“I missed you all, did you guys miss me? By the look on your faces I guess not.” Carlos says with a fake smile on his face.
“What are you doing here?” I say with venom dripping from my voice.
“Hello, my beautiful niece, did you miss your favourite uncle?” he says, stepping forward, but before he can reach me Enzo steps in front of me.
“Don’t even think about taking another step closer to her.” Enzo says with pure hatred in his voice. I step beside him to calm him down before he blows Carlos’s head off.
“Whoa! I mean no harm.” he says like he actually means it.
“Keep telling that to yourself, we both know that’s a lie,” I say while glaring at him.
“What are you even doing here? Because, I don’t remember inviting you.”Enzo says.
“I don’t need an invitation; I am family after all.”
“You are not family; you are a monster,” I say with a lot of anger in my voice. I can’t believe he has the nerve to say he is family after everything he has done. What a disgusting man, I wish I could blow his head off.
“CARLOS! What are you doing near my daughter.” papa says with hatred and rage in his eyes.
“It’s nice of you to join us, big brother,” Carlos says with a smirk on his face.
“I can’t say the same, little brother. What are you doing here?” papa says.
“I thought I should stop by and say hi to the family.”
“You are not invited here, so leave.”
“Aha, that’s no way to treat your little brother.”
“Just cut the crap and tell us why you are here,” I say getting tired of hearing his annoying voice.
“Oh, someone is very eager tonight but since you must know. I have come to tell you to forfeit your claim as president, and I won’t kill you and your family,” he says finally getting serious.
“You must be insane to think we will accept your offer,” I say giving him my best glare.
“Hey, little one, watch your tongue. I am still your uncle. Show me some respect.”
“You lost that a long time ago, UNCLE,” I say with venom on the word uncle.
“I will give you guys three days to make your final decision.”
“As my daughter has said you must be insane to think we will accept your offer.”
“You can say whatever you want, but after three days, we will all know who is truly insane. For now, bye family, don’t miss me too much,” he says before stepping out with two of his goons following him.
“What a man, what does he take us for? I wish I could blow up his brains” I say with a lot of anger flowing through my veins.
“Cool down, honey; I know how much you want to kill him. Even I want to kill him, but we have to wait for the approval from the council. If we don’t, killing him will be for nothing” Enzo says hugging me to cool me off.
“I know my love; you are right. I must not think too irrationally. I need to calm down so we can figure out a plan to kill him” I say hugging him back.
“Since he tried to kill you, how long till we get the approval, Papa?” I ask.
“They said since I have only made the announcement public today it will take a while but not too long, my dear,” papa says.
“Alright, Papa.”
“I think we should all call it a night, alot has happened today. I believe we all need to rest. Good night everyone,” papa says before walking out of the hall.
“You were amazing tonight, Mio piccolo gatto selvatico (My little wildcat)” Enzo says smiling at me before we walk out of the hall.
“I learned from the best,” I say smiling while winking at him.
TWO WEEKS LATER
Two weeks has gone by, and we have not heard anything from Carlos or seen him. I am pretty sure he knows by now we will never agree to his offer. But the good news so far is we were able to get our approval. Now we can kill him, and Papa will take back his seat as president. If we killed him before getting the approval the position would have gone to William, even though he said he would not take it. We are leaving for Sicily in two days. Carlos left New York as soon as he found out we got our approval, so we have to travel to Sicily to get the mother fucker.
The restaurant is going well, I have hired the best chefs in town to help run the place, and so far it has been going well. I am making pizza for Sofia. She eats more than ever now that her belly is growing. Antonio says her morning sickness is just getting worse, but so far the baby is okay. I am kneading my dough when I hear my phone ringing. I quickly wipe my hands on the kitchen towel and pick up the call.
“Hello, mi amore, how are you?” I say.
“Hi, amore I’m doing fine. How about you?”Enzo says.
“I’m fine, how is work going?” I say.
“Work is fine, but that’s not important. Mi amore, I was wondering if you are busy tonight,” Enzo says.
“I am never too busy for you,” I say.
“That’s good. I thought you could come over and we can cook dinner together. I have something I want to ask you,” Enzo says.
“Sure, what time are you getting off work?” I say.
“I get off work by five today.”
“Alright,”
“Bye, I will talk to you later,” Enzo says.
“Bye,” I say and hang up.
I arrived at Enzo’s house a few hours ago; we are eating dinner prepared by both of us. Enzo has not said anything about what he wanted to talk about. I hope it’s not something bad.
“Baby there is something I would like to ask you,” Enzo says, taking my hands in his.
“You can ask me anything, my love,” I say.
“I was wondering if…” Enzo says then stops and takes a deep breath. I wonder what he wants to say that has him so nervous.
“Whatever it is you can tell me, love,” I say, encouraging him to say whatever it is while giving his hand a warm squeeze.
“Would you like to make here your home?” Enzo says, sounding more nervous than before.
“Are you asking me to move in with you?” I say, wondering if I heard properly. Oh my God. Did he ask me to move in with him?
“Yes, my love I am,” Enzo says, smiling while staring into my eyes.
“Yes, I will move in with you,” I say, kissing him while smiling.
“Thank you thank you, my love,” he says kissing me all over my face.
“You seem very happy.”
“Yes, I am. I was scared you were going to say no.”
“Why would you think that?”
“Because mi amore, I felt maybe you would feel things are moving too fast.”
“Enzo nothing is moving too fast between us,” I say giving him full assurance.
“But that’s not all I want to tell you, my love. There was also another reason why I did not tell you I was in the Mafia.”
“Oh it’s okay Enzo, I understand how you felt but I am listening,” I say
“Alright, mi amore, I was not only scared because you might leave me. I was scared because I could not bear losing the woman who has captured my heart. Who makes me feel a thousand things when I am around her. The one woman who can make me do anything without thinking twice. The one woman I never want to hurt again in my life. The most beautiful woman I have ever seen in this world, the strongest woman I know. The woman who makes me feel complete, who makes me feel happy to see another day, who makes me happier than anyone.” Enzo says with a glint of happiness in his eyes.
“Enzo, what are you trying to say?” I ask not sure of where he is heading, but I hope it’s what I think.
“Mi amore, what I am trying to say is, I love you. I love you with all my heart. I have never loved any woman in my life, but I love you. You make me the happiest man in this world. I love you so much. I will understand if you don’t love me, be ba…”
Before he can finish his statement I crush my lips with his, poring all my love into this one kiss right now. To tell him how much I love him. We release from the kiss smiling like we just both won a prize.
“I love you too mi amore,” I say leaning my forehead against his while smiling down at him. I can’t believe he loves me too. Tonight has been the best night of my life, just knowing the man I love, loves me back.
“I can’t believe it; you love me back. I am the happiest man on the planet right now. I love you, I love you, I love you,” he says, spinning me around while placing kisses all over my face every time he says he loves me.
“Enzo, put me down,” I say giggling from all the spinning.
“Sorry, my love,” he says, putting me down.
He puts me down; I regain my balance from the spinning.
“I can’t believe you love me back, mi amore,” he says and wraps his hands around my waist.
“I do, my love,” I say while I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him passionately.