Unexpected connection

How it all began

As I felt the warmth of my own blood slowly dribbling down the side of my lightly tanned skin I thought this would be the end.

"Resta con me bellissima"(Stay with me beautiful)" I'm gonna help you as soon as I can".

Gun shot's bellowed through the alley and the sound of a body hitting the floor in 0.2 seconds made me feel safe and somewhat uncomfortable.

Suddenly, everything faded into a flash of every possible endings to the situation, Then my brain just stopped.

The feeling of laying dead still with a stinging wound on the side of your head from the barrel of a gun and a Bullet stuck in the side of my arm Isn't the best feeling.

"Capo!(Boss) What do you want us to do with the girl?"

"I'll her back to the office and call the doctor,You find out why this Idiota(Idiot) was trying to kill the girl. She doesn't seem to have much on her"

A pair of strong hands picked me up and I felt myself being lifted into the Leather seats of what seemed to be an expensive car.

"I'm Going to get you help as soon as Possible Mia Bella(My beauty)"

I had only just enough strength to open my eyes, let alone to let out more than a groan of helpless pain as I felt the seat belt slowly fasten around my lower stomach.

The pain increasing as I tried to use all my strength to move my right shoulder.

"Don't do that Mia Bella You'll only make it worse"

"Tu Parli italiano?"(You speak Italian?) I say with the only strength I can muster. It comes out as an almost mouse like whisper.

"Si,Lo Faccio,non usare tutte le forze necessarie per il recupero in seguito"(Yes I do, Don't use all your strength you will need it for recovery later)"

As he is saying this I run my fingers over what blood I didn't leave in the alley, Which is stuck to my face. As soon as my finger tips touch the tip of the wound I feel my eyes tear up in pain and a hand grab onto my knee for comfort.

"Don't cry Mia Bella. It will all be over sooner than you think."

I close my eyes at the destination of what I think is the hospital but I hear normal business talk like the law firm office I work in.

"Padrone, I hope Harz updated you on the situation."

"Si,son Take her into my office I will be shortly once the doctor arrives she shouldn't be to long."

"Capo" A soft female voice says a entering the room "Pardone told me what happened. It will just be a set of stitches and some pain medication. You will need to take her to either the Room on the 3rd level or back to the house."

"I will Take her back to the house with me that way I can Look after her. Et je peux voir qui elle est réellement"(And I can see who she actually is)

I thought I heard French but after what just happened I'm not entirely sure

As the Doctor reaches to touch the wound on my face she finds the scar just below my eye. Touching the top of the Bullet wound in my face I squirm and jerk away from her causing me to Almost fall off my chair.

"Bello non farlo, lei sta solo cercando di aiutarti, quindi puoi riposare bene. Sono proprio qui che non ti farà del male."(Beautiful don't do that she's only trying to help you then you can rest ok. I'm right here she's not going to hurt you.)

Once he's holding my hand I allow the doctor to put the stitches into my face and my arm which hurt more than I expected. After a few hours in this 'office' I'm allowed to leave. The man who helped me back in the alley helps me down to the car where he proceeds to drive to an unknown address.

"Your name? I didn't catch it in the alley or back there in... wherever we were."

"Francesco " He says in an unsure tones as if that's not his name.

"Well Francesco my names Becka and I just wanted to say thank you for saving me back there in the Alley. You saved my life and I don't know how I will ever repay you."

The drive to the house was very quiet after that. It was long enough for me to catch a nap. When I awake I find myself lying in a Large bed with Francesco sitting at a desk in a Comfy looking chair. His dark hair and cheekbones which were outlined by a pair of blue glasses has his head down reading a book from what I can see called "Walk on the wild side of the Kindness"

Sitting up his head rises with a stern expression on his face. "Finalmente" He says with an almost relieved tone in his voice "You've been asleep for 3 days"

"Well on the bright side I feel great." Placing my hand on my face I find a miraculously fast healing wound. My eyes roll down to my arm to see A Large White Gauze pad on my arm.

"How did this Happen?" Francesco's voice breaks the silence with a concerned tone "Do you know why this happened or more importantly How?"

"Well when I was younger I grew up in a not very wealthy family with my two brothers who are twins and an older sister who wasn't really around that often because she lived with her husbands Family. My father struggled to feed me and my brothers. Ivar who was the oldest of the two was always working in our school for food from the teachers room because we often didn't have any food in the house. A few years later When I was around 14 both my father and mother became sick and they needed all the money we had in our family for their treatment. There was a knock at the door and a man who was very wealthy looking was on the other side. He offered me a job working in one of his bars since he knew me from my part-time job at our Local cafe. One night I was working behind the bar when I was 15 And a Guy offered me a job since he had heard about my parents deteriorating condition and offered me a job in a 'movie' which I was reluctant to take even though the money was enough to pay off my student loan for law school. The after a year of this random guy offering me a job and me refusing,I..." I suddenly couldn't speak. I was crying and I didn't even notice. Francesco was moving swiftly around the room looking for a blanket or something to keep me warm as I was shivering so much."I received a death threat telling me that If I refused that job once more I would be killed." Francesco's Bright blue eyes flashed suddenly from a beautiful blue ocean to a dark pool of Death, once I said those words His whole domener Change. "Caso hai fatto per meritare la morte?(What did you do to deserve death)"

"Non ho fatto nulla per i debiti della mia famiglia." (I did nothing my family's debts did this to me)

"What debts Becka?" He asked with a curious tone like he was an investigator