Finding Them...

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Y'all, my page is messed up. Now it says 15.9 when it clearly said 16.9 and then 17K earlier. Idk I'll try and fix it

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<3rd Person POV>

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Previously....

"Gurvan. Would you explain?" Lorenzo huffed rubbing his eyes.

"Gladly." He said, glaring at Guelia while she stuck her tongue out at him.

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"It was Guelias fault. She suggested we go." Gurvan admitted.

"You dirty little- I only did after YOU were hesitant to. I was bored, besides YOU were the one who made the experiment and thought of the idea. I only agreed to leave class." Guelia argued.

"True." Galina said.

"Shut up Lina!"

"Is this true Gurvan?" Lorenzo asked.

"No!....yes." He reluctantly said.

"Okay. No phone for today. Give it please." Lorenzo said, holding his hand out.

"WHAT?!" Gurvan yelled. Lorenzo only raised an eyebrow and Gurvan finally handed him his phone.

"Good. Now you can go." He said, placing the phone on his desk.

"Finally. Im hungryyyy" Guelia groaned. Turning around, ready to walk out.

"Guelia! You're bleeding!" Alessio pointed out. Everyone immediately looked her way.

"Son of a bitch. I opened my damn stitches. Thanks GURVAN." She said, glaring at Gurvan while he just shrugged. Alessandro immediately got the medical kit and asked her to sit down.

She untied the back of her corset and held the front. "This is gonna hurt okay?" He said, concerned it would be too much for her.

"Been through worse." She shrugged. He sighed and started to stitch it back up.

"Everyone else leaves. After you're done Alessandro leaves as well, I want to talk to Guelia privately." Lorenzo ordered. They all reluctantly left before checking on Guelia. Once Alessandro finished he left as well.

"What's up?" She asked, leaning back into the couch. Lorenzo grimaced, scared she would hurt herself.

"I'm fine, old man." She said waving him off.

He nodded his head and explained.

"Are you okay? Like okay, okay?" He asked with a soft look and sat next to her. She instinctively backed away. Lorenzo looked confused.

"Sorry. Instinct." She said. He gave her a sad smile and nodded. She was reluctant but decided to share what she really felt. It was a new thing to her so it was hard.

"Honestly, no. None of us are. I don't think we ever will be, truthfully ." She started.

"We went through so much at a young age, things kids shouldn't have gone through, things kids should never experience. We learned the real meaning of grief at a young age too. Our mother died the day she put her hands on us. At first, we wanted to believe it was a mistake but it kept happening and happening until it got worse. We just learned to be quiet and take it after a while once we realized she would never come back and nobody would save us. Our father, Ivan, knew what was happening and tried to help us but she kicked him out and met this druggy from some bar. He started joining in but after the police came looking for him for assault he ran. Mom was devastated. She punished us, told us it was all our fault, she broke a beer bottle on my head. I have a scar from it, it hurt so bad yet she didn't care. One day she found us looking at old pictures of her and her eyes softened for a little and for a moment, for a small moment we thought she would come back. And we would've forgiven her, but her eyes hardened and she dragged us to the basement." Guelia explained, wiping her eyes to try and keep the tears at bay.

"I'm sorry. You don't have to continue, it's okay." Lorenzo said, voice soft as he stroked her hair.

"I'm okay, I want to. I need to."

"Okay, continue."

"Um. It was, uh, like that for a long time until we finally had enough and decided to live with Ivan for a while. She obviously didn't notice since she was drunk most of the time. She was too drunk to even hit us anymore. So a couple days a week we would go and see Ivan. He took good care of us. And we love him for that. I- I think, maybe, one day we'll be okay. Now that we have you guys and Ivan I'm sure we'll be okay." She finished, trying to reassure herself more than him.

He engulfed her into a big hug which she tensed at but then she gave in and hugged him back. She immediately sobbed because it felt like she needed this hug for so long. Ivan's hugs were great and helped her a lot but this hug, this hug felt different. It almost felt like there was love seeping through and traveling into her heart. It was amazing.

"It's okay. I love you. We love you." Lorenzo whispered, rubbing her back and rocking them both back and forth on the couch.

After a little while she let go and they wiped their tears.

"How about we play a game in the game room?" Lorenzo suggested trying to get her mind off things.

"Yes!" She immediately said with a smile making him laugh. "Okay, go call your brothers and sister." He said getting up, Guelia soon followed.

"ASSHOLES! WERE GONNA PLAY VIDEO GAMES HURRY UP!" She yelled, then heard multiple footsteps running down the stairs and past her towards the game room.

"Idiots. Bunch of idiots." She sighed walking to the game room. Lorenzo laughed and guided her to the room.

The rest of that day Lorenzo and the kids played games all night, Emily and her mother nowhere to be seen. Luckily.

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This is shorter! Sorry!! I hate this chapter lol. But I'm currently working on getting three more chapters out!!