"Ciao Italia!" Scar exclaims as the automatic doors to leave the airport open. Rose is wide awake now, after eating two snickers and chugging a can and a half of soda, and is squealing as she holds on to Scar's hand. "They aren't ready for two hot American women and a charming little girl!"
"You aren't allowed to drink that much wine ever again," I groan as I pick up Rose, "don't just let go of your bags, you don't know if someone would try to steal them."
"Shut up!" Scar rolls her eyes as she gets us a taxi. We get into the taxi and Scarlett attempts to speak Italian."
"I speak english ma'am," the driver says in a thick accent, "to the Rosi Hotel in Vieste?"
"Yep," I tell him as I buckle in Rose, in between Scarlett and I, "don't touch anything." Rose pulls her hands away from the back of the seats in front of us and looks over at Scarlett. Scarlett gives Rose her phone so she can play her games. She really likes this alphabet game that changes the letters to look like the word it gives. I'm not sure how to explain it, it's really weird, yet it taught her the ABC's.
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"Here you go," the taxi driver says as he pulls up to the hotel. Scarlett gives him the money as I get out with Rose and start to pull our luggage out of the trunk. We get all the bags inside and I wait with Rose as Scarlett checks us into our rooms.
When Scarlett finishes we head to the elevator and go up to the fourth floor - there are fifteen floors - to our room, which happens to be at the very end of the hall. Scarlett practically pushes the door off its hinges when the door unlocks. Her bags are thrown everywhere and she runs to the large window.
"This view is amazing Dani!" Scarlett says in awe. "Look at the sunset! The water too! This place is literally perfect!"
"Da water is puwple Momma," Rose says as she puts her hand on the windowsill.
"Isn't it pretty?" I whisper as I squat down next to her.
"Ya!" Rose smiles and glances at me for a moment before looking outside again.
"Let's get to bed, okay?" I say after she looked outside for a few minutes, "Aunt Scar has a fun day planned tomorrow. The sooner you go to sleep, the sooner the fun will come."
"Come on momma! Sweep!" Rose smiles in delight once I tell her that we are going to have fun tomorrow.
"We have to change first baby," I chuckle as Rose jumps up onto the bed and starts to pull the blankets. "Get over here Rosetta," I say and she goes right under the blankets and giggles. "If you aren't over here by my count of three than we aren't having fun tomorrow. We'll stay in the room all day. One...two...thr-
"Before I finish saying "three" Rose jumps off the bed and runs over to me. She smiles innocently as I open up her suitcase. I pull out green Tinker Bell pajama and lay them next to me as I zip the suitcase closed. I take off her shirt and jeans before I put on her pajamas. Once she's dressed I tell her to go to the bathroom and I'd be right there. My carry on had our toothbrushes, toothpaste, hair brush, hair ties, shampoo and so on.
When I get to the bathroom Rose is on the toilet and I chuckle when she jumps off and pulls her pajama pants back up. She flushed the toilet before turning back to me. I pull out our toothbrushes and toothpaste.
"No stool momma," Rose says as she stands in front of the sink with her toothbrush in her hand.
"Come here," I says and pick her up. I set her on the sink top, on the other side of my bag. We brush our teeth, than I take the hair brush and wrap Rose's little curls up into a bun. I do the same with my hair, and than we go back into the room. "Okay bed time Rose."
"Night momma, night Aunty," Rose says as she tucks herself in. I get in bed with her and turn the lamp off that's by my side.
"Goodnight baby girl. I love you," I whisper when I realize Scarlett is already asleep.
"Love you too momma," Rose whispers back. I kiss her forehead before I try to go to sleep myself.
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"Wake up!" I hear someone scream. I groan as I bury my face into my pillow and shove my hand in the person's face. "Dani let's go! I already gave Rosey her bath." I turn my head away from my pillow and see Scar's face right above mine.
"I need you out of my face so I can get up," I yawn. Scar listens and gets out of my face, giving me the space to sit up and stretch. I grab clothes for today before I head to the bathroom to shower. After I shower I quickly dry off and get dressed. It's the perfect weather in Italy this summer, so I decided to wear black high waisted shorts and a lavender t-shirt that's tucked in. I quickly braid my hair before I go back in the room and slip on my white adidas.
"Hungy!" Rose screams as I grab my purse.
"Patience," I reply as I notice I didn't put makeup on. I go back to the bathroom and apply mascara and a pink lip gloss, seeing as we are already late, and meet Scar and Rose at the door. "Okay, lets go."
"About time," Scar mumbles before she opens the door and leads us to the elevator. "Now there is a restaurant down the road. It apparently serves the best breakfast in Italy."
"Pancakes?" Rose asks and Scar nods with a smile, "Let's go!"
Rose attempts to drag Scar and I through the lobby. She fails miserably and Scar picks her up. We walk along the crowded sidewalk, only for a couple blocks, before we arrive at the restaurant called Oceanside.
It's beautiful inside. The large French doors are open to give you a perfect view of the beach, most of the light is from the sun. The seats are brown and the tables are a black wood. It's not too busy, seeing that it's only seven, and it's very open.
"How many?" A host asks when he notices us checking out the place.
"Just three," I smile.
"Oh and we need a seggiolino!" Scar says with a bright smile.
"A what?" I ask as I turn to my friend.
"A booster seat miss," the host answers, "I'll bring you to your table and then get the booster seat."
"Perfect, thank you," I reply as he leads us to a table right next to the doors that are opened up to the beach.
"His accent is thick," Scar tells me after he drops off the booster seat, "I can hardly tell what he is saying."
