Naitee
A year ago today I was on a mission, my morals clear and my view of the world black and white. It's wildly different from me today. For the first time in my life I'm not sure if I can see the line between good and bad anymore. Am I really that selfish? Just because a bad person has treated me decently doesn't mean that they're good but for some reason that's what my heart is telling me.
I always trusted my heart before this but now I think it's become weak.
It's been a week now since Alessio brought me to his mansion, that he calls house, and it's like I've settled into a routine. Wake up eat, sit around watching TV I don't understand till Aria or Alessio decide that they want to do something with me. Although I haven't seen Alessio in a day now, he's gone on business and I think I have an idea what that means.
The TV plays some some random series in the backroom and even though my eyes are on it I don't register anything. There's a woman in an elegant dress dancing with a handsome man and they both look pained. A low buzzing sound starts and at first I think I'm imiaging it but then it starts to get louder and letters start to appear right on the screen of the TV. ¨
"What the--" I start but then the lamps in my room all blow and the electric window drapes snap shut. Now the only light is coming from the TV and despite my pounding heart I take in the letter.
"I. M. C. O.M. I. N. G. 4. U. / R." My heart skips a beat in my chest. Ross, and somehow he doesn't only know where I am but also he's managed to hack the feed inside the most notorius crime family in Italys house.
He's allways one-upped me. I try to think about a way to respond but the lights flicker back on and the drapes slowly open. It's like nothing happened but everything has changed, once again.
The buzzing sound stays to but now I'm pretty sure I'm just imaging it this time. I have just relaxed back onto the bed when my door explodes open with a bang and I would've screamed if I had time to react. Dean is standing in the door opening, holding a gun with both hands and he has two other guys on either side of him.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" I squeal in a suprisingly high voice.
"Your cameras went out and the feed was quiet, what happened?" Deans face is cold in a way I haven't seen before.
"I don't know the light flickered of for a moment and they went back on, I just assumed it was a electricity thing." I answer and there's not a hint that could tell him I'm partly lying.
"It was not an electricity thing and it only happened in your room." Dean moves slowly into my room, his gun still raised.
"And you think I did it? I have literally nothing of my own, how would I cause an electrical break?" My question doesn't seem to face him but he lowers the gun slowly and barks something in Italian that makes the other two, very deadly looking guys, leave.
"Fine. How long was the lights out for?" It's obvious that he's questioning me and I don't give him an reaction. "Maybe a minute, we have a lot of these back home so I didn't really react." Dean still looks suspicious.
"Anything else?" I shrug and look into his eyes, "There was a buzzing sound right before and then everything just went black." Dean doesn't look entirely relaxed but his shoulders sag just a tiny bit.
"Okay. Are you alright?" His question catches me off guard and instead of answering I watch him tuck the gun into the back of his black jeans. "Uhh yeah... I just miss english TV." Dean chuckles and I meet his brown eyes gaze. His eyes are the same colour as his brothers but wildly different at the same time.
"I could help you with that you know." I smile a little at Deans weak attempts to be civil.
"You don't have to pretend to like me you know, I don't even like your brother." Deans eyes fire up with something.
"You keep telling yourself that up on your high moral horse. You will realise any day now that you will be just as bad as us." Dean stares right at me and I grin back. Finally a person showing me some other emotion than coldness or-- well Aria.
"I guess we'll see about that but in the meantime don't act like you know fuck all about me." I finish with a sincere smile and Dean stands there looking midly takenaback for a second before he laughs.
"Sto iniziando a capire mio fratello, good evening Naitee. I will see you at dinner." Dean says and leaves without explaining what he just said. I atleast got to know one good thing, they have cameras in my room and it seems like someone is keeping track on me via them. Another tiny detail; Ross is coming for me and I don't know how to feel about it. What if he gets hurt trying to get me out? In four months and three weeks I would be out anyway.
I lick my lips slowly. Something about this feels weirdly out of character for Ross, he's never been this impulsive in the time I've known him. This entire situation is weird and the feeling in my gut doesn't like it at all. Not at all.
Dinner is akward as usual, no one except for the Spaglia siblings and me and Aria speak and everyone tries to leave as fast as possible. That's the one good thing with Alessio not being here, dinner is short and delicious.
"Naitee!!" Someone calls out after me and I stop. It's Aria, she looks just as stunning as always.
"Hi." I greet as she catches up with me and she smiles widely.
"Will you go out with me tonight? I feel like hitting some clubs!" The first thing that comes to mind is; Am I allowed to do that? And that makes up my mind for me. I will not be reduced to a woman who lives by a mans rules and besides this would be a great opportunity to warn Ross about what he's about to walk into.
"Yes, totally!!" I answer and Arias gorgeous face lights up. She claps her manicured hands and I smile back at her. I have really missed having a girl friend.
"Perfect, let us go get changed then I have the perfect dress for you!!" An hour later Aria and I are both dressed and wearing jewellery that probably costs as much as the house I grew up in. I'm wearing a tiny, tight dress that Aria found for me. It fits my breasts perfectly and Aria is wearing a short red slip dress that shows off her long athletic legs. We're both wearing red lipstick even though I fought Aria on that. I never thought it would fit me before today.
I'm wearing red heels and Aria is wearing black. It fits perfectly and when we walk out of the house I'm suprised no one stopped us. The air is chilly and I'm thankful for the coat Aria loaned me, instead of a driver this time though Aria walks toward a part of the house I hadn't even noticed before and with a swipe of her wrist across a discrete scanner a giant garage door slides open. It reveals an enormous collection of some of the worlds most expensive cars. My eyes immdiatly lock on the black koeningsegg.
"Please let me drive the koenigsegg?" My voice is almost begging and Aria laughs walking over to a safe, quickly unlocking it and pulling out the keys to one of the sexiest cars in the world. She throws the keys at me and I catch them with ease.
