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“Mag! You came-a! I knew-a you would.” Pavi smiled excitedly when he saw Mag walk into the house with Marni.
    “Pavi! It’s so nice to…well…hear your voice again.” Mag giggled, holding out her arms. Pavi walked over and hugged her tightly.
   “Tomorrow is the big day…I get my eyes.” Mag smiled happily. “I’ll see you and Marni face to face! I’m excited!”
       “I’m-a happy for you!” Pavi grinned. “Anyway, I’m sure Mellie and-a Luigi will be pleased-a to meet you, let’s-a go to the sitting room where-a they are.” He added, taking Mag gently by the hand. Marni smiled and put her hand on Mag’s back and the two of them led Mag into the room where Luigi, Carmella and Rotti sat. Luigi and Rotti were discussing some figures for the company. Mellie was playing with her stuffed rabbit, singing ‘Merry Unbirthday’ again.
        “Rotti, I brought Mag home with me today, I hope that okay.” Marni smiled.
        “Of course, darling, I thought she should meet the kids.” Rotti grinned.
       “Well, she’s already met Pavi.” Marni smiled. “They’ve become good friends.”
       “I see.” Rotti smiled. “Well then, Mellie, Luigi, say hello!”
       “Pleasure to meet you…” Luigi muttered, still bitter over Marni, not really wanting to waste his time with this new person.
      “Daddy!” Mellie whined, but Rotti was too busy talking to Mag about his plans for her being the voice of Geneco. Immediately Carmella took a severe dislike to Mag and swore she’d be even prettier and better at singing than Mag when she grew up so she could get some of daddy’s attention back.
    Soon Pavi and Luigi were asked to take Mellie upstairs and put her to bed. The brothers walked their little sister up to her room and tucked her in. Pavi sat down to read to Mellie. “You know-a half of these aren’t-a even real words, don’t-a you, Mellie?”
       “Shut up and read, Cheshire!” Mellie frowned, taking the book from Pavi’s hands and hitting him with it.
       “Ow! Okay, okay… ‘He took-a his vorpal sword in hand, long time-a the manxome foe he sought-a, so rested he by the tumtum tree and-a stood a while in thought.’” Pavi read, Mellie’s eyelids began to get heavy and by the second verse Pavi read she was fast asleep. Pavi stood up, put the book down, kissed Mellie on the head and then went to walk out of the room. Luigi stopped him.
      “Pavi…” Luigi said softly.
      “Don’t-a touch me!” Pavi shoved Luigi. Luigi was not normally a man to take being shoved lightly, but for once he didn’t react with violence. No, for once he just stood there.
      “I…I’m sorry for what I did to you, I never should have touched you…Or at least I should have stopped when you asked me to…” Luigi said, somewhat grudgingly, as though he didn’t want to admit he was wrong, but he knew he’d wronged his poor brother so badly that he had to.  “I’ll make it up to you any way I can.”
     “You….you what-a?” Pavi asked, taken aback by Luigi’s apology, this wasn’t like his brother at all. No, there had to be something else. Why would Luigi apologize if nothing was in it for him after all?
   “I said I was sorry. You fucking heard me, don’t make me fucking repeat myself.” Luigi barked.
       “Alright-a… But I don’t-a forgive you. How could I after what you did-a to me? No. I don’t-a forgive you. You’d do it again, I know-a you would!” Pavi hissed, trying not to wake up Carmella with this argument. “Fuck-a you, Luigi! Go die!” Pavi shoved Luigi out of the way and stormed off to his bedroom to be away from Luigi. He’d do anything to get out of this house. When he got to his room, he found Mag there, running her hand over his vanity mirror.
      “You know, Pavi, Marni once told me a sheltered rose needs a little room to bloom outside her bedroom. I wonder if a battered child doesn’t need some room of his own to grow, to change, to become a man who will make his family proud.” Mag smiled in Pavi’s direction.
      “How-a did you--” Pavi asked.
     “I heard you all the way down the hall, Pavi, so when the door opened I assumed it was you. You may not have been shouting, but you’d be surprised how sharp one’s hearing gets when they’re blind.” Mag added, that small enigmatic smile still playing on her lips.
     “I don’t-a understand, what do you mean-a ‘room to grow’?” Pavi looked confused.
     “I mean maybe you just need to do things for you, do what you want, don’t let people at school or your family push you around so much.” Mag said, putting her hands gently on Pavi’s shoulders.
      Pavi smiled. He understood well enough. “So, tomorrow is-a the big day…wow…will-a you still have-a super hearing?” He asked, smiling up at Mag and gently grabbed her hands in his, clutching them tightly. “Whatever happens, you’ll-a always be amazing to me.”
       “Thanks, Pavi.” Mag smiled brightly, squeezing his hands. “I know you can’t be there because of school, but come see me while I’m recovering. I want to see you….really see you…” Mag said softly.
       “Will-a Marni be there for-a you?” Pavi wondered.
       “Of course she will. The surgery was her idea.” Mag grinned.
      Meanwhile…
        “Come on, Marni, I want you back. I’m genuinely sorry, I was sick, it’s true, but I’m better now.” Luigi was saying softly to Marni outside her bedroom. “I swear, I’ll never touch the kid again.”
