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18. demise.

"So, you're the horrible father who sold off his daughter to the Battaglias?" One of the men said, holding a gun towards Mr. Caro's head.

Celeste's parents had been attacked. All their defensive forces, a.k.a security and bodyguards, have been shot dead. They were fully surrounded by these anonymous people.

"What the hell do you want from my family? Please, leave my family out of this." Mr. Caro said.

As he said that, two other men dragged his wife and Beatrice's into the room.

"Dad! What's happening! Dad, I don't want to die!" Beatrice was panicking.

The man holding her, slapped her hard, "Shut up, bitch."

"DON'T FUCKING TOUCH MY DAUGHTER." Mr. Caro yelled.

"Yeah, they're gonna be dead soon anyways." Said the one who still had his gun pointed at Mr. Caro.

"You're wife is a pretty little thing. Maybe we could get some use out of her before taking her life?" The man holding onto his wife said.

"Get your fucking hands off of me, you bastard." Mrs. Caro spat in the guy's face.

"Ouu, feisty, I like this one." He smirked.

"Don't you fucking dare touch a single hair on her head. What do you people want?" Mr. Caro was almost begging at this point.

That's when a leggy model-like woman walked in, "Ah... so this is the famous Celestina Battaglia's family..."

"Adriana Rossi? You're still alive?" Mr. Caro was shocked.

Adriana laughed, "Yes, sir, I'm still alive. And your daughter is now married to my money man. That was your biggest mistake."

"What- I'll get them to separate. Just please, leave my family out of this." Mr. Caro couldn't think of anything. For the first time in his life he was helpless.

"No, I don't think so. All of you gotta go in order for Celeste to think Luca had something to do with your murders." Adriana had a poisonous smirk on her face. "But I will have some mercy and give you all five minutes on the phone with her." She handed Mrs. Caro her cellphone.

The mother quickly went on her email and wrote Celeste a whole email explaining their situation, hoping and praying Celeste won't blame anyone innocent or blame herself for this. She sent the email. Then went on to call her.

Mom: Celestina, darling, I don't know if I'll ever get a chance to hear you voice again, I don't have much time. Your father and sister don't have much time either, we just wanted to tell you we love you.

C: mom? Mom, what are you talking about?

Dad: Celestina, my sweet daughter. I deeply apologize for marrying you off so young, for not spending enough time with you, for not giving you the love you deserved. I'm sorry, love. I love you.

Beatrice (A/N: just to clarify this is Beatrice, Celeste's sister, not BeaTRIX, who is Luca's sister): hey sis, I love you. I'm sorry if I ever caused you any harm. I'm sorry and I love you.

Celeste could hear gunshots through the phone.

C: someone please tell me what's happening? Mom? Dad?

Mom: There isn't enough time. Luca-

Gunshots were blaring and they realized that Adriana shot the cellphone, "Time's up."

Mr. Caro looked at his wife, "I'm sorry, my love, I wasn't a loving and good enough husband," and then switched his gaze to his daughter, "and I'm sorry I wasn't a good enough father." And placed a kiss on both of their foreheads.

"Dad, if we die, we die with pride. Look death in the eyes." Beatrice said with an accepting look in her eyes.

"My beautiful daughter... brave even at the face of death." Mrs. Caro said.

"Okay, okay, enough family time." Adriana said and nodded at the three men. And just like that, all three had pulled their triggers and shot the family dead.

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Celeste ran to Luca, she looked outraged and scared at the same time.

"LUCA! MY FAMILY! I NEED TO GO. I NEED TO LEAVE." Celeste had lost her mind.

"Celeste- wait, what are you saying? Calm down, I can't understand anything." Luca started to panic just by looking at Celeste's state.

"MY FAMILY. THEY'RE DEAD. LUCA.. MY FAMI.. LUCA.." Celeste was starting to lose consciousness. Luca grabbed onto her and placed her on the couch. He called a few people to head over to Celeste's parents home.

Celeste suddenly shot and grabbed the car keys. "I need to go. I need to go. My family needs me. I know they're still alive. They're waiting to see me."

Luca grabbed onto Celeste's arm, "You're not driving in this condition. Give me the keys."

The car ride to her parents' home was anything was silent. Celeste was crying louder and louder as the time went on. She lost her whole family in the matter of seconds and she was in denial.

Once they reached the house, Celeste pounced out of the car. The surroundings of the house was covered in blood and dead bodies. The stench of the dead were filling up her nostrils and she knew, at that moment she knew, they were gone.

She didn't wait for Luca. She ran inside screaming for her parents and sister. Screaming and screaming and screaming while a man escorted her to identify the bodies.

Once she saw the bodies, she dropped to her knees.

She went up to her mom first, "hey mom, wake up. Mommy, please wake up. Mommy, I came to visit." She looks up at Luca, "Luca, can you tell mommy to wake up."

She moves onto her dad, "daddy, you still have more piano lessons to give me. You promised me to teach me more melodies. You can't break your promise! Daddy, wake up!"

"They're all being so stubborn. They won't wake up." Celeste said more to herself than anyone else.

She goes to Beatrice and strokes her hair, "Bea, Luca has a sister with almost the same name as yours. You have to meet her! She's a lot like you! Beatrice, wake up! We were supposed to go out for the movies next week! BEATRICE!"

Luca was seeing Celeste this vulnerable for the first time in the time they've been together. It hurt him seeing her in this state. He knew there was nothing he could do to make her feel better right now.

Dante couldn't bare watching Celeste in this condition. He was going to help her up when Luca grabbed him and shook his head. "She needs to do this." Luca whispered to Dante. He nodded.

Celeste was tugging at Luca's sleeve, "Luca, Luca, tell Beatrice to wake up. She can't break her promise. She needs to go to the movies wi-"

Celeste couldn't keep it up anymore, she sobbed to her heart's content. She tightly wrapped her arms around Luca and cried on his shoulder. It dawned upon her that her only family had been wiped out within seconds. She became an orphan within seconds.

She had never felt so alone, so lost, so incapable of doing something, anything, to fix this situation. The most tragic thing is that this is only the beginning, beginning of her pain, beginning of her agony, beginning of her misery. She will suffer the endless line of tormenting emotions.

"Luca, please, please, please, don't leave me, I'm so alone, please..." Celeste said without looking him in the eye.

Luca placed a finger under her chin and lifted her head so their eyes would meet, "I'm not going anywhere. You'll never be alone."

Little did he know, taking care of such a fragile Celeste was going to take a heavy toll on him.

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This was actually really upsetting to write. I almost let her family live but I would've had to change a lot of the plot I already had thought of so I didn't.

I'm so cruel!!! :'(

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