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𝐃 𝐈 𝐄 𝐆 𝐎 • 𝐆 𝐑 𝐄 𝐂 𝐎

Morning arose and sent the bright light in the front room, I didn't want to get up but I forced myself to get up and cook my father a breakfast, I bet bacon is still his favourite.

I pulled out a pan that probably hasn't been used in weeks due to the amount of takeaway boxes on the side. I put a little bit of oil in it and turn the knob on and put the bacon inside the pan.

The smell begins to bounce off of the walls as it travels all over the house, my father comes our of his room with dark bags under his eyes. He looks older. My dad's been struggling a lot and I only told him yesterday. He takes a seat at the table as I lay down his bacon sandwich alongside some ketchup or BBQ sauce.

"Thank you." I nod at his honesty and begin to wash up, I then decide to get on my large boots and leave my dad here. I tie the thick laces up and straighten myself up before I leave.

"I'll see you later dad." I said and looked down but there was no response. My father was too exhausted to even talk or mumble. I closed the door and headed to my car where the peppermint smell welcomed me. I headed back to the house where is the last place I want to be right now. I open the double doors and enter the large house, I notice Serena's bedroom door is shut tightly not allowing any air to run through. But I shrug it off and head to her fathers office.

"Luca?" I ask and he allows me inside, I close the door behind me and the room smells of alcohol.

"Diego, what can I do for you?" He asks and raises a brow I take a deep breath and my lips part getting ready to talk.

"My mother's alive...I was wondering if you could help me find her... Ivan's man said she was." I lean on his desk and let my head rest in my hands, I'm fucking struggling.

"What? Lia is alive?" His jaw nearly drops to the floor creating a loud enough bang so everyone could hear.

"Yeah she's alive..." I begin to feel the warmth travel through my body, I'm holding onto so much tension I need to let it all out.

"We'll go downstairs and see what he knows." I nod and follow Luca down stairs, we are both standing outside of his cell full of stress and anger. Luca opened the door to Gino, who was sat there still covered with bruises from the previous attack I gave him. He deserved it.

"Gino." Luca's tone deepens, showing his concern and anger, he's trying to hide it but I know deep down he's pissed off.

He punched him across the face and stood in front of Gino with his arms folded. Gino spits out blood onto the white tiled floor which only pisses Luca off more.

"Where is his mother?" He questions and kneels down in front of him, the anger in my body is boiling and I'm about ready to explode.

"You think I'd tell you? You're crazy." He huffs and stays seated as Luca throws another punch, Luca looks up at me and I simply shrug my shoulders.

Luca stares back at Gino and the atmosphere instantly changes to pure anger.

"You've kept me in here for awhile now Luca and you think you scare me?" He spits out and I decide to push Luca out of the way and punch him across the face until he fell onto the floor still attached to his seat.

"Dov'è lei?!" (where is she) I shout in his face and all I can see is him laughing to himself. I feel the presence of Luca disappear, I turn to look and my instincts were right. I faced Gino and decided to take out the knife in my boot.

"You have one last chance." I pull out the knife which makes Gino flinch a little bit. Making me have a smirk on my face.

"You think you're amazing don't you?"
He begins to laugh to himself even more and all I do is roll my eyes.

"She's right under your nose and you have no idea where she is, how do you feel about that?" He mutters and I slide the knife along his arm.

𝐒 𝐄 𝐑 𝐄 𝐍 𝐀 • 𝐑 𝐔 𝐒 𝐒 𝐎

I was bored of watching meaningless shows on TV. I decided to force myself to get out of bed and actually make myself some lunch, I open my door and Diego passes me, I notice his top having red dots all over it, I look closer and notice its blood, my eyes trace to his knuckles and notice the bruising and the bleeding.

"What the fuck Diego!?" I scream and he looks at me and rolls his eyes.

I drag him by his shirt and shove him in my room and shut the door behind me, he sits on my bed and I can feel his eyes on me as I'm walking to the bathroom that's connected to my room. I soak a cloth into luke-warm water and head to Diego and place his knuckles under the cloth, allowing the cloth to evaporate the blood from him. I try and tap the wound and notice Diego's eyes on me. I look up and catch him. He tries to look away but he can't hide it.

"Diego." I sigh and take the cloth away from his knuckle.

