Salvatore narrows his eyes at the boldness of Alana as she dares questions him, but before he could reply to her Jessica does.

"I would like to request you all to not drag my son or me in this, we are here just to join in the celebration so" she states before getting up from her seat and holding her son's hands.

"Excuse us" she speaks before walking away and Alana turns to face Richie as he holds her hand and squeezes it.

Everyone turns back to finish their dinner as no reply comes through Salvatore's mouth, none of the other in the table tries to poke Salvatore after that.

Salvatore silently watch as the guests leave the party while his focus is solely on Alana, who walks away with her husband. Turning back he makes his way inside of the house before making his way towards the hallway.

"Destroy them" Salvatore speaks up as soon as a man joins him.

"Maybe we should..." the man hesitates but halts as Salvatore turns around at once and glares at him.

"I did not bring you back to know your views on my decisions Spencer, after what you and your father did you should be grateful that I spared your lives...

They are all against me, right now they are not many but after tonight I won't be surprised if more voices will join them to throw me away and I do not like noise"

"How do you suggest I destroy them?" Spencer asks as they continue to walk.

"The kids"

"And you think they will let their guard down knowing well your first target will be their kids?"

"Not theirs, I know they will guard their own while leaving others, Lena is still working in Lucero's place right?"

"Yes"

"Ask her she needs to play nanny again"

"You are sending her back to Russo?" Spencer asks surprised.

"No, but someone from Lucero needs, go and ask her to be ready and meet Clove Lucero, he is a distant cousin of Leon and he lives in the same city as Russo"

"And what do you think I should do about kids?" Spencer sighs.

"If you cannot do this job Spence, I do have others who will gleefully work for me without asking any questions"

"I understand" Spencer nods his head at the warning.

*******

"Poke a bear and he will attack us" Natalie comments as soon as the car starts to move again.

"And here I thought you are not scared of anything" Rolfe teases as they drive away from the party.

"After I met you there are loads of things that scares me" she confesses as she touches Rolfe's hand and he grabs to kiss hers.

"We are going to be fine"

"You better keep your words Rolfe" she worries.

Reaching the house, the couple has just stopped the car when they hear a loud crash so both of they rush inside to check on the chaos.

"Oh My God" Natalie screams in horror.

"Hey mom" Naomi waves her hand as she was hanging from the balcony.

"It was all her idea" Roxanne points at her sister.

"Leah" Rolfe groans as he storms to pull his daughter off the balcony.

"We were just doing some Tomb raider trick, if only Roux was strong enough we could have easily landed on the ground" Naomi states folding her hand as he father pull the rope that was tied to her.

"Where's Leah?" Rolfe asks as the girl does not reply him.

"What do you think I was doing dad?"

"What exactly was it?" Rolfe asks as he grabs the back of his daughter's collar.

"We were going to save Leah from the villain clutches, I was supposed to be a Tomb Raider and Roux was my side kick"

"Where is Leah?" he asks again.

"Kidnapped"

"What?"

"Yes, she and our Nanny both are kidnapped and we are going to save them, which part of me being Tomb raider did you not get?" Naomi asks rolling her eyes as she glares at her sister.

"You are the worst sidekick ever" she points to her sister.

"You are heavy and my hand burns" Roxanne grumbles as she shows her red hands.

"Excuses, excuses"

"Well then next time you be my sidekick"

"Naomi Storm will never be a side kick or a side chick" Naomi states before she yelps as her father picks her up and hangs her midair on the balcony.

"Both of you are grounded" he growls as he eyes his wife walking along with Leah and their nanny.

"They are evil" the nanny sobs.

"Don't kill her" Natalie pleads as she helps the nanny to sit down and checks on Leah.

"Come on you two" Rolfe sighs as he picks Roxanne and walks down.

*******

"How can you two be so stupid?" Natalie asks as she stares down at both her daughter.

"Dad, just throw me off the balcony it's better to die then be labeled as stupid by my own mother, my own blood...

This must be the so called mid-life crisis" Naomi sighs as she checks on her nanny.

"In the count of three I want you both all cleaned up and in bed" Natalie states and Naomi turns to face her mother.

"What?"

"One"

"But I..."

"Two"

"Well fuck you" Naomi screams as she runs towards her room as she knows if her mother counted three she will not be able to see the sunrise.

"I give up" Rolfe puts his hands up in defeat.

