Their safe haven

Chapter five🫶🏼

Evelyn's pov

I tossed and turned for hours before I finally gave up and just laid there. I looked over at the clock on my nightstand and it read 6:30 am. I looked back at the ceiling and started to slowly slip into sleep.

"I can't believe we have a sister...like a girl, that stays here." I heard a distant voice and I wanted to groan but I held it. "Shut up dumbass. You are going to wake her up." I heard a smack and then a groan of pain.

I acted like I was waking up and slowly fluttered my eyes open. I saw Marco and Sergio staring at me with their phone in their hands. They looked at me with wide eyes as I scrunched my eyebrows together in confusion.

Sergio chuckled nervously and looked at the ground as Marco smiled at me. "Hey, we are really sorry about last night. And if it makes any difference we talked to Luca and Alessandro and they said it's okay if you have guy friends! Just not anything touchy touchy till you are 18." I just nodded my head while sitting up.

I looked over to see Sergio's face turn serious. "Honestly I think it doesn't matter, but I don't want you dating till you are 40." I chuckled and Marco rolled his eyes.

I heard a faint guitar playing and I looked up to see Marco shaking his head. "Fucking Salvatore. Doesn't he know it's 6 in the morning?!" I smiled at the sound and I enjoyed listening to it, it was calming to me.

I got off of my bed and stood in between two of my brothers. I was about to move when suddenly I was brought into a warm hug by Marco. Pain ran through my body like a moving river through my veins and muscles.

My body contracted and I stilled in pain and fear. "Marco stop, you are scaring our sister." I silently thanked Sergio when Marco finally let me go. Marco looked at me in guilt and slowly patted my head. "Sorry." his voice trailed off and I felt regret taking over my mind.

I just smiled and patted his shoulder. His lips stretched into a big smile as he looked at Sergio with a smug expression. "Ha! I got a smile out of her!" I chuckled and walked away from the two arguing men.

"Oh wait chicken!" Chicken..? I turned and saw Sergio walking over to me. "We have to get you some clothes so just meet us downstairs okay?" I nodded and he patted my head before turning around.

Once Marco and Sergio left I walked into the bathroom and saw a toothbrush. At least my mom gave me a toothbrush to brush my teeth, in a sense, I was thankful for that.

I started to brush my teeth when I heard my door open. I looked up at the mirror and saw Angelo walking into my room. I spit out the toothbrush and turned to face him.

He held something behind his back and flashbacks of Simon flashed into my brain.

"Don't worry, I brought a gift." He had an evil look in his eye making me push myself into the cold corner. He slowly pulled the handcuffs from behind his back and gripped my wrist in a tight grip.

"Evelyn." I shook my head and looked up to see Angelo looking at me with mixed emotions swirling in his eyes. "I'm sorry." He shook his head and bent down to be at eye level with me.

His large hand came up and slowly cupped my cheek. "I'm sorry if I scared you, bambino, I have something for you. Are you okay?" His warm hand made me feel a bit safe.