Trapped

Chapter 2- La famiglia della mafia

Italian- La famiglia della mafia

English- The mafia family

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You know the feeling when everyone is looking at you and you don't know what the s**t is going on. That feeling feels like s**t and that's exactly what I am feeling. s**t.

The only good thing about my current state is that only two human beings are looking at me and I know both of them. But, that didn't lessen the shitty feeling. I was feeling, even more, shittier than ever.

Mom and dad sat on the bed facing me and I was sitting on the floor. It feels great to sit on the floor, it cools off my hot temperature.

"Well, what? Why are you two looking at me like... This?" Their look spelled trouble.

"You know we used to live in Italy?" Dad asked. Yes, I know, Mom told me that while trying to answer me some of my stupid questions. So, I nodded, "You know we used to live in Italy until you were born?"

I nodded "Yes, Mom told me something like we needed to protect something and so we moved out of Italy and settled here in Blackawton as that thing was safer here. Yeah, something like that." I shrugged.

"Yeah, it was to protect." Dad nodded, wetting his lips, he continued "But, not to protect something. It was to protect someone." He looked at Mom and reached for her hand, then held it tight. The display of affection was lovely, but I can't focus on that, rather I was focusing on the word 'someone'.

Someone as in a human, someone who is still alive, breathing. Dad said they used to live in Italy until I was born. Just after I was born, they moved here. If I join the dots now, I am sure I won't like the answer.

No, that someone can't be......

"Do I know the someone you're talking about?" I don't want that someone to be the person I am thinking about.

Yes, I can take chances and hope for the best, just like mom.

I look at mom to find some inspiration, but her eyes were not holding that hopeful look anymore. It was as if she knows the worst was to come right now.

As they don't answer, I ask again, "It's me isn't it?"

Please say no, please.

Dad sighed stretching his neck back to look at the ceiling. He sighed again "Yes, yes for you we left Italy. But there is more to it. You need to know many more things now as we are going back to Italy. Just promise me, you will react after I finish."

This s**t is really deep.

"Okay." That is all I could say.

"So, I have two brothers, Lauriano and R_Roberto. Lauriano is two years older than me and Roberto is six years older. Nina is Lauriano's wife. Even though Lauriano was my elder brother, we still were good friends, like best friends. Nina was a great woman too. " He paused and looked back at mom. Mom nodded her head as if encouraging him to continue. "Our family..... it's a mafia family. We are the part of a mob. "

WHAT THE f**k? Mafia, really?

I can't react now, he asked me not to. No, I won't react at all. Yeah, it's a normal thing. We can be vampires too. No, I won't react at all. No, not at all.

Deep breaths Andy, yes...... 1... 2... 3... No, it's not helping at all.

"We belong to a mafia group, really? And you are asking me to not react. Seriously, do you think I won't react?" I was totally astonished, like seriously, that's a freakish thing, like totally..... Unbelievable "The next thing you will tell me that we are werewolves and we live in packs. Are you kidding me?"

"Andy, just listen, okay, I know it's hard to take in all this, at once, we never knew that something like this will happen." He pauses, frowning he looks at me again, "And that we have to tell you everything..... Yeah, we wanted to keep you in denial. Now don't look at me like that. We needed to protect you and we were doing that just fine. But...... leave it, I need to tell everything now."

Pressing my lips together, I nodded, there is nothing much I can do. Reacting will be useless, it's in the past. They did it and they did it for some reason, I know that.

"Roberto is our stepbrother. When his mother died father got married again and had us. Papa was the Don of the mob, you know the boss of the mafia." He wetted his lips, frowning "Lauriano and I were never really interested in this whole mafia thing so when Papa passed away and Roberto became the Don we didn't really care."

"So, that means you are not a mafia, right?" I asked hopefully. I don't want my Dad to be a killer. A mafia just knows how to kill, that's all they can do.

Dad laughed through his nose "No, I am kind of not. I need to explain all this to you though." he cleared his throat. "I really shouldn't say this about our father, but papa was a cruel man, he used to treat women with cruelty. For him, they were just filthy creatures. He never really loved momma too, he married her for more power. He used to beat her, even in front of us. You know, we were just cowards, we never fought for her, never tried protecting her."

He smiled a bitter smile, "I don't know why she was still there, why she never tried escaping them. Then there was Roberto, he hated momma. He used to insult her and she couldn't even do anything because he was going to become the next Don. If you say anything against the Don and you will be punished."

He sighed, running his hand through his hair "When Roberto became the Don, you won't believe our condition worsened. Women in the mob started staying locked up in their houses. Because they knew if they come face to face with Roberto he will surely r**e them. He was a r****t, a bloody r****t. But, he hated women. He won't marry anyone and that's how Lauriano became a part of this whole mafia thing."

I frowned, confused "But he wasn't interested, right?"

Nodding his head he sighed "He wasn't but, you know it wasn't that simple. Roberto blackmailed us, he wanted one of us to get married to the daughter of a powerful Don, for more power and he wanted one of us to start working for the mob, for him or he will kill momma in front of us. So, Lauriano said he will do it, he asked Roberto to leave me and momma out of this and so he got married to Nina."

"So, how was she?" I asked chewing my bottom lip. I needed to calm my curious nerves down.

He smiled, "She was the softest person I've ever met, we've ever met. And Lauriano loved her, he fell in love with her. She used to love our momma, you know. They were like best friends, sharing everything. But, then she became pregnant and Roberto wanted it to be a boy. Lauriano didn't care about the gender, but Roberto did and he did what he is so best in; he threatened them. He told them if Nina gives birth to a girl then he will kill the baby. Thank god he never knew a thing about the ultrasound. Because Nina gave birth to a girl."

I have an inkling where it is going and it was going the way exactly I don't want it to go.

Fuck..... f**k, no, please. Stop!

Gritting his teeth Dad gulped, closing his eyes. When he opened them I can clearly see the determination in them, "She was a girl and her name was Andrea. Andrea Fiscella, she was...... You."

Please god, let it be a dream.