AllFreeNovel
Share Us
How long had I been standing here looking out the window—not seeing anything but the gruesome events of the evening?
How much time had passed?
Minutes? Hours?
I held my breath in anticipation.
Waited.
Watched.
The black SUVs stopped just as the security lights went on.
I leaned forward until my forehead touched the cold windowpane.
Gabe, Alessio, and Cristo stepped out of the vehicles—all without shirts. And then helped my sisters out, as well.
My eyes filled with tears and blurred my vision, and a strangled sigh escaped my lips.
Everything is going to be alright.
Without a second thought, I rushed downstairs to greet them.
Jemma, Cara, and Fiona—all with blankets over their shoulders—ran into my arms. Their warm embrace filled me with love and relief, and tears.
So many tears.
We held each other for what seemed like an eternity.
Cried together until my worries and fears faded away, replaced by a feeling of contentment, even joy.
We were all safe.
After a while, we broke apart, and the three men stepped forward, all three of them with heavy expressions.
My eyes searched and found Gabe’s.
He looked worn out.
Tired.
Drained.
Whatever they found in Fausto’s villa, it was more than my sisters.
Worse than that.
And it was Gabe’s job as the new head of the family to clean the shit up. What had been going on?
For the first time, I looked at my sisters, scrutinized their clothes—black dress shirts and suit jackets and nothing else.
Their appearances—faces and hair—were ragged.
But they looked relatively unharmed—at least on the outside, thank God—which was an improvement on how Gabe had found me.
Gabe cleared his throat and gave me a small nod when my eyes snapped to his. “You good?” he asked in a somber voice.
I nodded. I wanted to go to him. Sink into his arms.
