Memories from the past.

"Mummy, when does it takes for flowers to go?" Little Carmella asked smiling directly at her. "Carmella, not quite long " she replies returning the smile. She started picking up the rose flowers for the garden path."Carmella dear that's bad, you'll end up killing all the flowers just leave them to stay",

"But mummy, I need it now" she cried

"Okay, you can have few flowers"

"You're the best Mummy forever!" She praises. "Come let go and bath so we've to look nice and smells good when Dad comes back"

"Alright, Mummy let's go!" She screams out for joy holding her mother's hand, smiling and giggling at each other.

"Lord, Lord!!!" The maid called out to her. Still, she's sleeping smiling in her dream. "Lord, are you okay" she keeps up calling to her ." lord please wake up," she notices her name's sharp called by a voice, she opens her eyes slightly and saw the maid beside her bed. "Why disturbing my sleep?" She asks feeling embarrassed in a present of a maid. She believes she would have made some silly sounds while sleeping." sorry my lord, please don't behead me. I just you to take your bath and have your meal at the right time" she pleads on her knees before Carmella.

"Don't worry is okay but why the reach?"

"Is an order from the lord" the maid answered still on her knees. That's an asshole, he hasn't come to the room for some days now and still passes orders around what's a cheat!

"Stand up I'll take my bath," she said sliming at the maid who never has experienced a kind slime from any lords she has served. They have a bad temper towards maids. She returns the slime to Carmella that's the first time she's sliming after 13years of working as a maid for the Francesco family.

"What's your name?" Carmella asked her.

"My name's Anna my lord" she answered feeling shy head down."no..no..no call me Carmella"

"No my lord, I'll be punished for that" she pleads "but I insist" Carmella instructed

"Finally or you'll be head for calling me lord" she threatened.

"Alright as you wish my lady"

*Not lady is Carmella" 

"Okay then Carmella"

"That's good now where's the way to the bathroom" she jokey play with Anna's

"This way my Carmella please make sure not to fall" they both laughed and smiled.

When she was in the room, her mind flashback to the incident in Franco's chamber. Mattia was not happy to see his man discussing with the lord's queen 

 He believes Franco could have linked out some information since his mouth never gets shut for a second. "Franco's "he calls him by his name when he is angry with him. "Come in, I would like to see you now in the inner chamber"

"Okay baby I'll be there just a second'" he answered to know the reason he wants to see him in the inner chamber.

Carmella still not understanding the situation around her. She just resumes that Mattia doesn't like her that's the reason he didn't greet her. "What's the hell is she doing here?" He asked keeping his voice down not for Carmella to overheard their argument. "But she's lonely and bored I just wanted to make her feel happy"

"Is not your job to do that's the lord duties"

"Oh you mean the one drinking out his pains on drinks or the one ordering the death of others to feel satisfies of his pains"

 "Hope you haven't said anything about the mafia hood to her?"

"No, I haven't"

"Good, now makes her go back to her chamber before the lord finds out she's not in her chamber"

"Alright I'll," he said and was kissed by his husband. He came out of the inner chamber.

"Sorry my queen for keeping you waiting, hope I'll not be head for that" he jokes

"Not at all, so what were you saying?" 

"Maybe some other time my prince wants some privacy with me"

"Alright then I have to go see you some other time," she says and takes her leaves. She still doesn't get it what's Franco even saying to her? She couldn't picture what he meant, who wants to sacrifice what exactly trash everything is trash. Maybe there's something everyone is hiding.

"You can't keep on ignoring her like this? You're just hurting yourself and hers" Alessandro said. " I think he's right" added Matteo. He drops the glass of wine on the desk and stares directly at them. "Who told you? I'm affected by her words?" He asked angrily. " But you look...." Matteo was going to finish his statement but was held by his father. "I need both of you out!" He roars. Alessandro and Matteo didn't spend much time and leaves. "Father, if he can be broke by her words what'll happen if she dies that means the world will perish," he said to his father behind the doorstep. "I think it will be best if you keep your mouth shut and never speak" Alessandro warned. "As you wish father".

