Zasha leaned her body against the small kitchen island counter as she tried to keep focus on her work in front of her; her drawings of various types of wedding cakes that she could potentially do for Antonio.

Her thoughts struggled to focus on her art as thoughts of Vera filled her mind and of thoughts of yesterday filled her mind leaving her thoughts for work being pushed further back into her mind.

She exhaled slowly as she tried to hold back tears.

"You okay, Z?" Tony asked as he walked into the kitchen.

As per orders, Tony and Tommy had to stay close while maintaining a distance to Zasha when Vera was away. The two males had spent the night at the Melana home.

Zasha strained her eyes on her mock-up drawings "I've known V for three years. I knew who she was, and the past three years have been interesting to get to know her." She tried to make it sound positive "Yesterday showed me that I really don't know my girlfriend."

Tony reached into the cupboard and pulled out a coffee mug, he placed it down on the kitchen bench next to the kettle.

"Your around V as much as Tommy is and you didn't know either." Zasha finally looked at Tony as he reached for the milk in the fridge.

Tony placed the milk next to the coffee mug "That's the problem, Z. I've known V for five years. I driver her around ye I couldn't tell you a thing. When I started Vera made it clear that all I was doing was driving. I wasn't allowed out of the car unless instructed by her. Only since you've been part of our lives, I've been allowed out. Vera won't allow me to touch a gun, she won't allow me to attend meetings, the rare occasions that I do, I'm not allowed to speak unless spoken to. I've come to handle it but it's you." He stopped for a moment "It's you that I'm worried about. V acts differently around you. There's something about you that helps her. V loves you; she really does. It's just...She's scared for you. She's scared that every minute you stay, that someone's going to harm you. V doesn't know how she'll cope."

Zasha thought for a moment "I can handle myself."

"We know that. Vera knows anytime she steps out this house that she could be killed. She's killed at least three people in this past week. A Melana is a walking target."

Zasha felt like she was learning more and more about her girlfriend expect from everyone else rather than from Vera, herself.

"She doesn't want you in the cross hairs. When you walk out that door, She worries if today is the day she'll regret loving you. She knows that if you were hurt, that not only would your family blame her, but she'd blame herself."

"What about if you got hurt?" Zasha tried to deflect his words from her.

Tony shrugged. He was too far into the Melana world to back out, everyone knew his face and he knew that he could be used against Vera.