Learning to Live

Chapter 10

It took some time but Luca started to trust Mary, John was never seen again by Andre or Luca. Baby steps is what they took every day sometimes the steps went backwards and some times they jumped forwards but at least Luca had family around him to help. Mary loved all the children from the gang, they never told her in detail about the gang but she was bright enough.
Luca got into a university in Edinburgh to study criminology, everyone was so excited for him to the point that giant smiled! But what was the icing on the cake for Luca everyone wanted to go with him so that's what they did, Andre sold everything he owned, everyone that was 18 or older went with them, they had 6 kids that were not 18 but with the help of Mary they didn't have a problem from the parents and signed over guardianship.
They purchased a closed down bed and breakfast that was an hour from Luca's university, it was beautiful it needed work doing to it but with the amount of hands they had it could be done pretty quickly so everyone had a room to them self apart from Luca and Andre they shared the master bedroom which was on the top floor.
Andre set up a small restaurant with Grace which became very popular within the year so they had to move to a bigger place, Reggie was manager, what surprised everyone was giant he was amazing in the kitchen, he was the reason the restaurant did so well.
Luca is still called Dreamer by everyone.
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Luca has just completed his Masters in criminology at 22 years old, Andre is 26. The restaurant is booming the also opened a bakery next door. All the 6 children have finished school and are all in university.
Reggie finally found a girl that could tame his wild ways, he now looks but doesn't touch as he says. Grace is currently touring the USA with some friends. Giant met a lovely girl when they opened the bakery and are now waiting on the arrival of a surprise baby.
Luca and Andre have had their ups and downs but they never went to bed until the problem was solved. They love each other, They helped each other learn to trust and live again, Luca still has the scars and the bad memories of his past but they fade every time he sees Andre smile. Andre has a ring in his draw he is just waiting for the perfect time maybe when they go away next week.......