They might be right, it has been 5days since he never went back to his chamber. He was silently ignoring her don't want to see her cry or insults him by saying those sharp words to him. He keeps his rages on drinking and killing the locked-up prisoners in the dungeon just to get his mind from her but still, that girl lives only in his heart. He looks at the 6 bottles of wine he has finished so far, yeah they're right but don't forget he's still the mafia king and no weakness should be shown. What the hell who is him deceiving he has a weakness now.

"Men should always be strong and let's not out weakness, weakness is a sin to man body and soul. The only victory man will get is through power, brutality, revenge, anger that are the victory of man understand!" Roars the captain.

"Yes, Captain!!!" The children respond in chorus. "Good! Remember be a Mafias king there's one thing you should remember women are trouble if you want to be the best then you've to do the best, only fuck them because that is what they're meant for. Now let try you guys on this task, bring her out!" The captain yells. A girl of fifteen was dragged out by one of the security men, push on the floor as her head rise glared caught the eyes of Riccardo by then he was only fourteen years old. "Now, I want one of you to fuck her right here and now!" The captain roars again. He saw the way Riccardo was staring at her pitiful, his emotions were displays on his face as his eyes were still fixed on her. He could hear her words coming out of her mouth silently and slowly "Please help me".

"Marcello!" The captain called, that was his presence name then. " Go for her first!" 

"But captain, she seems hurt" he tried to explain. The other students at looking him with surprise, pity, and others with amusement. He shouldn't have said that, that was the mistake he has made. A Mafias king never shows sympathy to anyone, not even his mother.  How can one of the most powerful family kids act like a sack bag, they were expecting more from him as the next Mafias king who will carry the family legacy?

" you said what!" 

"She's h-hurt.." his words start breaking when he knows he shouldn't have shown mercy or sympathy to anyone that's the one number rules of the Mafias hood should all Mafia members must abide by. "You asshole!" He passes his hand across his face causing Riccardo to fall close to the girl." you dare show her mercy! Have you forgotten what you have been taught all these years! Huh !" The girl crawls faster to him. "Are you okay?" She asked looking worried. She knows she'll be punished for this but she didn't care. He looks at her with bloody lips from the slap given to him by his captain. He nods "why?" That's what he asked her next " I don't care my days are numbers" she answered and slimed at him.

"Because of this brat, you have forgotten your lesson!" The captain yells drags her by her hair. She screams in pain but the captain ignores her, Riccardo tried to reach out to her hand but was too scared to break another rule.

"You define the honor of the Francesco family, you're a disgrace!" He knows he's in a lot of trouble now even if he gets his punishment from here will not be compared to what his grandfather would do to him.

"Please I beg you stop!" She cried out for mercy on Riccardo. "Please" she continues. 

"Shut up you slut!" He slaps her across the face causing her to fall. Getting enough view of blood bleeding from his mouth and face, he ordered them to stop.

" Leonardo do this honor," he said smirk devilishly at Riccardo who's looks at Leonardo with bleeding eyes showing him not to do it but he ignores his stares. "Leonardo don't!" As he calls out. "I'm not a coward as you " he unzips his zipper. He looks back at her laying on the ground with watery eyes but she smiled showing everything is going to be okay. She closes her eyes as her don't want to see what fate has in store for her. She didn't fight or struggle, she knows it was no point in that. He watched as they all have their way on her pitiful and pain.

After the incident, his grandfather continues his punishment,  press his neck against the wall brutally while still punching him in his stomach. " You coward!" He yells" after all these years of training experience yet you learn nothing! Huh!"

"P-please I'm s-sorry" he managed to speak out of his beating with bloody lips.

"Sorry? Is what you said. Do you want to bring disgrace to the names of your forefathers? I said show no mercy on anyone's even your family members that's what it takes to be the next Mafias king!"

"Father, let's the boy go forgiven him for his stupidity and selfishness" his Father Giovanni pleads on his behalf.

