Gemma:

"She looks like Mom." Lucian confesses.

All our brothers and I let out a gasp of air.

"Impossible. We buried her year's ago." Dad snarls.

I know dad is still heartbroken over mom but he doesn't have to be a dick about what Lucian has said. The tone of dad's voice has all my older brothers on guard. Each one is watching the scene in front of us; making sure they don't have to intervene.

"I don't know how else to describe her besides she looks exactly like Mom except she has a scar on her cheek." Lucian defends himself.

"Impossible." Dad grunts.

Dad tone changed some, like he was giving up on the argument or was just exhausted. My brothers demeanors all change to slightly more relaxed. They all step away from all of us younger ones.

"I seen her with my own eyes dad. Vincent, Leonardo, and Gemma have the same face. So, it isn't impossible to have a doppelgänger of mother running around. I know what I saw." Lucian snaps back.

"Enough! She can't be your mother!" Dad yells.

"I never said she was my fucking mom! I said she looks like her! There's a very big difference between the two!" Lucian screams.

Maybe my brothers reacted a little too soon with backing off of all of us. Soon after Lucian scream; all that could be hear in this room is a loud slap. Dad just slap Lucian so hard his head snapped to the right. The whole room is in shock; no one is speaking. When I finally have the courage to glance over to Lucian; my eyes become saucers. He has a perfect imprint of a hand on his face. I don't know who scares me more when they're angry.

Lucian or dad.

Definitely, dad.

"Everyone can leave. I need to talk to Renzo and Matteo for a bit." Dad dismisses all of us.

"Dad, you can't go around slapping your children because they make a comment." Matteo suddenly says.

"He's right dad. Lucian shouldn't have screamed but you yelled first. You didn't even hear him out. That's just not right. You don't put your hands on any of these boys or Gemma." Renzo says coldly.

"Enough out of your two. Everyone else leave." Dad says just as ice cold as Renzo.

Lucian already took off towards the stairs. The rest of my brothers took off in other directions like a bee chasing honey. By the time I am able to run in the direction Lucian took off in; I lost him. He isn't in his room, nor the library, nor the gym. Hell, I don't even think he's in this freaking house anymore. With the argument with dad and the physical hit from dad; I would run off too. Lucian and I have become closer to one another. I know his mental health isn't a hundred percent yet. However, it's getting better.

Well, it was.

I'm still on the prowl for my brother. I know we have several passageways but I only know of a few. It seems like I'm the only person worried about Lucian.

Hold on Bubbie, I'm coming for you!

I circle back around and search the library again for my Bubbie. The library is where I always find him at; even in all our other homes. When I inspect further into the library, I notice several books on to the ground. There has to be a passageway behind this shelf. I frantically begin to pull out books left and right trying to find the right one. After flipping several over, I start to panic and get frustrated. I lower myself down to the floor and bring my knees to my chest. As soon as my back puts enough pressure on the shelf, it turns sideways and I tumble backwards down the stairs.

Seriously!

It's a fucking push on the shelf hidden passageway?!

I let out a grunt from falling down the small set of stairs. I can hear mumbling and shuffling and decide it is time to get the fuck up. Sore or not. Lucian needs me more than ever. I sprint down the small passageway and come to a four way stop.

Fuck!

Which way do I go?

I take a deep breath and try to relax. I listen for any noises at all that could tell what direction he has gone. After a moment of agony I start to hear noises from the left. So, I immediately begin to sprint down the slightly bigger hallway. I face plant the wall and let out a grunt. Yet again, it comes to a left or right turn and I didn't even notice the tunnel stopped? Like how? I listen yet again to see if I can hear a sound. This time I don't hear a single noise.

Eenie meenie minie moe. Which way do I go?

I glance both directions and bolt right. As I get further down the smaller hallway, it gets darker and colder. There's doors now...

Several doors.

For fuck's sake.

Give me a break!

There's eleven doors total and I'm either going to have to open each door or take a gander.

Lucian's favorite number is seven. So, I'm going with door seven.

Please be in this door Bubbie. For the first time in years I start to pray to whatever God can hear me. I hold my breath and slowly turn the door knob. I slowly open the door. The room is darker then the hall itself. I place my hands on the wall to feel for the switch. With a simple click, the lights turn on. Paintings on top of paintings crowd the room. I inspect the first painting and realize who painted it with a simple signature at the bottom right corner.

Lucian Romeo Rossi.

This is his hidden room.

