Giovanni shook her hand in a comfort and wiped her tears.
"Forgive me for being curious." She smiled. "Don’t worry, sir. It’s been a long time. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to take care of Laura." She left him alone with her thoughts of who that woman was. Giovanni did not think she was someone to harm him. But something told her I knew her from somewhere. -------- The first thing Lorenzo did when he arrived at the school was to give a sigh of anger when Maira arrived hugging Cassandra. "You’re coming to my mother’s party, aren’t you? Everyone’s invited. Including you, Cass. Promise me to make Lorenzo dance.". "How ridiculous, Mai. You don’t know if Cass likes it." "Thank you. I want to go, yes, I’ve never been to one of these." Cassandra replied excitedly. Lorenzo rolled his eyes and Maira gave him a mischievous smile, saying that now he had no excuse. They argued for a few moments until Cassandra told them she was going to the bathroom and they didn’t care. She could do it alone. Even if Maira and Julio were carefree. There was one person who could have targeted Cassandra and Lorenzo won’t allow it. When the couple had left. He waited for Cassandra on the opposite side of the bathroom. Lorenzo noticed that she staggered. That surprised you, was the girl sick? When she left, a young redhead stopped her, as he expected. Leonardo was the bully of the school, he thought himself to be strong and the son of a Russian mobster. Not that Lorenzo cared about his size. He had a gun. "Hey baby. How come nobody introduced me to you?" Leonardo said, holding Cassandra’s chin. Cassandra knew he was no good just for touch and speech. "Let me go please." she asked politely. "What if I don’t want to? Pretty, useless little things like you, that you can’t see, should stand like a ornament."At that moment, Lorenzo punched him. Leonardo fell to the ground, surprised.
"Cass. Are you okay?" "Lorenzo? Is that you?" she asked, trying to identify where her voice came from. "Stay there, all right? If you move, you might get hurt. I’ll sort it out." "That’s all Mancini has? I heard what my father did recently with his family, isn’t it?" Leonardo said standing up. "Yes, I know. And I know we won." Lorenzo responded with one more punch. This time, Leonardo turned and fought back. Lorenzo had a black eye, but did not give up. Soon another punch was thrown at Leonardo. "Now you want to defend the rookie? What is she? Your girlfriend? You’re defending your girlfriend, Mancini?" He laughed. " Did you find a decorative object to replace your father’s absence?" Leonardo laughed and punched Lorenzo against the ground. "Shut up." Lorenzo fought back, punching and pinning him to the ground. Nothing could contain his anger. "Shut up. Don’t talk like that with your filthy mouth." he said, continuing to punch the redhead. Lorenzo took all his anger out on Leonardo. The fact that Dad was never home, that he was removing the photos of his mother without explanation, that he let Laura suffer for him, that he let Aria be kidnapped, that he had to lie to Cassandra, and of course, for everything that Russian prick was saying about her. A sweet young woman, the only one who didn’t approach him out of interest. The punches continued and the doors of the classes had already opened to see what had happened. Leonardo’s face was swollen and bleeding from being caught. "Lorenzo, please stop. It looks like you’ve been doing this for a long time." Cassandra screamed. Lorenzo came out of his trance and looked at her. Cassandra was frightened, her eyes wide with terror. "Damn. Now she might think I’m a monster." he thought. "I’m sorry, Cass. I’m trying to protect you." She smiled."Nobody did anything like that for me except Aria. Thanks for protecting me. Are you okay? And him?"
"I’m fine. Just with a black eye and he, well, unconscious. But, I didn’t kill him. Don’t worry."
I could have pulled the gun. They didn’t report me. But, it would create a bigger war between both mafias. - He thought.
"What happened here, Mr Mancini?" Miss Mairani, the director, asked.
At that moment, Cassandra had a sudden dizziness and almost fell. Lorenzo caught her in time, but couldn’t help but smear her clothes with a little blood.
"We’ll take everyone to the infirmary and you’ll explain to me what happened. , Mr. Mancini. Being your father’s son does not prevent you from receiving punishment."
Lorenzo just agreed to it.
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In the infirmary, they had already taken care of the wounds of Lorenzo and Leonardo, even if the second had not yet woken up.
Soon, Cassandra woke up and Lorenzo went to see her.
"Don’t tell my sister, please. "
"Why? The nurse says you fainted from the scare."
"Did she say?" Cassandra sighed in relief. "Great."
"Mr. Ricci and Mr. Mancini, I’m glad you’re all well, but that doesn’t mean I have to call your people in charge."
