Lissy Romano

19| Leave everything.

Lissy Romano

I get the point...my brothers just tried to protect me from sadness. I never had a chance to meet my parents. To feel my mom's warm embrace, to be in dad's lap when he runs his fingers through my hair.

I never had a chance to make mistakes like every normal kid does. I would've loved to live my life with them...when boys at school would tease me and I would tell dad about it...he would be super protective daddy bear...he would drive me to school the next day and talk to them. Talk=scare...haha.

How he would hug me and kiss my forehead when I was scared or sad. How he would talk with me...maybe he would call me in some cute nickname...but I never had a chance to talk with him.

How mom would talk with me for hours about clothes, boys and girl stuff...how she would teach me things about makeup and how she would help me with school work. I never had a chance to make her proud...to make them proud of me...

"I understand..." I said as I looked at my brothers

"Lissy, they loved you so much." Vincenzo said as he kissed my hand

"When mom found out that she was pregnant with you, she told dad...the first thing he said was 'It's a girl. Finally God has given us a gorgeous, little girl.' He was so happy...he didn't let mom do anything on her own for nine months." Domenico said as he smiled

"Oh, I remember that just like it was yesterday...Dad told us that our little sister is the best thing that has and ever will happen to us." Davide said as he smiled

"He wasn't wrong though." Vincenzo said as he looked at me with his kind eyes

"Dad would be so happy if he would've known that you will be back home, with us..." Giovanni said as he leaned in the couch

"Dad made us train twice as hard...he said that his daughter will look just like her gorgeous mom and that we will have to beat up all the boys who will even look at his little girl." Santino said as he chuckled

"Mom was the only one in the whole family who didn't worry. She said that her little Betty will be the most protected girl in the whole world." Enzo said as he made a little smile

"Betty?" I asked as I furrowed my eyebrows

"Yeah. Mom called you Betty or Lissy...most of the time Lissy, because Santino called you Lissy all the time...so we started to call you like that too...but mom sometimes called you Betty. When she was pregnant with you she called you only Betty." Vincenzo said as he stood up, he walked to bookshelf, he grabbed some photo album

Vincenzo placed the album in my hands...I was sitting on the floor as I slowly opened it and I saw a picture.

"That's mom and dad, with you." Giovanni said as he pointed at the small baby

"Me?" I asked as I took a good look at the baby, she have the same hair color as me...even the smile is the same as mine

"Yeah." Davide said as he smiled

No wonder why my brothers are so muscular...look at my dad. Jesus...he is like a mountain.

"You're funny." Santino said as he chuckled

"Wait...I said that out loud? Fuck..." I said as I covered my face with my hands

"Don't curse, Lissy." Vincenzo said with his big brother voice