I glance around more painting until I stop at a half finished painting. I'm in awestruck by this half done painting. My eyes start to tear up when I realize who it is I'm staring at.

Me.

Lucian at one point was painting me in our tree swing. He has every detail down to perfection. My dimple is in the correct place. The crinkles at my eyes when I smile are spot on. My eyes when I smile are narrow and barely open. His attention to details are so incredible. This painting looks so realistic that it's mind blowing. I begin to walk further in the room and a door is in the far right corner. I slowly open the door and my breath hitches in my throat.

Lucian!!!

My eyes begin to water and they start to fall like the rain on a stormy day. There in the center of the room stood Lucian on a chair with a rope around his neck. I hear screaming and soon realize it's me who's screaming.

"LUCIAN ROMEO ROSSI!"

"DON'T DO IT!"

My words were left on deaf ears. Lucian wasn't listening. I could see the gears rolling in his head. Yet, he is still hesitating on jumping or not. I take this opportunity and sprint as fast as my little legs could carry me; while my mind is a puddle of mush. In my hazy state of mind, I had the smarts to pull a chair in front of Lucian. By the time I hop onto the chair; Lucian is in the process of jumping. His body collides with my own but somehow I am able to keep both of us standing on our chairs. Lucian's eyes are closed and my neck is now wet.

He's crying.

He doesn't realize that he hasn't jumped off the chair and dangling from the planks of wood on the ceiling. I carefully untie the knot and the rope hits the ground with a thud. Lucian is now clinging onto me while fully sobbing. I gently hug my brother and rub soothing circles in the middle of his back. When I crouch down; so does he. He's still clinging to me as we sit on both seats.

"Lucian. Talk to me Bubbie. Rant, scream, cry, I don't care but just talk to me please." I calmly say.

His sobbing slowly deceases and he mumbles out his response.

"I miss mom. Why can't I be with mom?"

"I miss mom too yet, it's not your time. You have years to live and years to annoy me. Years to fight, rant, cry with me. You have to be around to watch me graduate. Watch me have my first heart break..." I start to say.

"Never." Lucian interrupts me.

I look at my brother puzzled. What does he mean never. Before I could speak he held his hand up for me not to.

"You'll never have your first heart break. I won't allow it. First boy to break your heart will be the first boy with a broke ass neck." Lucian grumbles.

"One day Bubbie I'll be grown up. Which means first everything's. Heart breaks, love, gifts, tears, marriage, children...." I say with him interrupting me again.

"Chastity belt. You aren't growing up on me." He says through hiccups.

"Bubbie. I'm getting older by the day. I'll need you in my life forever. Until we get old and die. Even in death I will need my brother. I'll always need you Lucian. It'll always be you Cian. Always. You can't leave me. Not yet at least." I try to reason with him.

He doesn't say a word. I take this opportunity to speak again. I try to be the voice of reason.

"You're the only one who truly gets me. Who truly understands me. Our bond is stronger then with our other siblings. I get what you're feeling as much as you get what I'm feeling. You're my main shoulder while I'm your only shoulder. We're each other's rocks. Without one another we wouldn't be the annoying, fighting, bickering, goofy, silly, laughing, joking, and happy siblings we are now. You might be older but I swear we were meant to be twins. God, I just sounded like our brothers with that comment..." I trail off.

Lucian who was hiccuping from crying is now bursting into laughter. His laughter causes my own to break out. I finally control my laughter and decide to speak again.

"We're one of the same you and I. We struggle with depression, with anxiety, with our suicidal tendencies. Yet, here we are.... Alive... We go to therapy; I open up to our therapist while you're still closed off. One day you'll be healed from all the demons you carry and I promise you I'll be there every step of the way. You and I. Family is forever. And you, my brother are my family. You're my lifeline. We stick side by side with the ones we love." I say while squeezing his hand.

"Promise me that no matter what; you won't attempt this again. You'll come seek me out. Please." I ask my brother.

What feels like an eternity Lucian sticks his pinky out and looks me in my blood shot eyes. I link my pinky to his and we both kiss our thumbs.

"I promise."

"Now let's get you to Matty so he can check you over. Make sure your neck is okay." I tell my brother.

Reluctantly, he gets up and grabs my hand and leads me out the door.

"How did you find me?" He asks as we walk through the dark tunnels.

"I heard noises and followed. I lost the noises as I came to the hall with eleven doors. Your favorite number is seven. I took a chance and went in lucky number seven." I answer honestly.

