**Lorenzo's POV**
I didn't think this plan completely through. I'll admit when Giovanni came to me with this idea, I thought he was f*****g insane. But sadly he was right, Nicolo wasn't moving fast enough. If we presented him with an opportunity, then he would act instinctively. I knew I would be going through hell and more, but this was intense.
By the time Nicolo was done with me, I was probably unrecognizable. He beat me with everything he could get his hands on. A metal pipe, crowbar, bat, even the butt end of a gun. He only stopped because Giovanni said that if he did too much, he might scare Phoebe into staying away. The point was to get her to want to save me.
A few hours Nicolo left, Giovanni came in to get me cleaned up and bandage my wounds. "You look like death." Giovanni c
