Heaven Venezia:-
"No, she is not your wife. I am!" I shouted out loud, with tears streaming down my eyes after hearing that when Rick stepped forward and shook me, and gave me a glare.
"Don't. Don't show your weakness, Heaven. We are not here for that." he snapped "Stay strong and fight back. Just like Giovanni will for you. What would Giovanni do if he was in this situation? Think like him and do what he would have done."
"He would have gone for the kill," I mumbled, understanding dawning on me. Rick nodded his head and passed me his gun "But, what about the war?"
"We will see about that later. Right now, bringing back Giovanni is our first priority." he answered "Do what you need to do. I am with you. You need your husband and the kids need their father. Time to take him back home."
"But he doesn't remember anything, Rick," I mumbled in a low voice and he sighed.
"He will remember. You will remind him. He is Giovanni, Heaven—your Giovanni, who will forget everything but not you. Carmen is just playing with your head to find out what level will you go to protect Giovanni. Show her what she needs to know and take him back." he motivated "I will protect you." I nodded my head and turned my attention back to Carmen, but this time like a strong woman, not a weak and broken one.
"I don't know what game you are playing, Carmen, but I am taking him back home with me. He belongs with me. Not you."I snapped "So if I will have to kill you for that, then be it. And, I sure damn well know that you haven't slept with Giovanni because even in his unconscious and current state, he won't cheat on me. I trust him."
"Woah! Now, hold on there. We don't want a war. Neither you nor me. So, why don't we just be calm and talk like normal people?" she spoke raising her hand up in surrender, but the smirk never left her face which was giving me mixed signals like she was up to something. But what? What game is she playing?
"I am taking my husband back with me." I announced, "And if you dare to stop me then I won't mind going to war."
"And, when did I ever say that I am not going to let you take him? By all means, take him. He is all yours and you are right. We didn't have s*x. Time by time, even with lost memories he will mumble your name in this state. Right now, he is calm, but when any memory comes flashing in his mind, he will scream your name. We, the Spanish Mafia don't want to go to war with the Italian Mafia. I was just trying to see how much you love him."
"Why do I feel like there is something you are hiding from me? And, why the hell is he calling you his wife?" I demand.
"I found him in the worst condition, about to meet his death, by the woods. I recognized him as Giovanni, as he had come to meet my father for a couple of deals. So, I brought him here and took care of him. My medical team helped him. After treatment, he slipped into a coma and stayed in it for the next two weeks. He has been awake only for a week now.
I wanted to see if anyone is really trying to search for him or preparing for his funeral. Then, yesterday, your underboss came to meet my father regarding some ongoing death and saw him, Donna." she says and nods at his men to lower their weapons and I nod at mine, who were ready to attack on my one single command.
"So, you want me to believe that you had only good intentions? And saved my husband?" I asked "And, you still didn't tell me why the hell is he calling you his wife?"
"Think whatever you want, Donna. But, this is the truth. I didn't sleep with your husband and as for the wife's situation? He called me his wife, not me. He thought I was Heaven, his wife."
"And, since then you have been pretending to be me?!" I screamed in anger "You could have called me, you b***h!"
"Now, Donna. If you call me a b***h one more time, then I will surely turn into one. All this time I am giving you respect. Nothing else. So, shall we get this over with? You can take your husband back and do whatever you need.
When you should be thanking me for saving his life. I could have just let him die and asked my father to attack the Italian Mafia empire and take over the throne. But, like I said, I don't want war." she said and I sighed, looking at my husband, whose eyes were looking into mine. I wanted to go, hug and kiss him, but he didn't remember me. Remember anything and it hurts to know that.
"You....you are Heaven?" he asked "The woman I see in my dreams every time I close my eyes?"
"Yes, and I am your wife, the mother of your children." I tell him, taking steps towards him and cupped his face "I know you are going through so much, my love, but I promise I will make everything alright. You will remember everything again. I will make sure of that. But, right now. We need to go home." he looks at Carmen or more like glared at her then looked at me, with a softened gaze.
"That woman is a liar and a b***h!" he mutters "A heartless b***h!"
"Oh lover boy, you really don't know who is real heartless one over here. Me or you!" Carmen said to Giovanni "And, I didn't say I was your wife, you just assumed and I played along to heal you. For which your wife should be thankful for."
"Thankful my foot." I spat "I will only thank you after I find your real intentions. You won't just let us walk away like this without making any deal or something."
"Trust me, no deal. Just good intentions." she chuckles shaking her head and took a seat on the couch back, but this time Giovanni was standing beside me.
"You really expect me to believe that you didn't tell me about Giovanni's existence all this time just because you wanted to see if we are searching for him or preparing his funeral? I am the wife of the most powerful mafia leader in the underworld and you expect me to believe your words. What is it that you really want? Tell me!" I demanded, getting furious and impatient.