Rome

Daniele, Cora and Marco’s men drove into Rome she’d never been there before her mother had been to scared to take her their just incase Nicolo’s men saw her and Cora there and kidnapped both of them and took them back to the mansion.

Daniele looked at Cora. ‘Are you excited sweetheart.’

‘I am mom always said it was too dangerous to go into Rome or anywhere in Italy in fact I was hoping to visit here once I finished university .’

‘Well now you can sweetheart. We’ll keep you safe I promise.’

She smiled she had hoped Marco would be joining them she wanted to get to know him better. She’d been told stories about him and her extended family, but Vallea had cried when she had mentioned Marco and what had happened to him, she thought he was dead. But now she knew different she wanted to get to know him and the past her mother wanted to forget.

‘Sir she’s not here.’

‘What do you mean not there? You told me she was in the U.K.’

‘She was sir. She’s gone.’

‘What do you mean GONE?’ He bellowed.

‘We found her school sir. They haven’t seen her for a month now.’

‘How is that even possible.’

‘I don’t know sir. We questioned the head if the school sir.’

‘And what did they have to say for themselves?’

‘She was there on the Thursday of May before whitsun sir. They only had a month left at school she has a good attendance report, she never once truanted or missed any of her lessons, she was rarely off school due to illness which concerned them. Her parents called the police sir.’

‘Fuck.’

‘She’s been filled as a missing person sir.’

‘Have you located her parents?’

‘Yes sir.’

‘Good I want a live feed. I want to know everything that is said.’

‘Yes sir.’

‘Do you know who they are?’

‘An Italian family sir. Vallea must’ve trusted them enough to take her only daughter away with them and bring her here.’

‘Find them I want to know where Mia is.’

‘She changed her name sir.’

‘To what?’

‘Cora Mendez sir.’

‘Fine fine find them.’

‘Sir.’

‘And I’ll be putting my men all over Italy All this smells like shit.’

‘Sir.’

He cut the call. ‘Diablo I want our finest men spread over Italy I have a feeling someone has Mia and they have removed her from the U.K. to Italy we need to find them and get her back.’

‘Sir.’

‘And don’t hold back. I want this mother fuckers dead and Mia back home. ‘

‘Sir.’

He ended the call.

‘Is everything okay bro?’

‘Dom.’

He looked at Nicolo. ‘I have my men spreading over Italy.’

‘You think she’s here don’t you ?’

‘That I am not sure of, but something smells off.’

‘Like bull shit.’

‘Exactly like bull shit. I want you there when we get the live feed from Diablo and those that brought Mia up.’

‘I will be. What about Val?”

‘Oh she’ll be there and if she doesn’t cooperate they will die.’

‘And if they do.’

‘They will still die.’

We all got out of the car Daniele took my hand. ‘We can never be too carful.’

I nodded. The rest of the me surrounding us as we walked through Italy. He pointed out all of the sights to me even the colosseum. I wanted to go in he nodded and the men followed it was spectacular it’s history was overwhelming just imagining what went on in here before our time, the gladiator fights, the poor tigers having to be here for pleasure of the crowd and to be tormented by us humans it made my heart sink and many people tortured, now it was open to the public and I also learnt that Marco and my mother’s fathers band had played here.

The gun shots echoed. ‘Follow me sweetheart don’t look up keep going.’

I nodded and followed him. The men covering us shooting. The bullets flying through thee air he had already taken out his gun and I couldn’t breathe. Was this it for me, for all of us? Were we going to die? The bullets kept coming and they kept firing as I was being pulled out of the colosseum so many dead bodies around us. I swallowed and kept my head down. We got to the car and we crouched down, the bulletS hitting the car. ‘Are this.’ He said giving me a gun.’

‘But I don’t.’

He gave it to me. He took the safety of. ‘The safety is off, so please don’t shoot me.’

I nodded.

‘Aim make sure they are in your view and pull the trigger okay.’

I nodded.

I was so fucking nervous did never held a gun before let alone shot one, guess that this would be good practice for when found my ass hole father. The man stalked closer his gun pointing at us, pointing at Daniele I had act quickly I pulled the tigger, it clicked and the bullet skimmed through the air hitting the guy in his leg he kept coming I panicked and took another shot this one took him if balance. I shot twice more and he fell to the ground the sound defended me as I zoned out, more men came towards up and I shot them. Daniele shot the next and then opened the car door. ‘Get in.’

I didn’t hesitate. He took the gun off me. ‘Lye down.’

I nodded laying across the back of the car. He closed the door reloading the two guns. Aiming at the oncoming men. I put my hands over my ears to stop the screaming it the bullets that were lodging themselves into the car. I was shaking trying not to scream and panic.

Daniel stood up aiming the two guns shooting the men, doing the same all the other men that were shooting at us were now dead and they slipped into the car. I scampered to the window shaken up.’

Daniele sat next to me, placing his arm around me. ‘It’s going to be okay sweetheart they’re all dead.’ He said kissing my forehead. ‘We’ll have to learn you how to use a gun though, just incase we get into this situation again.’

I sat saying nothing as we drove away.

I walked into the house with my head bowed down, Marco stood at the door.’ What the fuck happened to the car?’

‘Shoot our sir.’

‘Is Cora okay?’

‘She is sir. We need to show her how to use a gun?’

‘She doesn’t know how to use one?’

‘No sir.’

‘What Kind of family did my sister leave her with, so that she was unable to defend herself?’

‘One that she didn’t need to protect herself like this sir.’

‘Do you know anything about this family?’

‘Not much sir. They were trusted by your sister sir. She had self defence classes that’s all she ever had they didn’t feel threaded though they changed her name so no one could find her.’

‘Get everything on them if those ass hole are targeting us they’ll be targeting them too.’

‘Do you think it was this sir?’

‘Who else would do this Daniele?’

‘You have many enemies sir.’

‘True. I need to know who was in Rome and shooting at you while Cora was with you.’

‘Sir.’