The Long Lost Mafia Princess

Chapter 96

Arsenio Hernandez's POV.

I was just doing some work for my legal business when suddenly the doors from my office bursted open.

"Dad" Valentina cried out, falling to the ground.

I immediately got up and ran to her.

She was lying on the ground, shaking and breathing heavily.

There were marks on her neck where she was scratching at, trying to get in any air.

A panic attack

I sat down on the ground next to her shaking body.

"Hey, hey, look at me, you're okay. Calm down baby, breathe. Count to ten with me okay." I rushed out, holding her.

She nodded while still trying to scratch at her skin around her neck and chest.

I grabbed her hands to stop her from doing that, gently drawing those circles on them, trying to comfort her a little by doing that.

"One, two-..."

"T-thre-e" She rushed out, hyperventilating.

"Good, what comes next?"

"I don't- I-I can't" She cried hyperventilating even more, she wasn't focusing, too far gone in the attack.

"Yes, you can baby, focus. One, two, three, four-, what comes next baby?"

"F-five-six"

"Good, see you can do it. What's next?"

"S-seven"

"Eight and now?"

"Nine t-then ten." She said as she started hyperventilating a little slower.

"Good, now deep breath in...and out" She did as I said but held her breath only for about two seconds before she started hyperventilating again.

"Again, come on baby, deep breath, in....and out." Again only for about two seconds before hyperventilating again.

"It's okay, don't worry. We're going to do the 54321 method okay?"

She nodded, tears streaming down her face while her body was shaking even more.

I gently pulled her closer too me so that she was now leaning again my chest.

"Okay, name five things you can see right now." I instructed her.

"Euhm I-...y-you, des-desk...co-couch a-..and...ch-chairs, bo-books"

"Well done principessa, now four things that you can feel"

"Y-you,...the gro-ound, m-my onesie...I-I don't know, I-"

"That's okay, now three things you can hear"

"Your v-voice and h-heart beat, the computer." She spoke, her hyperventilating slowing down a bit more.

"Now two things you can smell"

"Your perfume" She laughed a little, "And,...mint from my gum from e-earlier."

"The last thing something you can taste"

"My m-mint gum from...earlier." She calmed down a little more.

She was still hyperventilating and shaking, but I could feel her heart rate go down more by feeling on her pulse on her wrist.

"Okay, box breathing baby"

"O-okay" She said through her fast panting.

She put her hand on her chest and sat straight before I instructed her on what to do.