A Dangerous Captive (Completed)

15. Family Ties

Song: perigo - Jade Beraldo

(edited)

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Adelaide

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"Okay, I have my question."

I looked up from the heavenly spaghetti expectantly, waiting for him to pose his question.

"If I kissed you now, would you kiss me back?"

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His question took me off guard.

Kiss him?

I he kissed me, I knew I wouldn't let myself kiss him back, it would almost be like admitting that I wanted him the same way he wanted me and I couldn't let myself fall. 

It would only make it harder for me to leave after all was said and done.

I looked him dead in the eye without a hint of a smile on my face.

"No, I would not."

My voice was cold and detached, something that I didn't particularly like. 

His eyebrows raised in mock surprise as he refilled his wine glass, tipping mine up in the process.

"Why not?" He questioned, bringing his glass up to his lips.

I felt a smile tug at my lips and I turned to my spaghetti to quickly hide it from him. 

No way was I going to answer his question.

"My question," I replied, imitating his earlier response.

I already knew what I was going to ask him. 

I couldn't beat around the bush anymore, I needed to know what he was capable of, I needed to know if we were on the same level of evil.

"What's the worst thing you've done?"

I observed Romano's reaction to the question I posed. 

The wine glass, halfway up to his lips, stopped as he froze to his chair.

The glass was suspended in midair for only a second before he regained his sense, draining the entirety of it's contents before letting out a deep sigh.

"Do you really want me to answer that, poca lattuga?"
(Translation: Little lettuce)

He wasn't smiling anymore. 

I had switched the light switch inside of him and now instead of the easy-going Romano, he was replaced by the serious no nonsense version. 

Did I want to know?

"Yes."

His eyes flit up to mine and I fought with my inner self, managing somehow to return his penetrating gaze.

Without breaking our intense stare-off, he said,

"I killed my parents."

That wasn't what I was expecting, not in the least. 

His gaze never faltered as he continued to stare at my face, registering my reaction to his words.

I composed myself and thought over his words. 

His father would've been the previous don of the mafia, so the hunger for power probably ran through his family.

Did he kill his parents just for the title? Or was there something more to it?

I let my mind wander to my parents, or at least what I remembered. 

I didn't know what I would do if I were left in a room alone with them.