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Fake Death, True Vengeance Mafia Drama
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00:01the day i go into labor my husband's sister locks me in the leonetti family dungeon
00:05she presses a beretta to my temple the leonati family doesn't need your child
00:09you better pray to god she's never born and my husband the second son of the leonetti crime
00:14family is upstairs in a delivery suite holding the hand of his dead brother's widow the woman
00:19who might give the leonettis their male heir i don't cry i don't scream that i reach behind me
00:23and press the button hidden inside my clothes in 30 minutes the king of the entire east coast
00:27brotva will descend on this building with a fully armed detail at his back that king is my father
00:31victor balkov i lie on the birthing bed contractions rolling through me in waves each one tighter and
00:36more savage than the last this is the leonetti family's private clinic in brooklyn black
00:41suburban's idol at the curb downstairs arms soldati line the corridors my husband dante leonetti holds
00:47my hand just a little longer sarah we're about to meet our baby shaking with pain but i still manage
00:52a smile for him then a nurse walks in carrying a syringe i assume it is the epidural
00:57but dante lets go of my hand he steps back the needle pierces my skin and in that sliver of
01:02silence i hear him murmur to the nurse in italian aggiusta il dosamengio deve resistere finque
01:07sofia non parterta i stare at him he doesn't meet my eyes he just glances down at his watch
01:13sofia's already at 6 centimeters siamo a 6 centimetri basta ancora due ore
01:18i want to scream i want to claw his face off but the drug is already flooding my veins it
01:24isn't
01:24anesthesia it is a tocolytic a contraction suppressant the violent clenching in my belly is seized by an
01:29invisible fist and crushed into silence stopped dead they are forcing my child not to be born
01:34i am wheeled into the basement iron rings still jut from the walls the concrete floor is stained in
01:39patches so dark they are almost black this has been the leonetti family's dungeon dante's sister
01:44julia stands in the doorway a compact beretta is tucked into her waistband don't take it personal
01:49sofia is carrying marco's posthumous child you know the leonetti rule the primo sangue la prima
01:54voce first blood first voice the firstborn son's bloodline takes priority over everything don enzo
01:58has spoken marco's child is the legitimate heir she glanced at my belly if your baby comes first
02:03the cappy out there will use it as ab mutition claim dante's bloodline has a stronger claim to
02:08succession they already resent him for running the family in marco's place give them one more excuse
02:13and the whole house tears itself apart so sofia's child has to arrive first then yours can come
02:18as if this were all for my benefit call the doctor and the pain is turning my vision black
02:23the baby's coming please julia crouches in front of me she draws the beretta and taps the barrel against
02:29my cheek light little pats the drug's good for another three hours sofia's already in the delivery
02:34room sit tight once her baby's out you can push to your heart's content she stands and turns to the
02:41soldado at the door watch her if she screams shut her up the door closes the basement has a single
02:48emergency light a sick jaundiced glow i lie on the floor blood is seeping through my hospital gown
02:54spreading in a slow dark bloom beneath me my phone was confiscated the moment i arrived at the clinic
02:58dante said the signal interfered with the fetal monitors they are afraid i'll contact the outside
03:03i curl onto my side and try to breathe all i can see is the look in dante's eyes just
03:07before he stepped
03:08back cold calculating he wasn't looking at his wife he was looking at an inconvenience that needed
03:14to be shelved three months ago his older brother marco died officially it was a car accident
03:20a maserati on the belt parkway punched through the guardrail and rolled into jamaica bay the medical
03:25examiner's report listed a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit but marco didn't drink
03:30anyone in this life knows that he left behind a widow three months pregnant the funeral was held in the
03:35family chapel don enzo the iron-fisted patriarch of the leonetti dynasty wept in public for the
03:40first time in living memory he gripped sofia's hand il sangue tutto blood is everything marco will
03:45not have died for nothing the firstborn heir's bloodline must not be broken then he turned to
03:49look at dante i didn't understand that look at the time i understand it now he was telling his second
03:54son you are managing this family because your brother is dead when his child is born the true heir returns
