Emilia

chapter 1

Mason and Emilia sat in silence as they watched their eldest brother lay in the hospital bed, unresponsive, he was in a coma.

When he was shot it was inches away from being fatel. In the ambulance he had stopped breathing but they managed to get him back.

He hadn't woken up and it had been almost two weeks.

Emilia herself was suppose to be resting and recovering as she had severe injuries but she could walk at least, it was painful but that didn't stop her and that meant most days she was here.

"How are you feeling" Mason finally asked her.

This morning had been rough for him but he dreaded to think what it had been for her.

Alice was dead.

When Alesandro shot Henry he made sure it wasn't fatel but when he shot Alice, he didn't aim for a certain place, she had shot first and he was already pissed. He just shot. Killing her almost instantly.

None of them were happy to attend the funeral for her but they had to, to keep up appearances. Being well known businessmen and extremely rich meant word soon got out that their mother was dead. They had originally planned to burn her body and never speak of it again but a very distant family member on the mums side wanted a funeral. With the media on their backs they couldn't risk people finding out what had happened so they let the distant family member have the body, no autopsy was performed and the police were paid off, not to investigate.

They all presumed, Alice had tried to kill her son and Alesandro had shot her. But nothing was done.

The police only got involved because of the ambulance needed for Damon and Emilia. It was protocol.

They never mentioned Henry because they had already transported him and Lexi to the cells. Lexi hadn't been shot, she hadn't been hurt by her father or brothers either. They just avoided her, they wanted to spill Henry's blood first. The cells were no longer occupied. Damon made sure of that when he went on a killing spree, killing everyone they had locked up.

The funeral for Alice sparked alot of attention in the media so the family attended.

None of them knew how to feel. Their mother was dead. They didn't miss her, she left years ago, Matteo and Dante had no memory of her. But it still felt surreal, their mother was truly dead.

Emilia didn't know how to feel. Before being taken she had told Damon how much she wanted her mum to have loved her. She would never get this. Not that she would if she was alive.

"Im sorry" Emilia whispered in response not taking her eyes from Damon.

"What for" Mason asked.

"If I could have moved Damon wouldn't have..."

Mason nodded knowing where she was going "it's not your fault you didn't pull the trigger" he firmly stated.

"But I could have tried to move , it just hurt to much and I couldn't"

"Emilia can I tell you a story" Mason asked.

Emilia nodded.

"Well first one thing you need to know about Damon is that growing up  he was very closed off, he doesn't like showing emotions, and he always had that deadly glare of his. Well one day I could have gotten hurt, but Damon was with me, he took my place and got hurt himself. Of course it wasn't severe. But my point to this is, Damon can be cold and closed off but when it truly mattered he was right there protecting me, he would do anything to keep his family safe. No matter what. I blamed myself quite a bit and all he told me was 'it wasn't you who hurt me, so stop blaming yourself, I didn't take the hit for nothing'. So Emilia did he get himself shot for you to feel guilty or did he get himself shot so you can be free from the monsters"

Of course, Mason was very vague, he didn't explain what really happened because then that could lead to the Mafia talk. None of them had explained yet and she didn't ask. He had a feeling she was either too out of it to realize or all she cared about was Damon and when he finally got better she would ask.

"Do you think he will wake up soon" she asked.

"I hope so. I know I have been distant,we all have but we don't blame you, we are all just worried and upset. Damon has stopped breathing a few times and he's now in a coma. Hes too stubborn to give up though, we just need to be patient" Mason tried to reassure her.

He really didn't know how this would turn out.

The doctors didn't know either which was even more frustrating.

"Do you think dad blames me" Emilia asked.

"What? No!" mason quickly replied but then he sighed before continuing. "You have to understand Dad is in a very dark place at the minute, we all are. I know you are shutting us all out, well dad is doing the same but he's also very very angry that Henry shot Damon. He's got alot on his plate, I'll have a word with him tonight and he will reassure you that he doesn't blame you"

Emilia nodded. She didn't want to but she needed to hear it from him.

You didn't think I'd actually kill Damon?  I could never do that.

My plan was always to show that Damon would die for Emilia, I never planned to kill him off but the amount of hate I got for it. I knew no one would be happy but there was way to much hate. I can accept constructive criticism or correcting my mistakes but please stop with the hate.