Are you mine? Are you mine?

Cos I stay here all the time,

Watching telly, Drinking wine,

Who'd have known, Who'd have known?

When you flash up on my phone,

I no longer feel alone,

No longer feel alone.

I haven't left you for days now,

And I'm becoming amazed how,

Your quite affectionate in public,

In fact your friend said it made her feel sick,

And even though it's moving forward,

There's just the right amount of awkward,

And today you accidentally,

Called me baby

(Lily Allen-Who'd Have Known)

"Masen."

Jasper was calling me. My mind should've been on business, but all I could think of was her. Something was wrong here. Yes. There were things I liked about Isabella, but at the end of the day, we were rivals, sworn enemies. Loving her, crushing on her, was enough to get me shot by my own men.

"Masen stai ascoltando?" Masen are you listening to me?

"Yeah. I'm here. I'll meet you at the new sight in a minute. I'm just stopping inside the house."

"Non lasciate che Tanya distrarre." Don't let Tanya distract you.

I hung up. If they thought Tanya was a distraction, they were sadly mistaken. Our days together were quickly ending. Tanya and I had met at a 'business meeting'. It was simple really. She used to be the girlfriend of one of my business partners. At least, he was my partner until I found that he'd stolen several ki's of cocaina and more money than ever thought was possible to steal from me. He ended up with a bullet between the eyes, and I ended up with some dead weight.

I tried to justify my desire to get rid of Tanya by telling myself it wasn't because of Isabella but I couldn't lie to myself. The small amount of time I'd gotten to spend with her wasn't enough. I needed to either drop Tanya, or keep her, regardless of what would happen or not with Bella. I quickly got out of the car and unlocked the door to my apartment. I briefly contemplated changing cars, but I decided that I didn't need to be seen that badly. I would be noticed, but the longer I could keep that from happening, the better.

I walked inside, and the first thing I heard was Emmett yelling. The second was Tanya yelling. Then, I smelled smoke. I followed my nose and rushed to the kitchen for the source. The kitchen table was covered in cocaina. I nearly lost my shit and struggled to keep calm.

"Someone explain this. ORA! Tanya, If I find out this is your fault, you're dead."

"She was using the product bro. This is the shipment King got us to distract the Pack and share with Bella ma Mortale."

"E il fuoco?" And the fire?

"She said she thought it would be stronger if she melted it."

I could see the worried expression on her face and the resigned one on Emmett's. I walked down the hallway and to our bedroom.

"Call Jasper. We'll need cleanup."

There was a gun I kept, locked away in Tanya's shoe closet. The question was, who would I shoot? I vaguely remembered that the product was never to come to my house, but to Emmett's, something about the Pack watching me. I also remembered giving Tanya strict instructions that if a package came to this house, she was never to open it, regardless of what she suspected was in it. I knew Tanya was a coke-whore when we'd gotten together. I also knew Emmett never did anything without reason, but always talked to me about it first. I walked back into the kitchen and before I could think twice about it, I put a bullet through Tanya's skull.

"I really hope Jasper is on his way. Get in touch with Bella ma Mortale. They need to know about this."

I saw Emmett raise an eyebrow.

"Not me shooting Tanya. About the product. I can look and tell that half of it is gone."

Before I could overthink the situation, I dropped the gun on Tanya's body and left. Taking a life didn't matter to me anymore. Everything became second nature after that night. I knew I needed to change clothes and I needed to leave. While, I could change, I couldn't leave until I saw Isabella. She would know what to do. All of a sudden, several things happened at once. I heard engines, footsteps and raised voices, the voices belonging to males and females. As I tugged my shirt over my head, I could distinctly hear Bella.

"Che cosa è successo? Io non sono in vena di giochi di stasera." What happened? I'm not in the mood for games tonight.

I tried to hurry and change as fast I could. I needed to go out and explain the situation to Bella before anyone else could.

"Isabella, calm down. Masen-"

"Is right here. Non è un segreto. I shot her. She was bad for business."

I watched Bella's eyes as they zoomed to my face. Then, I held my breath as I waited for her to give the command.

"We respect our business interests.. Signore, chiamano King. He will clean it up. Masen, I need to speak with you privately."

I nodded, letting her know that I'd heard her and gestured for her to follow me to my room. She'd seen the blood spatter in the kitchen and strangely made no comments about it. Once we were both in the room, I closed the door behind us.

"Ok Masen. Let's not play the Italian bullshit game and let's try to have a normal conversation."

I gave her my best panty dropping smile.

"Non ho idea di cosa tu stia parlando." I have no clue what you're talking about.

Quickly, something occurred to me. I needed to keep her happy in order to keep our alliance alive.

"Ok. I'll stop. What happened out there, it was a business decision. King dropped off that product we needed. Tanya burned part of what is missing, and snorted the rest. Shooting her was a no brainer. Things that are bad for business need to be eliminated."

"Do you shoot all of the people you claim to love, or was Tanya an exception?"

"I never loved her. She was a tight body and a convenient fuck. Nothing more."

"No wonder you're confused as to why I personally want nothing to do with you."
"What do Tanya and I have to do with us?"

"Masen, there will never be an us until you can learn to keep business and pleasure separate."

"How much more separate can it get? I just took care of business, didn't I?"

"I didn't call you back here to talk about your raging hard on for me. I called you back here so that we could discuss or next move. Is there enough product for us to continue with the plan against the Pack?"

"No. We'd have to shell out more cash to get more from King, and now, with the extra dead body, we all need to lay low for now. I know you've got that connection down at the morgue, but we need to make sure nobody misses Tanya's body until we either get more product, or get King involved past tonight."

"Fine. I and Bella ma Mortale will leave now, but be warned. Get your head out of your ass. I won't help you like this again. Get my number di Emmett. So help me, if you use it for more than business I will have your balls for breakfast in a way that will make you scream for tua madre."

I nodded my head smiling at her. I'd needed her phone number before but had no way to get it. Now that I had it, I'd be sure to use it to the best of my advantage. I grabbed Bella's hand, directing her to follow me out of my bedroom and back outside. As we crossed the threshold I heard shots ring out and I watched as Jacob Black stood over two bodies.

Please R&R!

Lots of love,

-V