04:00know your place i'd actually stepped forward to comfort him father don't worry dante and i will
04:06hold this family together don enzo looked at me once it turns out that from that very moment my
04:11child and i had already been erased from the plan another contraction crashes through me more ferocious
04:16than the last the drug and my body are locked in a tuck of war i crawl to the iron
04:19door and pound
04:20somebody the baby's coming please save my child nothing dead silence on the other side i scream until my
04:27voice gives out then finally shut up miss julia says wait but the baby that's her problem i sink to
04:35the floor my whole body is cold this isn't fate this isn't god's will someone is deciding whether
04:40my child lives or dies and that someone is her own father i don't know how long i last in
04:45that basement
04:46the blood keeps coming the gown beneath me is soaked through my consciousness is fraying at the edges when
04:50the door suddenly opens not julia not the soldado it is dr luca ferrara the leonetti family's private
04:57physician a man who has served don enzo for 30 years he sees me and every drop of color drains
05:02from his face mrs leonelli what are you doing down here dante told me you were resting upstairs
05:08i can't make a sound i can only point at my belly tears streaming dr ferrara crouches and presses his
05:15hand to my abdomen his breath catches like he's been punched dio mio you're fully dilated the membranes
05:21have ruptured this needs to happen now he tries to lift me but the moment i move a hot gush
05:25pours
05:26from between my legs blood a terrifying amount of blood dr ferrara shouts toward the open door
05:31i need help the patient is hemorrhaging the corridor is empty tonight for sophia's delivery
05:37every medical resource has been redirected to the third floor even the soldati have been pulled up to
05:42stand guard outside the delivery suite in this family the birth of the first born heir takes
05:46priority over everything over anything dr ferrara pulls out his phone no signal the basement is a
05:52dead zone i'm carrying you upstairs hold on
05:58a man in his 50s running up a staircase with a woman in active labor every step a ragged gasp
06:04i can feel
06:05the baby bearing down descending but she can't come the residual tocolytic is still fighting my body
06:10contraction surge and stall labor has begun but can't progress my baby is wedged in the birth canal and with
06:16every passing minute the risk of asphyxiation climbs dr ferrara i grip his collar save my baby
06:23please whatever happens save her you'll both be fine
06:29he reaches the first floor and runs for the surgical suite we both stop dead in the doorway
06:33the operating room is wide open and completely empty the surgical lights the operating table
06:40the fetal monitors the oxygen machine the neonatal incubator all gone nothing but a bare room
06:47naked power outlets on the walls drag mark scored into the floor where heavy equipment had been hauled
06:52away dr ferrara stands frozen
06:54i checked every piece of equipment this afternoon footsteps echo from the far end of the corridor
06:59someone is coming please i pray please let it be someone who can save us
07:08julia rounds the corner with two nurses in tow she sees us and raises an eyebrow
07:12luca what are you doing down here sofia's in the delivery room on three why aren't you up there
07:19dr ferrara points at the gutted operating room his voice shakes where is the equipment
07:25julia spreads her hands move to the third floor sofia's having a cesarean the lead surgeon wanted every
07:31indigency covered don enzo approved it dante gave the order to transfer all first floor equipment
07:39upstairs her gaze drifts to me sarah's in labor well she'll have to wait sofia isn't finished yet
07:47luca torna su hanno bisogno di te go back to three they need you dr ferrara doesn't move
07:55he looks at julia then at me then back at julia and slowly heavily understanding settles over his
08:02face this isn't an oversight it isn't a coincidence it has been arranged but dr ferrara still turns and
08:09charges into the adjacent medical supply room tearing open cabinets empty every last one not
08:15even basic hemostats not even gauze where are the drugs the coagulants the oxytocin a nurse whispers
08:23everything was sent to the third floor mr leonelli's orders all resources are to be prioritized
08:27for sofia dr ferrara slams his fist into the cabinet door he looks at me his eyes red i'm sorry
08:35mrs leonetti i can't there's nothing i can't julia walks over and pats his shoulder luca relax sarah
08:45hasn't delivered yet has she once sofia's done we'll move everything back down she pauses then adds
