Chapter 8 - Joey

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Malaina's POV

So here I am, sitting in Adriano's bed, staring at the ceiling. After waking up in Adriano's bed once again, I've just been sitting here thinking about my situation.

"Ughh! Why me? Why must someone come after me?" I turn on my side causing Adriano to glance up at me from the desk in his room. I don't understand why he has so many desks around this place.

"Because you're associated with me. You're something important to me; a weakness. That's why." He puts his pen down and walks over to me sitting on the bed slightly and begins taking off his shoes

"Well maybe-" I say glancing at him

"Maybe what?" He pauses taking off his shoes and turns to look at me with a raised eyebrow

"Well maybe we can stop being 'associated'."

"No fuck that. Are you stupid?" I put my hands in a surrender motion and stand up from the bed

"Damn... It was just a suggestion. Shit"

"Don't say stupid shit like that again" He throws his shoes across the room and walks into the bathroom with an annoyed face.

Well I pissed him off... great, I thought

Walking out of the room to give him space, I head downstairs to watch TV in the living room. Once I get to the last step on the stairs towards the living room I'm stopped by the front door being slammed open. I jump in fright and slightly slip off of the last step on the stairs.

"What the fuck?!" I walk further into the living room and look towards the door and in walks Valentina.

"Just great, I hate this bitch" I whisper to myself while mentally rolling my eyes

Walking towards the door I'm instantly hit with Valentina's bitchy attitude.

"Why are you here?" Because I live here

"Why are you still breathing?" I murmur to myself

"What was that?" She raises an eyebrow while pointing one of her crusty fingers in my face

"Oh nothing, I asked what are you doing here?" I tell her lying straight threw my teeth

"I'm here for Adriano. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go find him" She says looking up the stairs. She begins to go around me but I quickly push her head back by her forehead causing her to stumble back slightly

"Back the fuck up, becky. You're not going anywhere."

"Hey! You bitch! You could have broken my neck!" She says grabbing her neck in pain

"But did you die though?" I ask her, slightly raising my eyebrows in question. Dramatic, I swear

"Why you little-" She begins but I interrupt her mid sentence

"Call me a bitch again... I fucking dare you" I step up to her tall stature with my fist balled ready to beat her ass if she said something smart.

"Whoa! Malaina!" Enzo says walking through the front door. Once seeing the situation I was in Enzo instantly began pulling me away from Valentina

"What the hell is going on?" I hear a deep husky accented voice say from above me

All 3 of us snap our heads up the staircase towards Adriano. And that's when Valentina decided to grace all of us with her dramatics

"Baby! Oh baby! This witch just tried to kill me! You have to throw her out! She almost broke my neck and it was on purpose! I swear!" She yells running to Adriano, whom has finally made it down the stairs. Falling into his arms, she wraps her arms around his neck.

"Valentina, I don't have time for your shit." Unraveling her arms from his neck he walks past her and towards me.

"You okay, tesoro?" I shake my head yes and he kisses my forehead, slowly taking his lips off of my head

"Adriano!" Valentina shouts in anger

"Enzo take her to the basement. We need to have a talk with her" In an instant Enzo grabs a screaming and kicking Valentina

"Adriano! Don't do this to me!" She haulers, looking at me, she screams "This is your fault! You did this! You'll pay for this!" With that the basement door is slammed shut

"Why are you taking her to the basement? What's down there?" I walk towards the basement door to get a good look at what down their but I'm pulled back and placed into Adrianos arms. Now chest to chest, I look up at him to see his green eyes staring right back at my brown ones

"It's nothing you should concern yourself about. How about you head upstairs and wait for me there? Huh? I'll be right back, baby"

"But Adr-" I began to say but Adriano walks off and into the basement before I could even get his name out

I need to get into that basement and find out what's down there but first I need to go find Matteo. I can't avoid him forever, I thought

Walking into the kitchen I see Bella sitting at the bar eating a bowl of cereal.

