Dorotea has been strolling Flavio around the House Fiore using a wheelchair, they've been silent for the whole hour, they only watched the children playing around the area. Dorotea heaved a deep sigh before mustering her confidence to ask Flavio, "Hey.. Flavio, who's Martha..?", his eyes widened before turning around to gaze at her. "Martha.." he muttered and gulped, "Flavio, I dare you to answer my question. I shall ask you once again, who is Martha O'Rourke?" she asked while staring at him.
"You wouldn't believe me if I'll tell you." Flavio smiled before turning around, "Just answer my question without lying or bluffing..." Dorotea clenched on the handle tightly. "Dorotea, I swear...you wouldn't believe me.." he muttered coldly while looking down, "Please... Just answer me, Waldenhart." she whispered softly, "How did you knew my real name..?" he asked, "Answer my question before I'll answer yours." she tilted her head.
"Martha O'Rourke, is the woman I admired for the past years. She brought light to my life, she showered me with joy and love. Not until a group of assassins infiltrated their House, luckily she lived, but had forgotten everything. Are you happy now?" Flavio deadpanned, she only looked at him dumbfounded and clueless. "It pains me everytime I see her, lost and clueless. I've been following her and ended up in the Mafia." he stated before scoffing.
"Am I just a replacement for you?"
"Are we even in a relationship?"
Dorotea immediately turned red before pushing Flavio's wheelchair, "Idiot no! I would never ever be in a relationship with you!" she yelled while pointing at Flavio who's laying on the ground, "Chill gorl, I'm just kidding!" he chuckled while facing the ground.
"They look cute together, right Pucci?" Dante sighed while carrying the hamster's cage, "Tss.. if only Hana is here, I wouldn't end up as a third wheeler..." he pouted before sitting on the bench. "Do you mind if I'll sit right next to you, mister??" a little girl asked while looking at Dante, "Sure, no problem.." he looked at the girl before she sat beside him.
"Uhh..so.. what is your name??" Dante asked while looking at Dorotea and Flavio from afar, "Renata Esposito, how about you mister??" the girl asked, "Dante Guerra, you do have a cute name kid.." he replied with a calm smile. The awkwardness seeped out and the two only stared at the fields, Renata sighed before looking down, "Is there's something wrong??" he asked worriedly. "Big bro Dante... Are you one of the mafia?" she asked, "Well, yeah.." he answered.
"Have you seen big bro Salvatore and big bro Marco?"
Dante averted his gaze, "They're...busy.."
"Big bro Dante, are you perhaps lying?"
"You are pretty smart for a kid huh..." Dante smiled at Renata before patting her head, "I am just confirming things..." she sighed.
"What do you mean??"
"You see... I've overheard big bro Pio and big bro Salvatore in the office... Then an Asian girl showed up.. she led the discussion of their 'plan' to save big bro Marco...from his brother.." Renata looked down, "Save...Marco? Does that mean...he's still alive..?" Dante's eyes widened, "Shhhh... The others might hear us.." Renata covered Dante's mouth. "You are not just an ordinary kid, aren't you..?" he looked at the kid.
"Indeed.. I am HQ-EX73..an artificial human made from the House Quattrocchi, they gave me the ability to think like an adult just by increasing my IQ. Almost all of the kids in here are like me.. but, my goal is different from them." she explained, "I never knew House Quattrocchi conducts a human experiment..." Dante whispered while looking down, "It doesn't matter anymore, help me identify the brother that will harm big bro Marco.. before he will discover big bro Pio's plan." Renata deadpanned, "Then before that, explain their plan to me and who are the people who knows about this." Dante muttered.
"The people who are mainly involved of this plan are big bro Pio, Salvatore, Arturo, Armando, Marco, the former Alpha and big sis Hanatsuki." Renata stated.
"Hanatsuki...? You mean Hanatsuki Shinigai?"
Renata only nodded in response.
"Awww... Dante's making a friend.. I'm so proud of him.." Flavio muttered while watching his friend from afar, "Yeah.. I guess he's not bored anymore." Dorotea sighed.
"It's big brain time." Filippo muttered before looking at the documents, "Are you sure that his so-called detective skills would help us...?" Nunzio whispered near Giusto's ear, "Yeah, just trust him, he is good at this. That's why Gamma personally recruited him in the Mafia. Aside from being a farmer who resides in the countryside, Filippo has been helping investigators in their area to solve the murder cases in there." Giusto proudly stated, "Okay then.." Nunzio just sighed before gazing at Filippo.
"So you guys want me to investigate a case abandoned by the polices years ago just because no one can't solve it?" Filippo asked while scratching his nape, "Well, yes, this might help us on knowing both Delta and Fantasma Rosso more." Giusto stated, "It seems that we need his help.." Filippo sighed, "Whose help..?" Nunzio asked, "Maximo's, a former member of the Mafia, since he lost his ability to walk, he chose to reside in the seaside nearby the Cafe's 3rd branch. He was Klaus' partner in crime, so I bet he knows something about the Luckster's Incident." Filippo stated, "Ohh! Maximo Ventura, the dude with the cool wheelchair. Me and Flavio saw him back then and we've been asking the House Quattrocchi if we can have the same wheelchair.." Giusto exclaimed, "Lets go tomorrow, Filippo, take us there." said Nunzio before walking out of the office.
"Tomasso, Ilario and Ruggero has been waiting for you in the living room.." said by a petite girl while leaning on the wall inside of Piero's room, "And sheeeesh... You should turn the motherf*cking lights on, douchebag." the girl complained before turning the switch on. "Just tell them to go, I don't need company or comfort." Piero deadpanned, "You've been playing games and getting drunk for the past days, that's not the brother that I know." she crossed her arms upon whining, "Just shut the f*ck up Pandora, can you just please give me some space at the moment?" Piero gazes coldly at his sister before smoking his cigarette, "Jeez!" Pandora turned the lights off before going out of her brother's room.
"My brother's not in the f*cking mood to go out, must've been sulking over Marco's demise." Pandora stated while looking at the three, "Well... Tell him we're sorry for bothering him then.." Tomasso only smiled before standing up, "Let's just give him time dude.." Ruggero sighed before following Tomasso who's now going outside, "Please do excuse us..." Ilario stood up and bowed before following his comrades.
[End of Chapter]