Dilara

Chapter 70:

I walk into the kitchen, and find Jasmine sitting down with Matteo.

He passes her a cookie and she laughs at something he says.

'When did you get here?' I ask.

'Vittoria dropped me off last night,' Jasmine says turning to me. 'I'm sorry for your loss by the way.'

'It's fine, thank you,' I reply.

Lorenzo passes me a mug of coffee and Zoya storms into the room.

I guess her and Terzo didn't resolve their problem.

'Any plans for today?' Lorenzo asks.

'I might get somethings ready for Mimi's gender reveal.' I reply.

'Good mor-'  Xuan walks in and immediately stops in his tracks.

Jasmine turns her head and drops the cup in her hand.

'What are you doing here?' He snaps.

Vittoria walks into the kitchen and stares at Jasmine.

'Oh so the rumours are true.' She laughs.

'What rumours?' Zoya asks.

I see Lorenzo slowly start to take the gun out of his waistband and I pick up a knife from the table.

'You really did leave and join them,' Jasmine continues.

'Vittoria care to explain,' I say pointing the knife at her.

I look at Zoya and see that she also has a knife in one hand and a gun in the other.

Matteo, Jasmine, Xuan and Vittoria stand weaponless.

'Explain.' Zoya snarls.

'Jasmine worked for The Ravens.' Xuan says.

Lorenzo, Zoya and I turn out weapons to Jasmine.

'I ran away.' She snaps.

'As soon as I saw Jasmine I had Jake do a full background check on her.' Vittoria explains. 'Her foster family sold her to the mafia and she escaped.'

'Why have you kept this from all of us?' Lorenzo asks.

'It wasn't your place to know,' she replies.

'Of course it wasn't.' Xuan snaps. 'I remember seeing her around base.'

'So we're supposed to just trust her?' I ask.

'Yes.' Vittoria replies. 'End of discussion.'

She walks out of the kitchen, leaving us all speechless.

'I need a cigarette,' I hear Xuan mutter.

Jasmine sits back down and Matteo doesn't know what to do.

'I'm gonna get ready to go out,' I sigh.

I take a drink of coffee, this is a replacement for Tequila.

'I'm coming with you.' Xuan says.

I look at him and see that it's not up for discussion.

I quickly change into a pair of jeans and a grey sweatshirt.

Xuan's waiting for me in his car and we drive to the mall.

'What are you getting?' He asks.

'Things for the gender reveal.' I reply.

We park the car and get out, making our way into the mall.