08:51besides even if sarah's child is born it changes nothing the right of succession belongs to marco's
08:56line don enzo decided dante's child boy or girl will never be named heir in this family sarah and
09:03her baby are how do i put this not essential i stare at her stare at this woman i have
09:08loved like a
09:09sister for three years then i summon every last shred of strength in my body and force out two words
09:13fuck you julia's face goes cold she leans down to my ear her voice barely above a breath go ahead
09:20get it out of your system once you've delivered and your body's wrecked i have plenty of ways to
09:26make you disappear quietly when the time comes the leonetti succession only needs sofia and her child
09:32as for you for dante's sake i'll let you live sign the annulment papers take a check disappear
09:39don't be an eyesore dr ferrara can't take any more julia do you understand what you're doing
09:46two souls two souls before god two souls julia straightens luca you've been the family doctor
09:53for 30 years what haven't you seen a woman dying in childbirth it's the most natural thing in the world
09:59and this this is family business know your place luca she waves at the soldati
10:07escort dr ferrara back to three i'll take care of sarah two soldiers step forward and sees dr ferrara
10:14dragging him toward the stairwell he fights them every step shouting back over his shoulder
10:18mrs leonetti use the heel of your man press on the top of the uterus and push downward
10:23help the contractions stay on your left side it increases blood flow
10:28don't give up the baby still has a chance his voice grows fainter and fainter until it is gone
10:33julia shuts the door to the supply room turns to me pulls out her phone and places a video call
10:44dante sarah's about to deliver don't you want to see dante's face appears on the screen he is
10:51standing outside the third floor delivery suite behind him medical staff move in urgent blurs
10:55one hand keeps turning the signet ring on his thumb the ring every leonetti man receives when he comes of
11:00age
11:02sarah non fare senane don't make a scene
11:08sofia's in trouble fetal heart rate is dropping
11:11look at sarah she's lost so much blood doesn't look good does it
11:14dante glances at the screen his eyes flick away almost immediately
11:19tell her to wait once sofia delivers the doctors will come down
11:28the call ends hear that in dante's heart sofia and that baby come first you're just how did i put
11:35it
11:35a vessel once you've served your purpose you have no value
11:41i close my eyes i stop looking at her my hand creeps behind my back fingers finding the button
11:47size device sewn into the lining of my undergarment papa gave it to me
11:51sarah the leonetzis are not what they seem these people will eat you alive
11:54if anything goes wrong press this i'd laughed at him then
11:59dante is good to me god what a fool i was i work my nail under the protective cover and
12:04press down
12:05no sound no light but i know the gps beacon and emergency pulse have been transmitted papa promised me
12:11press that button and someone will come within 30 minutes but 30 minutes can my baby last 30 minutes
12:17my consciousness dims sliding in and out like a bad signal julia sits in a chair sipping espresso
12:23every now and then she glances up at me like i am something mildly unpleasant she's been asked to
12:26keep an eye on sarah tell me why did you marry into this family in the first place dante's pretty
12:32face
12:32or the leonati name think about it a nobody a girl from nowhere what made you think you deserve
12:39to be called a leonati i say nothing i just keep doing what dr ferrara told me heel of the
12:46palm
12:46against the top of the uterus push downward left side stay on your left side even if it is hopeless
12:53if you hadn't gotten pregnant first dante would never have married you you think don enzo would
12:57have let a nobody into this house that baby in your belly that was your ticket in nothing else
13:02the plan was simple you give dante an air carry on his branch of the bloodline and at least you'd
13:08have
13:08some use then marco died and everything changed what don enzo needs now is the firstborn air not
13:16what's in your belly so know your place sara you were never the main character in this family
13:24once sofia delivers you sign the annulment papers take the money and walk away start over
13:30far away from this life it could be worse does dante know you talk to me like this julia smiles
13:39of course he's the one who sent me said you're stubborn said he was worried you'd do something
13:46foolish he asked me to help you see reality a spasm rips through my abdomen the worst yet the drug
13:52has
13:52burned off completely the baby is coming i can't hold it in julia steps back okay come what a mess
