LILLY

It was night and he still wasn't gone.

He just woke up and then I went to shower. Now, I was on my bed again with my hair wet. In a hoodie and warm sweatpants, listening to him screaming on his phone. Again.

"Sai che non posso lasciarla qui, Elijah (You know I can't leave her here, Elijah.)" then he pauses for a long second and says "Sarà sola e diventerà un facile bersaglio (She will be alone and will become an easy target."

Then he said "Non la lascio (I am not leaving her)." Then his voice raises "I don't fucking care!" Then it raises louder "Fanculo mio padre
(Fuck my father)." Then he stops, takes a deep breath "La porto con me. (I am bringing her with me)." Then he growls "That is final." And I then wince when I hear him yell "Fuck!"

I suddenly stand up and look at him. He stares at me but doesn't say anything else.

He makes his way to me, wrapping an arm around my waist and pinning his forehead to mine. He breathed in a deep breath and then lets it out, the tension in his shoulders are gone instantly. Then he says "Pack your bags." My eyes go wide "Back my bags?"

"You heard me, darling. You're coming with me."

I push his arm off my waist and take a step back. He doesn't lose his cool. Looks at me with investigating eyes. I tell him word by word "I am not going anywhere with you, Romano." He pushes his hands inside the pockets of his jeans and sighs, tilts his head, and mocks me "You think you have a choice, Lilly?" Then he remembers "Oh, right, I remember now. I said I'll give you choices from now on." He enters the room and I take a step back but in one swift motion, he grabs me by my hips and pulls me close to his chest, looking down at me. His fingers linked at my waist and presses me to him "I'll give you choices as I promised. You either come with me willingly or," he thinks it over with another mock "I can just do this." He grabs me and picks me up, throwing me over his shoulder. A scream stuck in my throat as I realize what happened. I'm upside down, my hair dangling, blood rushing to my head in an instant, I hit my fist on his shoulder blade "Let me go!" He stops for a second and I thought he'd put me down but he adjusts me to his shoulder and said: "I choose option number two."

I keep hitting my fist on his back, shaking my feet so that maybe somehow he'll stop and put me down but- god- he's too stubborn. He swiftly walks down the stairs and then stops as soon as we're out of the building. I cry "Put me down, Romano! Put me down, please!"
But Romano's voice goes rough and stone "I fucking told you that if I see you, I'm cutting your hands off." My back tense because I didn't know who he was talking to until I hear that person's voice "I'm here to talk to, Lilly. Not you."

Josh!

I knew he was standing awkwardly the way I was on Romano's shoulder but I beg "Put me down, please." Romano does, slowly, making sure I'm balanced on my feet. As I turn around and try to take a step toward josh, Romano pulls me back to his stone-like body with his hands on my hips. Keeping me pressed. He grunts near my ear "You have 30 seconds."
I inspect Josh well. He had a slight cut on his left brow but nothing was serious.
He takes a step toward me but Romano takes a step back, pulling me back with him. His hands were firmly on my hips but they were gripping too tightly. I put my hands on his so his hands would loosen but nope, he keeps them there firmly. Josh notices, his eyes go to our hands and Romano instantly links his fingers with mine and whispers in my ear "28 fucking seconds and then I'm stabbing him in the balls." My eyes go wide but I keep my cool.

Why now? God, why now?

Josh says first "I came here to thank you." I frown "For what?" He smiles "For pulling me on your lap as soon as the blast went off. I know you did it on instinct but I wanted to say thank you for that." Romano's fingers tighten and I hold the urge to hiss. Just keep a tight smile on my face "You don't need to thank me, Josh." He nods "Oh, I know but I still wanted to." Then he says it loud, annoyed at Romano "Are you back with this guy?" Romano speaks "This guy?" I hear a cunning smile in his voice "What did I tell you yesterday, Josh? Do you think your drug-addicted mother would like the hands of her son sent to her? Do you think that would bring her joy after injecting all that cocaine in her veins and sleeping around with boys half her age?" I look up at Romano with eyes wide, freaking out at what was going on. Embarrassed in front of Josh for what Romano said even though I'm not the one saying it.

Romano doesn't look at me at all. He holds his gaze on Josh, jaw clenched and eyes calculating.
I look back at Josh and his jaw was clenched too, his hands in fists on his sides but his eyes are on me, I mouth "I'm sorry." I don't care about what Romano was talking about, I just care it hurts Josh a lot.

Josh exhales harshly through his nose in this cold weather and says to me "He's not the right guy for you, Lilly." Romano warns with calm "Don't say her fucking name."
Josh's eyes flick at Romano and then at me "Lilly, come with me, okay? You know I've liked you for so long and this idiot," he points at Romano and my eyes go even wider, mind going crazy. Josh called Romano an idiot and now Josh is dead. But Romano is not doing anything, he's not moving, and he's not shaking with anger. I look up and he's calm, collected, and cool.

I do not have a good feeling about this.

Romano pushes me forward "You can have her. Go ahead and have her." I look at Romano and there's a challenge in his eyes. I had to warn Josh but Josh is holding my hand and linking his fingers with mine. I'm shaking now in fear. A smirk spreads on Romano's lips and he punched Josh across his face. Josh falls on the floor and Romano is on him. He kept punching him as I scream.
Romano kept counting as he punched "5..."-punch- "4..." -punch- "3..." -punch- "2..." -punch- "1..."

one last punch and he was done. Josh lay unconscious on the concrete. Blood comes out of his nose. Romano gets off and I'm running to Josh, crying "Oh god, Josh-" before I can even look at the damage Romano has done, I'm pulled back with arms around my waist and Romano is hauling me back.
A black car stops in front of us and he puts me down for a moment to open the door as I scream "Let me take a look at him. You can't let him stay there!" Romano growled, "I broke his nose, didn't kill him!" I cry "Romano, please!" But he pushes me inside the car and gets in. He catches both my wrists and pulls me to his chest as I try to get out from the other side and shouts at the driver "Andare! (Go!)"

I struggle in his hold "Just let me take a look at him, Romano!" But the car moves and I'm stuck in here with him while Josh is down and bleeding. God, his white shirt turned red. Oh god, Josh is so hurt.

Romano lets go of my wrist but drapes his arm on my shoulder, keeping me close, and presses his phone to his ear "Chiama un'ambulanza al suo indirizzo. (Call an ambulance to her address)." I might not know what he said but I do know the word ambulance instantly.

I shot a look at him but he doesn't care. He just puts his phone on his lap and looks outside. His hands play with my hair and my stomach starts feeling uneasy.

I'm going back to where I barely escaped alive from. I'm going back to that cell.

I'm going to my hell.

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