Mafia

chapter 19

Isabella Denise

"Bella. What was the first most important thing I ever taught you?" Albelino asked me from behind as I glanced at him looking over my shoulder through by big blue eyes and I stood still with Marco walking around me in a circular motion.

My 13 year old self eyed Albelino's every move to the way he talks to the way he walks. With confidence. As if he had no fear in the world. As if no power in this world could stop him from doing what he wants. As if he was a legend to be remembered in the Mafia History.

I looked up at him with pride as if he was the greatest fighter and assassin I had ever seen in my whole short life. He walked everywhere intimidating them. Everyone feared him for what he could do, for what he has done, for what he was, for what he could be.

Albelino, my boss, my 'father' was known as one of the most ruthless men in the world. I had no right to deny that because he was, but it always surprised me and left me thinking how he could have emotions towards me.

How could a man known around the world to be one of the most ruthless men in the world have caring emotions towards a little young girl whom he had never known before and just saved her from a car crash.

I failed to see how. Whenever we were in the red room where I was trained he would put a mask on and shielded every emotion from everywhere they could possibly be seen and focus on one thing.

Training me.

That was his goal. To train me to become an assassin and to make his empire better, stronger and bigger.

Albelino taught me many things every day but every year he would teach me one of the very most important things, and right now at this moment last year the first most important thing he taught me was, 'Curiosity kills the cat'.

I remember these words coming out of his mouth in a very taunting way. Also adding that for assassins it was very painful.

"Yes. Yes I do." I said not looking at him directly but at the mirror in front of me staring at his direction, his figure circling around me in a intimidating way.

"And what was it Bella?" He asked me calmly standing close behind me as I kept on looking at the mirror and saw his body towering over me from behind.

"Curiosity kills the cat." I said. "And for assassins it's very painful." I added onto to my first answer.

Albelino stood close to me from behind with his arms crossed over his chest looking in the mirror staring at my reflection.

"That's correct Bella and since you have officially become a teenager I will teach you the most important thing of all." Albelino said not moving his figure but just his lips.

It surprised how he could stand so still sometimes because I had always needed to move, standing still was hard for me but I still did it and it never became a habit of mine. It was weird.

"What would that be?" I asked not moving because j was afraid of Albelino and of what he could do, these two things added on the list of my fears that was to come to an end in the when my training is over.

I believe that a human can not be free from emotions or fear. We determine who we are by what we do. I always thought this but the odds were against me and that odd being the one and only Albelino Chavalier.

But I still believe that it is not possible for a person or even a monster to have no fears. They may be heartless and kill everyone that came in there way but they never could escape their fears a person has at least one fear.

The fear of death and the fear of losing someone you care for the most are the most widely felt fears. I was not afraid of death and I was not afraid to lose someone for who I cared for the most.

I was afraid of Albelino Chavalier. I did not even fear the most feared man on earth which was Rocco Enzo. The boss of the Italian Mafia.

Albelino was my biggest fear and yet I loved him as my father. How ironic.

"Tell me Bella." Albelino started talking walking away from my figure and walking over to the steel table that contained various types of guns and knives as well as grenades and every weapons that could be used to kill one person or more.

Albelino picked up a shun from the table examining it as I watched his actions through his reflection in the mirror.

"Do you trust me Bella?" He asked me and this time I furrowed my eye brows at Albelino as he loaded the gun he was examining.

Was he going to shoot me? Questions ran through my head as I started fiddling with the my jeans that I was wearing. I contemplated as to what possibly the right answer was.

Biting my lip I breathed quickly before Albelino because I feared what he would do if I got the answer wrong.

"Y-yes." I stuttered and felt like drowning in the ground that was beneath my feet because Albelino clicked the safety of the gun off.

I felt bile rise up my throat as I started becoming nervous as I started to discover my newest fear.

'Being killed by the person you trust and love the most like your very own parent.'

My throat felt like it had two lumps in it and that every time I swallowed it won't go down and felt like I couldn't breathe.

Albelino pointed the gun at me before I heard the sound of a gun being fired and waited for the pain to come and it did but instead of the pain being in the stomach or the leg or somewhere else and feel the bullet inside of you I felt it in my arm.

My arms and whole body was sweaty for all the training I had in the red room and was standing in front the mirror in the same room.

I heard glass shatter to the ground and realized that I had my eyes tightly shut to realize what was happening.

Opening my eyes I saw that the glad in front of me was shattered and that there was a bullet scratch in the side of my arm.

Very good accuracy.