"Hm?" He cocks up his brow and looks directly at me.

"Why have you been avoiding me?" I look down at him and he grabs me by the wait and looks up at me, I place my hand on his pitch black hair almost losing my fingers within it.

"Serena, I have to." He sighs, he turns his head away but comes back to connect out eye contact once more.

His hands rest on my hips and he brings me close, I sit on top of him and wrap my legs at the side of his. He doesn't break out eye contact and his pupils begin to dilate. The brown iris is such a chocolaty brown, I've never looked into his eyes so deeply before. I'm too busy looking into his eyes I didn't realise his hand was moving further up, stroking past my arm leaving them to gain goosebumps. I almost shiver at the sensation.

His hand finally rests on my cheek, he pulls me close slowly leaving a small kiss on my lips, the kiss becomes more than one and the lining of our lips separated and our tongues slipped inside. His other hand travels to my other cheek forcing me to come closer to him. His lips move from my lips to my neck, he begins to suck on my sensitive skin making me shiver and allowing a moan to leave my lips. My fingers stay running through his hair where he groans and continues to kiss my neck harder.

He lays me down on my pillow and gets up on top of me, he takes off his bloody top and leaves his abs hovering over me. I run my fingers over the lines that help define his abs.

"Like what you're feeling my love?" I nod and feel the red sensation ride up to my cheeks, he smirks at me and removes my hand from his abs and places it on top of his trousers on top of where his downstairs is. He looks at me and winks and I grab him noticing his hard-on.

"Oh." I say shockingly, he begins to laugh and leans his head foward to kiss me more, a moan leaves my lips which travels through his, he continues to kiss me but I can feel him smiling, he grabs my legs and wraps them around him, making our private parts to be next to each other but being stopped my our layers of clothing.

I look at the alarm clock and notice the time, Where did the time go?

"Um...Diego, its getting late." I say and slide under his arms allowing me to escape, his face speaks defeat but he knows we can't do this, like he keeps saying.

"I'm showering, you can show yourself out." I say and walk off to the bathroom, I shut the door and take my top off as well as my bottoms, I watch them fall to the floor as I unclasp my bra and take down my pants. I head for the shower and close the shower door. I let the warm water trail all over my body, calming down my muscles, making them relaxed and soft. I hear the door suddenly open and I notice Diego standing in the bathroom leaning against the sink, staring directly at the shower, luckily it's all steamy so he could only see colouration and not my full breasts or any other private body parts that I own. He begins to snigger and before I knew it he was out of the bathroom. I washed my body with a strawberry scented body wash and got out of the shower, wrapping the cotton towel around my naked body I went walking into my room where I found a note on my bed.

"It was nice to see the real shape of you, under all those layers of clothing you wear x" I go all giddy with the words, he saw definition of my body shape, but he didn't see it properly.

I get changed into my long fluffy pajamas and get into my cozy bed where I drift off to sleep quicker than usual.

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"Serena wake up!" I'm woken by the sudden movement of my arms being pulled around.

"Hmmm. " I say groggily, still half asleep.

"Serena!" I hear my mother's voice so I bolt up and look at her and rub my eyes, I look to my clock and notice its three in the morning.

"What's going on?" I sit up and my mother sits at the end of my bed staring at me trying to find words to say.

"Maria has gone to the hospital." She looks to the floor and my heart instantly sinks. My paranoid mind begins to think of all the worse outcomes before my mother has even finished talking.

"It's nothing that bad Serena, she's just experiencing quite a few pains that are unusual. " I take a deep breath in and thank my mum for telling me.

"If anything we're all hoping it's just the baby moving around a lot. " I nod and my mum brings me in for a hug, I return it and discover that Diego is also at the hospital with them.

"Why is he with them?" I raise a brow at my mother before she finishes saying what she was saying.

"Diego heard Maria in pain and Nicolas noticed Diego had come out of his room, Diego took them to the hospital." My stomach began to flutter, Diego took my brother and his girlfriend to the hospital to make sure their baby is well and safe. I've never gotten butterflies before, I think that's what the feeling inside my stomach is. I smile to myself as I picture Diego driving his car with Nicolas and Maria at the back, Nicolas supporting his girlfriend while she is experiencing a pain no one can take away.