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Marco walks away to go tell the pilot to get ready and fly back to Italy.
Elena starts updating me "My husband Francesco, your uncle Ricardo who is your aunt Angelina's husband, and your father Valente are now all advisors. Or at least that's their job in the Italian Mafia now.. but they still get their hands dirty from time to time.
The old men just won't retire.. but that's how it normally is in the mafia world. The men keep active until they die of natural causes or they are killed. At least that's most cases. It's sad but true. I think it's because to them your mafia is a family and it's beaten into them to never turn their back on it."
I find that interesting. I even can admire their commitment and loyalty.
"Valente didn't have any heirs to pass down the role of being Don to.. well outside of you who he didn't know existed. Not to mention you are a woman, and sometimes that tends to be a problem in the mafia world. It's rare if a woman is sworn in much less the boss so I don't even know if it would have been considered if he knew of your existence. Your aunt Angelina wasn't able to have kids, so any blood relation was out of the question. Valente passed it to Luca, my son, who he has always treated like his nephew despite being of no blood relation.
Marco is the underboss now, he took my husband's place...and he has been in a mafia family since he was a kid. There are two other main people in the house you should probably know and that is Lorenzo Conti and Diego De Luca. They've also been in it since they were kids, they all grew up with Luca. and they play big roles in the mafia." Elena continues to explain.
She takes a pause before continuing on
"Francesco, Ricardo, and your father can seem cold hearted and in some ways they are but they are older generation mafia men who were taught by their own fathers, who were taught by their fathers. It's all they've ever known... but they will protect their family with their lives which will include you."
She then starts explaining the main mafia men now "My son Luca, is the Don as I've mentioned and he also might seem cold hearted but he's a good leader.. and it might take sometime before he trusts you but he's hard on everyone. Marco who you have already met is probably the politest out of all of them but he also has a colder side because all mafia men do, well at least the ones who stay alive the longest. They have to be cold in order to survive. Lorenzo is the funniest one out of the family, his humor is something that keeps us going in some pretty dark moments.
Lastly Diego, he hardly ever talks to anyone.. He's just always been that way but he's the best in hand to hand combat that there is."
"Okay.…..anything else I should know?" I ask
"I'm going to tell you like I told your mother this life isn't for the faint of heart. If you can't take it...." Elena starts but Marco cuts her off.
"If you can't take it and it becomes too much for you, then I'll help get you out."
Marco walks in and tells me with nothing but pure honesty Elena looks at him surprised and he just says
"They shouldn't expect her to stay there forever. If she doesn't want to stay, then I'll help her leave. She's still innocent.. but once she crosses that line there's no going back and it'll be on her."
"You know what Valente will do to you if you help her escape.." Elena warns like she's trying to send a code to him like I can't understand what she is saying. It isn't rocket science. It is the bloody mafia that we're talking about for gods sake.
"I know the risk but he can't force her."
Marco replies to Elena.
"Let's all hold on for a second.. I appreciate what both of you are saying but neither of you are dying to get me out of something I'm willingly walking myself into. If I can get myself into it then I will manage to find a way out of it if I need to." I tell them
Marco and Elena both look at me seemingly proudly and nod.
"Then you need to know everything. There are four top Mafias right now, that is going off of who has the most money, guns, members, etc.
We Italians happen to be at the very top of the list. Then the Russian Mafia, the British Mafia, and the Mexican Mafia all in that order.
The Russians are most known for s*x trafficking, none of the other mafia's including ours are known for that as of now but it's always changing.
The Mexicans are most known for drugs, and now just because of the cartel, their mafia makes and produces experimental drugs and everything you know and don't know about.
The British are most known for weapons, they make extreme spyware and unique combat weapons." Marco explains
"And the Italians?" I ask curiously with very little caution.
"We are known for being the most violent, being the most passionate, and having the most money. We do more legal business. Now I'm not going to lie to you, we still sell drugs and weapons here and there but we never s*x traffic and we haven't since your grandfather was the Don. The only reason we are at the top is because of your father and Luca and their leadership. No one wants to mess with us because they know once they do they're dead. We kill and torture and in those moments we seem heartless but we are doing it for the family. Our family. Which will soon be your family." Marco tells me
"Thanks for not sugarcoating it." I tell him which makes him respond with a nod.
"There are more people in our mafia but the ones I named are just the ones who live full time in the main house, which is where you will be staying when we arrive. Now as I've mentioned I haven't told anyone about you and we won't until we get back to the house then me and you will have a lot of explaining to do..to some very angry mafia men. I'm going to go to bed and you two should probably try and get some rest also. We are going to have a long day tomorrow." Elena says
"See you when we land." Marco tells her
"Get a good night's rest." I tell her
"You too." Elena replies back to me with a smile and then she heads to a sliding door off to the side that I am assuming hides a bedroom behind it. After Elena is out of sight I turn back to face Marco.
"This jet has a private bedroom, seriously?! That's ridiculously convenient.. but still a little ridiculous nonetheless." I say
Marco smiles and looks like he's going to laugh but instead all he says is
"Enzo, is going to love you."
"Who?" I ask
"Lorenzo. Luca, Diego, and myself call him Enzo." Marco says
I nod and then I get up and walk to the sofa and lay down.
"Any other nicknames I should know about?" I ask Marco
Marco looks at me for a second clearly in deep thought but he answers. "Well we gave nicknames to everyone when we were younger. Elena is Lena, Francesco is Cisco, Valente is V, Angelina is Angel, and Ricardo is Ric."
"Good to know." I reply
"What do you prefer to go by? Novaelle or Nova?" Marco asks
"Mostly Nova, not many people even know my real name is Novaelle." I
answer
"I'm sure Enzo will give you plenty of nicknames." Marco says
"Oh I'd hate to have to give him some in exchange." I say jokingly
"For what it's worth I think you are going to fit in just fine." Marco tells me
"I don't know it could be a total train wreck." I say with a slight shrug
"Enzo calls it entertainment." Marco says as he sips his drink
"What a weird psycho." I mumble but Marco still hears it and let's us a deep laugh
"Don't worry all will end up how it's supposed to." Marco tells me with his Italian accent coming out more.
"I'm not worried. I'm actually pretty relaxed." I replied. Marco doesn't seem convinced.
"Listen I rarely freak out and when I do you'll know. " I say with honesty
Marco just raises an eyebrow. He's more than likely wondering what that means but I hope he never finds out. I hope none of them do.
"We should really get some rest before we land." Marco says changing the topic
"You don't even look comfortable, much less like you could rest." I tell him almost wanting to laugh as I realize how small that chair looks
compared to him.
"Don't worry about me, I've gone days without sleeping. Just get some rest. I'll wake you up when we land." Marco says
"I won't be able to get any kind of rest when I know you look like you are being tortured by an innocent chair. This sofa is big enough to just get on the other end." I tell him
And he just raises an eyebrow at me.
"Don't even think I'm making a move on you. Get it out of your head right now. That isn't who I am." I say
"Ok. Ok." Marco says raising his hands up as he stands up to mock surrender but he's smiling like he finds me completely amusing.
He lays down at the other end of my feet and soon enough I'm asleep dreaming of picking flowers in a beautiful garden with my mother.
A little peace before I walk myself into chaos.
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