The next morning Elena was the first awake which was unusual in the Moretti house. The night turned out to be a restless one for her and around four o'clock in the morning she gave up on trying to get any sleep. After taking a long shower and sliding on a pair of yoga pants with a form fitting tank top she went down to the kitchen to get a morning cup of coffee. After her coffee Elena wanted to go for a morning run and knew she needed to get her phone.

Elena walked into the dining room to retrieve her phone but came to a sudden stop before completely entering. The horrible looking glass dining room table that had been gifted to them for their wedding was smashed to pieces. She wasn't upset in fact Elena was pretty damn happy it was destroyed but all of the fine china including the cabinets that held them was also all destroyed and she did like that stuff. Elena couldn't believe the mess she was looking at, it was as if tornado had gone through just the one room in the house. Not being able to look at the mess much longer she shook her head and carefully searched for her phone that she left there before going out the night before.

Lorenzo heard the vehicles pulling up in front of the house so he glanced over at the clock and saw that it was already after six in the morning. Shaking his head he climbed out of bed and went to shower knowing it wouldn't be long before Tony was walking in his room. When he was done showering and getting dress in another one of his suits he was surprised his room had remained empty. Walking over to the window as he fastened his watch Lorenzo glanced out and saw Tony down by the SUV having an animated conversation on his phone while the other men waited for him not far away.

Opening his door and stepping out of his room Lorenzo glanced down the hall towards the room Elena stood in. He was tempted to go check on her but the door was still closed and he didn't want to disturb her so he closed his eyes for a moment then continued down the stairs. When he reached the landing Lorenzo had remembered that none of the men had come in yet but he heard glass clattering in the dining room causing him to pull his gun out. When he entered the dining room with his gun aimed and ready all he did was successfully scared the shit out of his own wife.

Elena had decided to clean the mess when she located her phone and found it to be in the same state as the rest of the room. She had been placing the bigger pieces of glass in a box hoping one of the guys would take it out the house for her. Elena had just lifted a large piece of glass to place in the box when she glanced up and saw the barrel of a gun aimed at her. Elena let out a screech and the glass slipped from her hand slicing open the palm she had already injured as it crashed to the floor shattering even more at her feet.

"Shit." She cried out as she quickly held her hand. "Oh my god." She continued to cry out as the pain shot through her whole arm.

"What the hell are you doing?" Lorenzo snapped as he holstered his gun and quickly went to her side when he saw the blood dripping down to the wood floors.

"I was cleaning this damn mess." She cried as all the guys came running in after hearing her scream.

"What the fuck is going on?" Tony snapped.

"Elena decided she needed to clean this goddamn mess." Lorenzo snapped back at him. "I fucking pay people to do this shit." He snapped looking down at her.

"It was bothering me." She snapped back at him as she stormed towards the kitchen still holding her hand.

Lorenzo saw the trail of blood she was leaving behind her and shook his head. "Get someone..." he began to say but Tony cut him off knowing exactly what he wanted.

"I got it." Tony said pulling his phone out and walked away to call someone to finish up what Elena had started.

Lorenzo quickly followed behind Elena and when he got to the kitchen he saw her trying to rinse her wound under the running water. "Let me see what you did?" he said walking over to her.

"I would not have done it if you didn't have a damn gun aimed at my head." She snapped at him as she jerked away. That had been the first time she had ever physically had a gun aimed at her and even though she saw his face it still had scared her.

"Let me see your fucking hand." He snapped as he roughly grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him. "Fuck!"

"What?" she asked looking up at him.

"You need to go to the hospital."

"No I don't, I'll be fine." She said trying to pull her hand from him but he wouldn't let it go.

"Tony." Lorenzo called out as he grabbed a hand towel from the counter and wrapped her hand with it as he looked back down at her. "You're gushing blood... you need fucking stitches."

"She needs a trip to the hospital." Tony said in a knowing voice as he walked in the kitchen with Gino and Lorenzo nodded at him. "Are we taking her or Gino?"

"Gino." Lorenzo said as he looked back at Elena. "They will question you, just tell them what they need to know nothing more."

"It's a cut to my hand why will they feel the need to question me?"

"You're my wife and once the police hear you're there with an injury they will come snooping around for anything." Lorenzo said as he glanced at Gino silently telling him to stay with her at all times and Gino nodded. "Only what they need to know." He said again looking back at her.

"I understand." Elena said as she began to walk away but stopped and turned to face the two men. "I started cleaning the dining room because my phone had been in there last night."

"Did you find it?" Lorenzo asked.

"It's on the floor in pieces."

"Gino handle that." Lorenzo said with a nod.

"Got it boss." Gino led Elena out to the SUV and once they reached it one of the other guys called out to Gino. "Hold on one minute." He said to her then jogged back to the guy. Elena watched as they exchanged something white and said a few words then he jogged back towards her and held out the men's dress shirt he had in his hand. "Mrs. Moretti the Boss wants you to put this on."

"Why?" Elena asked as she glanced at the house to see Tony watching them with his arms crossed over his chest.

