Dante Placido Benardi
After a productive day at University i came back home to find Noah playing on xbox with Steve
"Hey steve" I greeted
"Hello baby bro" I teased Noah
"I'm no baby, Dante"
"You are my baby, Noah"
"Just say what you want and leave" he said annoyed
"Oh the baby is grumpy, do you need a change?" I asked in a baby voice
"Go away, Dante" He greeted
"Chill baby, another baby do you need something?" I asked steve, He is like a family to us, His older brother, Vince is my Bestfriend and Sandro and his father are partners, His father owns a well known gang which is of course supported by our Mafia
"No, Dante" He said and i nodded
I grabbed a few things from the kitchen and made myself a sandwich to eat and then drove to the warehouse. I was greeted by the people there as i made my way to the office, i was working on some files when i saw my phone ringing, it was My Father
The father, who left years ago. Leaving us all, When Alessandro was 21 and Giovanni 19 which made me and Noah 17 and 13 and Sandro had to take over the Mafia and our Guardianship.
Flashback
"Dad, why are you leaving?" I asked with tears in my eyes, he looked back at Alessandro and then at me "Because of him" He said
"Sandro, Please don't let him go" I ran to my oldest brother
"Dante, Let him go. Don't stop him" He replied and dad started walking away
"Dad, No, Please take me with you" 13 year old Noah, clutched him like a koala
"If your brother asks me to stay, I will" He said to Noah, we both looked at Sandro expectanly and he looked away.
"Please Sandro, please" i begged him along with Noah.
"Sandro, Please tell daddy to not go" Noah hugged him as he cried
"You can leave, father" Sandro said with a rage filled voice, a voice we never heard before.
"No Sandro, Don't. Stop him"
"Gio, say something to Sandro"
"Gio, please"
"Sandro-" "Please Gio, you know. Let him leave"
Noah pushed Sandro away from him and ran toward dad but Sandro was quick to hold Noah back, Noah kicked, screamed, wiggled to get out of his grip but he was too strong in front of 13 years old Noah.
He and I both screamed dad to come back, turn around and look at us once but he never did, He turned his back to us and left.
"I hate you, Alessandro" Noah spat out, "You took my father away from me. I will never talk to you again, Ever. I hate you" He screamed at Sandro and ran to his room, Gio followed him.
"Why Sandro?" I asked him with a broken voice, but he didn't give me an answer. "Please Sandro, I deserve to know. Please" I started crying.
"Dante, do you trust me?" He asked with seriousness
"I do, Sandro." I replied immediately, i trust him more than myself
"Then please accept this situation, i will tell you the reason when the time is right but not now" He said placing a hand on my shoulder
"Please sand-" I tried
"Please Dante, I beg you" He looked so tired and broken
"Okay, I love you Sandro" I hugged him tightly
"I love you more than you'll ever realise" He said
----End of flashback----
It was the last time, i hugged my older brother and since then I've been avoiding him, I trust him and i respect his decision but every time he's in front of my eyes i remember that moment when all i wanted was my father to be at my side.
The day I lost Dad, I lost my brothers, Sandro and Noah and more importantly myself. Giovanni always kept his pain at the side and stood by us every time. He made sure we three were eating, talking and our usual self but he and us, we all changed that day.
We 4 were inseparable, Noah was stuck to Sandro all the time but now all they do is fight, we all are changed, our bond is changed, it's the Broken bonds now.
Another ring made me come out of my thoughts and hesitantly I answered his call.
"Hello son" I heard his deep voice. How much i craved to hear this voice
"Yes?" I asked, i had so much to ask and say and yet nothing came out of my mouth. I wanted to ask him, why he never answered our calls, why he never called back or showed up on our birthdays or holidays, where was he for the last 5 years
"How are you?" He asked
"Fine, you?"
"That's why i was calling you, I'm not fine, son. I'm getting old, i need my son's with me"
"You are the one who left, Dad"
"Alessandro made me leave, son"
"Do you need money?" I asked, coming straight to the point.
"He asked me to leave in front of you, son. You are still on his side?"
"There's no side, Dad. He's my brother, i will always be with him"
"And I'm your father wh-"
"Who left, Dad" I cut him off and added
"Anyways, I called you to inform you, I'll be back home soon, son." He said, I hung up.
Be back home? After leaving us all like this? No matter whatever happened between him and sandro, he left, without ever turing back, whatever happened, happened with Sandro but he never looked back for us, For me, For Gio or for Noah, he just left like we were never his responsibilities. He doesn't get to leave and come back whenever he wants.
I called Sandro, "Yes, Dante?"
"Where are you?" I asked
"At the hospital"
"Can you come back home, please?"
"I'll be home" he said and hunged up.
I wrapped up the remaining work i had and left for home.
All i could think was, Why!? why now? After all those years? What happened that Sandro asked him to leave? Why did he agreed to leave? If something big happened then why is he coming back? His coming back was for the better or worst?
One thing i know for sure is there's going to be Drama, a lots of drama.
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Broken Bonds
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