Apathy

3| Jealousy

until now...

"Romi " I muttered under my breath not sure anyone heard, but when his eyes went wides and tears start forming I knew he heard me

I don't think anyone besides him and Antonio heard, as they were the standing closest to me, my twins looked at me confused and I gave them the 'i will tell you later' look they nodded

"you remember us " Antonio muttered his voice holding so many raw emotions, in the few hours that I knew him this was the most emotion and vulnerability he showed

"I have a photographic memory so I always used to have blurry flashbacks most of them were about me playing with two boys Romi and Tony, I never knew who they were though, I just remember that it's not much" I explained casually

T H I R D P E R S O N

Romeo and Antonio were shocked and happy that she remembered them, while the others were slightly jealous of the bond these once had, they knew she was always the closet to Antonio and Romeo

After everyone introduced themselves, Hermes let the triplets to their rooms so they can unpack and get rest before dinner

The triplets loved their room and Astraea was glad that the colors of her room were neutral and not flashy pink

After unpacking, Atlas and Ares made their way to their sister's room "What do you think of the " Atlas asked her, Astraea was always observant and skilled at reading people, she even studied psychology to master her skills

"Antonio is great at hiding his emotions, he shows them around the people he trusts and loves only but even with them he doesn't like to show vulnerability or weakness, we should be careful around him, especially you two he might be able to detect some emotions on our faces, Sperm donor is exactly like Antonio they are pretty similar, as for Birth giver she is emotional and kind but she is also a ruthless Mafia Queen, Hermes is like the second mother of the family he seems genuinely happy that we are here but doesn't let his kindness fool you, he can be the devil if he wants to, Romeo has self-hatred, he will try to push us a way to protect his heart but I still don't know much about him and Valerio is childish and bubbly but the is the way he copes and hides his pain," she told them everything she had analyzed

They should look shocked but they are used to it "so, um– you remember
them " Ares asked hesitantly "we all had flashbacks of the three of us and family but I also had flashbacks of me playing with two boys that I called Romi and Tony and now I know they are our bio brothers " she responded they nodded and before they could question her more, they were called to dinner

They didn't have a problem finding the dining room because Raea (Astraea) has memorized all the exits, rooms, doors...

in case of emergency

They sat next to each other "when you finish dinner we will be discussing some things in my office " Vincenzo informed them and they muttered an 'okay'

While they were eating dinner and making awkward small talks Astraea's phone rang, Ezekiel's name flashed on the screen, she had to answer "I am sorry but I have to answer this call" she said and she got up from her seat just to be stopped by her father "sit down and put your phone on speaker " he demanded sternly

She internally rolled her eyes but nevertheless did as he asked, she wasn't in the mood to argue now "hello" she greeted over the phone "hello? really? we were worried sick, we have been trying to contact you all day we thought something happened to you " the person yelled worried over the phone

"Ezekiel we are fine John died and Aubrey was arrested then our biologicals took our custody and now we are in NYC at their dinner table eating Lasagna " she explained