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Twenty-one: Daniela Berni
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Twenty-two:Niccolo Capaldi After the moment I had with Daniela on the couch, I couldn’t stop touching her. I didn’t want to. I had told her that we were going to take things slow though. Really, I just wanted to savor her. Giuseppe had been talking about me starting to take on more responsibility after graduation and I knew then, I wouldn’t get to be with Daniela. I also knew that I probably wouldn’t see Daniela again. I’d seen her looking through college brochures the previous year and I knew she was going to graduate top of our class. Money would be the only thing that she struggled with but I’d overheard Giuseppe talking with Augusta, saying he would help Dani if she wanted him to. “That girl is practically my family,” he said.I think he was holding out hope that we would get married. And the longer I spent with Daniela, the more that idea didn’t sound so terrible. If she were my wife, I could protect her. Of course, I had no idea what Daniela wanted. What I did know was that I
To Trap A Kiss Twenty-three: Daniela Berni
Twenty-three:Daniela Berni After that whole thing with Niccolo trying to make things up to me for my first date getting canceled, there was this weird shift between us. He didn’t totally hate me but he didn’t go out of his way to make my life miserable either. Niccolo lived in Beacon Hills, and I lived in Roxbury. It was good thirty minutes, give or take, depending on traffic. Before my mom died, most days, I took the bus to go to the fancy private school Giuseppe helped pay for. One morning, when mom had already left for work, I was walking myself to the bus when I heard the purr of a car engine. I glanced over and I saw Niccolo’s silver Ferrari pulled up to the side of the curb. The passenger side window rolled down, and Niccolo flashed me a smile. “Thought you could use a ride.” I hesitated. Niccolo Capaldi had never once driven me to school. Sometimes, Giuseppe would have his driver pick me up if he knew that my mom was going to ha
To Trap A Kiss Twenty-four: Niccolo Capaldi
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To Trap A Kiss Twenty-five: Daniela Berni
Twenty-fiveDaniela Berni We were leaving. I woke up to the sound of Niccolo’s alarm on his phone. His arms were wrapped around me tightly. He let out a groan. “Fuck!”I sighed. “Time to go?”He pressed his forehead against mine, and he stroked my cheek. “My guess is that whoever is after us has probably arrived in Italy by now. It will be only a matter of time before they catch us. It’s not safe for us to be here.”“I know.”We got up, and I started to dress in the same clothes that I had worn before.“What are you doing?” he asked.“Getting dressed,” I said as a shrugged on them on.He shook his head, and smiled. “Come with me.”“Okay, but the more time that we waste, the more time that we are going to easily accessible for the scary people with guns to come after us.”He smiled. “I am a scary person with a gun.” He kissed the top of my head. I blushed, and he opened a door in his bedroom that I hadn’t noticed before.“Where’s this go to?” I asked.“It goes to the walk
To Trap A Kiss Twenty-six: Niccolo Capaldi
Twenty-six:Niccolo Capaldi There were some things that I could never tell Daniela. It was one of the many reasons that I had pushed her away in the beginning. I hated the idea of lying to her. We’d been in the thick of things though, and she showed no signs of running. I wouldn’t have blamed her. Of course, we were both in shock over seeing my father dead on the ground. Luca was missing. And Audrina had disappeared.I had a theory about that, but I wanted it to be wrong.Daniela had so few people that she could count on. I hated the idea that now, there was one person less in her circle. She would always have me but I wouldn’t blame her if this was the last straw. If once she got somewhere safe, that was when she decided to leave and get the hell out on her own. Plenty of people would do the same thing and never think twice about it. Daniela said she was ride or die for me, and I had to believe her.I never told her about what happened the day that we saw the man we’d thought was Da
To Trap A Kiss Twenty-seven: Daniela Berni
Twenty-seven:Daniela Berni The summer I lost my virginity to Niccolo, we spent every day together. We didn’t always stay in Tropea either. One day, we had a picnic in the countryside. Niccolo had packed everything. There was a blanket, with a basket filled with cheese, grapes, and different meats. He’d also managed to nick wine from the basement without his father or my mother knowing. It was a hot summers day. Niccolo had the car turned on, playing oldies on the radio station. He was kissing me as I was laying down. “So, is this the day where you finally take my flower?” I asked with a smile. Niccolo smirked. “Take your flower?” “I mean, this is a little A Room with a View. Young, naïve girl gets seduced in the Italian countryside by a stranger that she barely knows. It would be the perfect setting.” He stroked my arm. “No. I’m going to enjoy you, Daniela. I told you that. And we’re taking this slow.” “You’re n
To Trap A Kiss Twenty-eight: Niccolo Capaldi
Twenty-eight:Niccolo Capaldi The summer before I graduated was the summer that I had to swear allegiance to the Cosa nostra. There were different factions in different cities all with different families running it. It was an intense system, built on loyalty, secrets, and bloodshed. At the end of August, on my eighteenth birthday, I would take what was called an omerta. A vow of silence swearing my allegiance to it. And then I would have to kill someone for them to prove my worth. All summer long, even as I lost myself in Daniela, I kept on waking up in sweat, breathing hard, having nightmares about it. I still remembered finding Audrina’s dad in the hotel, half-dead from a bullet wound and he barely survived. At night, Daniela would slip into my room, and sleep with me. When I woke up, the only thing I could do to get my mind off of the nightmares I had was to lose myself in her. I started by kissing her neck, which always woke her up.Daniela rol
To Trap A Kiss Twenty-nine: Daniela Berni
Twenty-nine:Daniela Berni Except for a few instances, I usually felt safe having the Capaldi’s in my life. I had heard of a lot of awful things happening to others who were around similar types of people. But aside from my mother and the incident with Audrina, most of the time I hadn’t had any trouble. There was, however, one other instance that stood out in my memory when I remembered the kind of lifestyle that I was caught up in. The last week of August, right before our senior year, Niccolo’s birthday was going to take place in Rome. Giuseppe took all of us up to the city from the villa, packing all of our stuff with us.On our last day, Niccolo took me into the fashion district in Rome. Rick was our driver that day. “I’ve got something important I have to do today,” he told me, “So Rick’s going to take you shopping. The stores all have accounts with my father. Just tell them it’s the Capaldi account. Get whatever you like. Lingerie, dresses. Your clothes for the school year. I d
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