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𝐃 𝐀 𝐍 𝐓 𝐄 • 𝐑 𝐔 𝐒 𝐒 𝐎

I glance across the table and watch as my father, Nicolas stares at his mother, waiting for whatever it is she is about to announce.

"I found this..." My nanna pulls out an envelope with our names written on it, well, Bruno's and mine to be more specific. She takes in a deep breath and then continues, "He's always been on the hunt to discover who killed Maria, who was behind all of it." A tear appears in her eye and we all take in a deep breath and just wait for the news, any news. My grandfather had always wanted to find out who wished bad upon our family.

"Your father couldn't figure out who it was Nico." She begins to cry, dabbing the napkin under her eye to catch every water drop. "B-But, he figured it was someone close to you... But he had a heart attack before he could figure out who it was." She sighs and stares at our reactions.

But they were all hidden, I had no idea what Bruno or my father were thinking underneath their mask, they definitely didn't know how I felt either. Not only do we have a cop to worry about who is also technically a rat, we have another, right under our noses... Yet we just don't know who. I run my fingers over my unshaven chin and glance up to my grandmother.

"For all of your sake, please finish what he had started, you must find out who this rat is...there is more than just one female and one child in the home now, you need to do this for them."

𝐋 𝐔 𝐍 𝐀 • 𝐆 𝐎 𝐌 𝐄 𝐙

I stay put in the position I have been in the past hour, the tears just keep forming and falling from my eyes. I'm curled up into a ball in protection to hide myself away. Putting on a brave face for Alessia was the most awful thing I had to do, luckily I didn't see Sofia this evening so it was easy to tuck my daughter up to bed with no one else around, but the memories of what had happened just keep pestering my mind, hoarding the horror in my brain.

'I know the truth Luna, you can't keep hiding it anymore. Did you come here in hopes it'll all be okay? That everyone would believe you straight away and it would be back to normal?" I keep my eyes pinned onto Justin, my eyes going all blury with the now excess water waiting to escape.

'This can't be true!' I exclaim as quiet as I could without my daughter and Violetta overhearing from down the bottom of the garden.

'You're a liar! You knew the whole time, just admit it!' Justin's loud voice only attracts the attention of the girls who suddenly look confused, yet they still shout to ask if I'm okay, I nod lightly unable to spill out the words unless I choke on them and cry.

'How do I know you aren't?' I question him with my eyes suddenly burning as the sun sets in-line with my eyesight.

'Because of what I had to go through to get the evidence, grab your daughters bloody old scab, swab her cutlery after use for fingerprints and attempting to get her hair.'

Hearing Justin's voice replay in my mind like a broken record, the extend he went to grab DNA off of my daughter was horrible, I cry into the pillow and remember the whole conversation.

'You better tell, or I will.' was his exact words, but what was there to tell? How can I say it? Would I even be believed?

I decide to wipe the mascara running from my eyes and run down the stairs, holding onto the banister for support but I suddenly bump into a hard surface that holds me from my shoulders.

"Hey." Draco's voice ties me up and makes me freeze, I stand here silent, not knowing what to do.

"Have you been crying?" He looks at me and I look down, staring at my socks overlapping each other as I play with my feet.

His fingers reach the bottom of my chin and I suddenly feel my head being tipped up ever so gently, he nudges me slightly for me to obey to his movements, I look up and my eyes meet his.

"Tell me why you're crying." I sniff up the courage along with my tears and took in a deep breath, Draco was not the person I needed to tell, but my mind was almost forcing me to spill my heart out to someone, anyone.

"I'm fine Draco, really." I end the sentence with a false smile, I encourage him to know that I'm fine, but would he understand? Probably not.

"Whatever you say Luna, I'm here if you need to talk to me though, okay?" I nod and walk back into the room I burst out from, I was stuck, wrapped up in my thoughts. I knew Draco wasn't the right person to talk to, so I pick up my phone and dial Maya's number.

She answers on the second dial and the panic in her voice echos through the speakers, "Oh my god, are you okay? We've barely spoken." I sigh and take a seat on my bed.

"I'm fine, it's just been really difficult at the moment, I've been messaging my mum now and again but it's hard to communicate with anyone since they've found out, well, some knew before Dante but that's not the point, everyone practically knows now and I want to believe Alessia and I are still safe." The last few words replay in my mind, since knowing the information Justin threw in my face, how can we not be safe?

I told Maya the news I received, she was shocked, however not as much as I thought she would. She replayed a memory in my mind which only encouraged the memory to repeat in my mind from the very beginning to the end.

'Sei così bella.' [You're so beautiful].

My thighs were still wrapped around his muscular body, pinning me against the wall with every bit of power he had in his body, I didn't know who he was, or why he was here, but in a way, that's what makes tonight so perfect.

His fingers trail down from the top of my thigh to the very bottom of my ankle while he works his magic inside of my body, I could barely keep my eyes open, the pleasure was pericing through my body and each touch was a repeat of affection.

Awhile passed and it was all finished, but we couldn't keep our lips off of each other, they felt soft yet controlling. I still didn't care that I didn't know his name, I didn't care the reason he probably used me tonight, because I needed him. I needed to feel tonight, even without any alcohol in my system.

Even though I wanted more and I knew he'd be my addiction right now, but tonight was a one-off and I'm fine with that.

I find myself on the brink of crying, but I manage to hold it in, taking in deep breaths and forcing myself to keep calm. Maya was with me that night, egging me on to have fun in other ways as I refused to take in any alcohol. So I went along with it, went where my mind took me.

The phone call finished with Maya telling me she'll keep in touch, even though if I struggle to keep in contact full-time. Now it was just me and my mind, confused yet worried. But tomorrow is another day.

I place my head onto my pillow and held onto it tight as if it was the last thing I was holding onto, but my bed suddenly sunk lower. I glance to the other side of me and watch as Alessia climbs onto my bed all half-sleep. I open up my duvet and wrap her up next to me so I can hold her tight, she's just another reason to make me stronger.

Hey I hope you're all enjoying UD!

Just a little note, in this chapter all of the italic styled writing is all flash backs (All of the slanted writing). :)