"I don't ask questions I just do as I am told." Gino said as he held the shirt up so Elena could slip her arms through.

Elena knew Tony was waiting for her to do as she was told and not feeling in the mood to argue with anyone Elena slip her arms through. Lorenzo never cared before about what she wore so Elena was a bit confused considering all she did have on was her running clothes. The shirt fell a little pass mid-thigh and when she looked back over at Tony he smiled as he walked back in the house.

Gino went to open the back door and Elena quickly shook her head no. "We need to talk about this, I prefer to drive myself places but I know there are times he won't let me so I won't throw a fit about being driven around but I refuse to sit in back when there is an open seat in the front."

"I'll let it slide but only if you stay in the car until I open the door for you... deal?" Gino countered with her. "I am here to keep you safe not make things easy on you."

"Deal." Elena said with a small smile and he moved to open the front door and she climbed in with his help.

The ride to the hospital was quiet between the two of them. Elena was trying to figure out what had happened to Rob and why Gino was now here. Gino had been on guard duty for some years now but this was different. Guarding the wife of a cousin held little danger as opposed to the wife of the boss. Rob had told them that Elena Moretti was quiet and kept to herself mostly but if anything pissed her off she was like TNT with a very short fuse. The only person that has ever been able to calm her down was Tony.

After Elena checked in at the front desk the two went to sit down in the waiting area for her to be called. Gino was getting antsy with the staff for two reasons, one... the towel wrapped around her hand had quite a bit of blood soaking it and two... the off duty officers that did security there knew exactly who he was and has kept watch of him. Gino didn't care if they had decided to harass himself but he didn't want them bothering Elena. Very few people knew what she looked like outside the Moretti or Russo crime families because she didn't put herself out there like most wives did.

About an hour after arriving at the hospital a nurse came out from the back and called out for Elena. "Elena Moretti." She said loudly as she scanned the waiting room.

Elena stood up and Gino was close behind her as he noticed the police officers start to mumble something to each other while watching them go to the back. They were placed in a room that seemed a bit isolated from the rest and Gino didn't like it. He didn't understand why Lorenzo just didn't have the family doctor stitch her up so they wouldn't be in this place. Gino stood near the curtain watching everything as Elena laid on the bed waiting for the doctor to come in. The nurse had already started an IV and gave Elena some pain meds to hold her over.

"Can I ask you a question?" Elena asked and Gino glanced over at her but didn't answer her. "I know you aren't supposed to say anything about what happens in the business." She said and he nodded his head but still stood silent as he glanced down the hall again. "Rob had been guarding me for three years now and today you're with me and he's not."

"Yes." He said finally being vocal with her.

"I know it's because of what I did last night, I'm just worried that..." she began to say but Gino quickly cut her off.

"Don't worry, he is fine." Gino said easing her mind when he realized what she was trying to ask.

"Thank you."

A few minutes later the doctor came in to examine Elena's hand and Gino stood close like he had been told to do so. The doctor had been in there for quite some time and by the end she explained that the wound on her hand was a lot worse than it looked. Elena had done some serious damage and they needed to surgically repair the damage. Elena had looked over at Gino as the doctor left to get a room prepped and he could see the fear in her eyes.

"I'm going to step right out into the hall." He said to her as he pulled his phone out. "I'm not going anywhere but just a few feet away."

"Ok." Elena said as she looked down at her freshly gauzed hand.

Gino paced between the walls as he held his phone to his ear waiting for Tony to answer, the call had gone to voicemail a few times before he finally answered. "What's going on?" Tony asked as he answered the phone.

"Is the boss around you?" Gino asked as he stopped pacing and stood facing the room she was in.

"He's in a meeting, I stepped out to answer your damn call."

"The doctor wants to do surgery on her hand."

"What the fuck?" Tony said as he glanced at the door he just exited. "It was just a simple cut."

"Doc said something about serious damage and needing to repair it." Gino said running his free hand through his hair. "I'm worried about what could be said when they give her those strong drugs, the cops already got word she's here."

"Don't let them do anything to her until I get there." Tony snapped as he hung up and told Rob to go get the SUV then went back into the room. When he entered Lorenzo looked over at him and Tony nodded his head towards the door.

"Gentlemen can you give me a moment that call was about my wife." Lorenzo said as he stood up on his feet.

"Is she alright?" the head of the Vargas family asked as he also stood up.

"My wife had an accident this morning and had to go to the hospital. That call was an update."

"Moretti we can finish this meeting next week." The elder man said with a smile as he gestured for his son to stand. "Go be with your wife... that is the important thing right now."

"Thank you." Lorenzo said as the two shook hands. "I will have Tony contact you with a new arrangement."

"Give your wife our best and I hope to meet her soon."

"She will be at the casino opening in February." Lorenzo said as he shook hands with the Vargas son. Lorenzo quickly walked over to Tony who was holding the door open for him. "What's going on with Elena?"

"The doctor wants to do surgery, Gino said they told them there was serious damage."

"We need to get there."