"Leave this asshole! What have you been teaching him all these years?"

"Father I assure you he'll learn fast as soon as possible just gives him three days for now" 

"If you said so," he said let's go of him. "I could have ripped you off if not for your father!" He left.

"Son, you always forget the rules!" 

"I'm sorry father" he knees

" The nurse will attend to you "

After being treated by the nurse, he ran quickly back to the dungeon to meet the girl. He saw her laying down on the prison bed looking weak. "Hello," he said. She turns slowly and saw him staring with bondage wrapped around his face. She walks slowly to meet him on the door cage. " Are you okay?" She asked weakly, " Yeah, what about you?"

"Yeah"

"What's your name?" He asked

"Bella" she answered. 

"So, Bella can you be my trustworthy friend?"

She smiled and nodded.

"I'm sorry for what they did to you"

"Don't worry am fine, you're not like them"

"So you don't want to know my name?"

She grins. " Who does not know you? You're Marcello the next Mafias king"

"Yeah, I think that's the reason they were expecting more from me"

"Everyone is expecting more from you even me too"

"Really?" She nodded" yeah". 

"What if I call you Riccardo"

"Riccardo?" He asked surprisingly.

"Yeah, now listen. Promise me you'll keep her alive"

"Who?" 

"The love of your life if you don't see me anymore promise me you'll have a heart for her and her only" Marcello was confused about what Bella was talking about. What exactly did she mean by love? They're only thought of brutality, power, and not love. Love is not in the Mafia's rules.

" What do You mean Bella?"

"The girl you choose"

"What girl...." Were cut short by a security guard. "The young lord is time to go," he said calmly. " Okay see you tomorrow Bella," he said and left.

The resurrection of the mafia hood, by the age of 10 the young lords who were going to be the next Mafias king would be given a list and pictures of little girls to choose from.

In his turn, he saw those lovely eyes that capture his heart so he chooses her, Carmella.

Now, he gets it. Now he understands what Bella meant but how come she knows about this? What has happened three years ago? He was so worried and could wait till the next day to talk to Bella again. When he gets to the dungeon where Bella's room is, he saw her lying dead on the cage bed with two legs widespread, blood flowing out between her thighs. She's gone, dead are gone forever from him. He didn't cry or show any sympathy because it was against the mafia rules.

He didn't know who's did this to her but he later finds out through Leonardo.

"Is the captain that kills her, he said she's becoming your weakness so your grandfather ordered it to be done by him. I'm sorry for what I did to her and said to you that day" 

"Don't worry, when I become the next lord I'll have his head mark my word this day Leonardo?" he said smirk devilish, the good Marcello was dead and gone with Bella. Then he begins his regions as the ruthless lord. 

"Riccardo" Gianna called as steps into the drinking hall. "What is my baby doing here alone?" She asked as her hands run through his shoulder. " Why don't we make it spicy here and now"

"Gianna, I'm not in the mood for your plays" 

"Why! Is it because of that slut that you keep on regretting me?!" She yells at him.

"Will you shut the fuck up! " He stands up from his seat and faces her straighten. "Don't you forgotten you're speaking to your lord!"

"I'm sorry, my lord"

"Get the fuck out now!" He growled. Gianna immediately left didn't hesitate to spend a second there.

Carmella stood silent, her eyes fixed on the door waiting for Riccardo to Walk in at any moment. Food is still untouched. She doesn't understand why she's feeling this way but she was helpless. She does miss his presence in the room.

"Carmella, are you okay?" Anna asked

"Yes I'm" 

"But you're not eating your food" 

"Oh that's, I'll" she was about to pass a spoon into her mouth when the door open for Riccardo to come in. He was looking rough and unkempt. She pretending not to paid any attention to him as she continues with her meal.

"Leave us!" He roars, the maids all left.

"You need to take a bath," she said continuing her meal." Why," he asked with that deep voice. "Because you stink" 

"Really? What if I said I wanna fuck you?"

Carmella widened her green eyes.