Chapter Four

We were sitting in the living room, and they were choosing a movie. "What about a scary movie?" Francesco mentioned.

"No, little devil will get scared." Sergio said making me turn my head to look at him.

"No, I won't." I protested making him look at Luciano who was sitting beside me which made me turn my head to look at him as well.

"She said she won't get scared, so go ahead." Luciano said making Sergio's jaw drop.

"Close your mouth brother, you're gonna end up attracting flies with that breath." Massimo said which caused Sergio to turn his head and glare at him.

"I will kick your ass, brother." Sergio threaten Massimo which made me slowly grab the pillow from behind Rocky which made him confused but I ignored him.

Then, I slowly raised the pillow in the air and threw the pillow at Sergio's head which made him look at me which his jaw dropped.

Both Luciano and Rocky, started laughing then everyone else except Sergio. "You okay over there Sergio?" Dario asked once he stopped laughing.

"No I'm not okay! she threw a pillow at me, both Luciano and Rocky didn't stop her," He said which made Rocky hold his hands up.

"I didn't know she was going to throw it at you." Rocky said making Sergio look at Luciano for his explanation.

"Don't look at me, brother. You're the one who cussed and she took it into her hands instead of me handling it which thank you, principessa," Luciano said kissing my head then glared at Sergio.

Sergio realized he cussed, and sloughed down in the couch then crossed his arms. "Okay, can we pick out a movie now?" Giovanni said making Luciano nod his head.

Massimo scrolled through multiple scary movies until we all agreed on the conjuring. He clicked on the movie, pressed play then I sloughed a little bit to relieve some of the pressure on my ribs.

I then, looked at Luciano to get permission to rest my head on his shoulder which instead he wrapped his arm around my shoulder then I rested my head on his chest and watched the movie.

Some time into the movie, a jump scene popped up and Sergio jumped which made Dario look at him then shake his head.

I felt Luciano start caressing my hair and honestly it was one of the things I missed the most. It was one of the ways that would help me calm down if I was hurt or upset about something.

Luciano and Rocky were the only two who mainly did it but then the others except Francesco started doing it. Francesco had his own way of calming me down and he didn't want anyone else using his way.

Francesco's way of calming me down was sitting on the floor with me in front of him while he holds me, rocks me back and forth. Another jump scene appeared and instead of Sergio jumping it was Giovanni this time.

Luciano chuckled lightly, and continued caressing my hair then kissed my head. The movie ended, and Massimo turned on something else for us to watch.

"Okay, what do we want for lunch? Spaghetti and Meatballs or Shrimp Alfredo?" Dario asked our brothers what they wanted.

"Shrimp Alfredo." My brothers responded which made Dario nod his head and turn his attention to me.

"Wanna help me again?" He asked making me nod my head which brought a smile to his face, then the two of stood up and walked to the kitchen.

He grabbed the noddles out of the pantry and sat them on the counter then walked over, grabbed the shrimp out of the freezer.

He grabbed a pot and filled it with water then placed it on the stove, turned it on for the water to boil.

I watched as the water started bubbling at the bottom, then it started boiling making Dario pour the shrimp in and give them a stir.

He grabbed another pot and filled it with water then also placed it on the stove, turned it on for the water to boil.

He stirred the shrimp then handed me the spoon which I grabbed and he poured the noddles in the other pot on the stove.

He stirred the noodles then grabbed the Alfredo sauce out of the cabinet and place it on the counter for when we need it.

I stirred the shrimp, and pulled the spoon out then sat it down on the counter. "After lunch, I'll be giving you a phone." Dario said making me nod my head.

Dario removed the pot with the noodles from the stove once they were done, and drained them then drained the shrimp as well.

After draining the shrimp he poured them in with the noodles then poured the Alfredo sauce over the shrimp and noodles.

He stirred everything together then grabbed two pans and placed them on the stove, turned it on to let the pans warm up. Once they were warmed up, he poured the shrimp Alfredo into the both of the pans.

"Can you stir the Alfredo while I wash these pots?" Dario asked making me nod my head, and I grabbed the spoon from his hand.

He grabbed pots we cooked the shrimp and noodles in then walked over to the sink, started washing the pots. I stirred both pans of Alfredo then sat the spoon down and glanced over at Dario.

