Is This Family?

Chapter 47: Gabriel

And soon I saw them all.

"Hey baby. How are you feeling?" Alex was the first to ask.

"Alex." I said and I felt tears work their way down my face. I broke into sobs.

"Dont cry hun bun. We cant see you like this." Nate said with tears in his eyes.

But I wasn't able to stop crying. I just kept crying and crying. Sobs escaped my lips. I know they were in pain too. But I just couldn't bring myself to stop.

I was exhausted pretty soon. I heard Mr.Donnatiello talk to Alex.

"Alexander I dont think it's the right time. She's exhausted. We'll try again tomorrow."
And then the line went off.

"Calm down Preziosa."  He said grabbing my shoulders gently.

"You'll tire yourself. Just try to sleep okay. I'm here. I'll be here when you wake up. I wont let anything happen to you."

"You you pro promise?" I asked.

"Yes I promise." He said taking my hand in his. He help my lay down and finally exhaustion took me under.

Massimo Donnatiello

It hurt me so much to see her cry. As if someone was ripping me apart in tiny pieces.

I used to get off on other people's pain. But now I couldn't see I tiny tear escape her eyes. I wanted to comfort her. I wanted yo hold her close but I knew she had to get it all out. She had to cry in order to feel emotionally better. Penting it up would only cause her more pain.

After she slept. I called Alexander again. Explaining him was hard. And me doing it wasn't any help either. I wasn't very good at emotions or at family or anything like that. But I wanted to change that. For her.

I never believed in love. Let alone love at first sight. I still failed to understand I loved her so much even when she knows nothing about me except my name.

Alexander was adamant to come to Sicily by morning to comfort his sister. And it wasn't an easy job to convince him not to.

I once again took a hold of her hand and dozed off on my chair.

Katherine Wright

I woke up after some time. I saw it was early morning. He was awake and looking at me.

"You're here." I said slowly looking down at my hands.

"I promised you." He said and tucked my hair once again.

"The doctor is here. Should I call her in?" He asked. And I nodded slowly.

He called her in.

She checked me and took my blood sample.  She said I was doing great. She asked me to start on liquid diet. And said that if I could keep it down then she will remove the IV by tomorrow. I was happy at my progress.

My injuries on the other hand were painful. She prescribed some pain meds along with some sleeping pills and antibiotics and changed my bandages.

And then he came in back.

"You want to try to walk around a bit Preziosa?"  He asked and I agreed. He slowly helped me get up with his one hand on my hand and other wrapped around my shoulder. I grabbed onto his arm for support. He was supporting all of my weight. I just had to move a bit to take a step. Slowly i started walking with him still holding me.

We soon came in front of the mirror of his huge closet. I took in my appearance. I had a cut right below my eye. My forehead was wrapped up in a bandage. I had a bruise on my cheek which was turning yellow. My lower lip was busted at the corner. I had surely loosed weight. My right upper arm was covered in a huge bandage and my wrist was sprained. Whereas my other hand was covered in patches of green and black. My legs weren't a pretty site either. I felt like I wasn't the same girl at her 16th birthday girl. She was all dolled up and pretty. But my current state didn't hold any resemblance to her.