Today was the day Emilia would see her sister, yesterday had flown by.

She had spoken to Antonio yesterday and because they were both ungrounded, Antonio asked if they could do something Saturday, she told him she was visiting family but would be free Sunday, so they planed it out, they both made it clear to each other it was just two friends hanging out, they were even meeting up with Sophia, Evan, Lucy and Hailey later in the day.

Unfortunately Damon had been in meetings all day so they never got chance to speak. He had left the house at 6am, only to return way after midnight.

So now it was Saturday morning and Emilia was looking at herself in the mirror. She could see the changes in her appearance, Thursday night had broken her but she still looked alot happier, her bones no longer stuck out so much, she looked healthier.

So much had changed in the past month.

A knock at the door had here pulling down her T-shirt fast, she had lifted it up slightly to see how many ribs were now showing.

"Can I come in Emilia"

She relaxed when she heard it was Alesandro.

"Yeah come in" she told him as she went to find some shoes.

"How are you feeling" he asked.

"Nervous I guess. Last time I spoke in front of her..." Emilia trailed off.

"Not to worry, I'll be right by your side the entire time bambina" Alesandro said.

"Thank you" Emilia said.

"If you want to talk about it, I'm here" Alesandro said

"I know. It's just hard, I want anwsers, I want to move on. Why doesn't she want me talking? Why did she laugh and encourage them to abuse me? Why did she tell them to abuse me? Just why?" Emilia said.

They hadn't spoken much of the abuse, only that it happened, and about the incident with the drug dealer. Hearing what Lexi had done to her made Alesandro angry. He didn't want to scare her though so instead he masked his anger. He was good at hiding emotions, even better than Damon at times. Damon got angry quick but Alesandro, he could be even more emotionless as he could control his anger.

"What happened should never have happened, it might be hard but I'm so proud of how far you have come already. You didn't speak at all for the first few days, then you moved to your phone/notebook and now you are speaking to us all and even on public occasionally. I'm so proud of you for that. And of course I'm extremely proud of you for feeling comfortable enough that you can joke with us"

Emilia smiled, he was right. She had come so far. "I'm no longer running away from you" she mumbled.

"were we really that scary to you" he asked.

Emilia nodded "terrifying"

Alesandro knew he and Damon could be scary, especially Damon but he didn't like the thought that his own daughter was scared of him.

"And now? Do you still see that"

Emilia didn't like the question, butsje decided to anwser it honestly. She was done with keeping her feelings to herself.

She wanted to open up to them.

"Well that depends really. Damon he can be scary at times. But you, I definitely think you could be scary if you wanted but your too nice to be scary" she tried to explain.

Alesandro smiled "you are quite right. If you ever feel scared in my presence I'm doing something wrong. Please tell me if you ever feel that way"

"Thank you "

They soon left her room and went downstairs. Alesandro made her a quick breakfast, cereal.

The others were still in bed, being a weekend so he didn't bother making them anything. After all they were all old enough to make their own. Even Emilia was old enough but he knew she would be reluctant to make anything plus he enjoyed making food for her.

It wasn't long before Damon appeared. He had a glare on his face as he poured himself coffee. He hadn't had chance to talk to her since he had been working.

"We are heading out soon " Alesandro said as he continued reading the newspaper with a cup of coffee.

"Great, since you insist on going, I think I'll join you"

"Is that okay with you, Emilia " Alesandro asked.

Emilia nodded. She was still feeling guilty for how she treated Damon.

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Alesandro reluctantly nodded "Emilia I just need to go inform mason we will be out since Damon is coming"

He left the two alone to talk.

Damon sat down next to her with a cup of coffee. He knew he needed to reassure her that they were okay and what better way to do that then show her it wasn't even on his mind anymore. It was on his mind but he wasn't angry with her or anything like that.

"I hope you don't mind me coming, I've been neglecting my stalking duties recently and I feel it's best if I resume the stalking" he joked.

Emilia dared look up at him, hearing the joke. Damon was taken back a little when he saw how empty her eyes were, no happiness. She looked broken.

"You're not angry?" She whispered.

