Chapter 56. Rome Is Dangerous

MYKAELA

[Rome, Italy]

"Dominico? Your cousin?" I whispered to Enzo while the maids helped Raffaele elevate his wounded arm. I just finished taking care of his injury after extracting the bullet.

The whole process took half an hour or so, including the wound cleaning and dressing. We had to cover up the gunshot wound to fend off a bad infection. The bleeding should stop in a few minutes.

The bright red bloodstains on his arm, leg, and on his clothes would make any normal person worry and panic. I'd already explained why taking him to a proper hospital for some tests would be best. Safety-wise.

However, Rafa insisted that he didn't want to leave. Couldn't, he said. So I made up a treatment plan for him. Considering his near-perfect health before today and pretty impressive pain tolerance, being stuck inside this house for the next 24 hours shouldn't be a big problem for him.

"Yeah," Enzo replied, glancing at me with furrowed brows.

"But, why