"I figured that, I already had Rob bring the Navigator around." Tony said as they walked out the building and the SUV was already sitting there waiting.

It only took the three men ten minutes to arrive at the hospital and when they walked in the emergency room the police that were already there suddenly perked up. They watched as Lorenzo spoke with the nurse and she gestured for him to give her a moment. Tony glanced around the waiting area and spotted the police watching them. When another nurse came out she explained that only Lorenzo could go back so the other two had to wait out there. When he got to her room Gino was standing outside the curtain waiting for him.

"Boss, they already drugged her up." Gino said shaking his head. "I tried to get them to wait but they refused."

"Has anyone been in there since?" he asked as he glanced in to see her laying on her side facing away from him.

"No, I looked in a couple of times but no one else."

"Alright." Lorenzo said patting Gino shoulder as he went in. "Elena." He called out softly and she just let out a soft grunt. He walked around the bed to be on the side she was facing and pulled the stool close to her and sat down. "How are you feeling?"

"Like shit." She mumbled.

"Boss, the police are walking this way." Gino said as he quickly came in the room and just seconds later two uniform police officers walked in.

"We have a couple of questions for Mrs. Moretti about her injury." One of them said as he looked down at her but her body had been turned towards Lorenzo and they couldn't see her face.

"My wife is heavily medicated, I will not allow you to speak with her." He snapped at them as he stood up.

When he was about to step away from her she reached out with her good hand and held his. "You're always leaving me." She mumbled as he looked down at her. "Please don't leave me again."

"I'm not going anywhere." Lorenzo said as he smoothed the hair back out of her tired face then looked back up at the officer. "You want to talk with her than you will wait until she is coherent, until then stay away."

"You want us to wait until you had time to coach her about what to tell us."

"I have nothing to hide and neither does my wife." Lorenzo snapped at them. "She was cleaning broken glass when a large piece sliced her palm... do you question all the injuries that come in here?"

"What are we supposed to think Moretti?" the cop snapped at him. "Rumor is you have been married for some time now and very few people has ever seen this wife."

"Are we all standing in the same damn room?" Lorenzo asked sarcastically. "My wife is right here."

"Hey you can't be in here." The doctor said when she came in the room and saw the police standing there.

"We just have a few questions for the lady then we'll be on our way."

Before Lorenzo could deny them again the doctor spoke first. "My patient has been heavily medicated and is going to be prepped for surgery, you are not allowed to question her about anything." Then she turned to look at Lorenzo. "I presume you are Mr. Moretti?"

"Yes."

The doctor smiled at him knowing exactly who he was but she had to remain professional. She explained what exactly was wrong with Elena's hand and what they needed to do to repair it. The surgery was going to take a couple of hours but someone would come out and update him. The doctor had flirted with him the entire time they spoke, she knew the rumors as well as everyone else. Lorenzo Moretti might have been married but he was still the city's biggest and wealthiest playboy. With him only being twenty four made Lorenzo also the youngest Mafia boss in the area and that made him all the more attractive to the woman of all ages.

After having him sign some release forms the doctor gave him one more sultry smile before strutting out of the room to get ready for surgery. Lorenzo looked back down at Elena and she was looking up at him but he couldn't read the expression that was across her face but with the current amount of drugs she was on he didn't have to wait long to find out.

"Wow..." she said shaking her head as she tried to flip her body the other way and was having a hard time. He went to help her but Elena smacked his hands away from her, momentarily forgetting about her injured hand until the pain shot through her. "Son of a bitch." She cried out.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Lorenzo snapped at her as he adjusted her in the bed even against her protest.

"What is wrong with me?" she asked him sarcastically as she glared at him. "What the hell is wrong with you? You were flirting with her like I wasn't even laying right here."

"Elena, it wasn't like that." Lorenzo said shaking his head at her.

"Get out!" she snapped at him and when he shook his head no she said it louder. "I said get out!"

Lorenzo glared down at her then walked over to Gino who had been quiet the whole time. "Don't let the fucking cops anywhere near her until I return." He said as he glanced back at her but she managed to turn her back to him. "Call me when she gets out of surgery."

"Got it, boss." Gino said nodding as Lorenzo walked out.

Lorenzo didn't bother staying while she was taken into surgery, he knew she wasn't going to up there alone very long. Tony had contacted her family so her mother and sisters went up to the hospital to sit with Gino. Five hours later he receive a call from Gino telling him that Elena kicked her mother out and was in the process of trying to sign herself out of the hospital. The doctor had tried to stop her only causing Elena to snap on her about flirting with Lorenzo in front of her. When Elena walked through the front door with Gino closely behind her she found Lorenzo standing in the foyer waiting.

With a quick nod of his head Gino walked back out leaving the two alone staring at each other. "Why did you kick your mother out?" Lorenzo asked.

"I didn't need or want her fake concern for my well-being." Elena said shaking her head as she walked towards the staircase but he stepped in front of her stopping her.

"Would you care to elaborate on this?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm tired and just want to rest." Elena said softly and he nodded letting her go up.