15

"Vincent!"

"What's wrong?"

"La nave è in ritardo."

[Translation: The ship is late]

Vincent rolls his eyes, "By 30 seconds."

Angelo has been a nervous wreck ever since they arrived at the harbour, their ship was supposed to have been there before them but there was no sign of the ship anywhere.

"Still, we can't be too careful."

Just then they see lights in the distance, the ship had arrived, but it would take another hour before it was ready to inspect.

"Vedi, cosa ti hai detto?" Vincent says, "You worry too much."

[Translation: See what I told you?]

"I value our business Vince, and you should too."

Vincent rolls his eyes, "Qui andiamo di nuovo."

"Don't roll your eyes at me."

Vincent takes a cigarette box out of his pocket and takes one out and puts it in between his lips, he puts the box back in his pocket and takes his lighter out, lights his cigarette and smoking it.

"So, vedi che si è piaciuta a piacere a Chanel."

[Translation: So, I see you've taken a liking to Chanel]

Vincent looks at his brother, "Avere gli dei."

"Catching feelings?" He chuckles

"Probabilmente."

[Translation: Probably]

Angelo smiles, "Thought as much."

"I'm just scared of hurting her like I did Carmen," he confesses.

"What happened to Carmen wasn't your fault okay, she was a loose cannon and was bound to get hurt," Angelo says, "You shouldn't feel bad."

"But I do, I should have protected her."

"Vincent, hai fatto quello che potevi e questo è tutto ciò che conta. Pensa a Chanel come nuovo inizio e questa volta essere onesto con lei, di tutto il fatto che l'attività familiare."

[Translation: Vincent, you did what you could and that's all that matters. Think of Chanel as a new start and this time is honest with her, about everything including the family business.]

"Non è così facile come suona Angelo."

[Translation: It's not as easy as it sounds]

Angelo turns to his brother with a faint smile his lips, " L'amore non è facile, non è supposto essere e non sarà mai."

[Translation: Love is not easy; it's not supposed to be, and it never will be]

Vincent sighs, "I don't know how you do it, dad wasn't the most loving and neither was mom, how is this easy for you."

"It's not but every day I give it my all, if I fail, I pick myself up and try again."

Vincent chuckles, "I guess you're right, you're not so bad after all."

"Shut up, I'll always be better than you" Angelo smiles, "Always have."

"You wish."

Vincent throws his cigarette on the floor and steps on it.

Gio arrives with the crew and stands guard behind the two men.

"Glad you could make it Gio," Vincent nods.

"I wouldn't miss this for the world," Gio replies.

As they stand guard, the ship docks on the harbour and the crew signals for them to come in, Gio leads the armed men in front and Angelo and Vincent follow behind them.

They are greeted by the captain of the ship.

"How are my two favourite nephews?" The old grey-haired man greets.

"Uncle Mario," the boys' grin.

"You get richer and richer every time I see you," he laughs, "Business is good huh?"

Angelo smirks, "You know it."

"How's Aunty Martha and the kids?"

"You know how she is; she misses you both."

"We'll come to visit soon," Vincent replies.

Mario smiles, "Let's get down to business shall we, all the goods are here and accounted for."

"Great, can we look?"

Mario steps into the ship and leads the way to the cargo.

"I can already smell those dollar bills" Vincent grins.

"What about the shiners?" Angelo asks.

"Those are in those crates over there, we didn't make as much as the last one, but it'll make just as much."

"Excellent," Angelo smiles.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"What the heck was that?"

"The Russians are here!" Gio yells.

"What do those guys want now?" Vincent groans as he pulls out his gun and walks towards the exit.

Angelo closely beside him they step out and start shooting and the armed men.

"Angelo go back inside!" Vincent yells over the gunshots.

"No, I'm not leaving you here!" He yells back.

Vincent reloads his gun and continues shooting, shooting the final bullet Vincent looks around, 20 men dead, most of them Russians.

"Kira,"

Vincent knew that it was her doing, he's pretty sure that Angelo has been telling that Russian spy, everything about what's going on in the family. Reasons why he never did with Carmen, he didn't want to jeopardize the family business.

Angelo looks at his brother, "What did you just stay?"

"She told them we were here," he says.

"Don't you dare put this on Kira, she's at home all alone?"

"With a bloody cell phone Angelo!" Vincent yells.

Bang! Bang!

Vincent and Angelo run into the ship and straight to Mario, they find him lying on the floor, blood pouring out of his chest, he was clutching onto his heart.

"Zio!" Angelo cries and rushes beside him.

He was shot, in the abdomen and on his leg, he was a goner, Angelo lifted his uncle's upper body and told him to hold on, while Vincent called for help but Uncle Mario, was ready to go.

"Mio figlio, mi dispiace, racconta a Martha e dei bambini, li amo. Proteggere l'attività familiare con la tua vita e non dimenticare mai, l'onore è più importante della forza."

[Translation: My son, I'm sorry, tell Martha and the kids, I love them. protect the family business with your life and never forget, honour is more important than strength]

"No please!" Angelo cries.

Vincent stands still, watching as his uncle faded away, it was all his fault.

"Vincent," Uncle Mario whispers, "Mi avventura."

[Translation: Avenge me]

"Sì lo zio, lo farò e più," he vows.

Mario takes his last breath and passes on.

"Zio!" Angelo cries, "No please."

Vincent places his hand on his brother's shoulder, "Angelo."

He cradles his uncle, he didn't want him to be dead, "Please, let's take him to the hospital, Vince."

"Angelo we can't."

"Please," he begs, "We can save him, I know we can."

"What's happened?" Gio stumbles in and immediately stops seeing Angelo cradling Mario.

Vincent looks at Gio, tear-filled eyes.

Gio quickly runs to Angelo's side, helping him to his feet and hugging him, the young man breaks down, Uncle Mario was the only man left on their father's side, the only person who helped them through everything after their father died. He trained them, fed them, taught them everything they know about running a mafia business, this was his last shipment before retiring.

Vincent gets the body removed from the ship and taken to the funeral home. While he and Gio take Angelo home, they are greeted by Rosa, who is heartbroken by the news but quickly attends to Angelo.

Gio and Vincent remain downstairs in the kitchen.

"Stai andando bene Fratello," Gio asks examining Vincent, he wasn't the type to show emotion, but his eyes gave him away, he was broken.

[Translation: Are you going to be okay, brother?]

"We need to find whoever did this and kill them, even if it kills me."