"That's the consequences of loving me" Natalie smiles as she kisses on her husband's cheek before helping the nanny.

"Come on, let's go have a drink and then we will call your parents to pick you up" Natalie smiles before they walk away.

"I tried to stop them but they attacked our nanny as soon as she entered and I was already kidnapped by then" Leah sighs as she goes to sit beside Rolfe.

"I don't even want to hear it" he smiles as he pulls the girl next to him.

"How was the party through?"

"Not so fun" Rolfe smiles.

"Well, do you think the twins will be in trouble?" she asks making Rolfe sigh.

"Just a little, but let's not worry about them. Did you finish your homework?"

"Yes" she nods before laying her head on his chest and closing her eyes.

*******

Spencer loosens his ties as he watches the kids playing around in the ground before his eyes lands on Richard.

"Go see him" he orders Lena who glares at him.

"Do not order me and why should I even go see him?" she mumbles.

"You gave birth to him at least have some connection"

"If I knew I would be sold and work as a slave I would have never agreed and he is not my child"

"Who cares just go and meet him, else you won't be alive to be a slave"

"As if I am enjoying it"

"Listen this is for both of our sake okay, I am trying to pull us out of this situation and for that we need Salvatore"

"Ugh, why do we have to always be on someone else's mercy all the time?" she asks stomping her foot.

"Just go and be done with" Spencer sighs pushing her towards the child.

"And don't forget to do what I said"

"Yeah, yeah fuck him up, got it" she grumbles jogging towards the playground.

*******

Few weeks later...

Alana hums as she cuts the vegetables and starts to cook the lunch for her sons, she smiles as she hears the car stop before the yelling and shouts of her sons fills her ear.

"I don't want a brother anymore" Ryman's shout makes Alana sigh.

"What happened?" she asks walking towards them.

"He peed on his pants and..." Ricardo starts but gets pushed away by Ryman.

"I did not! He threw water on me" Ryman yells as he glares at his brother.

"Ricardo" Alana scolds her son.

"It was not my fault if he came in the way"

"This is why, this is why I don't want any more brothers. Mom" Ryman groans as he rush to his mother's side.

"We can still drop them off to an orphanage" Ricardo suggests.

"Then none of you have to pretend to be my family" Richard's words makes all of them pause.

"What?" Alana frowns as she stares at him.

"Send us to orphanage just as your darling son ask of you" he talks back throwing his bag on the floor.

"Ri..."

"What the fuck is your problem you dimwit?" Ricardo asks as he grabs Richard.

"Don't touch me"

"Oh yeah, what you going to do about it?" Ricardo challenges as he picks Richard up.

"I said don't touch me"

"Rick put him down" Alana asks him.

"Not going to happen, he has been showing a lot of attitude these days"

"Put him down now" Alana shouts.

"Listen you, I am your big brother so you talk with respect to me"

"Rick put him down"

"You are nothing to me"

"You are the one who is nothing"

"I hate you"

"Is that the best you got?" Ricardo laughs as he puts Richard down and turns to face his mother who was shouting at them but his laughter stops as Richard hits him with his bag.

"You asshole" Richard shouts as he keeps hitting Ricardo.

"Oh my god, Richard" Alana shouts as she tries to go pull them but she halts when Ricardo shouts and starts to beat Richard.

"You bastard, how dare you hit me?" Ricardo shouts as he throws Ricard on the ground and gets on top of him.

"I said stop" Alana shouts as she tries to pull Ricardo off Richard but his flying hands makes it impossible.

"Ricardo" Richie's voices puts a halt on the boy's punches and he stares at his father wide-eyed.

"Get off him" Richie orders hurrying towards the boys before he picks Ricardo by the collar and pushes him off Richard who lies on the ground in a fetal position.

*******

"Oh Rich..." Alana cries as she hurries to hold the boy but he pushes Alana away from him.

"I hate you" he shouts at her face crying.

"Don't shout at her" Ricardo screams as he tries to fight off his father's hold.

"Ry, go get the kit" Richie orders as he throws Ricardo on the couch.

"You are in a big trouble" Richie warns his son before he goes to check on Richard.

"Come on big guy" Richie sighs as he picks up the boy who sobs burying his face on his father's chest.

"You are getting out of hands Rick" Richie glares at his son as he pulls out few cotton and antiseptic from the box.

"He started to hit me"

"I don't care who started it, you are older than them"

"That is why he needs to know his place"

"Time and again I have warned you off about your temper"

"Whatever" Ricardo rolls his eyes looking away.

