Chapter 1 "Snake is coming home"

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10 YEARS LATER

*Veronica POV*

"I want the most attention grabbing dress that I can find" I told my best friend Amy. We had looked everywhere online a couple days before, we couldn't find anything that would be make me stand out. The reason I needed the dress was because I'd spent the last two weeks locked in the house avoiding people to the point of Amy having to break in to my room in order to see me. She would 'break in' every night until I just stopped locking my bedroom door. Daniel my older brother was too busy with his club to notice I hadn't left the house in the two weeks following my broke up with Alex. Daniel was however very clear on how happy he was now that Alex would no longer be involved in our life. The reason for the dress was we are going out. Just us two for the first time in months. Usually we would go out and Alex would force me to tell him where so he could show up and watch us throughout the night. This dress had to be attention grabbing and equally slutty since Alex would never let me wear such things probably because if I stood out I would of found someone better than him. 

"I am so excited to finally be able to get you drunk as fuck" Amy squealed. Alex would never let me get too drunk, he felt it was not classy for a taken woman to be acting like that. 

"I am seriously going to have every man in the club looking at me. Hide your husbands hide your sons I am coming for them all" Amy rolled her eyes as she laughed at me. 

"I see sequins and glitter" I screamed running across the store to a short dress hung up. I added it to the pile that was already in Amy's arms. She really was the best friend a girl could ask for. I'd known Amy for about 7 years now. She came in to my life during my depression after my parents died. She was the one who made Lorenzo's mom Camilla De Luca aware of the situation. I was great at coming home pretending to Daniel who I would only see for a hour maybe two tops a night that I was okay. 

Camilla would come over every evening at 8pm with a meal prepared for me and Danny to share even though she knew we could cook. I felt she did it more to have someone to be with since my mother was her best friend and now she was gone. I never refused the food or the hour of gossip where I'd pretend I was okay. When Amy became my friend she forced herself in to my personal space with no apologies, she would come over every few nights and all weekend. She would talk to Danny and Camilla she soon became part of our broken family. 

One night she came rushing over without messaging me I was in my ensuite sat on the edge of the bath tub with a razor. I'd cut in to the top of my thighs re opening some old scars making new ones when the door opened. She stared at me before she ran out the house to the De Luca's home where she dragged Camilla back for a small female family meeting. I was then made to go doctors and see a therapist.

To this day I don't know how I would ever thank her she never made me feel like I wasn't a burden to her, even when I would call her at 2am crying about how ugly I felt with the scars or when I'd feel like cutting new ones she would always rush over hold me until I was okay again. I'd been 5 years clean minus a few little set backs which was why Amy insisted to be around when me and Alex had broken up she didn't want me to relapse. 

"Try on these 200 dresses before my arms fall off" Amy begged I nodded taking a few off her arms to try on. I didn't know what I wanted I just knew glitter and sequins screamed I'm back bitches. 

"I don't like any of these" I dropped the last dress to the floor annoyed that none fitted me the way I liked.

"Stay here I'm going to look around" Amy called out to me. I waited for her to return. 

"I have the one" Amy screamed excitedly. I opened the dressing room door slightly to slip the dress in. 

"I love it" I said opening the dressing room door. 

"It's perfect your boobs look amazing, the way it's wrapped brings your waist in and that slit is sexy" Amy analysed the dressed

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"It's perfect your boobs look amazing, the way it's wrapped brings your waist in and that slit is sexy" Amy analysed the dressed. 

"I'm going to buy it" I agreed. 

Daniel, Zac, Theo and Kai were around the pool area talking about some shit I couldn't hear. 

"Danny" I called out closing the door to the house behind me. 

"Yeah?" he replied all the guys turned to face me. I looked between them before locking eyes to Kai to see him send me a wink. I shifted awkwardly taking off my cover up to reveal my basic orange bikini. 

"I need a VIP booth tonight" he just nodded at me before he went back to talking to Theo

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"I need a VIP booth tonight" he just nodded at me before he went back to talking to Theo. I swam aimlessly around the pool for a hour or so not bothering to listen to my brother's conversation until I heard HIS name. Snake. I slowly got out the pool grabbed a towel to dry myself. I placed it on to the seat I was going to sit on 

"Why are you talking about him?" I asked. Lorenzo known to these guys as Snake was never a topic of conversation. His name never left Daniel's mouth unless it was the 20th of the month. Today was 15th which is five whole days too early. 

"V" I could tell just by the tone he used to say my nickname that he didn't want to explain to me. I refused to be left out like I had been for the last 10 years. 

"Danny you are not leaving me out this conversation you only mention him once a month. I am not the same silent 13 year old I was I will dig until I know what you're talking about" I promised him. He sighed knowing I would do exactly as I promised. 

"Snake is coming home" he whispered but I heard him perfect. 

"When?" was all I could ask. 

"Tonight. The club will be throwing a party for him" I grabbed my towel and phone before I ran to my room. He was coming home. Tonight. 

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