Tulip| 18+

chapter twenty one

D A M O N

"Hey"

I glanced at tulip who rubbed my back as she kissed my head, "Your dad and I are taking the kids out for a little catch up with New York" She said.

"So you guys will have the house to yourselves" She said as she kissed my head repeatedly. I laid there in bed up until they left the house then I finally got out of bed and walked to Ale's room.

"Let's go" I said making him look at me, he grabbed his blanket then I went around grabbing my siblings before we made our way to my parents room.

I opened the door to see mami sitting on the couch staring at the tv that is playing a slideshow of her and uncle Christopher over the years.

Maritza sat down in front of her feet and rested her head on the front of her knees, Angelo and Gianni sat on the floor on both sides of her legs and rested their head on her thighs.

Alejandro sat down on her left and rested his head on her shoulder and I finally sat down and rested my head on her shoulder.

I tried to grab her hand but she quickly yanked it away from mine, we all sat there with her for about an hour of just watching the video on repeat.

"Camila? Baby?" We all turned our heads to see abuela Sophia walking into the bedroom, she looks damn near terrible.

Which is justified since her son is dead because of me.

She squeezed Maritza's hand which made her move away so abuela could sit in front of mami. "Honey why don't you come down so we can sit together? I could braid your hair like I use to" She said making my mom look at her.

"Okay" Mami said with her voice coming out as a whisper, me and Alejandro lifted up our heads making her slide down and rest her head on abuela's lap.

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"Where are we going today?"

I finished up Roman's tie then grabbed his suit jacket, "A funeral" I said as his suit jacket on him then buttoned it up. "Daddy are you sad?" He asked making me look at him.

"A little bit, why?" I asked as he stared at me. "Because your eyes are shiny" He said making me nod. "I'm going to hug you now" He added on making me smile as he hugged me.

I hugged him back super tightly making him try to tighten his grasp me on me, I pulled away as the tears fell from my eyes making him wipe them away.

"Maybe after the funeral me you and abuela could make cinnamon roll cookies" He said as I helped him off the counter and placed him down. "Definitely" I said as he walked out of the bathroom.

"Your mother is still in the denial part of her grieving phase. Once the funeral is all said and done she is going to ask you to come into her office." My dad said.

"I am going to be there so don't you worry" He added on as he straightened out my suit jacket, "When you talk like that it's so scary and weird I hope you know that by the way" I said making him smile at me.

Tulip never did well with funerals so I asked her to stay home with the twins instead of coming which she was hesitant to do since I need her but her fear overtook.

Since me and my family are catholic we planned a catholic funeral for uncle Christopher, we had the wake and now we are at this gigantic Catholic Church getting ready for the funeral mass.