you home you could have been killed. You had a bounty on you. By taking you home I eliminated three quarters of the people who wanted to cash in. The man who was helping your mother was Aleksei Petrovich. He was Roman Petrovich's brother. There was bad blood between them. When we killed Aleksei I formed an alliance with Roman. The men we killed in the tombs were traitors. Roman has made me a very wealthy man but he believes that you are my wife. That's the only reason he formed the alliance in the first place. He's a romantic and he wanted me to get the girl in the end. When he found out you married Sandro, it pissed him off. That's why he's helping The Montoya's and the Vazquez's."
"Do you know most Italian love stories end in heartbreak." I say sadly.
"I do, but he doesn't. I think I can get us out of this but you will have to make him believe Sandro means nothing to you. You're going to have to leave with me and we'd have to disappear for a while."
"How long is a while?" I ask.
"A month or so."
"Why did you tell me you never wanted to see me again and now you want to have me leave with you?"
"After I talked to you, Sandro came to me and asked for help. He knows I have a strong business connection with Roman and wanted to see if I could reason with him. When I asked Roman what he wanted he told me he wanted to see us together as a couple. He wanted us to prove to him that we were married and he would end his deal with Diego. I was going to go find you and tell you when Aldo came in the room covered in blood. It looked like he slaughtered someone. He was covered head to toe in your blood Piccola."
"You broke my heart again Vince. You left me in the kitchen."
"I didn't want you to die Ana. I wanted some space. I needed to think. I want to move on so you can be happy with Sandro. Why won't you let me forget how amazing you are and what I lost?"
"Because."
"Damn it Anna! Because isn't an answer!"
"Because I'm jealous! Because the idea of another woman making you happy makes me crazy! Because I don't want you to find someone better than me that makes you forget your my forever and always!"
"Welcome to the club! I feel that way every time I see you with Sandro or Dante."
"Neither one of them is better than you! Dante was a better teacher and Sandro has been a better listener but they will never compare to all the things that you do right."
"Like what?"
"You are easier to love and when you love, you love deep. You are a better protector. You're smarter than both of them. You're more fun. You're kind but when you need to be serious you are. You have a better family. You're a better provider. Your a better lover and a million other things."
"I'm a better lover?" Vince laughs.
"Yes." I say seriously.
"You can't mean that."
"I do." I say wiping tears away. "I've been married to Sandro for seven years. The only child I've had in that time was planned. Sandro doesn't want sex the way you do. We have to make a plan of when and where we are going to sleep together and spontaneous sex doesn't happen very often. Don't get me wrong, sex with Sandro, planned or not, it's hot. But with you it's different. When I wanted you, you let me have you. It didn't matter where we were. If I wanted it more than once you made it happen. You always made sure I was satisfied fully before you finished. My orgasms with you were so intense I felt the trough my whole body even after we were finished. You didn't even have to take my clothes off to make me come. You knew how to take care of me and when you'd kiss me I could feel how much you loved me."
I didn't have time to think. One minute I was looking at the comforter describing how Vince was a better lover than Sandro, then the next Vince had his lips locked with mine and I was wrapped in his strong arms. I pushed up on my knees and slowly Vince laid back on the bed, my lips following his like magnets. He pulled me over him so I was on my elbows and knees, and he could look up at me. My feet were hooked over his thighs. His hands held the curve of my ass and pulled my chest against his.
I'm not sure how much farther it would have gone if Sandro would have stood there silently. When Sandro cleared his throat it brought me down from the cloud I was on. I quickly pulled away from Vince and rolled myself in a ball with my knees against my chest. Vince certainly knew where to push my buttons. That was Sandro's biggest concern with us being alone. This was the reason Sandro had asked me not to go meet Vince at the diner.
"Damnit." Vince whispered frustrated staring at the ceiling.
"I'm sorry." I said to Sandro.
Sandro stood coolly leaned on the door frame with his hands in his pockets, chewing on his bottom lip, smirking. A few of Sandro, Dante, and Vince's brothers stood behind Sandro.
"Get out." Sandro said to Vince.
Vince didn't need to be told twice. He was up off the bed and out of the room in seconds, pushing past everyone's brothers. Sandro took a step in the room and kicked the door closed. I thought he was going to yell at me. That's not what happened. Sandro walked across the room and locked his lips on mine, kissing me like Vince just was. He pushed me back on the bed and his lips moved down my neck.
