"GET OUT!!!" Gio Tocca screamed top of her lungs. She run down the stairs as quickly as she could, took her Brenda Moon's bag and tossed it at her, "I said GET OUT!!! Now?"
"Gio..." Brenda tried to say something but Gio was already pushing her out. "You deserve to burn in f*cken h*ll for all eternity" Gio screamed "Get the f*ck out of my mother's house!"
Brenda bent down and took her bag that was stewn on the floor and angrily walked out through the door, she turned back and looked at Gio with menacing eyes "That boy that wanted to r*pe you, should've r*ped you" she then slammed the door and silence insued in the house. The words didn't hurt but the echo of the conversation between her and her mother did.
Danielle Tocca slouched down to the floor and continued crying. Gio knelt down in front of her and hugged her mother tightly.
After a few minutes of crying, Danielle finally stopped. Gio gave her a handkerchief to wipe off her tears and silently went to the dining table to sort out the food.
The somberness of the place didn't allow anyone to talk and so after Danielle refreshed herself, reapplied her make up, she wore comfortable clothes. She looked at herself in the mirror and practiced her usual smile. After a few attempts she finally got it right.
Gio and Danielle sat opposite each other eating dinner in silence. Danielle kept stealing glances at Gio, scared of what she was thinking or what she's gonna ask.
"I'm not your mother, I won't talk about it if you don't wanna" Gio said as she dished out dessert. Her mother could cook, she could too, but the food that someone else cooked always tasted better hence they loved buying food instead of cooking.
Danielle visibly sighed in relief when she heard Gio say that. She was really not ready. "Thank you"
"Sure, mother" Gio winked at her mother, "Hey, it's still Danielle" Danielle quickly rebutted. And they both chuckled. "I love you, mu...Danielle" Danielle chuckled and touched her hand softly and smilled "I love you too, baby"
"Your mother's really the devil, she is like the Satan's reincarnate" Gio chuckled "Are you sure she's your mother"
Danielle laughed heartily for the first time that night and said "well, I think I need a DNA test"
They continued a while to joke about...
"But I gotta ask" Gio said as she ate her trifle "You have a brother?" she asked as she raised her eyebrow.
"Yeah, you'd really love him..." Danielle had a look of longing and... love? in her eyes "he's just like you-" she smiled and continued "Arrogant, unapologetic, rude, stubborn, smart, gangster material" Gio laughed out loud when she heard 'gangster material', "and caring, kind and clever and most of all loving"
Danielle told Gio about how she really opened her shop, that it was actually her brother who footed most of the capital. A lawyer, had his own firm, has changed his name and is married with two children; a boy and girl. She smiled as she told Gio about her brother.
"I mean, how do you think I can open such a big shop on my own with the peanuts I made from robbing people" Danielle looked nostalgic.
Gio laughed and said "I guess it makes sense now" she laughed again and asked "so when am I meeting my uncle dearest?"
Danielle smile vanished, she cleared her throat, stood up and said "story time over" and walked away.
Gio sighed and guessed she must've stepped on her toes again.