KILLER | MP ✓

epilogo

━ elora

i shot up in my bed, sweating. i gulp and turn on the light. i grab my bottle of water and take a sip before putting it back. i turn to the side of me and saw nothing.

no mattia. nothing.

was it all just a dream?

i look over at the clock on my bedside table and saw that it was nine, thirteen in the morning.

i rip the covers off of my body and quickly get out of the room and ran downstairs.

i ran into the kitchen and my heart stopped. it was gia, my father, kairi, fabiana, alejandro and my mother. they were all sat around, talking.

no sight of mattia.

no. no. that can't of been just a dream! it was real! he was real!

i lift up my pajama shirt and look at my stomach.

no scar.

my eyes well up with tears. mattia wasn't real.

"hey, elora, how come you're not ready for work yet?" my mother asks and puts her coffee cup down onto the kitchen island.

"work?" i question, just above a whisper.

"yeah. the mental institution. graziana should be here to pick you up soon." she replied and nodded her head.

"are you feeling alright?" gia raises a brow and stands up from the bar stool and walks up to me and touches my forehead.

"yeah, you look a little pale." my father agrees.

i start to go lightly headed and the next minute, i feel myself falling backwards.

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i jolt awake, sweating. was that just a dream? was mattia real? is gia and my dad alive?

i look to the side of me and saw nothing.

i throw the covers off of me and quickly get up out of my bed. i run down the corridor of my house.

i immediately came to a stop and looked at the door with a car on it. i held the cold door handle and i open the door.

my heart stops. i gulp at the sight.

it was mattia and our son.

mattia had fallen asleep reading to him.

was this real?

how do i check?

i looked down at my fingers and counted them.

i had ten. this had to be real!

i slowly walk up to them and let out a shaky breath. i reach my hand up and gently place it on mattia's cheek.

his eyes flutter open and he smiles at me. "hey..." he whispers. "what're you doing?"

i shrug. "you weren't in bed, so i came looking for you." i answer and he nods.

he then opens his arms and i smile and sit in between his legs and lay my head on his chest and then bring my sons head on my chest.

"i love you.." i whisper and look up at him.

he grins slightly and leans down and places a soft kiss on my lips.

"i love you too, princess."

and then i fell asleep in my husbands arms, with my sons head on my chest. the people i love the most.