"We are going to talk about this later" Richie flares as he cleans up the cut on Richard's lip before he stops to check on Alana who was sitting on the floor frozen.

"Hold it right here" Richie orders Ryman as he gets up to reach Alana.

"No don't leave" Richard cries as he holds his father's coat stopping him.

"Your mother"

"Don't choose her" Richard cries making Richie sighs as he carries Richard and makes his way to where Alana was.

"Hey" he whispers as he hugs his wife who shivers burying her face on his neck.

Alana sniffs holding on to him while Richie tries to soothe both his son and wife who cries in his arms.

*******

The dinner table is silent as Ricardo got a class from his father before dinner and Richard was not speaking a word. Alana tries to help Richard to eat but the boy just refuses her help and ignores her.

Richie orders the boys to clean up and get ready for the bed before he gets up to help tidy up the kitchen. Alana watches the boys rushing towards their room before she stares at Richie.

"He hates me" she whispers making him sigh while he pulls his chair next to her.

"It's just his anger speaking"

"They just..."

"They are growing up, they will have arguments and they will patch up so don't break your heart on these things okay?" he asks as he picks up the spoon and tries to feed her.

"But he has been acting so strange lately" she sniffs opening her mouth to eat the food he offered.

"He is growing up, this is their rebellious period and they will come in place okay" he assures her and she nods her head.

"Can the boys sleep with us tonight?" she asks as her eyes goes back to the door.

"I am not so sure about Ricardo" he sighs before urging her to finish her food.

*******

Alana stands outside of Richard's door for a while before she knocks on it twice and opens the door to enter to find him already in his bed.

"Are you asleep?" she whisper asks walking inside of the room and when she gets no reply she makes her way towards his bed and sits at the edge of it.

"I am sorry, I did not stop Ricardo on time and I know you are in pain but please don't be angry with me" she pleads as she touches the blanket he was hiding inside.

The shift of his leg makes her know he was not asleep so she gets up and goes to lie beside him on the bed wrapping her arms around him.

"I love you, my angel, why are you so angry with mommy?" she asks him but the boy just does not answer.

"Because he is not your angel" Ricardo's voice makes her turn to watch her son who walks in the room and toss away the blanket off Richard.

"Listen, I am sorry so stop making mom cry" Ricardo states as he grabs Richard's head and pushes it up to check on the boy.

"Next time try to cover your face properly" he hums letting go of Richard's head.

"Rick" Alana scolds him.

"Ugh, stop pampering him mom, how will he get tough if you keep snuggling him and if he does not want then its fine I can snuggle you...

I am your son too and Ry would love to be called angel, right?" Ricardo asks as he turns to look at the Ryman and the boy nods his head before rushing towards his mother.

"Yes and may be you can tell me stories as well. About a Prince named Ryman" Ryman grins as he gets on the bed but groans when Richard kicks him and wraps his arms around Alana.

"No I am the only Prince" he grumbles as he sniffs before staring at his mother.

"You all are my Prince" Alana smiles as she kisses on Richard's forehead before she wipes his tears and sits on the bed with him snuggled beside her.

"But when are we going to have a Princess? It's boring" Ryman grumbles as he sits on her lap.

"Yeah, I think we all are tired of boys" Ricardo groans as he jumps on the bed and lies sideways.

"Well too bad, we are going to have a boy again" Alana speaks.

"Hey dad, next time try for a girl" Ricardo grins.

"We will see" he smiles as he picks Ryman up and lies on the bed with his head on Alana's lap while he puts Ryman on his chest.

"I know all the Princess stories and I can share it with her" Richard boasts.

"Well, I will play tea party with her, we can do hair and makeup" Ryman chimes in.

"And I will beat all the boys that will try to hurt her" Ricardo adds in.

"Not a bad idea, what do you think, a Princess next time?" Richie asks his wife who leans down to kiss on his forehead.

"Making me pregnant is all that you can think of" she sighs.

"Well then can I be pregnant?" Ryman asks as he pats on his stomach.

"You already are with the amount of food that goes in" Ricardo teases as he slaps on Ryman's stomach and the boy yelps before jumping on Ricardo.

"I will avenge you Rich" Ryman cries before Richard jumps on Ricardo as well.

Note: It was not heavy hard punches just few hits that was not as injurious as I wrote so do not go berserk.