Mafia Kings: Valentino: Chapter 26

For almost half an hour, I lay curled up on the spare bedroom floor, sobbing my heart out.

I hurt so bad it felt like I might die.

Actually, I wanted to die.

I just wanted this awful hurting inside me to end.

When my tears finally slowed down, I realized I should probably clock out and tell them I wasn’t feeling well. That way, I could go back to my room and not have to try to fake it through the rest of the workday.

I didn’t think I could handle the stares and whispers once the story got out. And thanks to Marianna hearing Valentino say, “We need to talk,” I was pretty sure it would get out pretty damn quick. Especially once somebody saw me and put two and two together.

I went to the bathroom to clean up. Thank God I hadn’t worn much makeup today, because what little I had on was a mess. I washed up and did my best to look presentable, but my eyes were still red and swollen.

If I could just make it to the kitchen without being stopped…

Or without breaking down again…

That last part was the hardest. Not starting to cry again.

I kept my head down as I walked back to work.

A couple of other servants walked by, but they rarely talked to me anyway, so they didn’t notice.

But Alessandra did.

I was almost to the kitchen when she saw me. She was coming down the hallway in the opposite direction, and she called out cheerfully, “Hi, Caterina!”

When I heard her voice, my heart stopped in my chest.

I thought about turning around and running in the other direction –

But my feet froze.

I looked up the tiniest bit –

And out of the edge of my vision, I saw her happy expression turn to worry.

“Caterina?” she said as she walked up to me. “What’s wrong?”

I lifted my face – and as soon as I made eye contact with her, my lip started to tremble and the tears started flowing.

“Caterina!” she cried out in alarm as she wrapped her arms around me.

As soon as my head was on her shoulder, I started crying again. My entire body shook with my sobs.

“What’s wrong?!” she asked as she stroked my hair. Then her voice turned angry. “Did Valentino do something?!”

“N-n-no…”

She held me at arm’s length and dipped her head so she could look into my downcast eyes. “Cat, tell me the truth: did he cheat on you?”

I shook my head ‘no.’

Alessandra frowned. “Was he cruel to you? Did he hurt you?”

“N-no… it w-wasn’t his fault…”

“What wasn’t his fault?!”

“N-Niccolo said that because of the stuff going on with their uncle, they h-had to get allies… so he t-took Valentino to S-Sicily for an arranged marriage.”

On those last two words, I burst into a howl of pain.

Not as loud as the howl Alessandra gave, though.

“WHAT?!” She put her hands on my cheeks and forced me to look at her. “Niccolo forced Valentino into an arranged MARRIAGE?!”

She looked both shocked and outraged.

I nodded ‘yes.’

got this look on her

gun in her hand, I would have yelled for Niccolo to run (even if he was responsible for

the hand and started pulling

never seen Alessandra angry before. Ever. She’d told me she’d occasionally been snippy with Dario back when he brought her to the mansion against her will –

honestly say this after having seen

pissed,

thinking about where she was leading

we reached the

where the Rosolini men always met

Mafia business.

front of the door, his hands crossed in front of his

at Alessandra in surprise

my way!” she

eyes widened, and he

mafia don’s wife yells at you to do something, you

Alessandra had in mind, I dug in my heels and started trying to pull my hand out of her grip. All

alright, I’m fine now!”

is, and I plan to get to the bottom of it!”Alessandra pulled me forward with unbelievable strength as she

at the top of her

– oh shit, oh shit, oh

alone, sitting at

he heard Alessandra’s shouting, he looked up

he

closed his eyes like

voice asked off to

one of

said wearily. “Please give us

guy quickly left

about anything

Alessandra

is this I hear about Niccolo taking Valentino

I watched the Don.

the saints in heaven, please protect

“We need to

about it RIGHT NOW!” Alessandra yelled. “Did you really send Valentino off to Sicily to

but yes,

Alessandra shouted. “You know he and Caterina

Oh shit!

if I’d go quite that

Well…

Actually…

way my heart had broken into a thousand

was in love with

had no idea if

he was amazing

always made sure I had at

But love?

me

to say that he was in love with

that

as Don

at midnight and

pretty sure he would look like

as he walked slowly around the

Alessandra, though?

didn’t seem

right

Me?

other direction if I hadn’t been frozen to the

front of

me, he said coldly, “Caterina, if

whispered, “Yes,

be here to hear whatever you’re

Rosolini stared down

he ever looked at me like that, I think I

her hand,” he said to his wife.

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