        “No. If Pavi didn’t forgive you, then neither do I.” Marni shook her head, holding up a hand to indicate that she didn’t want to hear another word.
       “But….I love you.” Luigi said softly and sadly, looking deeply into Marni’s eyes. That look would have won Marni over…if not for the fact that Luigi had been molesting one of Marni’s best friends, someone who was like a son to her.
      “How dare you!? If you loved me you’d never have hurt Pavi! You don’t love me, you’re a monster! And I’m one beauty who can’t fall for that sort of beast.” Marni shook her head and walked into her room, slamming the door behind her.
      Luigi walked sadly away. He wanted so badly to hurt someone, he needed to kill something. He was feeling absolutely terrible. ‘Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!’ he thought. ‘Fucking Pavi! I said sorry to the little attention whore, what the fuck more do they want from me!?’ He thought. When he walked into his room, one of the gofers his father had assigned to him was waiting there to take his latest orders.
      “Need anything, Mister Largo?” The unlucky young man asked.
    Luigi rounded on him, laughing hollowly. “Do I need anything? Do I fucking NEED anything?!” He growled, advancing on the poor guy. He grabbed a knife off of the wall and rammed it between the guy’s ribs several times, then leaving him to die bleeding on the floor.  “I need a motherfucking reason to live….”
     Rotti sat in his room talking on his communicator with his best friend. “Nathan, it’s Rotti, are you still available for that surgery tomorrow?”
    “Sure, Rotti, I’m really looking forward to meeting the girl. Is she nice?” The gentle voice on the other end asked.
    “Would I set my best friend up with anything less than the perfect…” ‘Well, SECOND most perfect’ “woman in the world?” Rotti asked with a grin.
      “No, I don’t think you’d steer me wrong, old friend.” Nathan grinned back. “Anyway, I should go get a good night’s sleep if I’m going to perform this surgery, but I’ll talk to you later.”
     “Alright, take care, Nathan.” Rotti chuckled good-naturedly, hanging up. He took out a small black box which held a large diamond ring in it. Marni would be getting this on their first double date with Nathan and Mag. Rotti wanted his best friend to be in attendance so he could have a best man lined up with no trouble and he was sure Marni would want Mag to be the maid of honour, so that was at least the main members of the wedding party all at one table, present for the proposal of a life time. Tomorrow would be Marni’s lucky day. Unfortunately, Rotti wasn’t aware that the events of tomorrow would eventually lead to his life being turned entirely upside down and his heart being shattered.

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“Mag! You came-a! I knew-a you would.” Pavi smiled excitedly when he saw Mag walk into the house with Marni.
    “Pavi! It’s so nice to…well…hear your voice again.” Mag giggled, holding out her arms. Pavi walked over and hugged her tightly.
   “Tomorrow is the big day…I get my eyes.” Mag smiled happily. “I’ll see you and Marni face to face! I’m excited!”
       “I’m-a happy for you!” Pavi grinned. “Anyway, I’m sure Mellie and-a Luigi will be pleased-a to meet you, let’s-a go to the sitting room where-a they are.” He added, taking Mag gently by the hand. Marni smiled and put her hand on Mag’s back and the two of them led Mag into the room where Luigi, Carmella and Rotti sat. Luigi and Rotti were discussing some figures for the company. Mellie was playing with her stuffed rabbit, singing ‘Merry Unbirthday’ again.
        “Rotti, I brought Mag home with me today, I hope that okay.” Marni smiled.
        “Of course, darling, I thought she should meet the kids.” Rotti grinned.
       “Well, she’s already met Pavi.” Marni smiled. “They’ve become good friends.”
       “I see.” Rotti smiled. “Well then, Mellie, Luigi, say hello!”
       “Pleasure to meet you…” Luigi muttered, still bitter over Marni, not really wanting to waste his time with this new person.
      “Daddy!” Mellie whined, but Rotti was too busy talking to Mag about his plans for her being the voice of Geneco. Immediately Carmella took a severe dislike to Mag and swore she’d be even prettier and better at singing than Mag when she grew up so she could get some of daddy’s attention back.
    Soon Pavi and Luigi were asked to take Mellie upstairs and put her to bed. The brothers walked their little sister up to her room and tucked her in. Pavi sat down to read to Mellie. “You know-a half of these aren’t-a even real words, don’t-a you, Mellie?”
       “Shut up and read, Cheshire!” Mellie frowned, taking the book from Pavi’s hands and hitting him with it.
       “Ow! Okay, okay… ‘He took-a his vorpal sword in hand, long time-a the manxome foe he sought-a, so rested he by the tumtum tree and-a stood a while in thought.’” Pavi read, Mellie’s eyelids began to get heavy and by the second verse Pavi read she was fast asleep. Pavi stood up, put the book down, kissed Mellie on the head and then went to walk out of the room. Luigi stopped him.
      “Pavi…” Luigi said softly.
      “Don’t-a touch me!” Pavi shoved Luigi. Luigi was not normally a man to take being shoved lightly, but for once he didn’t react with violence. No, for once he just stood there.