"The noises could have been an enemy or a rat." Lucian chuckles.

"Well, then I would have kicked the enemy's ass or screamed like a bitch over a rat. Either or my brother was important. So, I had to find you." I answer back.

"Thanks Gem. Really. Thank you." Lucian says softly.

"It's my duty as a sister to annoy my brother. So, you're welcome ole humble brother of mine." I chuckle out.

When we finally make it out the tunnels; we head towards Matty's bedroom. When we come face to face with his door. We both have a look of who's knocking. Rock Paper Scissor and I lost. I lightly tap the door and wait for my second eldest brother to answer.

"Come in Princess." Matty's voice rings out behind the door.

I open the door and both Lucian and I enter. Matty looks shocked to see both of us entering.

"And Cian." Matty says confused.

"Uhhh. Can you check his neck?" I ask nervously.

"Sure. But, why? What happened? Did you two get in a fight again?" Matty fires questions one after the other.

"No, actually she just. Uh happened to witness me at my lowest and saved my life." Lucian says while scratching the back of his head with an innocent look in his eyes.

This got Matty's attention because he motions for Lucian to come closer and for me to close the door. He turns on all his lights and quickly grabs his equipment from his bedside table.

"It's red and irritated. Open your mouth for me." Matty says.

Lucian opens his mouth; when Matty nods his head Lucian closes it. Matty gently touches Cian's neck and examines him.

"Your muscles are bruised some. You might have a visible bruise tomorrow. Don't over work your neck. Keep movements to a minimum for the next few days. Take this muscle relaxer and go get rest. You will be fine in a few days." Matty orders.

We go to walk out when Matty's voice stops us in our tracks.

"I may not be a therapist but, I am your brother. If either of you need a person to talk besides each other; my door is always open. You can always talk to me."

"Thanks." We both mumble with a small smile.

Lucian walks me to my room in the tower and pull out blankets for him to sleep on. I open a bottle of water from my mini fridge and hand it to him. He takes the medicine Matty gave him and climbs in the small self made pallet.

"Goodnight." I call out from my pillow.

As I slowly fall asleep I barely hear my brother.

"Goodnight Gemmie. I love you."

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Gemma:

I woke up before Lucian this morning. He is softly snoring and sleeping peaceful. He's currently wrapped up like a cocoon.

More like a snoring burrito.

If he doesn't wake up soon; our brothers will be barging in telling us it is breakfast time. I toss my pillow at him and he still doesn't budge. I toss my remote to my television and again, he still doesn't budge. If it wasn't for his snoring I would have thought he was dead. I grab my book from my bedside table and lob it in his direction.

"What the hell Gemmie!" He whines from his cocoon.

"It's almost breakfast time. Wake up." I say with a soft chuckle.

Lucian crawls out of his cocoon and is rubbing his forehead.

Oops!

After a few minutes of his death glares; we finally walk out of my room and start to head downstairs to the kitchen. As soon as we make it to the kitchen entrance; we could hear faint talking.

"If you ever put a finger on any of my siblings again. I will take you to court and get custody of every last one of them." The voice says threateningly.

"Gemma came from years of abuse and here you are hitting your own son."

"It's one thing to punish them but it's another to physically harm them."

"What you done was wrong."

"You didn't see what I saw last night. Having them come into my room and Lucian confess how Gemma saved his life. How I had to treat his neck! It's almost breakfast and Lucian needs his medicine. So, I'm going to go make sure he's still alive and wake those two up ."

Lucian and I stop and look at each other with a worried expression. What the hell is going on in the kitchen?

We walk into the kitchen and the atmosphere is thick with tension. The five older brothers are standing protectively with their arms crossed; in front of the younger ones in the room. Every one of our siblings are giving dad the meanest look they could muster.

What the hell did we serious just walk in on?

When Lucian coughs and I shift left and right, bouncing on the balls of my toes; hit the small wall table in the process. All heads turn towards us and both of us look like deer in headlights.

Do we walk in?

Do we run for the hills?

"Looks like you don't have to wake them." Alonzo states the obvious .

Matteo sends Alonzo a death glare which has Alonzo stumbling behind Valentino.

"Lucian how is your neck?" Matteo asks.

"Sore." Lucian response with a raspy voice.

"After breakfast we'll go to my office and I'll examine it." Matteo says softly.

We both nod our heads and walk towards the counter.

"Lets eat." Renzo says

"Thank god! My stomach is about to eat my kidney." Gianni jokes.

