Mia Ricci twenty-one years old, sweet, beautiful, and smart yet somehow lead down a dangerous road by the one she trusted.
Enzo Moretti twenty-five years old, hot-headed, sexy, dangerous, and alluring yet kind and gentle.
When Enzo takes a leap of...
(Trigger warning - This chapter addresses suicide)
Enzo's POV:
I arrive at the club and make my way over the bar quickly, tonight I'm not here to drink, rather I'm here to find Mia.
Alena called Andre about an hour ago to let him know Mia had been acting strangely before she left the house tonight, apparently, she kissed them goodbye and told them how much she loves them, which once upon a time wouldn't have been so unusual but in these last few months, it's unheard of.
Andre and Sara are also on the lookout for her at a couple of other clubs close by, but I'm hopeful I'll find her first, we all know Andre can't control his temper.
I spot her on the middle of the dance floor, she's still, her body not moving to the music as usual and she's stuck in a blank stare, she's sweating more than usual.
I make my way over to her, and place my hand on her hip "Hey, you okay?"
She looks up at me and her pupils dilated. "Enz hey." She slurs "I'm so glad you're here because I wanted you to know I love you and I'm so sorry for making your life hard. Will you tell my brother the same?" Her eyes close
"Mia, hey, what have you taken?" I shake her, one arm holding her up and the other on her face.
"I'm so sorry." She mumbles.
I place my hand on her neck, her breathing is slow and getting slower. "Fuck me, Mia what did you take?" I pull my phone from pocket and make my way out to the car, sliding her in the seat. "Stay awake il mio amore" (My love) I hold her hand as I speed off down the street.
"I just wanted to make it okay." She mumbles slipping in and out of consciousness
"It is okay il mio amore, it's okay" I squeeze her hand "You have to tell me, what did you take?" I ask her
"Pills, and a bag of coke." She mumbles out
"How many pills? What kind?" I press on squeezing her hand once more
"A bag, I- I don't know" she closes her eyes "please let me sleep, I'm so tired"
"I'm sorry Mia I can't do that, stay awake," I tell her
We arrive at the hospital and I park the car out the front, running through the door with her in my arms. "Help please, she's overdosing" I yell to anyone who'll listen.
A nurse and Doctor run over. "Right this way," the nurse says and I follow them to a bed, and place her down
"Do you know what she took?" The doctor questions as he begins checking her over and setting up a drip.
"Cocaine and a bag of pills but I don't know what pills. She was at the club when I found her" I tell him panicked
The nurse comes back with the drip bag and sets it up connecting it via a cannula the Doctor has set up in Mia's hand. "Are you family?" The Nurse questions
"Family friend" I respond
"Is there anyone else you'd like us to call? Her parents maybe?"
"I'll give them a call" I nod
"She should come around soon, the bag will run through her quite quickly, and she'll start to come around, it's usually an hour and she'll be fine to go"
"Really? That soon?"
"If all goes to plan. Please buzz me in if anything changes, especially as we don't know what pills she took" She leaves the room
I sigh and sit down next to Mia, taking her hand in mine "Why won't you just talk to us Bella" I sigh and bring her hand to my mouth kissing it gently.
♦
It's been half an hour and finally, she opens her eyes. "Enz" she mumbles
"I'm here." I take her hand once more
"I'm so sorry" she begins to cry
"Hey," I move to the edge of the bed and sit down pulling her into my arms "it's okay."
"You weren't meant to find me, I had a plan"
"A plan?" I ask as I hold her "You planned this?"
"It was going to be easier this way, I wanted to make your lives easier"
I pull back from the hug and hold her face in my face "No Mia it wouldn't have made it easier, it would have made it harder. Do you have any idea what would have happened to your family if I didn't find you? Your parents would fall apart Mia, their world would end, they love you so, so much."
Tears roll down her cheeks as she looks at me. "Your brother loves you, Sara loves you, I love you Mia and none of us would be the same without you. I know you have some things going on right now, but if you talk to someone I think it'll help more then you think."
"I'm sorry" she wraps her arms around me, snuggling in. "Did you tell my parents I'm here?"
"No, I didn't want them to see you like this, but I'm going to have to call them and tell them we're heading home."
"Really? You're going to keep this secret for me?"
"I don't want to hurt them, and I'm sure you don't want to either." I stand up "The Doctor said you should be fine to leave in an hour from coming in."
♦
We arrive back to Ricci residents and I take her right to her bedroom placing her down in the bed and pull the covers over her. When I head downstairs again I inform Alena and Dom I found her at a club, I left out the part where she'd been in the hospital for the past hour and told them to take it easy on her in the morning.
"Thanks for bringing her home Enzo, we appreciate it" Dom shakes my hand
"I'm going to go and check on her." Alena makes her way upstairs.
"She didn't open up to you at all did she?" Dom questions "the two of you seem to get along well, you always have."
"No sir, she didn't say anything." I lie
"Enzo" Alena calls from the top of the stairs "she's asking for you."
I make my way up the stairs, meeting Alena at the top "is she okay?"
"I think so, she just asked for you." She shrugs
I make my way into the bedroom and sit down on the edge of her bed. "You okay?"
"Will you stay with me, please?" She asks looking up at me
"I uh." I bite down on my bottom lip
"It's fine as long as you're okay with it" Alena says from the doorway
"Are you sure?"
"Of course" she nods "I'll leave you to it" she closes the bedroom door
"Thanks, I don't want to be alone." She says softly
"But you're not alone il mio amore, your Mum and Dad are here." I assure her
"I know, but I want you." She takes my hand in hers and closes her eyes, drifting off to sleep.
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