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Vincent Mario Giovanni

"Vincent Mario Giovanni, welcome," he smirks.

I look over his shoulder and I see Juliet unconscious tied to a chair, her black curls covering half her face, she's half-naked, red lacy bra and matching panties, nobody is allowed to see my baby like that except for me.

"Hand her over, Russef," Angelo commands, "Otherwise; you'll end up like your men."

"Where is Kira?"

"You are not getting anywhere near her, you hear me?" Angelo yells.

Russef laughs, "Idiot, you think she loves you, Angelo? She's just like Juliet over here, a spy, a traitor."

Angelo looks at him confused, "How did you know that?"

"Juliet was only doing her job Russef, that's different."

"Kira is my daughter, you pussylicker," Russef laughs.

I knew it, I goddamn knew it and I told him that she could not be trusted.

I take out my phone and make a call, the person on the other end picks up the call, "Bring her in."

Angelo looks at me, "Who are you bringing in?"

I say nothing.

"Mario, who?" He grits his teeth, the door bursts open, and Juan comes in, with Kira handcuffed beside him.

"Papa," she screams but Juan holds a gun to her head.

"You asshole, how could you?" Angelo yells, pushing me. I look at him, the betrayal in his eyes, as I pull a gun out of my back pocket and shoot Russef.

"Daddy no," Kira screams but Juan keeps a tight hold on her.

He drops to the ground and the other man runs towards me, but Angelo throws a small knife at him, hitting him in the middle of the head and he drops to the floor.

I rush over to Juliet, and I cut the ropes, I get her off the chair and check her pulse, she's alive, I pick her up and I walk to the door.

"Let's go," I say to Juan.

"The girl?" he asks, I look down at Kira, she's crying, she looks at me with fear in her eyes and she begs for her life.

I look behind me and my brother has the same look in his eyes.

"Let's take her with us,"

She lets out a sigh of relief and Juan releases her and she runs to Angelo, who takes her into his arms and strokes her hair, I turn and walk to the car that Juan came in, I instruct him to go get mine and take I back to the mansion, I place Juliet in the backseat and I get into the driver's seat and start the engine, I contemplate taking her to the hospital but I decide against it and decide to take her to the mansion, I'd have to call the house doctor.

The drive is short and quiet, I thank God that she was asleep during the whole ordeal, I turn my head and look at her, her chest slowly rising and falling. Juliet, your Romeo has saved you, he's going to take care of you and make sure that you never leave his side.

I love you, Juliet.

I arrive at the mansion and the maids are already, waiting at the door for me. I park the car in front of the door and the passenger doors are open.

"I dottori sono dentro, Capo," Sarah, the head of housekeeping says. I get out of the car and watch as they carry Juliet on a stretcher into the house.

[The doctors are inside, boss]

"Grazie, Sarah, assicurati di non lasciare la stanza, fino a quando non hanno finito e chiama per un incontro con la sicurezza, dì loro di incontrarmi di sopra, chiedi a una delle cameriere di preparare la mia stanza per quando i dottori avranno finito."

[Thank you, Sarah, make sure that you don't leave the room until they're done and call for a meeting with security tell them to meet me upstairs, and have one of the maids prepare my room for when the doctors are done.]

"Si Capo," and she leaves my side, I walk into the house and make my way upstairs to get changed. I open the door to my bedroom and begin to take my clothes off, I pile them up in a corner beside my bed and walk naked to the shower.

I didn't remember fighting being this exhausting before, however, I'm not as young as I used to be.

I turn on the shower and stand beneath the showerhead, letting the warm water run down my body, the water turns red once it gets to the bottom, I check my body for any injuries and I notice a cut on my right side, it wasn't deep, nothing that a little clean and bandage can't fix.

