CHAPTER 26

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Alessandro walks in with Jason and Ashton behind him

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Alessandro walks in with Jason and Ashton behind him. I motion for the boys to take a seat in front of me and they follow without question.

"Hello boys" I say coldly

"Hello sir" They reply nodding their heads.

Their faces show no emotion like Laura's. Although, Laura's looks more of a constant thing like myself and Alessandro.

"I wanted to talk to you boys about your relationship with my daughter." I tell them. "I think my sons want a few words with you also" I say looking around to my six sons in the room.

"What would you like to know?" Ashton asks me emotionlessly

"When did you become friends with my daughter?" I ask leaning forward in my seat, clasping my hands together

"We met Laura when we were 11 years old. She was 10 almost 11 at the time. She wanted to take self defense classes with my uncle, Noah, and that's how we met her." Jason explains looking me in the eyes

Damn I thought I was scarier than that

Boo.

"Do you know why she wanted to take self defense classes?" Matteo asks from the back of the room

Ashton turns around replying "She used to walk to school. I think she just wanted to do it for her safety in case something happened."

Hannah made her walk to school? Living in that neighborhood???

What else did she do to her?

"You seem really close with her" Luca says calmly next to Matteo

"Yeah we are" Jason says with a small smile

The boys turn their attention back to me. "I understand that you boys lived in Chicago with Laura. Yet you moved here?" I state more than ask

"Yes, we moved here with Jason's uncle. He owns a gym here and said he wanted to look after that location more anyway." Ashton replies

"What about your parents?" I ask the two of them

I can see them tense and their eyes hold sadness. "Um, our parents died in a car crash when we were 9. Our parents were best friends. They were coming home from having dinner as a group and their car got hit by a semi-truck. Later we found out it was because the truck's breaks were shot and he didn't want to spend the money to get them replaced. Noah became my guardian and he adopted Ashton shortly after." Jason explains fidgeting with his hands
I can see Ashton clench his fists at the situation Jason explained.

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