I wonder if she knows where Matteo is? What am I talking about? She probably does, I thought as I mentally rolled my eyes at my stupidity

"Hey Bella? Can I ask you something?" Picking up her bowl she turns around in her seat

"You just did." She says jokingly. She's a bit of a smartass

"Shut up. You know what I meant" I walk over to her, taking a seat next to her at the bar

"I did. I just like messing with you" She says stuffing her mouth with more cereal

"I can tell" I look away from her and towards the back patio doors in the kitchen

"Yea. But what did you need?" She gets up to put her bowl in the sink

"I was wondering if you knew where Matteo was. I'm done avoiding him now." I say glancing at her to see her facial expression

"I knew you were avoiding him! Wait? Why were you avoiding him?" Slamming her hands on the bar with wide eyes she points at me with surprise but it's quickly taken over by a face of confusion.

"Ugh. I felt bad about what had happened. It was my fault he got shot in the first place. I felt guilty. I needed a clear conscious before I could even talk to him"

"It's okay, Mal. He'll forgive you. He's been asking about, you know? He wants to talk to you." Leaning over the bar she places a hand over my shoulder comforting my restless mind

"Really?" I ask with hopeful eyes

"Yea! I'll take you to him" She then grabs my hand and leads me out of the kitchen

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After 5 mins of walking around different hallways and staircases, we finally made it to the Infirmary.

Walking down the hallway, Bella walked me into room 23 and through the window was a pale Matteo laying in the huge hospital bed

"Welp, here you go. Good luck. I'll see you later!" With that she runs off down the hallway and out of sight before I could blink

Turning around I knock on the door lightly. My hands shake nervously.

"Come on in" I hear Matteo's weak voice say behind the door

"Hey champ. How are you feeling?" I say slowly opening the door

"Malaina? Hi. I was waiting to see when you were gonna visit me. If I knew better, I'd think you were avoiding me"

"What? Never!" I say trying to stop the guilt in feeling inside

"Uh huh" He clicks his tongue looking away from me

"I'm sorry Matteo. I got you in this mess. I never meant to get you shot. I didn't know Adriano would act that way. I swear!" I walk to his bed grabbing his hand

"I'm really sorry"

"It's okay, Mal. I forgive you. Adriano is very unpredictable. No one knew he would end up pulling the trigger. Hell, I didn't know the bastard would either." Squeezing my hand, he pulls me in for a hug

"Why the fuck are you touching her, Matteo? I don't mind putting another bullet in you" Adriano suddenly says with his arms crossed by the hospital door

"And why the fuck don't you announce yourself? You need a fucking bell" I walk up to him dangling imaginary keys in the air "So you ring every time your ass walks into a room."

"Who the fuck are you talking to?" He raises an eyebrow at me and walks a little closer to me

"Well last time I checked there was two of us in this conversation" I stepped up to him

"Keep being a smartass and watch what happens" He steps closer to me

"Smartass is my middle name, Adriano" Now chest to chest, I wait for his next smartass comment

"Get a room. God! Please! The sexual tension is suffocating." Matteo says trying to sit up. Groaning in pain he says "You know it's kinda hard to walk out of a room when your legs are currently immobile. So get out." Matteo points to the door and Adriano and I walk out the room, closing the door behind us.

"You're getting punished since you can't control your mouth." Reaching over to place my hands on his shoulder, I pull him down and whisper in his ear

"I can't be contained, bitch"

"Yep that's it! Your ass is mine!" Throwing me over his shoulder we walk down the hallway to our room

¡Oh Dios mío! ¡Acabo de decir que! ¿Qué está mal conmigo?, I thought to myself

Adriano carries me down the hallway but we suddenly stop in the middle of the living room.

"Cosa sta succedendo?" Adriano says in Italian

"Non conosco il signor Bianchi. Si e 'appena presentata qui." A random guard tells him

"E tu l'hai fatta entrare." Still draped over his shoulder he continues to talk to the guard

"Ma lei ha spinto dentro." Adriano groans out loud. I'm so confused. What are they saying?

"What's going on?" Pushing myself off of Adriano I try to get a good look at what's going on when I hear a familiar voice

"Malaina? Is that really you?" Turning around I'm greeted by a teary eyed Joey.

What the hell?

Running to me she pulls me into a tight hug while I stand there just as confused as the 2 men behind me

How the hell did she find me? Let alone the compound?

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Up above is Matteo

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Anyway,

I'm glad Matteo and Malaina got to talk it out. But the question is how did Joey find Malaina? And who told Joey how to find her?

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-Amur

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