You are always on my mind

Chapter 95

"While Leah ate chocolate and played absentmindly with lots of toys, Karen and Stefania talked about the case until Monica finally arrived and joined them to finally find out what Dixon had said to Leah."

After some minutes talking about what to do, they finally decided that Stefania would talk for them. Everyone would be there, but Stefania would be the one who should talk to the girl.

"Little bug?"
"Aunt Stef!!!"

The little girl smiled and ran into the italian's arms.

"Ciao bambina! Vieni qui, amore mio!" (Hi bambina, come here my love!)

Leah threw herself in Stefania's arms hugging her tight. The brunette hugged her back saying:

"Little bug, can we talk?"
"Just the both of us, aunt Stef?" Leah asked a little tense.
"Bambina, tell me something. Do you trust me?"
"Yes! 😁"
"Good. So can we make a deal?"
"What deal, aunt Stef?"
"Bambina, aunt Monica and aunt Karen needs to ask you some questions."

Leah got immediately tense.

"Hey, don't worry, little bug."
"Are you going to stay with me?"
"Of course, amore mio!"
"And... can I stay in your lap?"
"Whatever you want, bella. But you must promise you're going to tell us all the truth."

Leah just nodded.

"Leah, I know you're scared, but I promise you, nothing bad is gonna happen. That's why I need you to tell us all the truth, only then I will be able to help and protect you, okay?" Karen said softly.

The little girl just hid her face in the hazel-eyed girl's chest and said:

"Okay..."

Then, the lawyer asked:

"Leah, who do you want to be with, mom Irina or..."

The girl didn't even let Stefania finish and said without thinking:

"I want to stay with dad and mom Stef, please!"
"Okay, so all you have to do is to say that to the judge, little bug."
"No, aunt Stef, I can't do that."
"Why not, bambina?"

Leah got silent and had her little eyes full of tears

"Tell me, bambina. Don't be afraid. I won't let anyone harm you, amore mio." The italian stated stroking the little girl's back.

"B-because mom Irina and Mr D-Dixon said that if I tell the j-judge I want to stay with dad and mom Stef, they are going to h-hurt them. I don't want dad nor mom Stef to die. 😭😭😭😭😭"
"Who said that to you, little bug?" Stefania asked trying her very best to keep her italian temper under control.
"Mr Dixon, because mom Irina told him to."
"Figli di puttana! Darò una lezione a questa stronza! Non ricatterà mai più un bambino!" (Motherfuckers! I'm gonna teach this bitch a lesson! She will never threat a child again!)

Monica asked Stefania to calm down silently and Karen asked:

"How do you know it was your mom, dear Leah?"
"Because they said that to me. Together."
"Oh, did they? And did anyone else hear this, sweetie?"
"My Nanny, MS Rebecca Bernard. She was with me when they said that. I was crying and she helped me, because mom Irina told me to shut up, otherwise she would lock me in my bedroon all alone."

💭 I'm gonna kill this motherfucker!!! - Stefania thought full of hate.

The three women exchanged a complicit look and Stefania already knew what to do.

"Aunt Karen, please, let me stay with mom Stef. She loves me for real! She takes care of me, plays with me. She sings every night to make me sleep while caressing me. She kisses my dodols. I love her so much!" The little girl stated almost crying. "Mom Irina never does anything like that for me. All she is able to do is to yell at me and tell me that it's my fault she can't go to all the parties she's invited to, but that I have to stay with her because daddy has to give her an amount of money."
"Hey, amore mio, don't cry." Stef said stroking Leah's back. "We're gonna help you, little bug."