The Deal

28. Love

Isabella Rose

"Open the fucking door" dad screams banging on my door.
He believes I took his alcohol. Fucker.

"I don't have it! You probably drank it and forgot about it!" I yell back scared for my life.

"I'm kicking this door down in 3 seconds if you do not open" he says. Fuck.

I slowly grab the key and twist it.
He stormes inside. "Show me where they are" he says searching all over my room.

"I don't fucking have it! Please go out" I say adding a please to not make him angrier.
He grabs the lamp on my bedside table and launches it at me. I duck down making it hit the wall. The lamp breaks and the porcelain cuts my arm. "Ah" I let out.

"You fucking show up and steal my stuff, thinking you can get away with it?!" He says stepping closer.

For gods sake I never took it. He's out of his mind. I stay quiet looking only at the floor.
"Clean this up and buy me a new bottle" he says then leaves.

I grab my wound and push my palm against it to stop the blood from dripping onto the floor.
I run into the bathroom and wash it with cold water.
Fuck, it really cut deep.

I get out of my room spotting mom. "Do you have some band aid?" I ask showing her the cut.

She does not bother to care. "Go buy some the store is 10 minutes away" she says rolling her eyes.
Is she serious.

I sigh as I grab toilet paper and wrap it around my arm. I grab my phone and wallet to walk to the store.
It's a quick walk. And I'm back home within 20 minutes.

I place the bottle of red wine on the table. "Here" I say as father is half asleep on the couch. Is he ever sober?
I go back into my room to clean up the floor and put some band aid on my arm.

I guess this is my life from now on. Drunk parents who does not give a shit about me.

Since I don't have Valentino to protect me anymore I'll have to stay inside so that Dante can't find me. Too bad my home isn't a safe place. Nowhere is safe as long as I'm not around Valentino. He was the only person who could protect me and make me feel like I never had to worry.
But I'm so mad at him. He hurt me so much that night and he decided to get rid of me just in a second. Like it was that easy.
I think about him a lot. Too much actually, and it's honestly depressing.

I'm laying low for a while. Trying to run away from all of my problems.
I just wish I had a normal life. Why does it have to be so hard to live.
Why did I deserve this. Any of it. I always thought it would get better.
That I would be happy. It's like the world is laughing at me for even having those thoughts.

I keep pushing every day and for what? To end up at my shit parents house?
I guess this is as good as it gets.

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Valentino Gray

"You've been walking back and forth for an hour now brother" Matteo says, his eyes following my steps. I stop in place.

"I'm just...I should probably go to training" I say wanting to do something, anything really to stop thinking about Isabella.

I fucked up so bad. And I'm going insane without her. It's like I can't function properly. I blamed it all on her. For fuck sake I hurt her. I promised her to never let anyone or anything hurt her.

I grab my chest. My throat feels tight almost making it impossible for me to breathe.
I try to take deep breaths but nothing works. I panic.

"Brother?" I hear Matteo. He walks up to me and grabs my shoulder. I push his hand off of me.