"Wait, aren't you mad at me?" I ask confused.
"I didn't realize you liked that kind of thing. The way he was just kissing you almost made me wish I was you."
"Sandro Montorini." I half scold as I smiled.
"I don't know if it was you, Vince, or both of you that turned me on, but that was boarder line porn."
I giggled as Sandro's lips pressed back to mine and he grabbed my chest.
"You're being unusually aggressive."
"I was just following Vince's lead. Do you want me to stop?" Sandro asks pressing against me so I could feel his hard length between my legs.
"No." I say almost in a whisper.
He paws at my body and his lips ravish my skin. I let myself get lost under him as he thrust himself inside me. I closed my eyes and I let Sandro use me the way he wants. I lay there enjoying the sensation until I begin to feel overwhelmed and tears roll down my cheeks. I hold Sandro close so he doesn't see my tears. He finishes letting his member spasm inside me as he almost collapses on my chest.
"What's wrong baby?" Sandro said looking up at me as a sob escapes.
"I'm sorry." I answer.
"About what? Kissing Vince? I don't care about that." He said rolling off of me and staring at the ceiling breathing heavily.
"Well yes but that's not why I'm sorry."
"What then?"
"I'm sorry I didn't think about how it would hurt everyone if I died. I just wanted my own pain to end. It was selfish and I'm sorry I hurt everyone." I answered crying.
"It will be ok baby. We are here to help you. You don't have to face your problems alone. I'm not sure why you did what you did but please never do it again. I thought I was going to lose you today baby bear. I didn't know what I was going to do. I've never felt so lost before."
"Was what Vince said true?" I asked.
"I don't know what you and Vince were talking about. All I know is when I walked in the room you were laying on his chest making out with him."
"He said if Roman thought we were a couple he'd break the deal he made with Diego Montoya."
"I was in the room with him when that was being discussed. It's completely up to you if you go along with it or not. It would be safer for you and the kids. If Roman believes that you are with Vince he said he will turn on Diego and take care of them."
"How does he want us to prove it?"
"He wanted to watch you and Vince together. He said if it's real he'd know."
"Why did Vince say we had to disappear for awhile?"
"The family would have to take Roman and his men down. To do that you and the kids need to not be here. Vince and I were discussing all of you going somewhere for a few months. My dad has already decided he's sending my mom and sisters to Italy if you choose to do this or not. They will take care of the kids for you while Vince takes you where ever he's taking you. Most of the Benedettis will send their families somewhere else as well. It's safer for everyone until we can sort this mess."
"Do you know where Vince is taking me?" I asked.
"No. I can't know. If something goes wrong I don't want them going after you. My dad doesn't even know where in Italy my mom is going to go with my sisters and the kids."
"Do you want me to do this?" I ask.
"I want you to be safe. If you don't want to do it this way it's your decision. We can find another way. I'd prefer it if you and Vince didn't disappear together but if you want this we will make it happen."
"You're sure that nothing bad will happen?"
"I'm not as positive as Vince is, but he will keep you safe if anything happens. He would give you his heart if he knew it would save your life."
"Are you okay with me kissing Vince?"
"Yes." Sandro said and clenched his jaw.
"Tell me the truth."
"No. I don't want you to be with him and then disappear to god knows where for however long it takes me to fix this. But I don't know if we have another choice." Sandro answered letting his frustration come out slightly.
"You just said we could find another way."
"I can try but I can't be sure that I'll find a way to keep us all alive."
"So I need to convince this guy I'm with Vince so he doesn't kill us all. Where exactly are we supposed to do this? The porch?"
"No. Roman would come in the house." Sandro answered.
"Is that a good idea?" I asked.
"If we do it right. What do you think?"
"I'll do whatever I need to do. Just as long as our kids are kept safe."
"I'll have Vince set it up. Do you want to be alone or do you want someone to sit with you?"
"I want to be alone if you'll let me." I answer.
"I'm not your dad Ana. If you want to be alone it's okay with me. But I'd like the door to stay open." Sandro said.
"Okay. I just want to sleep."
"Let me know if you need anything." Sandro kisses me before he gets off the bed and walks away.
"I will." 
I slide back under the blankets and lay on my side.
"Ana." He said turning around at the door.
"Yes."
"I love you and you never need to face your problems alone. Don't ever forget that."