We all pile our plates with food and walk to our table. I sit next to Lucian and Valley. The air is still tense during breakfast and no one is speaking a single word. All you can hear is our forks hitting the plates. When I glance up I see dad and Ren in a stare down. Matty is looking at dad with a glare. Valley and Niko are looking like they could rip dad's head off. Julian looks to be the coldest brother here. He hasn't taken his eyes off dad. His brows are furrowed together with an angry expression. His lips are turned into a snarl.

Is he about to turn into a werewolf and eat dad?

"What did we walk in on?" I whisper to Cian.

"I don't know. But, eat quickly. That way we can leave faster." Cian whispers.

"I'm afraid they'll eat me." I whisper back.

"We'll eat and run." Lucian whispers back.

"You know we can hear you right?" Gianni whispers in between mine and Lucian's heads.

This causes me to scream bloody murder.

When the hell did he get out of his seat?

It's like he teleported.

I watch as Ren's cold expression melts while he still stares at dad. Matty's glare softens, Valley let's out a low chuckle, Niko let's out a full belly laugh, and Julian cracks a smile. Dad is still oblivious to all the previous stares minus Ren's

"We aren't going to eat you." Matty finally says.

"Your face could have fooled me." I mumble.

"There's a surprise outside for you, Gem." Valley says with a smile.

"Me?" I ask in confusion.

What would be outside for me?

What could it be?

"After we eat, we'll go outside and let you see it." Ren finally says breaking his eye contact with dad.

After a painful fifteen minutes, we all have finished our breakfast. Before I could even move out of my seat, skeleton finger tattooed hand that I love so much is covering my eyes.

Julian.

My chair is pulled back and I let out a high pitch squeal.

Why must they do this to me?

"Stand up slowly and I will guide you to the door." Julian softly says.

I shoot Julian a glare that he obviously can't see. You know, since his hands are covering my freaking eyes.

"More like to my death." I grumble.

"I promise I won't walk you to your death. You're perfectly safe with my guiding you." Julian grunts back.

"Out of all of us, Jul will be the one to walk her straight into the damn pool." Gianni says.

"Not helping here!"

"Fuck you Gi!"

We both snap back at Gianni.

Brothers I swear.

Got to love them Gemma.

I do as Julian says and slowly get out of my seat. He guides me around the chair and starts to push me forward. The force causes me to stumble and lose my footing.

"Hey! Not so rough! I can't see here stronzo!" I mumble.

"Language young lady!" Matteo yells from a distance.

Should have known supersonic sonar bat ears could hear me.

Again, Julian gently pushes me back this time into the direction we need to go. I swear if I run into anything, if I stub my baby toe.... I will kill him. I believe we're at the front door because he pulls me back from moving an inch.

"Step down slowly." Julian warns me.

I slowly step down the small step off.

"When we count to three. Jul will lower his hands." Ren says in a distance in front of me.

"1." Ren counts.

"2." Matteo says.

"2 and ¼." Vincent counts out.

2 and ½" Leonardo comments.

"2 and ¾" Lucian says beside me.

"2 and 2/3" Gianni randomly says.

"2 and ¾ is bigger than 2 and 2/3 Gianni!" Alonzo laughs out.

"So, shut up and go with it." Gianni says with a no care in the world voice.

"2 and 5/8" Julian says.

"For the love of everything unholy mate!" I yell.

"3!" Everyone screams.

Julian lowers his hands and my eye sight slowly starts to adjust to the brightness. Once my sight comes back, I'm in complete and utter shock.

In front of me is a matte purple Ferrari f12berlinetta with a black bow on top of it.

What the hell!?!

I don't even have a damn license yet!

Just...

Holy shit!

"You have got to be fucking joking! That's mine?" I squeal.

"No, it's some random strangers car that Maximus stole from." Nikolai deadpans.

I shot my brother an icy bone chilling glare. Nikolai throws his hands up in surrender.

"Yes, it's your's Gems." Renzo chuckles out.

"We all went in halves or well, split it eleven different ways." Alonzo says while scratching his head.

"But, I don't have a license yet." I comment back.

"But, you will soon!" Matteo says with a smile.

"Who's going to be my instructor?" I ask with a smile.

"The oldest five. But Renzo most likely." Dad says.

"When do I get to learn?" I ask.

"How about now?" Renzo says while dangling a set of new keys in the air.

Hell yeah!

"While Renzo teaches her how to properly drive, Lucian and I will be in my office for a bit." Matteo says.

