Capo Dei Capi (Secrets of the Famiglia Part 1) novel Chapter 13

“Aliyana, come on.”

My stepmother screams from the bottom of the staircase. My brothers and sisters are standing next to her waiting for me.

Papa left an hour ago to tend some business before the function started. I barely got a few minutes with him.

“Don’t tell me the bitch is ranting again,” Mero (Romero) grunts from the other end of my earpiece.

“I don’t need to, she is loud enough that you can hear it yourself.”

“When you're done with Kylie and Diamond, meet us outback. Ren needs all of us.”

“Gabriel is busy tonight,” I remind him.

“Aliyana, get your ass down,” Filippo screams as I roll my eyes.

“They are so impatient. Gabriel will catch up, I’ll see you soon, I need to detour for a quick stop then I’m there,” Mero informs me.

Something was not right, I didn’t share this with Mero, but Papa was agitated today when he got home. Something was making him restless. I didn’t need anyone to tell me that shit was stirring in Seattle. I had a feeling by the end of tonight Mero, Ren, Gabriel, Michel and I were going to jump right into the middle of it all.

My brother gives me his ‘older brother’ death glare as I begin to run down the staircase only after I see them all standing by the bottom.

“Coming,” I tell my family.

I rush down the stairs as my sister’s giggle when they see the still open bottle green dress barely covering my ass as I slip on my peep-toe green heels I left by the bottom of the staircase.

“I’ll be there. Drive reckless.” Mero laughs at my words, cutting the call.

Guilia zips me up as I wiggle my left foot into the 6-inch heel.

She neatens my curled hair while my stepmother complains,

“You didn’t do anything with your hair after Marissa left. She told you to cover it, now it is full of paint.”