He finished washing the last pot then walked over and grabbed the spoon, stirred the Alfredo one last time before turning the stove off.

He transferred the Alfredo from the pan to big bowls, then handed me one and grabbed the other one. He gestured his head towards the dining room and then he pushed the button, the two of us walked into the dining room.

We sat the bowls down then Dario and I sat down in our seats, the rest of our brothers walked into the dining room who also sat down in their seats.

Once Rocky sat down he grabbed my plate from in front of me then place a small amount of food on the plate before sitting it back down in front of me and grabbing some for himself.

I remembered Rocky being overly protective of me when we were younger, and now he's somewhat calm now until he's giving me space and then boom overly protective he goes. Everyone got food for themselves, we started eating.

After lunch, Dario gave me a phone like he told me he was going to do and I've been in my room playing a game on it when a knock on the door made me turn my head then Massimo walked in.

"Hi Sunshine, did you wanna go to the mall with Rocky and Giovanni?" Massimo asked making me shake my head.

He nodded his head with a small smile, and then walked out closing the door behind him as he walked out.

As I was sitting there I realized I didn't have anything to clean my wounds with, which left me with having to tell Luciano.

I let out a sigh, stood up from the end of the bed then walked over to my door and opened it. I walked out of my room and walked down to Luciano's office, knocked.

The door opened and his eyebrows furrowed when he saw me. "Are you okay?" He asked.

"I need to tell you something." I said making him step to the side to let me walk in, he closed the door once I was in the office.

"What's on your mind, Tesoro?" Luciano said looking at me with a worried expression on his face.

(Tesoro: Treasure.)

"As you can see my face is bruised badly, but that's not all. I have seven broken ribs, bruises on my arms and back, even on my stomach. I also my knee was dislocated and popped back into place. There's deep cuts on my arms and back." I told him, but left out the harder part to talk about.

As I looked into his dark eyes, I noticed a darker expression wash over his face. "There's something else, isn't there?" He asked, I swallowed nervously and nodded my head.

"I can't talk about it but I'll um...write it down." I said making him walk over to his desk, grabbed a piece of paper, and pen then handed them to me.

I nervously glanced at him before writing it down then handed to him. I looked around the office to realize nothing changed, and I turned my head to see Luci glaring at the paper.

"I'll call Bruno, then but for now I want you to remove your sweatshirt for me." Luciano said making me nod my head and carefully remove my sweatshirt.

Luciano's eyes immediately went to the cuts that were on my arm which made me self conscious and I covered them with my hands.

"I'm calling Bruno now." He said told me while walking around his desk and picking up the phone then dialing a number before putting the phone up to his ear.

"Bruno, I need you to come to the mansion immediately." Luciano spoke into the phone then hung up immediately and walked over to me.

He stood in front of me, and caressed my cheek gently then looked at my hands that were covering the cuts on my arms.

He lifted both of his hands then removed my hands from my arms and looked at the cuts on my arms. I pulled my hands free from his hands then, covered the cuts back up.

"Can I put my sweatshirt back on?" I asked him which made him shake his head and I walked over to the couch, and sat down.

Luciano sat beside me, grabbed my hand which made me look at him and he gave me a small smile. "You're safe now." He said which made me nod weakly.

"I killed them." I said making his eyes softened, and he pulled me to close to him then kissed the side of my head.

The door opened making Luciano and I turn our head to see Bruno with his medical bag in his hand. He froze once he saw me then looked at Luciano to see if what he was seeing was real.

"She was found yesterday." Luciano said making Bruno's eyes widen but he didn't move from the spot he was standing in.

"What am I needed for Mafia related or Doctor related?" Bruno asked.

"Doctor related. She has injuries that need to be checked." Luciano said.

Bruno walked over slowly like he was afraid of me disappearing if he got too close. Once he reached us, he sat his bag on the couch then immediately looked at my hands.

"Can you remove your hands, buttercup?" Bruno asked making me look at my hands while slowly removing them.

His eyes widened when he saw the cuts on my arms which made me cover them back up and caused Luciano to remove my hands making me turn my head to look at him.

"He can't check them if you keep covering them, Tesoro." Luciano said making me nod my head. Then, Bruno started cleaning the cuts on my arms.

(Tesoro: Treasure.)