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Kalani Reed was a regular twenty-two year old woman who was trying to get the handle on her life. She worked at a small café, lived in a small apartment by herself, and had a kind of boyfriend. Back in highschool, she was one of those...
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KALANI LEARNED THAT WHEN GIOVANNI plays the game, he plays to win. After he'd left the room, butt ass naked, Kalani was finally given some time to breath.
That did not last long before she left the shower and pulled on a clean set of underwear, her fingers becoming pruned. After she slips on her bra, her eyes stray to the door, hoping that he locked it behind him.
She checks it to see that he did then as she was about to step away, her foot almost slips as she steps on a sheet of paper.
On it was a note:
Put on a swimsuit and join me at the pool, S.
Quickly coming to the realization that S is Sofia, Kalani begins to rummage through her bags of new clothes. She was sure she purchased more than one swimsuit ━ well, Giovanni purchased more than one swimsuit.
After looking through the third bag, she finds a hot pink two-piece. She matches it with a crochet cover up and a pair of sandals before making her way out of the room.
Taking the same twists and turns, she ends up in the foyer. She hadn't really had any time to take in the rest of the house considering she always had something to do. Maybe tonight she'll have a look around and accidentally stumble into Gio's bedroom.
It took her a while before she got to the backyard. Guards were scattered around the entire house, their faces stoic and hands clasped in front of them, letting her know that they got the strap in the front of the belts. It just makes sense. Catching sight of Angelo just a ways away, she sends him a smile, receiving one in return.
Angelo was, by far, her favorite bodyguard to annoy.
She walks further into the yard seeing that it's not even really a yard ━ it's a damn park. It was huge, to say the least. But, she expected no less from any of them. The pool was as large as her entire apartment ━ she realized that the same thing went for the bedroom she was sleeping in.
She catches a glimpse of Sofia laid out on a patio chair by the pool, Dante, in his suit, stood over her, words leaving his mouth. Sofia seemed to be drinking it in, her hand wrapped around his forearm. A wide smile was on her face.
Kalani didn't want to intrude but as soon as Sofia looked around and caught sight of her, it was game over. Sofia waved her over. The woman nodded and approached them, still flustered from her encounter with Giovanni.
Dante says something in Italian to Sofia before sending Kalani a small smile and a nod. His girlfriend pouts before he presses a loving kiss to her lips.
"Ciao, mio amore." He whispers to her before kissing her again and walking away.
Kalani audibly awes, "That's so cute. How long have you guys been together?"
Sofia blushes and turns to the young woman, "Three years."
"How did you guys meet?" Kalani wouldn't really say that she's a romantic, just that she likes love, and seeing people in love. Her father would always be her first love, but she hadn't fallen in love. Not that she was eager for that to happen.
So, she listened in content as Sofia rattled on about how she met her boyfriend, "He and Giovanni are the best of friends and so he was always around our family. I'd had a crush on him since I was fourteen but it didn't seem like he reciprocated those feelings, until it was my twenty-first birthday. He pulled me aside, said he had a birthday present for me, then he kissed me. And we've been together ever since."
"And Giovanni doesn't have a problem with you dating his best friend?" Kalani questions as her eyes close under the sun.
Sofia chuckles, "Even if he did, there's nothing he can do about it." Kalani laughs along with her before a calm silence passes between them. Then suddenly, Kalani hears Sofia shift in her seat. She opens her eyes to see Sofia sitting up, facing her. "I'm sorry about my brother kidnapping you, Kalani."
"You have no reason to apologize, Sofia. You did nothing." Kalani tells her, sitting up in her seat as well.
"Exactly, I did nothing. It's just..." She pauses, as if she's about to reveal something she's not supposed to. "He's been frustrated, chasing after the man that killed our father. And sometimes his temper gets to him and he can't even see or think clearly and then everything else that happens is collateral damage."
"Wait, wait, wait," Kalani backtracks, her eyebrows furrowing at the statement that jumped out at her, "The man that killed your father?"
"Yes, he's been searching for him for the past two months..."
She was speaking but Kalani didn't hear a word she said over the blood pumping in her ears. Sofia's voice seemed muffled as she quickly connected the dots. Giovanni wouldn't tell her what her brother stole, but it seemed like too much of a coincidence for his father to be killed and then all of a sudden, he's searching for her brother who he said stole something, but not money or drugs or guns. What else would he have stolen other than Giovanni's father's life?
She hated to assume but that's all she could do right now. And it wasn't a good one.
She tells herself that she'll find out her answer tonight.
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tag yourself, im sofia who can't keep her mouth shut 🥺🥺🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️ but we still love her
