Still early in the morning we heard a window shattering....

Startled, I look at Ilayda and look around. She showed me with her finger to be quiet. She takes her gun as she slowly walks through the living room towards the kitchen. When I feel a hand on my shoulder, I am startled and want to scream, but my mouth is covered. I looked back and see his eyes. Relieved that it's Tom, I hug him.

"Did you find anything?" he asked Ilayda who just shakes her head. "Baby you take one of my men and go upstairs!", Tom ordered me but I shake my head. "I don't want to be alone," with glazed eyes I look at him. Tom kisses my forehead and puts his hand on my cheek. "Nothing is going to happen to you. My men are with you. Now go upstairs, we need to check if everything is safe," nodding slightly, I give in and go upstairs. Before I could open the door the one guy holds me. "We'll check if it's safe here, then you can go in", slightly scared, I look at him. They both go into the room and look around. When I see a shadow behind me, I slowly turn around.My heart was pounding and fast. Behind me stood a man with a mask and a gun in his hand. He holds it directly to my forehead. That's it my life is over, I thought to myself at that moment. I close my eyes. At that moment I turned off everything around me. But I could still hear the door open and quick steps as if someone was running away. I started screaming and crying as what I just couldn't manage. Tom came running up and immediately pulls me into his strong arms. I couldn't keep myself on my feet and also notice my circulation slowly collapsing. "Hey, hey baby! Keep your eyes open,",I heard Tom scream desperately. But after that everything was black.____With a bad headache, I slowly wake up and hear someone talking. "You're a doctor, you have to do something," I growl because of the pain. I slowly open my eyes and see Tom standing in the room arguing with another younger man. "Tom?", I ask quietly, but they both give me their attention immediately. "Baby," he smiles in relief and presses a kiss to my forehead. "You're finally awake again," I look around and see that I'm lying on the couch. "W-what happened?"Tom sits down next to me and takes my hands in his. "You fainted Mi Amore," as he answered my question with that, everything comes rushing back and I can remember everything very clearly. I start breathing fast and I can't control it anymore. Tom notices it and immediately tries to calm me down. "Gaby!", immediately she came into the room and looks at me with wide eyes. "You want me to bring you a water?", I nod at her and immediately she goes to the kitchen and brings me a water. Gratefully I accept it and take a sip. "Mi Amore, you need to calm down. No one will ever come that close to you again!", he clenches his hands into a fist. "Do you want me to prescribe you some medicine?", the unknown young man asked me. "Just do it!", Tom grumbled at him. He rolled his eyes and pulled a medicine out of his backpack. "This is for your headache, if you need anything else, have Tom call me," I wanted to thank him, but I didn't even know his name. Just like I don't know the other hundred names that feel like they live here too. "She doesn't know me? What kind of brother are you?" he said, playfully offended. Tom looked at him grimly.
"I'm Sam, glad to finally meet you too y/n. I'm one of Tom's brothers," he gives me a kiss on the hand, which Tom immediately snatches away from him. "Don't touch her!" he yells at him, but Sam just rolls his eyes and laughs. "Mom wants you guys to come over for dinner tomorrow night," he mentions in passing and walks out the door. As Tom was about to get up I grab his hand and look up at him. "Who was that this morning?", from his reaction I could tell he didn't know and it was making him really mad. "I don't know, but he's going to regret putting a gun to your head," mad he walks out of the room. Ilayda came running into the room and hugs me. "Are you feeling better now? I was so worried about you!", she hugs me. I couldn't react that fast, but then hug her too.

"Yes I am better again, thank you for asking. But what actually happened?", suddenly she looks serious and takes a deep breath. "From the looks of it, someone has it in for you-", but before she could speak further, she was pulled out of the room. But I wouldn't be me if I didn't go after her. Quietly, I walk to the door of the living room and hear Ilayda and Tom discussing. "Are you actually completely insane! You can't just tell her that someone is out to get her!", Tom yells at her, but seeing that she doesn't even flinch. Once again, I have to think about who this woman is. She's not afraid of him like some people are and if I'm honest with myself, sometimes I am when he's so aggressive or always yelling like that. "She has to know the truth! You can't lie to her. We should start training her," shocked, I turn and walk out of the living room and run upstairs to Tom and my bedroom. I can't and I don't want to train. So many things are going through my head. Omg. What if these people not only seek me out, but my parents as well.

I start breathing faster again. I hold onto the bed so I don't fall over again. I see in the corner of my eye that Gaby has come to me, apparently she noticed that I ran upstairs quickly. "You need to get some fresh air," she says, and helps me walk out onto Tom's balcony. The cold, but also fresh air makes me breathe slower again. But I still hold on to Gaby. "Which one of us needs a time out now?", smiling slightly, I look at her. "Mr. Holland, will take care of her, just as he takes care of my children." I look at her confused, which makes her smile. "If you are employed by Mr. Holland, you are under his protection. I am extremely grateful to him for that. My kids sometimes don't have it easy at school, but when things got really serious, he was there. He himself was there and cleared it up". Tom also has other sides, I know that. Even though he always shows people his cool and emotionless side, he can also be very loving and romantic. My goosebumps confirm that it is not the cool air that gives me the goosebumps, but that Tom is here. "Gaby!" he sternly stated, but I look at her and hug her. "Thank you," she looks at Tom and then goes back to work. "Don't be mad at her. She was just there for me." I notice something soft on my shoulder and see that he has put a blanket around my shoulder so I won't be cold. He hugs me from behind, pulling me closer to him, which feels really good right now. I breathe in his scent and close my eyes. "What Ilayda said..., that's true," I was afraid of that statement. "I didn't want to tell you because you were so happy that you got to decorate everything here. I want you to know that you are safe with me", I notice that he is afraid of something. He tenses his arms, so I turn around and take his face in my hands. "What's wrong honey?", I look into his eyes and stroke his cheek with my thumb.

"I just couldn't protect those two. I was too late," a tear flows down his cheek which I wipe away. I have never seen Tom cry in the time I have known him. I hug him and stroke his back. As I pull away we just look at each other. "Do you want to talk about it?" but as an answer I got a shake of my head. He took my hands in his and looks to the side. "Sometime, maybe. The most important thing now is that you are safe, so I want you to just stay in the house for now".

I'm a little shocked at what he's asking me to do here, but when I really think about it, it's the right thing to do. I nod as a sign that I agree. He kisses me. I feel his tongue and at the same moment I realize how wet I get from one moment to the next. His hand moves down to my ass, making me moan slightly in our kiss. Tom starts to grin and pinches with his hands. Suddenly he stops kissing me and looks at me. "Later princess. I know you're not really ready for that yet. So all with the calm," he pulls me back inside and walks me down a hallway I've never been in before. When we get to a door, he puts his hands on my eyes so I can't see. "Tommy what is this going to be?", I notice his warm breath on my neck, giving me goosebumps once again. "You're about to see Mi Princesa," he probably leads me into the room and I can smell the scent of popcorn. His hand moves away from my eyes. First I had to get used to the light, but then I see a giant screen standing in front of me.

"Is that?", speechless I look at him and see his grin on his face. What I like much more than his sad side. "Yes baby, that's the cinema hall" and when he says hall he means it. His mansion is already so huge but this makes everything even more huge. "So feel like watching a movie?", joyfully I nod and was lifted up by him. Laughing, he sits me on his lap and together we make another beautiful day.

-Everything that happens has a reason. And one day you will know which one.-