I turned around to look at Albelino lightly putting the gun down on the table totally relaxed.

He looked at me afterwards walking to me and dare did I move from my place.

"Bella, being in the Mafia means that there are going to be betrayers, people who can betray you any second. You never know when it's coming." Albelino said to me as he was now fully standing in front of me.

Towering over my shirt figure he intimidates me yet again at this moment.

"Bella Remember: Trust no one but yourself not even me."

The bright light stung my eyes as I pulled the cover over my head trying to block the lights and turning the opposite direction of the bed but realized that was the direction of where the light was peeking through the window.

"Fuck." I muttered under my breath as I slowly peeled my eyes open with the covers still over my head.

Now slowly taking the covers off of my head and sitting up right I looked over at the empty space where Marco was sleeping before.

It's been 5 days since Marie was shot and all Marco did now was just sit in his office all day doing s**t that he never told me, whenever I asked him he said he was taking care of business.

All he ever does now is eat, sleep, work and then repeat. Now I he doesn't come to dinner, I'm always asleep when he comes to bed to sleep and he's always gone of to work when I wake up.

Now he has started eating his breakfast in his office and the same with his dinner. He's locked up in his office everyday and just comes out of it to our room to sleep.

Wait. 'Our' room? Since when did I start calling Marco's room 'our' room.

At this moment I just shrugged my shoulders since it almost been a week and a half I have been here and sleeping the same room as well as the same bed as Marco. The same with the bathroom just not at the same time.

Everything and everyone was going well and good except Marco, now every time I went to his office to comfort him or to convince him to get out of his office he would take me in his lap by surprise and then just start kissing me on my neck.

I couldn't deny the attraction I had towards Marco because every time he took me I couldn't find the power within myself to push him away as if it didn't and never will exist.

I just forget about everything when he's giving me his touches and kisses full of bliss. It's like he has some sort of magic.

What annoyed me the most was whenever it was the turn of his to kiss my lips he would just stop and stare at it and then push me away and tell me to leave his office.

I was just literally sick of feeling rejected by him. The rejection this time was too much to bear but every time he came close to me it would all go away and I would start getting lost in his pleasurable touches.

Every time he would come near me I would start getting nervous and my start loosing my confidence as if he is sucking it all in and giving me all his nervousness.

Sighing my thoughts drifted to Marie who was now getting better and better than before. She was now able to walk and I was surprised how fast she was healing. The doctors here are damn good.

I have been helping Romano as well as keeping myself occupied in making up with Marie and today was the day he would finally express his emotions towards her.

I was so excited because Marie had explained me about her feelings towards Roman and I just felt like they were just the perfect couple.

"Bella I need to tell you something." Marie said walking in the bedroom While I was watching my favorite childhood television show of Disney, The suit life of Zack and Cody.

I was honestly surprised to see it in Marco's movie shelf. Guess that's the two of us loving the show. "What do you want to tell me?" I asked Marie as she plopped down on the bed as I paused the 23rd episode of season 3.

"It's about Roman." She said sitting crossed legged fiddling with the hem of her shirt as I have her thigh a reassuring squeeze as I smiled at her.

"It's okay you can tell me." I said and she looked up at me smiling.

"Ok.. Here goes nothing." She began. "Ok so you see when you know me and Roman had the deal, I just felt so happy to be with him when I just hated his guts. He made me laugh all the time, he made me feel things I had never felt before with any guy, his every touch left me wanting more.

"Every time I saw him with another girl my anger would just grow and I would just feel like smashing her head against the wall and sticking my knife in her skull. I was always just so jealous. And now I still feel the same Bella." She said sighing and I smile at her.

"B-Bella.... I-I think I love him." She choked out and I looked at her wide eyed as a grin made its way on my face.

There is so going to be a wedding.

I grinned at the memory while my thoughts now started drifting towards another direction and that direction was the memory that replayed in my dream.

Trust no one but yourself.

I have to admit that I used to be scared of Albelino when I was young, I was never even scared of the most feared man on earth, Rocco Enzo, he was Marco's father.

My hand went to the scar of the wound that I had gotten when I was 13. Frowning at the sight of it I looked away from it. Is weird how I'm getting these memories as my dreams as if it's trying to tell me something.

I used to look up at Albelino with pride, proud that he was the one training me, he was one of the most feared men in the world yet he had felt emotions towards me or so I thought.

He was right I couldn't trust anyone, I can't trust anyone but myself. Albelino had lied to me for a very long time, he killed my parents and soon I'm going to find out why.