I grab a bottle of shampoo and squirt some into my hair, I put the bottle down and begin to wash my hair, massaging my scalp, making sure I've scrubbed every part of my scalp and hair, I rinse my hair and wash it again and after, I put in some conditioner, while I wash the rest of my body and rinse my hair, I grab a dry towel and step of the shower, I grab a smaller towel and dry my hair with it, I look at myself in the mirror, I've got a bruised lip, I cut above my eye and a painful jaw.

I sigh, dammit, Vince, look at yourself, all battered and bruised for a woman, a woman that betrayed you and handed you over to the dogs, just like Carmen did.

Carmen didn't know she was being used.

Right, just like Juliet?

I open my medicine cabinet and take out my bag of pills, I take my anti-depressants and anxiety pills and a painkiller.

I'll need a bottle of whiskey just to top it off.

"Capo, we are ready for you in the boardroom," I hear Juan yell from the bedroom door.

"I'll be there in ten minutes, have a glass ready for me,"

"Si Capo," he says, and I hear him walk away from the door, I walk out of the bathroom and get dressed in all black, black suit, shirt, and tie, with jimmy choo shoes and a matte black Rolex watch. I comb my hair and gel it into its usual style. I walk out of the room and head for the boardroom. I walk in and all men bows their head in respect to me, Juan is standing beside my desk, and he has my glass of whiskey ready.

"Capo," Juan greets.

"Thank you, gentlemen, Juan," I say as I take my seat, "As you already know, I've just come back from an extraction mission, to extract Juliet, the woman who had me put in jail, the reason being is that she is my woman, so because of the information she has on us and most possibly other cartels, we have to keep her safe, this place is to be heavily guarded for the next seven days, you'll each go through a security check done by Juan, if you are found to be doing anything that is against the rules, you will be stripped of your position and depending on the severity, executed, understood?"

"Si capo," they say.

"Excellent, and in addition, Gio will be with us tomorrow, so if you can prepare something for his arrival, you're dismissed. Juan, I'd like to speak to you and you too Angelo."

I hear my brother grunt and I turn my head towards him, he's seated on the red velvet couch on the right side of the room.

I wait until the men have left and gesture to the two seats in front of me, Angelo stands and walks to the chair and Juan sits right beside him.

"Juan, Angelo, I hope everything has been taken care of at the warehouse,"

"Si Capo, evidence has been removed and so has camera footage," Juan replies.

"Good job Juan, Angelo, how is Kira doing?"

I scoff, "Like you give a shit."

I look at my brother and sigh, "I could have killed her, I could have handed her over to her father, she could be in the dungeon but she's not, she's sleeping in your bed enjoying the warmth of Egyptian cotton, all because I spared her life for your pussy whipped ass. I don't give a shit about her, you're right but I do give a shit about you."

Angelo gets up, "I don't have time for this."

"I could have her back with Russians within the hour, talk to me like that again and I swear to god, you'll be the one in jail for her murder."

Angelo mutters, "You are unbelievable."

"Try me, Marko, I dare you,"

Angelo sits back down and looks at me, "She's fine, traumatized but she'll be fine, thank you for sparing her life."

I smirk, "That's more like its Marko, now let's discuss business, fill me in on what's been happening, I want to see the books, the goods, everything."

"Vincent, we need rest, we'll bring you everything tomorrow morning and we can have our meeting then," Angelo replies.

I nod, "You're right, you're dismissed."

They both get up and say they're good nights, I pick up my glass of whiskey and gulp it down.

There is a knock at the door and Sarah comes in, "Capo, she's awake,"

I get up from my chair, "Thank you, Sarah."

I walk past her and down the hall to the nursing room, yes, I have a hospital room in my mansion, it comes in handy at a time like this.

I get to the door and take a few deep breaths and walk in. She's looking out the window, her skin is dull, and she has a bag under her once radiant eyes.

"Juliet," I call out and he snaps her head in my direction.

She gives me a teary-eyed smile, "Vincent."

I rush to her side and sit on the bed, before taking her into my arms, she breaks down.

What did they do to you?

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