Their Final Piece

Chapter 32

"What is it Grandpa? I was in the middle of a game" Ace complains.

"Quiet boy. Your sister is missing. I need all of you out looking. Right now!" Vincenzo orders.

"Wait what?" Xander says shocked.

"We've got no time for details. Get to it! She could be in danger" Antonio says.

"Boss. Her window is opened and her phone was left on her bed" One of the security guard says coming downstairs.

"Sh*t" Antonio cursed, grabbing his car keys and storming out the house.

"You all. Have y'all heard any suspicious noises?!" Antonio yells as he walks outside.

"I heard something a little earlier Capo, but Carlos told me that it was probably just an animal" The guard shrugs.

"You imbeciles! Are you all stupid?! Perché non sei andato a dare un'occhiata!" Antonio yells, switching to Italian mid sentence.
(Translation: Why didn't you go check it out!)

"Take both of them to the office immediately! I'll deal with them later" Antonio orders as he gets into his car.

"I cannot loose my daughter now that I have her" He says to himself as he speeds down the drive way.

Back at the park..

Valentina's POV

"Tristan. Answer my fu*king question. Who. Did. This." I say, trying my best to keep calm.

"They kicked me out Val. They abandoned me" Tristan says smiling as tears roll down his cheeks.

"What do you mean Tristan? What happened?" I ask grabbing ahold of his shoulders.

Tristan hisses away in pain.

"Tristan what did they do to you?!" I ask growing even more worried.

"When you and Will dropped me off, I went inside. And to no surprise, they were arguing. So I waited till they were done to ask if I could go with you guys to your beach house. When I asked they got so mad, shouting 'Do we treat you that badly that you always want to go with someone else's family?! We give you everything you need! A roof over your head and food you ungrateful piece of sh*t!' Then Dad proceeded to beat the living sh*t out of me, while my Mom threw all my clothes into garbage bags" Tristan explains to me completely breaks down.

"And when they threw me out the door they said 'Go live with them, since you so badly don't wanna stay with us. We never wanted you in the first place' Like who says that to their own child Val" He says, sobbing even more.

I carefully pull him into a hug and let him speak.

"They kicked me out Val. They beat me then kicked me out Valentina. All cause I wanted to go and have fun for one weekend. All they ever do is argue and they always take their anger for each other out on me. Dad would usually just slap or punch me, but this time he full on beat me. I cant take this sh*t anymore Val. I really can't" Tristan sobs into my shoulder.

There was only one time I've ever seen Tristan this vulnerable.

"Tristan look at me" I say trying to get him to look at me.

"No V. I don't need you to see me in this pathetic state again" Tristan says refusing to remove his face from my shoulder.

"Now I'm gonna stop you right there. Tell me how the hell are you looking pathetic right now? Tristan for you to show what you're feeling is far from fu*king pathetic ok? If you refused to show your true feelings that's pathetic. So stop speaking like that. Its pissing me off" I say sternly.

I really sound like Vincent right now.

"I'm sorry Val. You're probably gonna get in trouble now cause of me" Tristan says, looking at me. Wiping his tears stained face.

"Triz, you should know by now that I'll drop everything to help you. I don't care if I  get in trouble. You're what's most important to me. You're like my brother, minus the blood. Now shut up and lets go. You're staying with me" I say grabbing his hand.

"But I don't want to intrude Val. I can just find somewhere else to stay-"

"What did I say boy?" I say cutting him off and glaring at him.

"Yes ma'am" He says.

"Good now lets go. Its not safe to be out alone out here in the middle of the night. My family probably has some enemies out here. Stupid Mafia cons" I say with a side eye as I limp away.

"Val, why are you limping?" Tristan asks eyeing my ankle.

"I kinda like jumped out my window and jumped over a wall. No biggie" I shrug.

"Valentina!" Tristan yells.

What? It really isn't that big of a deal.