"Hell no. I have got to see this." Lucian says.

"Fine. Once her lesson is over with; you'll be going to get your neck checked out." Matteo reluctantly agrees.

"Ready Principessa Farfalla?" Julian asks

"No but, I guess I never will be truly ready if I don't try, right?" I respond back.

Renzo hands me the keys to this beautiful creature that is now mine. He opens the driver door for me with a bright smile on his face. I gently slide into my seat. Once all my limbs are completely in the car. He closes my door and jumps in on the passenger side. "Rule one: Seat belts on at all times in the car." Renzo states. I put my seat belt on and so does my brother. "Rule two: Make sure your seat is where it's comfortable for you. Make sure your mirrors are where you can see around you." He starts to list off. I fix my mirrors and my seat for how I need them to be. "Rule three: Both hands on the steering wheel when you drive." He states again. I nod my head yes and put my hands on the wheel. "Rule four: When you going into gear, reverse or drive; you keep your foot on the damn brake." He instructs. I don't move into any gear. I listen to all his road rules. "Rule five: Once it's in its appropriate gear; you ease off brake and ease into the gas pedal." He calmly explains. "Rule six: Look both ways before you cross or before you turn." He states the most obvious. "Okay, Gemma we're going to drive around in our drive way." Renzo says. Our driveway is a huge big circle with a long straight shot to the road. I keep my foot on the brake and put my car into drive. I barely hit the gas pedal and she takes off quickly. Oh shit!

I hit my brakes a little too hard and Renzo is now bracing my dashboard.

Oops!

"Try it again, but easier on the pedals." Renzo says as calm as he can.

I ease into my gas pedal and again, she takes off. Instead of hitting my brakes, I just go with it. I continue into the circle before Renzo tells me to pull over and stop. Once my car is in park, he hops out the car and drops to the ground. I unbuckle and get out to see what he is doing.

Renzo is on his hands and knees kissing our driveway.

Dramatic much.

I didn't do that bad! Did I?

"Matteo, you're up!" Renzo finally says.

Matteo hops into the car and I get into the driver's seat again. I do exactly what I done with Renzo but easier.

Or so I thought.

As I move around the circle, Matty's head is banging against the window. I can hear him grunting and grumbling. Matty starts to finally speak again; just not in a calm way.

"Pull the fuck over Gemma Alexandria!"

I do as he says and pull over next to our family. As soon as the car is in park; he hops out. I get out of the car confused as ever.

What am I doing wrong?

I look and see Matty in the grass vomiting his guts out. Renzo is in a full belly laugh.

"Hell no, next person can teach her. I swear I was on a Merry-Go-Round doing 162 KMP." Matty whines.

Dramatic much Matty?

"Valentino, you're up champ." Dad says with a smile.

Valley just smiles and walks to the car. He opens the door and sits into his seat.

I walk to the car again for the third time. If anyone can teach me, it is Valley. Right?

Third time's the charm.

Shut up before you jinx us.

I get into the driver's seat yet again. Once I'm buckled up; I do the same thing as the last time except, I hit the gas pedal easier then last time. The car jerks forward which causes me to slam on the brakes. Valley's head hits the dashboard and I wince over the impact. He starts to grumble to himself and turns to me. All I can do is give him a sheepish smile. I barely hit the gas and she goes easier then before. I go around the circle while Valley tells me to ease into the gas pedal. When I hit the gas pedal, I guess I punched it too hard because Valley's head slams into the head rest.

Oops.

I keep going into circles and not slowing down. After several laps around he immediately tells me to pull the hell over.

What now?!

Once the car is in park he tries to race out. However, he has forgotten he's buckled it. So, the seat belt stops him completely. I get out of the car and walk back around towards our family. Once he gets out of the car, our whole family is cracking up. He grumbles and complains all the way to the stairs.

"Fuck no. I'm done." Valley grunts out.

"Up next is Nikol....." Dad starts to say.

"Nope. Hell no. If Valley can not handle the NASCAR driver then I sure as hell don't want to attempt it. Next?! Any takers!?" Nikolai yells out.

God! All my brothers are dramatic .

I mean you did just bounce all three of their brains out their ears. I would be scared too.

Am I that bad?

"No. I'm good." Alonzo says.

"I value my life." Maximus comments.

"Hell no!" Gianni says.

Really guys?

I told you if I were the rest I wouldn't get in the car with you.

