The Stolen Leader 3 ; Selena's Flame

Ch 25

Selena
As I said
All hell broke loose that night
There was a war
A bloody battle
We lost good members of our mafia
We also lost someone who meant the world to us
Layla Batson
She died that night
It's been two weeks
Now we're at her funeral
" Layla Batson was the love of my life. She was everything I wanted, everything i needed. She drove me absolutely crazy. She was beautiful, caring, smart, so full of life. When she smiled she always brought life into the place. She was my everything" Cole says
He finally breaks down he's on his knees and crying
I run to him
I helped him to his seat.
" Go, I know you wanted to say a few words" he says sniffing
Marco pulls his brother in a hug and I stood up.
Adenzia stood up and sat in my spot to comfort Cole
Her belly was now showing
She was showing her baby bump.
I walked up to the stand

" Hello, my name is Selena.
I grew up with Layla, she was one of my best friends.
She was fearless and strong, she always got her way since she was a daddy's girl. She was the oldest child, she loved her family and she loved technology. She didn't want to be in this life anymore but we kept bringing her in.
Her favorite color was blue, she hated seafood, she was mixed, she loved dogs and wanted 4 dogs and she wanted lots of children. She fell in love with her childhood enemy. She hates funerals, she said she never wanted to go to another after her grandmother passed away.  She had 5 tattoos, three butterflies and she had poetry on her spine, and her ankle"
I say
I could feel my face.
It was soaked with tears.
I sobbed
I couldn't hold it in anymore
She deserved to live. All she wanted was a family of her own and she wanted to share her success with her fiancé.
I couldn't be on the stand
I wish I could tell everyone how much she hates people crying
She would side eye me right now
Then she would probably make a awkward joke
She never knew how to deal with people.
But only a few
Her family said some words and the priest was going on about god and forgiveness.
No
Screw forgiveness
They took my friend
I couldn't be here anymore
I left the church
I struggled to breath.
I didn't know how far I walked until I fell
I screamed as loud as I could
I cursed god
I cursed our enemies
I cursed my life
My throat hurt due to the screams
She was too young
She wanted a winter wedding
She wanted to get married in the snow and let her ginger hair show like fire.
She asked me to be her maid of honor
She would've been my future child's godmother.
" Fuck life" I mutter as I got up
I killed summer
She deserved it
I love her but I hate her
She was a good friend towards me but she killed-
I cry more
I hate this feeling
It feels like I got stabbed in the chest
I don't want to be here
I left and went home
Brendan was there waiting for me
My dad decided to let my mom determine his future
She believes In second chances so she let him live
" What?" I snap at him
He got up from the couch and hugged me
" Im sorry, I didn't know her well but she was nice and she loved you I know that"
" I don't want to be here" I say
" Where do you want to go Princess?"
" Far away from here" I say pulling him close
" As you wish" he says

Four months later
Location- Madrid Spain
Time- 10;30 pm

Selena

I stared at the message

" Happy birthday"
I sent it to my brother Alessandro
He's now 19
Soon I'll be 22
In a few weeks
We left New York
Brendan and I.
Adenzia officially took over the mafia
She's 8 months pregnant right now
She sends me updates
She's getting so big
Aleksander is happy to be a big brother and Milo is excited to be a older cousin
We all recently found out Esma is pregnant
She's a month along so no baby bump right now.
Ryder fainted when he found out
Pussy
Brendan and I are going back to New York soon.
Well Brendan, Axel and I.
Yeah I met his little brother
We took him along with us. He's a whore
He kisses all the girls here.
Well...he makes out with men too so he's not picky.
Good for him.
But we're going to new work soon. I can't miss my niece or nephew's birth.
I know some of you are thinking.
" How's Cole?"
Truth be told, nobody had seen him since the funeral
He sends us texts once a month
Letting him know he's okay.
I hope he's not lying.
But this is a goodbye for right now
But I do know.
This isn't the end of my story
But it's time to put it on pause
Because it's time for Alessandro's story.
It's his time.

Hey y'all this is the end of book three
Alessandro's story is out