Capo Dei Capi (Secrets of the Famiglia Part 1)

"No, we were at the sunbathing place, near Ricky's Pub and grill. Ren was watching the door for Ms. Jane and Calum, while Gabriel and I threw the stink bomb in her car." Aliyana speaks as I take the turn to the residential areas.

"But Gabriel took all the blame," I finish for her, knowing about their antics and the DeMarco boy taking the brunt. Aliyana didn't know this, but Gabriel's uncle wasn't as forgiving as his shitty dad. Gabriel had it hard, he just learned to hide it better. Why he chose to take the fall for it, all didn't matter. The fact he did, well, that spoke volumes of the type of Capo he'd become one day.

"Yeah, he did, except for the few times Ren and I got caught with our hands in the cookie jar. My father's wife caught us once sneaking into one of Deno's clubs in New York. It wasn't the last time she caught us either. I guess when I think about it, maybe her hate for me doesn't stem from just my mother. Maybe it's warranted."

"Hate you? No, she doesn't hate you Aliyana, she envies you. A girl born in our world with the freedom your father has given you doesn't come by often. Ilaria loved a soldier before she was forced to marry your father," I respond as I speed past the black BMW hogging the road.

"I never knew that."

"Now, you do. Tell me something, Aliyana." She doesn't respond, and I take my eyes off the road to see her staring outside the window. Lost.

was he good to

gaze, "He loved her from the moment she fell into him, she

me about him when he was a kid?" The question takes me by surprise, I

Where do I

Anya. We flipped a coin who would go into surgery with Natasha, Deno won, but my father stole our thunder when he arrived. Anya, Deno and I waited for almost 3 hours before we got to see him. When I looked into his scrunched up face, I knew he was the better brother. I vowed to keep him safe as I'd done with all

made him weak, or perhaps, it made him stronger. Either way, he knew the risk in

closer to her house. It is said that the eyes are a window to

would you

gaze and turns to

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19 years," I state. I didn't get enough time with Aliyana during