Breathe
That's what I always tell myself. Just breathe.
Except it's not always that simple. I can't breathe when I want to scream. To let out all of my pain. To just be rid of it all.
But I can't. I won't. I will go through whatever it takes to get...
After Kol and Isa left, we all stayed in the living room and talked.
Apparently the mother daughter barbie duo are getting ready for something, somewhere until Sunday but I wasn't really paying attention.
But as for what I was paying attention to, Alex has a whole other family. A wife and two kids who are visiting their other family besides us.
But as for right now, me and Isa are in the basement sparing since Ethan and Kol both left hours ago.
"Do you have any ideas on what the timer is?" I ask Isa after blocking a punch
"No, but you're going to drive yourself crazy trying to figure it out" she says
"It has to be important" I mumble
"Well no shit sherlock" Julianna says from where she's sitting
"Anything to say Sage?" I ask
"Just trying to think" he replies
"About?" Isa asks
"Well let's pretend for a moment that we're not in the mafia, just an outside viewpoint. What is it that we would see?" He asks
At this point me and Isa weren't fighting anymore, and instead were looking at Sage.
"A group of dangerous people pissed at another group of dangerous people for taking what's theirs" Isa says
"But then we would try to figure out why, so what's the why?" Juli says
"Well everyone has access to records of anything political, so let's start there" I say
~
Two hours, that's how long we've been trying to figure it out.
We just finished discussing an idea that led us nowhere, but know Juli's looking at me.
"What?" I ask her
"We put the pieces together enough to figure out that it has to be someone from before your mom. Someone that was close to you, yet would've taken information" She says
"Who do you think it is?" Sage asks
She opens her mouth, ready to say, but closes it immediately after looking at the doorway.
"Glad you're all here" I hear Martin say making me turn around
"You all need to be dressed in nice outfits in...30 minutes" Gio says, pausing to look at his watch
"30 minutes? What for?" I ask
"I have an important business meeting that I have to attend and we are bringing our children so that we're civil. So, you have thirty minutes. I expect all of you to be by the door by then, in nice clothes" He says, we nod, and then they both leave
"At least you don't have to wear a dress" Sage says putting his arm around my shoulder, trying to lighten me up
"It's people I don't know. It may as well be a party without the formal wear" I say and he rolls his eyes
"Well, what are we wearing?" Juli asks
~
After 25 minutes, all of us we're dressed.
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