"It's not that bad," I roll my eyes as I push in Rose's chair, "besides what did you expect? Every Italian person to speak perfect English with an American accent?"
"Shut up Dani," Scar rolls her eyes at me this time before she picks up the menu, "I don't know what to get, the whole menu is in Italian! My Italian isn't that good."
"Flip to the back," I tell her. She does what I say and then blushes, "now that you can read the menu, I was thinking about the breakfast bread bowl. What about you?"
Nicola's POV: "Gather the men Luca," I tell Luca. "We have to head out in ten minutes. Get Stefano too, Dad wants him to come on more missions." "Where are we going today?" Luca asks as he turn the door knob. "Vieste," I reply, "now hurry. We still need to pack supplies. You also need to change." Luca chuckles before he leaves the the room, wearing his bright red shirt. I get off my chair and walk to the closet. I pull on my bullet proof vest and leather jacket before I head out to the garage. My little sister, Aurora is putting on a pair of heels once I reach the door. My combat boots are sitting by the door so I slip them on before I go to open the door. "Where to now fratello?" She asks before I go into the garage. "I could ask you the same question," I retort, "you're certainly dressed up." "Dad needs me to get him something," she shrugs as she straps on her heel. "Dressed like that?" I scoff, "that's a little short, go change." "No," she replies, "I happen to like the dre
Danielle's POV: "I think Rose is getting tired," Scar says, right before she yawns. "I think it's the both of you," I chuckle. I wrap a pink towel around Rose, "swimming wears you two out fast." Rose nods as she snuggles into my chest, "I have to dry off too baby. How about you and Aunt Scar go up to the room. Momma wants to relax on the beach for a little." "Night momma," Rose yawns as Scar picks her up, "love you." "Love you too baby girl," I smile and she lays her head on Scar's shoulder, "I'll be back later Scar." "See ya Dani," Scar nods and makes her way back to the hotel. I lay back on my towel and enjoy the sun set. There's only a few people left on the beach but they are all getting ready to leave. The sky is turning a dark blue from the orange shade from the sun. The sunsets in Italy are ten times better than the ones in Florida. There is no competition. I doze off for a little and when I wake up I hear a loud bang. My heart stops for a moment when I realize it was a g
"We were so worried!" Scarlett cries as I enter the hotel room, "we looked everywhere for you!" "I'm fine I promise," I say with a fake smile, knowing this is the last week I have with her. "I walked down the beach a little ways and got tired. I sat down to rest and must've fallen asleep." "I'm glad you're safe," Scarlett says and Rose tugs at my shirt. I pick her up and hug her close to me. "Sorry baby girl," I whisper and she wraps her arms around me. "Don't leave momma," Rose whispers and t makes my chest feel like it's collapsing. "I'll never leave you baby girl," I whisper back and kiss the top of her head, "how about we go out for some ice cream? "Rose smiles up at me for a moment before we hear Scarlett squeal. We both look at her with wide eyes and her cheeks turn red when she realizes how loud she was. "Logan is leaving today! He'll be here tomorrow!" She cheers as she does a little happy dance. "It's a day earlier than he expected. How exciting is this! I get to spend v
Nicola's POV: "She's still wearing the tracker correct?" I ask Stefano. We always make sure all our members are trained for the field and with computers. Today I get to test Stefano on his tracking, of course with out a tracker. Right now I just have to make sure the girl didn't back out because that would not be pretty for her. "Right here," he mumbles before he quickly types on the keyboard. A map appears of Italy but quickly zooms in to Vieste, right to one of our family hotels. The hotels are our "cover" to say. All of our business we cover with the hotel. Well not all. Some sums of money and some deals are to large- or important- to put the hotel's name on it. "How about the van from last night. Any leads?" I ask as I rest one hand on the desk and the other on the back of his chair. Their van last night drove off after the first gun shot. Of course our guys drove after them but we quickly lost them. "I'm close actually," Stefano says as he continues to type away. His glasses
"Nicola!" I jump out of my bed, grabbing the gun out from under my bed and run downstairs. I get to the living room to see my parents and siblings sitting on the couches. Are you fucking kidding me? I glare at my family and toss my gun at my dad. "I'm going back to bed," I say to them before I turn to head upstairs. "Figlio," My dad says and I look over my shoulder, "sit down. We have to discuss something. I see Stefano trying to hold back a laugh as I go back to the seat after standing there for a minute, "what's so important?" "Me," Aurora smirks and flips her hair over her shoulder. She's in a much better mood than last night. "It's about the dealers you dealt with the other night," Stefano says, signs of laughter gone from his face. "They weren't a big group," I shrug my shoulders, "killed half their men." "Exactly, half," dad states. "Now Stefano please share the news of your brothers newest 'maid.'" "That Elle chick?" I ask, making Stef nod. "What's she got to do with an
Danielle's POV:"Calm down Scarlett. I know that you are excited, but I feel like security wants to throw you out," I tell her as she paces back and forth, squealing her excitement. "Seriously. The security hasn't stopped looking at you. Just take a seat.""Aunty?" Rose says and Scarlett looks at her, "you make me dizzy.""Sorry Rosey," Scar apologizes
Nicola's POV:"The city is gorgeous," the black haired girl said when we got back into the hotel. "I could live here.""Indeed," I reply, "Vieste is meraviglioso.""Mommy?" the little girl asks Elle, "can we wook at da fwowers?"
Nicola's POV:"What the fuck are you doing here?" I ask him once I reach him. The sand is sticking to my feet as I walk towards him. His arms are crossed over his chest and he has a smirk on his face."The important question is, what is Nicola Rosi doing with a woman and a child?" He asks but laughs at the end."She's a stubborn ass and won't leave for