14:04someone come look at her a nurse creeps in she's fully dilated i can see the head crowning but
14:11there's too much blood loss if she delivers like this both she and the baby will no medication there's
14:16nothing i can do she gives her orders and walks upstairs without looking back not once the nurse
14:26is too frightened to argue she kneels between my legs and tries to help me dilate with her bare hands
14:30but i have nothing left to push with too much blood gone no strength the baby is stuck can't go
14:37back up
14:37can't come down seconds crawl past each one an eternity of agony then from the corridor a sudden
14:43thunder of footsteps many boots hitting concrete in unison and the sharp metallic snap of charging
14:49handles being racked the nurse's face drains of color the door explodes inward a black clad squad
14:54pours through the breach compact ak pattern rifles at the shoulder tactical vests unmarked no badges
14:59no insignia no agency lettering this isn't law enforcement this is a private army the soldati are down
15:08the man at the point of entry reaches up and pulls off his tactical helmet revealing a face cut
15:12from hard slavic angles high cheekbones pale eyes a jaw like the edge of a blade he sees me and
15:18his eyes go red
15:21they've called me that since i was a little girl i reach for him no sound will come
15:26who are you this is leonetti territory the man doesn't even glance at her
15:35he gathers me into his arms and barks over his shoulder
15:39sweep the building get the trauma team in every leononi in this facility disarm and detain
15:44yes the men in black move like a machine the nurse tries to bolt a hand catches her shoulder
15:49and presses the flat to the ground you can't do this this is leonetti the man looks back at her
15:57his gaze is arctic leonati in about five minutes there won't be a leonati i am carried into a
16:04modified medical vehicle parked outside outfitted like a mobile operating theater surgical lights
16:09monitors ventilator a full team of doctors and nurses already gloved and waiting
16:14they descend on me instantly bp 60 over 40 hemorrhagic shock fetal distress we need an
16:21emergency cesarean now the mother's vitals are too unstable surgical risk is do it
16:28she dies i die get your hands in there now save my baby whatever happens save her first
16:44the cardiac monitor shriek she's coding get the crash card defib fetal heart rate is dropping
16:51prep for section right now the anesthesia mask comes down over my face in the last liquid
16:58consciousness i hear a doctor shout the baby the baby has no heartbeat then darkness i don't know
17:06how long i am under when my eyes open i am staring at an unfamiliar ceiling the air smells
17:11of antiseptic she's awakes it's a damn it's awake familiar faces crowd around the bed papa's personal
17:17guards men who have been part of my world for as long as i can remember my voice is wrecked
17:22a
17:22stranger's rasp where's my baby the room goes silent a terrible ringing silence seconds pass then the man
17:30standing at the foot of the bed turns slowly to face me my father victor volkov they call him the
17:36old wolf
17:36from brighton beach to boston every branch of the east coast brappa answers to him but the man who makes
17:41the entire eastern seaboard tremble is gone the person standing before me is just a father a father who has
17:46been broken he walks to the bed and sits on the edge takes my hand
17:53i look into his bloodshot eyes and i already know she's gone isn't she platenal abduction
18:01massive hemorrhage the baby was deprived of oxygen for too long he pauses the doctors did everything
18:08they could i close my eyes i don't cry i don't scream the tiny life that spent nine months inside
18:16me
18:16who kicked me awake every morning who i whispered secrets to in the dark is gone where's dante
18:21papa wipes his eyes with sophia she delivered a boy the entire leonatti family is celebrating
18:31no one remembered you
18:37good that's good papa grips my hand tighter sarah come home with me the leonettis don't deserve you
18:44that man least of all i open my eyes and look at him a plan perfect in its cruelty exquisite
18:51in its
18:51patience has already finished assembling itself inside my mind papa i need you to do something for
18:58me i need you to fabricate a body a woman who just gave birth dead from postpartum heverage
19:04i want them to think i'm dead and then i want to watch with my own eyes how they celebrate
19:08a new life
19:09while mine lies cold in a drawer done my princess for the volkov family fabricating a corpse is routine
19:16an unclaimed jane doe of similar build is sourced from the new york city morgue the family's own
19:21plastic surgeon works through the night reshaping the facial features injecting embalming fluid and