"I love you." I say, totally serious as I start to almost-run toward the black car with the red details. I slip into the drivers seat and realx back against the leather seat. It only takes me a few minutes to get the hang of the car and then we're going 100 km/h down the obscenely long driveway to the mansion. I laugh and I feel more free than I have in years.
"You really love this car do you not?" Aria asks and when I glance at her I can see her grinning.
"Yes, very much." Aria laughs and it's a musical sound.
"I am sure Alessio will give it to you if you want it, he has not driven half of the cars in the garage anyway." I gaso but Aria just waves me away with a hand. I start to press on the breaks as we near the gate and the door start to open slowly.
"So where are we going?"
"I will give you directions, just drive." I press down on the gas again and the car roars to life."
The valet takes the keyes with wide eyes and looks me up and down.
"Grazie" Aria speaks in Italian to him and he nods nervously. The music from the building we're standing outside is loud and I can practically feel the vibrations in my bones.
"Come on!!" Aria squeels and she walks us straight toward the tatood bouncer. The only thing I can make out of the words she says is "Spaglia" and whatever she says makes the bouncer let us in and the people in the line waiting exclaim angrily in italian. The guy at the front looks particularly bitter and I smile at him as we walk past.
"This is going to be so much fun!!" I exclaim and I'm not even lying. We quickly hand over our coats to the girl in the booth and then make our way to one of the two openings.
The club we step into is filled with people. There's a lit up purple bar, a balcony across one wall and-- a bridge going about 30 feet over the dance floor. It's like a fever dream, a really awesome fever dream.
Aria and I make our way to the bar first and I slam the card Alessio gave a few days ago down on the bar. After two shots of vodka I'm buzzed the perfect amount for dancing. When I was a stripper I took a shot before every shift, I am well trained but being a stripper does things to your self esteem.
We find a decently spacious amount of space on the floor and start dancing. I was never a good dancer as a kid or teenager really. I only started getting good a year ago and I must say that it improved my confidence immensly.
With my hands someplace over my head I move around to the music. Aria is right in front of me and occasionally we laugh when we make eye contact. Aria spins around and with her back to me she starts to move her hips around. I laugh loudly.
"Aria omg you're really good at that." She smiles at me over her shoulder and I grin back. Two hands snake around my waist and I stiffen. Someone is speaking in italian against my neck. I spin around and come face to face with the guy from the qeue. "Sorry I don't speak italian." I say and start to turn back to Aria. Hoping my words are enough of a dissmissal for him.
"That is alright babe, I speak english." He grins devilishly at me and even though he's good looking I don't feel anything.
"I'm sorry, I have a boyfriend and he would really mind another man putting his hands on me." I don't have a boyfriend but something tells me Alessio would really not like another mans hands on me.
The guy holds his hands up an backs away and I'm thankful that he's not one of the violent ones.
"That is fine babe, but if you are ever single please find me." I give him just the hint of a smile before turning back to Aria. Except she's gone. My heart stops and I look around the club desperatly trying to find her. The only other blond girl I can see is making out with a long haired brunette in a corner. The blonde is also wearing a red dress and when they pull apart I realise that it is Aria. She's making out with another woman. I'm stunned for just a second before I think back to Alessios bitterness about Aria cheating on him. I can only imagine finding out your spouse never even was attracted to you in the first place by them cheating on you. I feel bad for both of them and apparently I've stared for too long because Aria catches me looking at her and her eyes widen in panic. I walk toward the bar, I sense that we'll both need it shortly.
"Naitee, I-- I promise it is not what it seems. I am not even--" I hold up a hand.
"It's fine Aria, I already knew about you and Alessio. You being into women was the only new thing." Aria gasps and her eyes are wide.
"I-- so you do not care?" I shrug.
"I mean I don't approve of cheating but you being who you are is not your fault." Her eyes tear up and I wonder what has made her this sensitive. She hugs me and I'm so shocked I don't even get the chance to hug her back before she pulls away. She swipes at her eyes and doesn't meet my eye.
"I am sorry if I made you uncomfortable by hugging you." She starts to back away but I pull her into me and hug her tightly.
"You didn't I was just suprised." She grips me so hard that I think I have bruises.
"Thank you." She whispers into my neck and when she pulls away I smile, my hands on her shoulders.
"Don't you dare be ashamed of something you can't ever control." Aria nods slowly and a smile spreads across the smudged lipstick on her lips.
"We need more drinks!" She shouts and the bartender obliges.
We're both almost black out drunk when we start talking about going home. There's no chance that any of us are going to drive and instead Aria some how makes a taxi appear. My head is aching and my stomach is turning by the time I discover the note in the pocket of my coat.
Stay in the house and I'll get u out / R
It's like someone threw a bucket of ice water over my head. Ross was is here, right now and he didn't approach me. Just left a weird note in my pocket. One question keeps spinning around in my head.
What game is he playing at? And why do I have such a bad feeling about it?
Alessio
When Ice finally parks the car in the garage I am exhausted and the clock is way past midnight. I drag a hand across my face and even though I washed off the blood it still feels dirty. For some reason I find myself wanting to see Naitee just because being with her cleanses my soul from all the bad I do.
I step out slowly, already having an destination in my mind. I slam the door to the garage open only to come face to face with an anxious looking Dean.
"What?" I growl out and Deans twists his hands.
"They are gone."
"When?" I do not even have to ask who he is talking about.
"They left an hour after dinner." I grind my teeth and Dean bites his lip.
"I will deal with you later." I growl and point a newly sullied finger at his chest. "Now find them for me, you have five minutes." I am ready to break every single one of my brothers fingers when Ice calls out from behind me.
"Boss, I think you need to see this!"