Why did he train me? If he killed my parents then why didn't he kill me? Because I was vulnerable? Because I was young? Maybe because I could just be used easily and then throw me away like a piece of trash?

Every time I think about Albelino my anger and hatred rises for him, don't even ask how it was like when I had gotten my period. It was super hard to keep the anger to myself.

I still remember my mom and dad arguing over something in the car when suddenly the car slipped. I always thought it was because of the rain but I'm starting to think otherwise now.

Sighing and hastily running my hand through my hair I slowly got up from the bed and did my daily routine which included showering,washing my hair and the private business that you do on the toilet.

Looking at my reflection in the mirror I saw that the bags I used to have were long gone but it was like they were transferring towards Marco because he barely sleeps now.

Feeling the need to go over to him and talking to him I dropped my towel and wore my clothes before I ran downstairs and then towards Marco's office.

Thankfully Romano was nice enough to give me the tour of the house, did I mention this house has two freaking ballrooms? As well as 3 theater rooms?

Yeah Mafia royalty.

Opening the door to Marco's office I stepped in but he didn't look up from the bunch of papers that were laid out in front of him and the ones in his hand or from his laptop and the book that was opened.

How many eyes does he have?

I don't knock to come in Marco's office, trust me I never knock, it's a bad habit but no ones objecting.

I cleared my throat so Marco would look up but he didn't and I threw my hands in the air with frustration.

"Marco I've had enough of this!" I started and this time he looked up from his work and stared at me talking as if it went from one ear and out the other.

"You need to f*****g get out of this office more often! You're like a vampire in his coffin! You eat here and I'm starting to think you even sleep here! Look at your eyes they have bags under them, take a break. Marie is getting better! Everyone misses having you eat dinner and breakfast with them and joke around." I lectured him but he nodded and went back to his work.

Bastard.

Huffing and stomping my foot tired of his behavior that he's showing me everyday I decided to try something new. I hesitated before going over to him quickly which made him look up and sat on his lap straddling him.

He immediately smirked and I felt like slapping him there. Perv.

"Come out of the office." I whispered leaning into as he pulled my waist closer towards him and smirked because maybe my plan would work if it doesn't go the opposite way, you know.

"No." He whispered back leaning into my face more making me lean my head back a little but still kept strong, our faces inches apart and I already knew he wouldn't kiss me, if I get paid for the times when Marco comes close to me and doesn't kiss me I swear I would be the richest woman on planet earth in history.

"Please." I stretched the word as I leaned into him more and into his neck placing the same feathery kisses he used to give me as he gripped my waist harder and harder, I'm sure they are going to be red later.

From his neck going to ear I placed a kiss there and gripped his neck from behind massaging it from neck to shoulder and on and on like that.

"Please Marco." I whispered seductively in his ear pressing my body to his, somehow it all just felt right and I became more confident second by second.

Little did I know that Marco would go on his seductive mode and place a kiss on my neck rubbing and massaging my back with his hands and slipping his hands under my shirt.

Get out Bella!

Get out Bella!

Get out Bella!

You're stupid Bella!

My conscience yelled at me when I started to give in and my stomach ruined the whole moment and I mentally cursed but thanked it.

"Hungry are we?" Marco asked me smirking when I pulled back at the sound of my stomach grumbling because of emptiness and blushed grinning at him.

"Maybe..." I said and he chuckled.

"Marco please!!! Just this once get out the office and have breakfast with us." I said pouting at him making a puppy dog face and he chuckled before setting me down as I stood on my feet steadily and stood up to his full height.

"So is that a yes?" I asked him making sure and he smirked.

"Just this once and then I'll have to stay inside more longer today than usual." He said and I scoffed.

"Yeah we'll see about that." I said as I dragged him out of his office and we walked towards the kitchen. The smell of pancakes filled my nostrils and my stomach grumbled louder and I mentally cursed at it because Marco was looking at me amused.

"What I'm hungry." I said as a matter of fact and he rolled his eyes at me.

We both sat on the kitchen counter as out pancakes were placed in front of us and we chewed on it as other walked in the kitchen for their plate.

"Good to see you out of your office." Alessandro said patting Marco's back and he just nods.

Romano walks in with a bright face because he knows that today is going to be a special day for him because he is going tell Marie how he feels about her and I had a strong prediction that she was going to accept him.

Finishing out breakfast I got in random activities mostly which was watching Netflix and Romano was going to tell Marie in the afternoon which had come now and I stated to go to work according to the plan.