Chapter 18: Family Feud
Leo POV
Oh, my head.
My arm got shot, so why does my head ache?
Loud voices raised outside this box of a recovery room. A nurse and a doctor jumping in, their voices stern warnings to behave, because people are trying to recover.
What makes my head pound more fiercely is that I recognize the voices. Vittorio's voice, all pride and passion and fire. God, I love him. Then my parents' voices. I haven't heard a peep out of them since yesterday. Since they crashed my wedding.
They invade my room, Mama in a cream silk suit and Papa in a blue and white pinstripe suit. Beyond their aristocratic profiles, I see Vittorio's tousled hair.
“Son," Mama says in a solicitous voice, rushing towards me. “Don't scare us like this!"
“I heard you sent Raoul Toscanini where he b