"I love you too." I reply.
With that Sandro disappears into the hallway and I hear the sound of his shoes clicking on the floor fade. I sigh and try to fall asleep. I laid there for what felt like forever. That was until I felt someone climb in the bed behind me. I sat up and turned quickly.
"You scared the fuck out of me." I said relived that it was Sergio.
"Sorry. I thought you were asleep. I didn't want to wake you." He said quietly.
"It's okay. I thought I wanted to sleep but I'm not getting anywhere."
"Heard that." He smiles.
"Where's Lexi?"
"She's been a bit of a diva lately. She was driving me crazy. She's just moody and bitchy. I don't know what's going on."
"I'm sure there's a reason she's been that way."
"Maybe but she hasn't said anything." Sergio said annoyed.
"Well have you asked her?" I ask.
"No."
"You should just ask her if there is something bothering her. If you ask she would probably tell you." I say.
"I don't know."
"Do you want to go do something?"
"Like what?" He asks.
"We could go play games or watch a movie or run. I don't know. I just need to get out of this room."
"Okay. Show me what we've got." He said.
I take Sergio's hand and lead him through the maze of hallways until we get to the game room. We chose Halo and played the computer for a while. Sergio invited his brothers to come play. Before long we had a giant battle on Live.
I sat with Sergio and leaned on his shoulder while we played. The Benedettis against the Montorini, De' Marco, and Franeze family's. It was fun to watch them give each other hand signals and have whispering fights. To make it fair the Benedettis divided in two teams. I was on a team with Sergio, Micheal, Adriano, Issac and Vance. We dominated the board for a long time. That was until Dante, Vince, Leo, and Sandro came down to find their brothers and discuss what the plan was. The three of them slaughtered everyone quickly. It's amazing what happened when they'd started working together. I wished they could all learned to get along all the time.
The four of them explained what was going to happen. They said I would be helping but didn't say how. They didn't say I had to prove I was with Vince. Nobody else needed to know that. All of this was suppose to take place in less than an hour. The ladies would stay in the safe house while the men went up to solve the mess. Diego, Roman, and Roman's men would come in the house and Diego's people would stay outside. If Roman could be convinced that Montoya had lied to him he would be killed. Then Vince and I would leave immediately.
We would disappear and leave our phones behind. The phones we would use would be burner phones. I made a point of making a list of contacts and printing it so I could fold it up and put it in the messenger bag I was taking with me when we made a run for it. I took off my wedding ring and replaced it with Lucia's. I'd never given it back to Vince and I'd kept it in the safe house safe with my locket and other valuables. I wanted to be as convincing as possible. We couldn't afford mistakes. We needed Roman's trust long enough to wipe Diego's gang off the map.
I took my remaining time to put on comfortable clothes and remove the makeup that covered my tattoo. I chose to wear wristband gloves to cover my bandages. I put on a white bra and panties. A white long sleeve shirt, a black zippered jacket, and an olive green mini skirt that flared with a black waist band and shiny gold zipper on the back. My shoes were black and white striped boat shoes that I could slip on quickly if I needed. I chose to also wear the locket Vince gave me.
He didn't know that I'd updated one of the pictures of us but kept the others underneath. On one side there was a picture of Vince and I when I was still a child. I had my arms wrapped around his shoulders while he carried me on his back. We smiled at each other while we laughed and played. Lucia was the one that took that picture. Neither of us realized she'd printed it and hung it in their home.
On the other side was a picture of Vince and I dancing at my wedding. The picture made it seem like he was the one I'd married. Our arms wrapped tightly around the other and our foreheads leaned together. We looked like we were in love. That picture was taken right before I told Vince I needed to be separated for him for a while. Before I broke his heart. I decided to take a stack of photos of us together while I was growing up. I figured I could use it as evidence of just how deeply Vince cared for me. Finally the time came to go upstairs and face Roman and his men. The knock came on my open door.
"Ana, are you ready?" Sandro asked.
"As ready as I could be." I answered.
I stood and walked to him. I wrapped my arms around him and pressed my face to his chest.
"Sandro I need you to promise me something."
"What is is Orsetto?" He asked.
"Promise me whatever is about to happen, whatever I do or say, you will forgive me."
"I promise you I will forgive you for whatever happens today. I want this over and you safe."
"I love you Sandy."
"Not near as much as I love you Orsetto."