loveable one

Chapter 6

Valentino's pov:

"T-the picture. It ripped" Victoria says and we all can hear the hurt and sadness from her voice. I hurts each of us to hear her like that. Like my heart is getting ripped to shreds.

We don't know what happened or why she stormed off like that but I could bet it has something to do with how Lorenzo went to apologise. Apparently he didn't manage to.

As if only realising she wasn't alone in the room she looked at us and went to the door to run out but Allesio stepped in front of her, blocking her way.

He's furious, though, I don't know if that's because our baby sister is crying or because she called a boy the moment she got the chance to. I myself don't know if I should be angry about that, I mean maybe he's gay? Maybe we don't need to be so cautious of this guy.

She looks shocked but doesn't say anything. Luciano and I hold ourselfs in the background. I want to know who this guy is and why she wanted to call him this much so I just observe for now.

"The picture ripped? You mean the one from your birthday last year?" The guy on the phone answers her, knowing exactly what she was talking about.

"Ye-Waaaahhh waaah" I take a step forward but Luciano beats me at it and pulls her into a hug fast. Her muffled sobs sound through the room. I know that my brothers feel the same as me, we don't want to ever see her cry like that. Our hearts break at her sadness. How can a picture be this important for her?

"It's alright, we can just make a new one, love." Did. this. guy. just. call. my. sister. love? Forget about not being cautious of this guy. I clench my hands into a fist but keep my face natural. I can feel how furious the others are as well but she can't know how angry this makes us. We can't scare her in any way, we can't lose her again.

I lock eyes with Allesio and I can see the inner fight in him. I know what kind of guy he is, he would rather lock someone away and break all of the communication devices if possible. I shake my head at him. He cannot do this to our sister.

The door opens and Vincenzo's face comes into view. He steps inside quickly and closes the door behind him. He's clearly confused but can feel how bad our moods are and keeps his mouth shut.

"But- But it was such a precious memory for me! We can't just make it again! This picture was the one that gave me hope when I was in that house!" Victoria screams and her voice sounds so agonising that it pains me to hear it. Luciano pulls her back onto his arms after she finished talking. It gave her hope? Hope for what? Fuck, I want to hurt the people who made her like that.

"Shit, Vic, you don't need this picture to hold onto hope! Even without the picture we will always be there for you! You should draw strength from the memories of us together, not cling to a picture of the past! And It seems you forgot but the bastards died! Your no longer inside the house, you have a ... a family now." A girl answers instead of the guy and when I look onto the screen there is this beautiful, blonde haired girl clenching her jaw. She said the part with the family pressed, as if she wasn't really happy about it but forced herself to sound like it.

Suddenly Vic pulls away from Luciano and looks down on her screen. Smiling brightly. Mood swings it seems.
"You're Right, thank you, I almost lost all reason just now." She whispers.

"Of course I'm right, I'm always right." The girl on the phone says again. Grinning from ear to ear. As if used to the sudden change in Victoria's mood.

"We know it's only been a day but we already miss you, babe" The guy takes over again. Why the fuck does he talk to my sister like that? Who does he think he is? The murderous aura in the room intensified when we saw Victorias shy smile while telling him how much she misses them as well. With that the problem seemed solved. With just a few words they completely calmed her down and made her believe that the picture being ripped isn't an end, that it's just a beginning. We couldn't do that. Fuck.

Allesio seems like he can't hold himself back like he can't listen to her talking to someone so sweetly anymore because he walks up to Victoria and whispers something in her ear. Whatever he said made her say goodbye and promise she will call again later. After she hung up she looked at Allesio expectant.

"Let's go." He just says and takes her hand in his before leading her out of the room.

"Call everyone. Now." Luciano says through clenched teeth.

"On it" Vincenzo opens his mouth for the first time since entering, clearly confused but also kind of angry. He rushes out of the room to call the others.

What should we do?

I'm the nice one. I'm the parental figure in this family. I need to hold together and I can't just act on impulses. Shit. What was I even supposed to do in this situation? I wanted to punch the guy that talked to her. But I also wanted him to calm her down. Fuck, I wanted to be the one that calmed her down.

I walk out after a minute as well, making my way to Lucianos office right behind him.

After a couple of minutes everyone was present, except Allesio and Victoria.

Even our most trusted men, Rufus, Bode, Collin and Devin. They normally don't participate at family meetings but this time it is an exception. First there is the thing with Lorenzo and his punishment. Then, there is the fact that our baby sister seems to have a boyfriend.