✥ The Mob Boss & His Therapist ✥ [part one/ unedited]
BEING EDITED FOR FURTHER PUBLISHING
Rafael Rossi, a glass like fragile Italian mob boss, who has sworn to never let anyone on his demons that have only resulted him post traumatic stress disorde...
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ＩＫＩＧＡＩ (n.) a reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning
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It was too late. She had to confront him now that she had came so far just to get her closure. Even if that meant falling for him all over again. But, the only difference this time was that he wouldn't be the one walking away, it will be her instead.
He looked different. But, not a good different. He looked rather tired and worn out. Almost too lifeless that it was hard to believe he was even calling for her in the first place.
"You came back." He muttered and all Ravenna had was anger and disappointment on her mind.
"If I'm not wrong Rafael, it was never me that had left in the first place." She hesitantly moved inside the bedroom which looked darker than usual as sunlight was prohibited from entering through the curtains. He looked hurt by her statement, but it didn't faze her. She had too much pain inside her that she wanted to find the first thing to lent it out onto.
"I never wanted to leave. I was scared Ravenna." She laughed at his statement. It wasn't out of humor, but simply out of disappointment of his statement.
"Is that all you have as an excuse Rafael? That you're scared of something good happening to you in life. Are you scared of falling in love? Or let me guess, are you scared of not being the person I fell in love with?" He looked up at her and all he could do was open his mouth and close it right back up. That's it, she had left the leader to a mafia speechless.
"Because guess what Rafael, I loved each part of you. I loved every scar you wore on your tattooed skin. I adored how much love you had for the things you enjoyed. I loved the Rafael Rossi that was broken. But, what did you do? You broke me to the point, I had to fix myself all over again." Even with the tubes of fluids running into his veins by the nurses, he pulled off his sheets attempting to come to a proper posture.
"Ravenna I was afraid of my past. I let my past decide my future and I can tell you that it was the second biggest mistake I made in my life." She was not ready for his apology, she needed him to let her go because she knew if he didn't she would always come running back to him as if nothing happened.
"You're right, it was a mistake. I shouldn't have fallen in love with you. I shouldn't have overstepped my boundaries with you. I shouldn't have let you be a part in my life in any way. But, my biggest mistake was falling in love with Rafael Rossi." Ravenna was not even sure if what she was saying made sense to her, but one thing she knew for sure was she was talking in all honesty. She was done playing the role of the doctor while he acted like the patient. He was the predator all along while she was the prey. He started off by preying on her heart and then her soul.
"Please don't give up on me Ravenna. You are the only one that has loved me even when knowing how f*cked up I am. I promise I won't give up on us. Just give me time." She shook her head all while tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Time is all I had gaven you all this time. I believe this time that's something I don't have." She was done with him and all she could do was now leave before he kept her from doing the hardest part in her life, leaving him. She turned around and headed towards the exit knowing this was the end of their chapter.
"I love you." She almost thought she had heard him wrong, but the shuffling coming from behind her confirmed that he indeed had said those three words to her. The three words that she would have died to hear a month ago were the same words that were ripping her apart.
"But, I don't." With those words left for him to feed on, she left his bedroom. Dante was standing right downstairs as he waited on her to come down. He quickly headed to the start of the staircase as he realized Ravenna had started to head downstairs the staircase.
"Did he listen to you?" Dante asked knowing his brother was only stable enough to listen to the one person he found the most important in his life at the moment.
"Dante take care of him." Ravenna requested as Dante's face expression immediately changed to one where one could tell he was obviously confused.
"Ravenna what do you mean?" Dante asked cautiously, knowing what she was going to say to him.
"Because he'll not being seeing me ever again. I won't let him. Maybe when he falls in love the next time, he would not be late to express it." Ravenna expressed her last words to Dante before heading towards the exit. Even with the closure she had attempted to get, she felt empty. She knew that she needed time to heal before she could move on with her life, but the real question was how much. Would it take a few hours, days, weeks, or years? No painkillers will heal this pain and no therapy will erase the trace of his betrayal.
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It had been two days since she had confronted Rafael. Ravenna did the only thing she could think of, she decided to move from her apartment. She hated how cozy her apartment once used to be was now filled with the memories of the one person she wanted to remember the least. She wanted to forget him. Have him out of her system. Leave no trace of him in her life.
Her eyes hesitantly, reached into the medication bag she had gotten from the pharmacy earlier in the morning. She knew this may end up changing her life, but Ravenna needed to know for sure. So, taking the bag in her hands Ravenna headed towards the bathroom. She held the stick in her hands that were shaking in fear of what was about to come next.
Her eyes teared up and she almost forgot how to breathe as she registered the reason behind the lack of appetite and control over her emotions recently.
"I can't be carrying his baby."
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Welcome back lovely readers! I'm sorry, for my lack of existence as a human but I can ensure you that I'm alive. Life is doing a 360 on me right now. But, I updated as soon as I could've. Hope you guys enjoyed it and thank you so much for being so patient. Love each one you guys.
