My Italian Capo

chapter 9

Lorenzo

"Summer I said no and that's final, now stop begging; it's not becoming of you" She's been sitting in my room for about thirty minutes now begging me to let Angelina go

"Please" she gave me her puppy dog eyes. "Why are you even keeping her here? It's not like the police matters to you. Brother I know that the police already knows about you and your line of work...they've known even before you were in charge. I know that you basically own the police in Italy" why can't she just shut up
"...so even if she went to the cops; it's not like they would care about the information she gives them...you are their boss afterall"

"You've only spoken to her for a few hours and she's already rubbing off on you" I stated "You talk as much as she does now"

"She's wonderful brother. She has the most amazing hazel eyes; and did you see her body?...Brother I'm going to start doing squatts now; just so I could try keeping up with her...and wow did you see her hair? It's so vibrant, it has so much volume and it's so long" she said in awe

"Okay?"

"She's so beautiful, she's funny, she's talkative, she's such a breath of fresh air and OMG her british accent. I love hearing her talk-..." She's still going on and on about Angelina and at this point I've stopped listening. I'm so tired

"Summer stop talking" I said while covering my ears "...and get out of my room I want to sleep"

"Okay but one question and then I'll be out of your hair"

"Make it count"

"Okay...What's the real reason she's here?"

"Because I don't trust her." I stated

"You're lying. I think you've decided to keep her here because you might fancy her" she said in a fake British accent

"I don't" I roll my eyes

"You do." She challenges me...but I'm not falling for that. I don't 'fancy' Angelina

"Listen carefully. The real reason she's here is because in the mafia there are rules that we live by"

"...and?" She asked impatiently

"If anyone witnesses a killing done by the mafia, we have to 'take care' of them too"

"As in...kill them too?" She questioned

"Yes" I nod my head "and I decided not to kill her; she doesn't deserve it"

"But brother...the rules of the mafia-..."

"...are never to be broken, no matter how stupid they are" I finished for her "I know. That's why I decided she should just be part of the mafia"

"What?!" Summer screamed "How could you do that?...that's even worse brother"

"Would you rather I kill her instead?"

"No, but...that's still so selfish of you, that should be her decision to make"

"If I didn't make this decision for her...She would certainly be killed, not by me; but by other mafia members. We all live by the rules and they certainly won't change just because of her...I'm doing her a favour by keeping her here. She's part of my mafia now"

"You truly are the worst brother in the world" she rolled her eyes but I know she understands

"I'm the worst brother?...what about Oscar, Jason and Paul?"

"What about them?"

"They haven't paid you a visit for over a month now...and do I have to remind you that you live in my house; so I've got to be your favourite brother"