Malaina's POV

So here we are, all huddled in the kitchen confused as to how Joey found our very gated and very secluded home. Sitting at the bar are Sofia, Enzo, and I.

Standing in the middle of the kitchen are Adriano and Bella.

"So anyone want to explain how she found the house?" Adriano says to all of us.

"Hell if I know! I'm just as surprised as you guys" Sofia says with unintended sass.

"She just showed up here!" Enzo barks out suddenly.

"Who even is she?" Bella says looking out the kitchen doors towards Joey, who's casually sitting on our living room couch.

"My best friend, Joey" Everyone snapped their heads towards me while I put my head down in embarrassment.

"Someone needs to find out how she found this place" Getting up, Sofia walks next to Bella, and begins looking at Joey through the slight opening Bella made in the doorway.

"Don't worry I can get it out of her. Just let me gather up my tools" Enzo says patting his pants pockets.

"Oh good idea, I'll go get my guns" Bella and Enzo turned around to walk towards the stairs in the kitchen but I quickly stop them.

"Slow down Bonnie and Clyde! We are not torturing her!"

"Can we at least scare her?" Sofia asked in question.

"No!"

"Fine party pooper" She pouts and walks back to her seat at the bar.

"Well Mal's right. We can't scare her into telling us anything. If we're being honest the only person she'd probably tell anything to is Mal" Enzo states bluntly, gustering to me

"Oh yea that makes a lot more since" Bella says nodding her head in agreement.

"So neonata you have to talk to her. Try to get as much information out her that you can. If she doesn't talk, we will have to force it out of her, whether you like it or not. We don't know her, she could be working with the enemy for all we know." Reaching for my hands, he pulls me in closer "I can't risk anything happening to my family. I damn sure can't risk anything happening to you."

"Joey wouldn't hurt anyone. She's not that type of person. I can promise you that." I tell them honestly. I mean I hope she wouldn't. I've known her for sometime now and I'm sure she wouldn't do anything to hurt me purposely, right?

"I know, baby. But this is protocol. If you don't talk to her we will have to force it out of her. Do you understand?" Lifting his hands to my face he holds my face in his hands. Looking into his eyes, I agree.

"Yes"

"Okay well we're going to go wait in my office, let us know what she says" Kissing me goodbye, Adriano and everyone leaves the kitchen and into Adriano's office. One by one.

Walking into the living room, I'm instantly hit with a rush of nervousness. I really don't want to interrogate her. It's not like me to grill people for information. I'm used to people just telling me this kind of shit. Deséame suerte!

"Hey Joey?" I walk into the living room standing next to the couch

"Malaina! I can't believe this! You have no idea how hard it was to find you. They really have this place secluded." Standing up from her seat Joey hugs me very tightly.

"Yeah" I chuckle awkwardly "They do" I lightly pat her back and she looks at me with a big smile

"So how are you?"

"I'm great actually." I'm happy too, especially with Adriano. Weird, huh?

"That's good. I'm glad you're okay. Everyone's missed you. Are you ever going to come home?" With curiosity blazing out of her, she tilts her head to the side waiting for my answer

"Um? I don't know actually" I really didn't know. So much has gone on. I have too much running through my head

"You don't know? What do you mean you don't know?" She backs away from me in anger

"I mean I don't know, Joey. I like it here. I-It's not so bad once you get used to it." I say awkwardly.

Just great, now she's going to think I'm fucking crazy, I thought

"So you're okay with living with murderers?"  She crosses her arms while raising her eyebrows

"Well when you put it that way... that's does sound crazy. But you know I would never be okay with that"

"Then why in the hell are you still here? Malaina, they've been brainwashing you into thinking this situation is okay! They kidnapped you! You're falling for their tricks" She shouts throwing her arms in the air

"No, Joey. They are good people. They aren't what you think!" I try to convince her

"How are they good people?"

I don't know, okay? I just know they are! The real question is how did you find this place? No one knows about this place." I take a seat on the couch, pulling her with me I become fully prepared to get nothing but the truth out of her. I really don't want to know what Adriano and the others might do to her, so I'm hoping she'll tell the through

"I've been tracking Adriano. I knew you were with him. I knew if I found him, I'd find you" She says looking me straight in the eyes. She can't be lying, right?

"How?"

"I can't tell you that." She looks away from me in nervousness

"Joey, please? If you don't say anything, they'll hurt you." I plead with her. "I don't want them hurting you. I convinced them to let me talk to you first. You have to tell me."

"I can't risk it. They'll know" She looks at me in worry and I'm completely thrown off by that. Why is she so worried?

"They? Who is they?"

"I've said too much" Really, bitch? I've said too much? What is this? A murder mystery?

"Really, Joey?" I tilted my head and gave her a blank stare

"Ok, fine. I'll tell you"

"Thank you."

"I had gotten this weird message after you had gone missing." She says looking at me

"What did it say?"

"All it said was 'If you want to find your friend, then meet me at the cafe on Homestead St'"

"And you followed it?" Dumb bitch.

"Yes. I just had to find you. But when I got there, there were all these men in black suits. They were really hot, especially the one with the-"

"Joey! Focus" I say cutting her off

"Right, Sorry!" She says sheepishly "So anyway, when I got there I met with a man. He was seated at a table with at least 5 bodyguards. He was rich and seemed dangerous. I assumed, based on the Russian accent he had and the bodyguards. He told me he would help me if I helped him. So we made a deal."

"What was the deal?"

"The deal was if I found you, We could leave unharmed before they come and attack the house" Wait? What?

"When is that happening?" My hands began to clam up in fear of what her answer might be. Please don't let it be today, please...

"Today. That's why we need to leave now. We don't have much time. They are going to storm in here any minute now."

"No!" Turning to run up the stairs, Joey grabs me by my arm, rendering me from running away

"I'm trying to help you! We need to leave or they will kill us both." Dragging me to the door, I try to push my feet into the floor to stop her from pulling me. Why the fuck is she so strong?

"Wait no! I need to get Adriano. He has to know." I said

"I'm sorry, Malaina but that isn't happening."

"What do you mean?" I say pushing her off of me

"If you won't come willingly, then I'll just have to drag you out of here." Reaching into her jacket she pulls out a tiny microphone whispering the words. "Come get her"

Out of nowhere, men in black suits burst through every door in the house.

"Adriano!" I scream in fear

"Why are you doing this?" I say turning to face her with tears streaming down my face

"I'm trying to save you" She shouts in frustration. "Fuck this" Pulling a gun out her jacket she shoots me right in the neck, rendering me from talking.

"No! Malaina." I hear Adriano yell across from us. With two guns in his hands he begins shooting anyone and everything trying get to me. Running out of the office behind him we're Bella, Enzo, and Sofia with guns in their hands shooting as well.

Feeling my neck, I give out a sigh of relief when I feel what I was shot with. A tranquilizer. It was just a tranquilizer. Thank god.

All you could hear in the house was the deafening sounds of gunshots ringing out. There were Italian men and Russian men killing each other left and right.

Turning to look at Adriano I mouth out 'I'm sorry' before I'm falling into unconsciousness into the arms of a Russian guard.

Fuck my life....

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