“She is going to kill herself after the funeral.
It’s for sure” Luca sighed crossing his arms over his chest as his consigliere talked behind him staring at the screen in front of them “she is waning away and you know that.
The funeral is tomorrow and she is already looking like a corpse for the coffin”
“She is very stubborn”
His consigliere walked up to the laptop and switched it off gaining the attention of Luca “That’s the more reason you have to consider Luca”
“The maids said she isn’t touching her food even after threatening her with her father’s funeral. She is still tight on herself, I don’t know how to deal with women Angelo especially the stubborn ones” he threw his hand up in the air.
“She will die Luca”
“Ohh she better does that before her father’s funeral so I could get it over with.
Her father had been a loyal friend and underboss but you know what he did was unforgivable and his penalty was death.
People died Angelo” He whispered the last part “An eye for an eye that was what they said and wanted!”
“Maybe you should start with taking that chain off her legs where she can move around the room. For God’s sake Luca she’s a woman who needs to take her bath and have a say at least in the four walls of the prison you have her in. Jesus”
Luca made his way to the laptop and switched it back on, his eyes taking in the woman behind the screen.
She was singing softly rocking her knees, her brown hair which he had felt the day she fainted with her father on her lap.
Her soft silky hair now looked like a rat’s nest.
She looked tattered and miserable.
He never wanted her to turn out this way, if she would only listen and stop acting stubborn for once.
He had known her since she was a teenager when he recruited Peter into the family.
Calm, collected and demure.
Speaks when spoken to but now.
Switching off the laptop, he picked it up and put it under his arm turning to his consigliere “You may leave. Do what I asked you to do and no questions about it”
“But Luca she…”
“No questions now Angelo. Do as I said and get it done before they know” with that he left the room.
Nodding his head to his soldiers standing in the hallway of the house, he walked down to the one place he knew he needed to be.
Luca continuously ran his hand through his hair.
He didn’t know what to say to her if he saw her but he knew he had to try.
Arriving at the door, he knocked once before pushing it and getting himself in where he dropped his laptop on the table beside the door.
His eyes taking in the scene before him, he knew what kept in one place could mean for someone who had been a free-bird all through her life—insanity.
“Yes dad I know you said you were going to take me there” Sophia’s eyes widened as she fake gasps “Jesus dad don’t be ridiculous right now” her eyes lifted to Luca from the bed as she lay face up and smiled “someone is here dad.
Hmm your murderer… hmm…I don’t if he’s come to kill me soon dad…but yeah I think I would love to join you and mom…yeah yeah dad bye see you soon” she dropped her hand from her ear like she’s finished with her call “you heard it, they’re waiting kill me already so I can join my father tomorrow”
Luca sighed, oh so she remembered.
He walked slowly to the bed then dropping to his knees at the foot of the bed, his tongue coming out to lick his lips which her eyes followed “I really don’t know what to say Sophia but you need to stop this madness of yours. You need to eat and get ready for your father’s funeral tomorrow”
“Funeral?” Sophia guffawed, her laugh echoing through the walls “what funeral mine or my dads’? Please elucidate what you mean”
Luca didn’t reply only sliding his right hand into his pocket and withdrawing a tiny key.
He slid it into the chain lock at the end of the bedpost and she scrambled away causing him to hold down her leg “shh steady. Only just want to unlock it”
Fixing the key in the lock, he opened it and it fell to the bed clunking together which he gathered and threw on the floor.
Sophia’s eyes followed every movement until she reached his face.
“Why did you do that?”
“You need to take a good hot shower and eat and tomorrow you get ready for your father’s funeral” he said going to the adjoining door by the left side of the room after a few seconds she heard the sound of the water running before he came out, his hands outstretched “you can get along now”
“No”
Luca scrunched his face up as his eyes blazed and he balled his fists, gosh he knew how patient and tolerant he was really trying to be right now “why?” He ambled to her side of the bed and stood glaring down at her.
“I want you out of here so I can bathe,” she murmured.
“Is that all?” He asked and she nodded.
“Ok, consider it done, everything you need is inside there.
Your body wash and everything.
The other door there” he pointed to the door at the right side of the bed “is the closet.
It’s full of whatever you want.
I’m out” with that he took his laptop and left.
“Asshole” Sophia drew her leg up to inspect the bruises on her ankle before leaving for the bathroom.
Still in the bathtub with her leg placed on the edge of the tub, her one hand fiddled with her hair while the other played with the bubbles from the water.
A knock echoed lightly from her room door which she heard but stayed silent.
The knock continued and stopped, she breathed out relaxing back on the tub.