CHAPTER 17 : THE ALFONSI CLAN

I run out of my house as soon as I hear voices next door.

Not a smart move for someone whom two clans are after then again, I'm not so smart after all.

They seem to be of two people fighting.

Having figured this much, I try to take a better look inside and hope that nobody sees my head bobbing on the fence.

Praying that one of those people isn't Leo, I rush to the gate of Leo's house and try to see what's happening.

I see Nick hitting someone really badly and to my horror I realize that's not the Nick side of Marco but it's Marco himself.

He seems to be punching the other person mercilessly and the other person is screaming out in pain.

As I go out to help that person or even look at that person, Marco pulls out a gun and shoots him straight in the head.

The sound of the gunshot echoes everywhere and I cover my ears and my eyes widen at the bloody sight in front of me.

Somewhere nearby I hear someone screaming.

Marco suddenly looks up at me and starts taking step towards me.

"Merda! Why do you have to be everywhere? And why the fuck did you scream ?' he bursts out in anger.

And then it hits me that I was the one who let out that scream.

"Uh-- I was sleeping and heard some screams. So I came down to check who the hell it was and then I saw you beating up a person and you pulled out a gun and --"

"Fuck you! Why can't you just get lost ?" he yells.

Now, I am pissed.

"Well, I happen to be living next door so maybe you shouldn't expect me to be here !" I yell out sarcastically.

"You still don't have to come every fucking where !"

"I heard screams and the next I know you pill out a gun and kill some--"

"Sta 'zitto!"

"Va al diavolo!"

We continue cursing each other out in Italian until we hear footsteps.

Then the seriousness of the situation hits me

Marco killed a person and now someone was coming and he or she would also be dead because of Marco.

How could he be such a dick face?

Does he really not care about killing people?

Seems like the word humanity can't be found inside of him.

"What the hell?--"someone says and I and Marco exchanged worried glances and look at the dead body.

Leo's approaching us and now this is getting really messed up.

I pull Marco by his arm and try to drag him along and he drags the dead body along.

"Look now even Leo came! And you killed a man in front of his house!" I whisper yell at Marco and try to bring him to his senses.

"Sta 'zitto!"

"No, I will not shut up ok? I am trying to save your skin here so you don't get to be mad at me !--"

"I was ordered to kill a man in front of your lover's house !"

"Why would your familgila order you to kill a man in front of Leo's house !?"

"Remember the Alfonsi clan ?"

"Yeah, of course"

How could I not forget them? They were the shit heads who dragged me into this whole Italian mafia drama! If they hadn't dragged me into this I would be living a normal teenage life or as normal it ever gets.

They told the Accardi clan (Marco's family )that I had some really important information that could destroy the whole Accardi clan, whereas I had no information on my hands.

That's why Nick asked me out and dated me.

Trying to get the information out of me.

But when I told him I knew nothing about whatever he was saying he just starting beating me.

It took him a whole year to understand the fact that I had no such information and the second he got to know, he told his family and his family attacked the Alfonsi clan which just made the whole situation worse.

There was a huge amount of bloodshed and people got killed .

Marco's elder brother, Luca was killed in that fight.

Marco really loved Luca and looked up to him.

He thinks that Luca died because of me and has been trying to take his revenge since then.

Although his family asked for forgiveness, they still keep an eye on me. That's why Marco is here instead of being in Italy .

That shitty clan did so because of some property dispute with my father.

"So even though we think that the Alfonsi clan is all wiped out. It's not."

Yeah, I know dumb shit.

They chased me out and I also ran into Mario.

You're a little late on that news.

"My family told me this yesterday and ordered to kill a weak member of the clan in front of the leader's house as a warning, " he continues and I pretend I don't know.

"Leader's house?" I dumbfoundedly ask.

"Yeah ... leader's house," he says with a smirk.

"And why'd you tell me all this ?"

"Because then he would get to know why his whole family wiped out and why the fuck is he living with his aunt and uncle," he says smugly.

Aunt and uncle?

"Well listen you piece of crap, I already knew about this and you're late on this news," I tell him and it wipes the smug expression off his face.

"You do?" he asks as though he can't believe his ears.

"I think I just said that?"

Marco recovers his expression and his face lightens up as though an idea just came into his mind.

"Well anyways I win, this will do me a lot of good and save a hell lot of effort," he says.

"And what good would this do to you ?" I ask him.

"He would kill you and save me the trouble, tesoro " he says and goes back to the dead body.