Cortello - D'Angelo

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𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖽𝗋𝗎𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝖼𝗈𝗁𝗈𝗅 𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗌𝖾, 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗎𝗅𝗍, 𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖫𝖦𝖡𝖳𝖰𝖨𝖠+ 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗆𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝖨𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗋 𝖽𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆, 𝖨 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀.

𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 - 𝘐𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

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The car ride home was beyond awkward. On Elijah's part, he did try filling the car with meaningless chatter but I wasn't in the mood. Eventually we were both silent, him concentrating on driving and me leaning my head against the window. The radio wasn't even on making the ride even more awkward.

I got discharged that day. I actually wasn't in the hospital but in the medical bay of my brothers' family businesses. I had no idea why they needed a medical bay but I never questioned it. I had to stay in the medical bay for one extra day for observation, my brothers' orders to my doctor, and I got released today when they found nothing wrong.

My brothers were ignoring me, except for Dari, Luci, Elijah and Ryde. The display they put on in the hospital just went to show that they thought me downing all of those pills was just a poor suicide attempt, but that was not the case at all and I had no idea how to tell any of them that. It's not like any of them would listen anyway.

At first I thought Elijah was ignoring me too because when the car ride started, he didn't say anything either. He just walked into my room while I was still sitting on my bed then they walked out, safe for a small greeting that I didn't get the chance to return. My doctor told me I was getting discharged it day so I assumed I should follow them and I did.

I found out he wasn't ignoring me. He was just being like me, lost in his thoughts.

When we reached home, I went straight to the stairs and Elijah went to the elevator. It was a slow walk up the stairs and I watched the elevator pass the third floor so he were probably going to the fourth floor. I was still curious about what was up there but I didn't have the energy even think about it.

I walked into my room and closed the door behind me. Kicking off my Nike sneakers, I flopped onto my very comfortable bed that I missed very much while I stuck in the medical bay and I buried my head in my pillow, sighing softly.

I was certain then that I f they didn't before, my brothers definitely hated me after my trip to the med bay. The eight of them immediately assumed that downing those pills was a poor suicide attempt but none of them would listen. If you were in that much pain, all you would want was for it stop and that's what I wanted. I wanted the pain to stop and none of them would listen, not that u expected them to.

A knock sounded at my door and I perked up, the faintest of smiles gracing my lips when I thought it was one of my brothers.

"Come in!" I shouted, sitting up.

The door opened and my smiled faded, "Elliot." I breathed out his name, not even bothering to hide the disappointment in my voice.

"You expecting someone else?" Given the circumstances, seeing Elliot's signature smirk plastered on his face made the smile reappear on my face.