19:25blood simulation compounds postpartum hemorrhage markers are meticulously replicated the waxy power
19:30the blood-soaked sheets between the legs the slack deflated abdomen of a woman who has just delivered
19:35then a medical examiner at the ocme the office of the chief medical examiner is paid to sign the
19:40death certificate in this world making someone disappear or making someone dead is a phone call
19:46and a wire transfer the body is delivered to the clinic's basement cold storage indistinguishable
19:51from the real thing i sit in the surveillance room of a safe house three blocks away watching the
19:55monitors our people wired the clinic months ago papa insisted on at the moment i became pregnant
20:00at the time i told him he was being paranoid papa sits beside me now holding my hand any regrets
20:08about what marrying him i think about it no at least now i've seen these people for what they really
20:14are on the screen dante finally emerges from the third floor delivery suite he is carrying a swaddled
20:20infant the joy on his face is unmistakable but it isn't the joy of a new father it is the
20:25joy of a man
20:26who has won everything has gone according to plan sofia has safely delivered marco's posthumous son
20:31the firstborn heir has arrived and dante's position as acting head of the family is for the moment
20:36secure sofia is wheeled out on a gurney pale but beaming don enzo hobbles over on his cane trembling
20:42and peers down at the baby tears stream down the old man's face he keeps repeating it marco your son
20:50is here the leonetti bloodline is unbroken a crowd gathers around the child laughter congratulations
20:58embraces no one asks about me no one remembers that another woman has been in labor fighting for
21:03her life and losing until a nurse says quietly mr leonetti your wife dante frowns as if reminded of
21:10a chore no update yet dr ferrara is with her downstairs i'll go check he hands the baby to the
21:18nurse and
21:18heads for the elevator julia hurries after him i'll come with you they step in one after the other
21:24the doors close the surveillance feed switches to the first floor dr ferrara is standing outside the
21:31empty operating room his back against the wall his face is the color of ash he sees dante and snaps
21:36upright mr leonetti where's my wife dr ferrara opens his mouth he just turns his body in points toward
21:43the basement cold storage the color drains from dante's face what do you mean mrs leonelli
21:48hemorrhage we couldn't dr ferrara's head drops the baby didn't make it either the air turns to stone
21:55dante stands motionless impossible she was fine just she was not fine she lost too much blood no
22:03equipment no medication tried everything he crouches down and buries his face in his hands
22:09he disappeared i tried everything dante seizes him by the collar and hauls him up what did you
22:15just say dr ferrara nods tears falling i'm sorry dante releases him staggers back two steps and hits
22:23the wall that's not possible this morning she was fine dante calm down let me go look she walks
22:31briskly to the cold storage unit and pulls open the door the body inside lies with an expression that
22:35is peaceful and agonized at once the white sheet beneath it is drenched in blood julia stares for
22:40several seconds then she claps a hand over her mouth spins around and rushes out it's real dante
22:46pushes past her and goes in the surveillance camera captures him standing in front of the storage drawer
22:51perfectly still for so long that julia grows frightened and goes in after him dante he raises
22:57his fist and drives it into the wall why why didn't someone tell me sooner dr ferrara's voice drifts
23:04from outside the door barely audible your phone was off no phones allowed in the delivery suite dante
23:09whips around then come find me third floor to first floor how long does that take you just stood there
23:16and watched her die dr ferrara says nothing his shoulders shake julia steps in conciliatory don't blame
23:24luca i told him not to go upstairs sophia was in critical condition i didn't want to distract you
23:29a slap so hard it snaps julia's head to the side you hit me you hit me for her you
23:36locked her
23:39in the basement julia's eyes darted away i only told her to wait wait dante's voice drops to a whisper
23:47that was two lives a woman and a child i asked you to take care of her and this is
23:54what you did
23:54i did it for the family sophia's baby carries marco's blood he's the firstborn heir serra's child
24:01was never going to don enzo set the rules don enzo set the rules dante repeats something in his
24:08expression fractures he stands there the rage drains out of him slowly replaced by a hollow vacant
24:14stare so her life just didn't matter no
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