That’s my girl.

“Fuck. You bitch−”

I quickly close the gap between us and punch him in the mouth before he gets to complete his sentence. The knife in his hand falls to the ground. I punch him in the face again. He now falls to the ground, too.

“I’ll make you pay for hurting Gianna and taking my child.” I pin him to the ground, landing my fists in his face repeatedly. His face starts to bleed.

“Fuck!” I groan as he hits my wounded arm.

Mateo presses his fingers into my wound, stopping me from hitting him. Then, he punches me in the face and I fall off him, groaning in pain.

“Luca!”

Mateo picks up the knife and tries to bring the knife down on me. I stop him, gripping his arm as he struggles to push the knife in my eye.

“Let go of him!” Gianna yells, hitting him in the head with a pipe.

He groans and yells while I grab the knife away from him and shove it in his arm. I push him to the ground.

“You’re hurt, Luca,” she whimpers. Her eyes are teary.

“I’m not done with him yet.” I pull myself up as I punch him in the face again.

He groans, spitting out blood.

I take the knife and shove it into his chest. “For my father.” I take out the knife and stab him again. “ForMadre!”

He gurgles, coughing out more blood as I press the knife further into his chest.

“For Gianna!”

His eyes bulge out of their sockets as I drive the knife further. His shirt is soaked with his blood.

“For my daughter!”

He gasps as I stab him one last time. His eyes stop moving and his breath ceases.

“Rot in hell!”

I fall to the ground, breathing heavily.

Gianna closes the gap between us and holds my face. She lowers her lips to mine and kisses me gently. I taste the saltiness of her tears.

“Thank you, Luca,” she whispers.

“I told you, you’ll always be mine, Gianna.”

I’m struggling to keep my eyes open any longer. My eyelids flutter as the image of Gianna slowly becomes blurry. I can’t hear her clearly anymore but I can tell she’s crying.

Gianna leaves me for a minute and walks to the door. She then quickly returns to my side.

Giovanni walks into the room with two men. He pauses with Gianna first before running to me.

“Stay with me, Luca.” I hear Giovanni’s words clearly as he tries to carry me up. The other men are assisting him.

“Wh... where is Sophie? Where is my daughter?” I manage to ask.

“She is with Gianna.”