"We have to leave now !" Noah said, pulling my arm.

My legs moved towards the direction he was taking me in, but my eyes were still fixated on the dead bodies of both Dmitri and Liam, blood pouring out from their bodies.

I still can't believe it. They won't threaten us anymore, they can't hurry us anymore. I don't have to walk around in fear everyday.

Although Liam is....was the traitor, I couldn't help the tears that poured down my face. I still cared for him, even though I didn't want to.

We got into the car and drive away from the restaurant. On the way, nobody said anything.

Once Noah and Dom dropped Dante and I home, they left.

From the time we entered the house till when we reached the bed, we hadn't spoken.

We despised Liam but we were mourning for our friend not the traitor.

Does that make sense ?

"Are you alright ?" Dante spoke up.

"I'm fine." I replied, snuggling my face onto his chest.

He hugged me back and rested his head on mine. The tears in my eyes threatened to fall but I held them back.

He looked at me and realized that so he held me tighter and said, "It's okay to cry. I'll be here for you. I'm here, Stellina."

Listening to him made me even more sad. So, I let myself cry. I don't know why, maybe it's just me but every time that someone tries to soothe me with their words to help me calm down, I cry even more.

I stayed like that for a while, letting myself grieve for the death of my once best friend.

We stayed there for a while, him comforting me by rubbing his hand in circles on my back soothingly and me balling my eyes out.

Then I thought of something.

Wiping my tears with the back of my hands, I said, "That doesn't actually mean meatball, does it ?"

I looked up at him and saw him break into a shy smile. "No, it doesn't."

"What does it actually mean ?" I asked, a little curious now.

"Sleep, Azalea." He said, slightly placing my head on his chest.

"No. Tell me." I argued.

"Shh...Good night." Dante whispered, gently patting my head.

"I'll ask Dom." I said, getting up too reach my phone.

But he was faster than me; he tangled his legs with mine so I couldn't move. "Nope. You won't. Sleep."

Giving up, I moved closer to him and whispered, "Goodnight, Dante."

After that, I was awake for a while, thinking about tonight's events until I was enveloped by darkness, into a deep sleep.

"Happy Birthday, anciana !" I wished Kim as she opened the main door.

"Thanks, and I'm not that old, okay ?" She furrowing her eyebrows.

"Here. I got you a little something." I said, giving her a bag. Last week, Dante and I went shopping and I saw a gift that she would love.

"I would say that you didn't have to, but I really like gifts." Kim said, taking the bag.

She walked into the house and I followed her.

"Dante was busy with something relating to the mafia so he couldn't come. He told me to wish you on his behalf, though." I said, closing the main door behind me.

"Aw..say thanks to him." She replied, sitting on the couch.

I sat next to her and laughed at the way she opened the bag and pulled out all the wrapping paper from the box that I had neatly covered.

"Shut the fridge." She said, staring at what I had given her.

"Do you like it ?" I asked, smiling at how happy she looked.

"Like it ? I fucking love it ! You actually bought me a nunchaku." She said, testing it by whipping it around in the air.

"Be careful, woman. I'm right here. You could shatter my bones !" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, yeah." Kim nonchalantly replied.

"Wow. It has my name engraved on it." She said, feeling the engraved writing.

"Yup." I said, popping the 'p'.

"Thanks, Lea." She said, giving me a side hug.

"Don't thank me. " I smiled, hugging her back.

"Soooo...how is um.....everything ?" I asked, pulling away. "You know, with Alex and all."

"I tried avoiding him at first because I didn't want to talk about the kiss. But, I couldn't do that for long because, I mean, he is my boss after all." Kim explained.

"Then a few days later, he confronted me and then we ended up kissing again." She smiled like a teenage girl, talking about her crush.

Kim continued, "We aren't official yet but we have become a little closer now. And apparently, he doesn't seem annoying now. That's a first."

I was so happy for them, to be honest. Kim deserves someone good for her and so does Alex; they're perfect for each other.

"Oh em geeee !" I exclaimed. "I'm so happy !"

She smiled and then sighed, "Yeah, me too. I really like him. Anyway, how is everything with Elijah and Zane ?"

"They're good. Noah and Dom don't bust out their guns when they see them around so that's nice." I said.

"Did you see the news ?" Kim asked, out of the blue.

"Yeah. I did." I said, thinking of yesterday's headlines that said that Dante Romano wasn't an eligible bachelor anymore and that we were dating. I mean, they weren't wrong.

"You're on, like, every other page !" Kim said, turning the pages of the newspaper she was holding.

"I know ! I don't know how they got all those pictures, though. I'm always at home." I said, thinking of everything that has happened in the last few days.

Ever since Dmitri and Liam passed away, we've been a little more relaxed.

Although some of us, like Dante, Kim and me are downhearted sad about Liam's death.

When they died, I wanted to know why he betrayed us so I went through all his emails and found a few of them between him and Dmitri.

Apparently, Dmitri had threatened to kill Liam's little sister if he didn't help him.

Finding this out made me feel even worse for thinking that he would ever do that to us but I can't change the past now.

He could've come to us but I guess he was just afraid that Dmitri would somehow find out.

Now that I have Kim, Dante, Noah, Dom, Alex and now even my own father, Elijah, as well as my brother, Zane right by my side; I couldn't be happier.

I finally have what I've always wanted. A family. People who care for me, people who I can lean onto and I will always be there for them too cause that what a family does, don't they ?

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