      “I…I’m sorry for what I did to you, I never should have touched you…Or at least I should have stopped when you asked me to…” Luigi said, somewhat grudgingly, as though he didn’t want to admit he was wrong, but he knew he’d wronged his poor brother so badly that he had to.  “I’ll make it up to you any way I can.”
     “You….you what-a?” Pavi asked, taken aback by Luigi’s apology, this wasn’t like his brother at all. No, there had to be something else. Why would Luigi apologize if nothing was in it for him after all?
   “I said I was sorry. You fucking heard me, don’t make me fucking repeat myself.” Luigi barked.
       “Alright-a… But I don’t-a forgive you. How could I after what you did-a to me? No. I don’t-a forgive you. You’d do it again, I know-a you would!” Pavi hissed, trying not to wake up Carmella with this argument. “Fuck-a you, Luigi! Go die!” Pavi shoved Luigi out of the way and stormed off to his bedroom to be away from Luigi. He’d do anything to get out of this house. When he got to his room, he found Mag there, running her hand over his vanity mirror.
      “You know, Pavi, Marni once told me a sheltered rose needs a little room to bloom outside her bedroom. I wonder if a battered child doesn’t need some room of his own to grow, to change, to become a man who will make his family proud.” Mag smiled in Pavi’s direction.
      “How-a did you--” Pavi asked.
     “I heard you all the way down the hall, Pavi, so when the door opened I assumed it was you. You may not have been shouting, but you’d be surprised how sharp one’s hearing gets when they’re blind.” Mag added, that small enigmatic smile still playing on her lips.
     “I don’t-a understand, what do you mean-a ‘room to grow’?” Pavi looked confused.
     “I mean maybe you just need to do things for you, do what you want, don’t let people at school or your family push you around so much.” Mag said, putting her hands gently on Pavi’s shoulders.
      Pavi smiled. He understood well enough. “So, tomorrow is-a the big day…wow…will-a you still have-a super hearing?” He asked, smiling up at Mag and gently grabbed her hands in his, clutching them tightly. “Whatever happens, you’ll-a always be amazing to me.”
       “Thanks, Pavi.” Mag smiled brightly, squeezing his hands. “I know you can’t be there because of school, but come see me while I’m recovering. I want to see you….really see you…” Mag said softly.
       “Will-a Marni be there for-a you?” Pavi wondered.
       “Of course she will. The surgery was her idea.” Mag grinned.
      Meanwhile…
        “Come on, Marni, I want you back. I’m genuinely sorry, I was sick, it’s true, but I’m better now.” Luigi was saying softly to Marni outside her bedroom. “I swear, I’ll never touch the kid again.”
        “No. If Pavi didn’t forgive you, then neither do I.” Marni shook her head, holding up a hand to indicate that she didn’t want to hear another word.
       “But….I love you.” Luigi said softly and sadly, looking deeply into Marni’s eyes. That look would have won Marni over…if not for the fact that Luigi had been molesting one of Marni’s best friends, someone who was like a son to her.
      “How dare you!? If you loved me you’d never have hurt Pavi! You don’t love me, you’re a monster! And I’m one beauty who can’t fall for that sort of beast.” Marni shook her head and walked into her room, slamming the door behind her.
      Luigi walked sadly away. He wanted so badly to hurt someone, he needed to kill something. He was feeling absolutely terrible. ‘Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!’ he thought. ‘Fucking Pavi! I said sorry to the little attention whore, what the fuck more do they want from me!?’ He thought. When he walked into his room, one of the gofers his father had assigned to him was waiting there to take his latest orders.
      “Need anything, Mister Largo?” The unlucky young man asked.
    Luigi rounded on him, laughing hollowly. “Do I need anything? Do I fucking NEED anything?!” He growled, advancing on the poor guy. He grabbed a knife off of the wall and rammed it between the guy’s ribs several times, then leaving him to die bleeding on the floor.  “I need a motherfucking reason to live….”
     Rotti sat in his room talking on his communicator with his best friend. “Nathan, it’s Rotti, are you still available for that surgery tomorrow?”
    “Sure, Rotti, I’m really looking forward to meeting the girl. Is she nice?” The gentle voice on the other end asked.
    “Would I set my best friend up with anything less than the perfect…” ‘Well, SECOND most perfect’ “woman in the world?” Rotti asked with a grin.
      “No, I don’t think you’d steer me wrong, old friend.” Nathan grinned back. “Anyway, I should go get a good night’s sleep if I’m going to perform this surgery, but I’ll talk to you later.”
     “Alright, take care, Nathan.” Rotti chuckled good-naturedly, hanging up. He took out a small black box which held a large diamond ring in it. Marni would be getting this on their first double date with Nathan and Mag. Rotti wanted his best friend to be in attendance so he could have a best man lined up with no trouble and he was sure Marni would want Mag to be the maid of honour, so that was at least the main members of the wedding party all at one table, present for the proposal of a life time. Tomorrow would be Marni’s lucky day. Unfortunately, Rotti wasn’t aware that the events of tomorrow would eventually lead to his life being turned entirely upside down and his heart being shattered.