"Not at all. I want to apologize again for my behaviour. I keep messing up and asking for forgiveness but please know, I am trying to be better"

"It's not like you have anything to apologize for this time. You were just concerned about the bullying, you wanted to know what happened. You didn't do anything wrong"

"okay but I'm still sorry." Damon replied.

Time skip

The three of them arrived at the hospital in the late morning. Damon knew their dad wouldnt do what needed to be done if she lashed out, he also knew Lexi didn't fear their dad, plus he wanted to mess with her a bit.

They entered. They hadn't called ahead as Saturdays were visiting days for all patients and having as much power as they did, they could simply request to see her any time they liked.

"Oh Mr Russo we werent expecting you, has their been an incident" one of the head employees said coming out.

"Why would they have been an incident" Alesandro asked.

"Are we having the other twin sectioned" he then asked.

This caused Emilia to panic. Damon instantly took her hand. Alesandro was in front, his two children stood behind so he didn't notice Emilias panic.

"Why the fuck would I do that. We are here to visit Alexia" Alesandro spoke with annoyance.

"Well that doesn't explain why you are here. You had her released"

"What do you mean" Alesandro asked slowly.

Damon saw her nervous Emilia was, he was pretty angry himself but chose not to show it, he silently led Emilia away from their father and the employee.

"Dad's going to sort it out, let's wait here okay" he said gently but couldn't help glaring at the employee.

The employee led Alesandro to the front desk. "Alexia Russo" he said to one of workers behind the desk.

"She was discharged Thursday" the person said.

"Who allowed this? Why was I not informed? Who got her?" Alesandro said with his classic 'you better anwser me before I shoot you' tone.

"The head of the hospital allowed it, you were informed, her mother sir"

Alesandros anger increased.

Damon saw it instantly. "Can you wait here, I just need to check on what's going on" he asked Emilia who nodded. He then walked over.

"What do you mean I was informed "

"Well we rang the contact number you gave us and you have us permission"

"What did you give permission for father" Damon asked glaring at the workers.

"Apparently she was released into the care of her mother with my permission " Alesandro said darkly.

Damon was furious when he heard this.

"What number did I give you" Alesandro asked.

The woman had already gotten on the system so she quickly gave him the number they had contacted.

"That's not my number and I'm more than positive I gave the right number especially since you contacted me a few times since I put her here " Alesandro said with anger.

"Well um the man said he was you, gave anwsers to the security questions, he said he was busy in a meeting but they wanted her discharged so he's letting Lexi's mum collect her" the woman said as they started to realize their mistake.

"We are going to have to contact the head of the ward and the building" the other employee said.

"Don't bother, I took the call father, mum wanted to suprise you, I'm sorry for the trouble we caused. They are coming to suprise you this afternoon " Damon lied.

Alesandro went with the lie until they walked away "why did you like" Alesandro whispered.

"Because they were about to get everyone involved"

"I suppose that would make it harder to kill my ex wife" Alesandro muttered.

"Whats going on" Emilia asked.

"Apparently they released her to her mother"

"But she's in prison" Emilia said.

"I'm going to make some calls when we get back, you don't need to worry Emilia, this will all be sorted soon"

Emilia did worry though. If Alice was out, did that mean Henry was too? If she had taken Lexi that meant they were in this country, they could be watching her now.

On the journey home, Damons focus was on his phone as he messaged back and fourth with his computer specialists. Eventually he got the anwser both Alesandro and himself suspected.

"" Damon said after getting confirmation.

Alesandros grip on the steering wheel tightened "He had no doubt Alice and Henry had been released. Alice would have told Henry everything and Henry would have been able to impersonate him.

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" Alesandro said

"I know you're both unhappy but can you switch back to English, it's just you sound really angry and I have no idea what your saying so it's making it worse" Emilia interrupted.

"Sorry Emilia, we are just annoyed. We are just discussing how it's better to handle this ourselves then get the police involved at the moment"

"Okay, is it possible for you to keep me in the loop instead of talking in a different language all the time"

"Yeah we will keep you informed but we still be discussing it between ourselves in Italian " Alesandro told her.

"Okay" Emilia accepted his anwser. She didn't bother asking the question they both thought she would have.

Will they take me too?

Of course Emilia had thought this and still did but she knew her father and brothers wouldn't let that happen.