I look up at Vincent and Leonardo with my pleading eyes. They both shake their heads no. I scrunch my face up at them with disappointment playing on my face. Will no one teach me? Am I that bad? I turn around to hand Renzo the keys thinking there goes my ticket to getting my license. Before the keys touch Renzo's palm a voice is heard over all my siblings chatter.

"Fuck it. Gems get in the driver seat. I'll teach you."

I turn around to see who volunteered to be the dummy in the car with me. I see a sea of black moppy hair boys. Out through the crowd of black hair; I see a set of topaz eyes staring at me.

"I'll be next. Let's go Gems." Lucian says with a smile.

I grin from ear to ear and take off running for my 'twin', hugging the life out of him.

"Thanks Bubs." I whisper in his chest.

"Not a problem Brat. You ready?" Lucian asks.

I nod my head in his chest. He pulls away from me and guides me to the car. He opens my car door for me. Once I'm nested in my seat, his hand comes across and buckles me in. He closes my door and gets in on his side. Once he buckles up, he turns to me with a promising smile.

"For starters, Gems scoot your seat back." He says still smiling.

"But, I won't be able to reach?!" I question him.

"Trust me. Scoot it back a bit. You just need to drive with your big toe and or just your toes. Not the whole dang foot." He says in a chuckle.

I scoot back until my toes are the only part of my foot touching the pedals; just as Lucian explains.

"Okay, now that you're situated properly. Fix your mirrors again and let's get this bitch moving." Lucian calmly says.

I do as he instructs and fix all my mirrors again.

"Now with your big toe or toes press the brake. Then, place her in drive and press the gas pedal with the toes." Lucian explains.

"You might want to keep your head on your seat." I mumble back.

"Trust me Gems. Please." Lucian pleads.

I do as he again instructs. The car doesn't jerk forwards. I takes off slow and easy.

Holy shit I took off correctly.

I did it!

"Circle around for a bit and we'll take her out of the driveway." Lucian says.

I do as he says and do a bunch of slow and steady circles. Lucian nods his head and points down the straight part of our driveway; that leads to the road. I turn down the straight part and hit my brakes at the end of the driveway. I put my right blinker on and go when it's clear. After going around our subdivision for fifteen minutes; I start to head back home. We pull up in front of our stairs where all our family is waiting for us. As soon as the car is in park; I unbuckle myself and Lucian is like Flash getting out of the car.

Did I scare him too?

Before I could process what I done wrong this time; my car door is now open and Lucian has pulled me out of the car. Once I'm on the concrete which isn't long at all. Lucian now has me in a tight hug and is spinning me around.

"You fucking did it Sorella. You did it." Lucian rants.

"I'm so damn proud of you!" Lucian continues on.

"You done incredible Gems. You done fucking amazing!" Lucian still carries on.

He finally places my feet back on the concrete after twenty spins. I swear I am dizzier then a dog that chased it's tail for a minute straight. Once my focus is back to normal, we walk arms linked together to our family. Our father and brothers are smiling ear to ear. Well, a select few are; most are with their mouths wide open.

You're going to catch flies like that.

"No way!"

"What the..."

"Seriously!"

"How?"

"Why?"

"No. Just no."

"That's insane!"

"The fuck just happened?"

"How did..."

"Did he just?..?"

This causes us to smile ear to ear and burst into laughter at our family.

"What was your secret Lucian?" Dad asks.

"Simple. She was too close to the steering wheel. Here my brothers are supposed to be all observant and shit." Lucian says while rolling his eyes.

"Seriously!? She was too close?" Matteo asks.

"Yes there doctor. She was." Lucian comments back.

"There's no way." Renzo retorts.

"Yes way." Lucian counters.

"I think we need training to get you three back to being observant ninjas again." Maximus suddenly says.

"Says the one who valued his life too much." Renzo snaps back.

In the distance we all can hear cars getting closer. When we all turn our heads down the straight part of our driveway; we see several cars comings towards us. Who the hell is coming down here? Do they not value their lives like Maxi Pad?

"Gemma get down now!" Renzo orders.

I'm too deep in thought to listen to anyone. I feel a hand on my wrist and spot tattooed hand and forearm.

Valley.

Valley pulls me beside my car and pushes me into a crouching position. Lucian hands me his extra gun.

Extra gun?

He doesn't carry an extra gun.

I glance at it more and realize it's...

My gun?

Both my brothers walk back to our family as I'm a crouching tiger behind my freaking car.

Seriously?!

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