Giovanni did not expect that he would receive a call from the school that day. But luckily, he had answered."Mister Mancini? I’m glad you answered the phone for the first time in your life." Martha Mairani said across the line. " There was an incident with Lorenzo and Cassandra, so I suggest you come to the school and bring your employee too." She said, hanging up, Martha wasn’t to be chatty.Usually, Giovanni used to send someone else to deal with his children’s issues. But since he was here.He tidied up his shirt, put on a red tie and fixed his blond hair and went to Laura’s room where Aria was.The woman laughed as she watched the girl and looked at something on her laptop.He knocked on the door and said:"Miss Ricci, we have a place to go. Lorenzo and Cassandra are on the board. Giulia will take care of Laura."Aria j
3 years ago, something occurred that Giovanni would never forget. The day his wife looked at him with disdain, chained to a chair, he laughed and therefore shot her in the head.Rosso was a mysterious person who was frustrating his business. And everything that was stolen or destroyed was delivered to the Russian mafia.It took two years of investigation to find that name and months before they ran into the traitor.That day, he left home, his wife gave him a kiss and said good luck. He stroked the head of the children and left them sleeping.The operation was a careful operation that only a few trusted personnel knew. They needed a secret spy who was able to pass on the information at the last minute before he died.A recording that made Giovanni not believe his eyes. Until he saw for himself in the next operation, where Natasha spoke in Russian
Aria was tired of lying so long, so she decided to walk a little. Even if the crutches were her companions.Laura was asleep, but she wondered where Lorenzo and Cass were.However, her monologue was interrupted upon hearing the voice of the Roman Lord."Hey, Miss Ricci. Since you’re here, can you hand over some papers for Giovanni? Can you?" Mateo asked, he seemed eager."Of course, Mr. Romano, why not?" She replied, she really had nothing to do.She took the papers that would get a little dented, but since he was trusting her..."Thank you. If I don’t hurry. Alissa will run away from me again."He ran out while Aria knocked on the door."Mister Mancini, are you there? I brought some papers that Mister Romano asked me to.""Come in." She heard his ho
Screams.Smoke.Fire.Blood.Giovanni wiped the blood from his face and got into the car, as if he hadn't caused chaos behind him.He straightened his blue tie and answered the ringing phone. His secretary, Anne, was calling him at the worst possible time.“Mr. Mancini, I'm calling to inform you that the last nanny has quit. We're running out of options. I don't know who to hire if even the trained women in our midst aren't enough.”“I don't care, Anne. That's your job to sort out. The children have to accept someone. There's no time to deal with them.”“There is one last option, sir, but I think your children's wish is...”“Then bring that last option and don't disturb me any more for today.” He said, turning off his cell phone without even saying goodbye.As the car left its trail of destruction behind, someone woke up gasping in the cold of the night.The images were still fresh in his mind, screams, smoke, fire, blood, death.It all seemed so recent, as if 12 years had not passed.
When Aria arrived at the Mancini house, she was surprised by the amount of security. Well, if I were her, I’d like to keep your kids safe, too. The housekeeper Giulia answered and Aria thanked her for the education. She presented the whole house and the functioning of things there. "Children can be a little difficult. Many have already said goodbye. But I ask you to understand. They suffer greatly from the absence of their father." Aria stated. She somehow understood these children. Being without her parents was difficult. She smiled when she saw a 5-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy. They both looked at her angrily. "This is Laura and Giovanni, Aria."- Giulia introduced them. "Children, this is Miss Ricci.""Pleasure, I will take care of you from today. I hope we got along." Laura just showed her tongue and cried out:"We don’t want you here." The child ran into the room and locked himself in. Lorenzo also did not address her. He did a quick research on her life and found no
Giovanni wouldn’t want to be here today, especially when that random woman left his mind full of distractions. The man in front of him was terrified, fear could be seen in his eyes, but there was no forgiveness for traitors. Especially those who used their power to abuse children. "Please, please, boss, it’s a lie. I swear I didn’t do anything. I would never touch a child." he said tied to his chair. Giovanni did not answer, he just focused on hitting the man, discounting all of his anger, while that woman’s words came into his mind. It wasn’t his fault, it was that damn woman who took him away from his kids years ago. Doubt would never leave his mind or the hatred he felt for his children. Who was that nanny to say what she didn’t know? Did she know who he was? Who was she talking to? The abuser was tired of trying to fight, but the worst would come. At that moment, Giovanni already had his face and shirt full of blood. How dare that girl? If that son of a bitch, in front of h
The next day was a mess for Aria. She got up early, making sure she was well dressed this time and would not be embarrassed if her boss was still at home. Aria came down the stairs and called her sister. "I know, Cass. But, Mr. Mancini said there will be no problem, don’t worry, all right? I’ll be there soon to help you prepare everything." "Is your sister worried?" Aria leapt at Giovanni’s voice. The man was really, really sneaky. "Good morning, sir." she said, nervous. " Yeah, she’s a little worried about being a nuisance." "She won’t be. I promise and I keep my word." Giovanni said, approaching her, staring at her with his cold eyes and making her shudder. "Daddy. You’re home." Laura screamed, running up to him. Giovanni gave a smile. Not even he could resist such cuteness. "Good morning, dear," he said hugging her. Aria smiled at the scene. Was she wrong about him? Curiosity made her look at Lorenzo, who did not seem to have the same impression of her. Perhaps she was r
Today was a complicated day for Aria. It was the first official day she would go out with Laura and also the first day of Cassandra’s new high school. But she didn’t seem to be worried about it. Cassandra got up and said good morning to everyone. She walked slowly through the place until she accidentally ran into a vase and almost broke it. Cassandra did not hear anything falling, but she herself slipped, but was caught by someone. "Phew, I caught you in time." Lorenzo said, relieved. "I’m sorry, Lorenzo. I ended up being a nuisance to you." "It was nothing. It’s not your fault. Come on, let’s have breakfast." He took her hand and she allowed it. Lorenzo smiled, happy. ------ After breakfast, everyone got in the car and Alissa took them to their destinations. Houen College was the first, the most prestigious college in Italy and in which only children of billionaires studied. At least that’s what Aria knew about him. In fact, it was one of the colleges, from a network all ove