Faustini ✔️

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After spending a restless night at Leo's apartment, Rita, Elena and Leo decided to head back to the Faustini Penthouse. Once strutting into the Penthouse, they were overcome with the smell of pancakes. As they arrived at the kitchen, they were greeted by Beatriz who was cooking up some pancakes.

"Hi, Elena, Rita..." Beatriz paused as she stared at Leo. "Roman, right?"

"Leo." Leo corrected, everyone went silent.

Beatriz continued with her cooking. "Oh, well I'm making something special if you're planning on staying."

Elena looked over at the kitchen pan and grimaced. "Is Esteban taking a day off?"

"No, I sent him home." Beatriz smiled.

"I think we'll pass." Rita, an avid fan of Esteban's cooking, answered.

"...Okay then." Beatriz answered sadly. "Oh, Elena, Sebastian stopped by-" Beatriz uttered carelessly, Rita and Leo froze. "He said you weren't answering your phone so he came by looking for you. Call him, won't you?"

"I will later." Elena assured her dismissively.

Beatriz gave Elena a pleading look. "It seemed urgent."

Leo sighed loudly and obnoxiously. "Do you happen to know if Catalina and Roman will be stopping by today, Mrs Faustini?" Leo asked, irritably.

Beatriz quietened down. 'No... I don't."

Elena cleared her throat and placed her hand on Leo's arm. "I'll get it over and done with." She said to Leo's dismay. "It'll only take a minute. You'll barely notice that I'm gone."

Leo spoke quietly. "Well alright then, go on. Be quick though, the more you feed a stray the more it comes back." He whispered.

After Elena dashed out of the room, Beatriz looked back up. "So, what school do you go to, Louis?" Beatriz asked and Rita had to hold in her laughter.

After dialling Sebastian's number, Elena held her phone to her ear. "I can't talk for long." She closed the door behind her. "What's up?"

Elena sensed Sebastian was annoyed by this. "You went through all this trouble to make sure I'd stay in New York and you won't even call me back."

"I was busy." Elena sighed. "I'm sure I'll see you again soon anyways, there was another message left outside Leo's apartment."

"Well speaking of our great adventure, Papa Laiture wants details." Sebastian informed her. Elena grimaced. "He promised three favours plus erasing the tapes in exchange for my information." Before Elena could comment, Sebastian continued talking. "Hey, how's Rita?"

"Why do you ask?" Elena wondered suspiciously.

"I saw her mother with someone yesterday, I don't know if I should count them as a suspect or not." Sebastian spoke through the phone. "I'll find out sooner or later, I'm having a friend of mine identify him."

"So, is that it?" Elena pondered. "Is that why you called?"

"No." Sebastian went quiet. "I actually wanted to talk about Donatello. I think something's going on with him. Something weird. I probably should tell you this in person instead of over the phone but... You know about Dante, right?"

"Briefly." Elena uttered.

"I saw clips of him, y'know, from the footage. He looked just like you when Rita's weirdo ex boyfriend attacked." Sebastian swallowed. "The only difference was it seemed insincere and if I'm honest, it kind of scared me." Sebastian exhaled quickly. "You know what? I shouldn't have brought that up, never mind. Take care." Sebastian hung up before Elena could respond.