14 months after Julianna's disappearance a text asking for help and her name showed up on Andrea's phone.
But is it her?
What happened in those 14 months?
Was she pregnant?
If so, did she have the baby?
Does she still think about him? About Niccolo...
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I thought that once I had her by my side I would be able to breathe better, having her again under the same roof, in my arms was supposed to lift a huge weight off my shoulders.
But itdoesn't.
My breathing got worse and the weight heavier, now that I know that I have a daughter out there, with people that we don't know what they are doing to her.
Everything feels more.
More urgent.
More delicate.
More intense.
"Did she wake up?" I ask Andrea once I'm inside the medical room.
"No." Andrea says, the sadness and worry in his voice are clear.
"What did the doctor say?"
"It's bad Nic, so fucking bad. From cuts to broken bones, concussions, infection a-and..."
"And? And what Andrea?"
"He abused her Niccolo, sexually, so bad she needed stitches. She has scar on top of scar. I don't know how she's alive. She even had a bullet in her scapula and the wound was closed. She was in so much pain." The sadness in his voice was gone, he was mad, so angry that I could feel it from the other side of the room.
He got up and punched the wall, I never saw him like this. But I understand him, fuck how I know what he's feeling. I walked to him and hugged him.
"She killed them, Andrea, she killed them all. But I need you, it's not over, she and I, we have a daughter. Someone took her and we have to find her." I said still hugging him because now I was the one that needed it. I couldn't stop the tear that escaped my eye.
"We will find her - " He started to say but we heard a grunt from the bed. We let go of each other and turned to her.
"Hera." She whispered but soon she started shouting.
"Hey, hey Julianna calm down" Andrea said and walked closer to her bed. She calmed down for a minute and just stared at him, there was a knock on the door, and the guys came in without a word.
Her wide eyes roamed the room.
"Vito? Vito, where's Vito?" Why is she calling for him? Her family is in front of her. Why can't she call me? I looked at Talon and nodded at him, he understood my silent order to get the guy.
"He's on his way, " I told her and walked close to her.
Fuck.
Thelookinhereyesbreaksmyheart. Whatshould I say? Hi, how are you? No, you dumb fuck!
