Faustini ✔️

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"What on earth? Donatello get down from there!" Valentino yelled as he tried to retrieve his son from the table.

"No, believe me, father." Donatello remained standing tall. "Hey, wait a minute, you should be grateful that I'm even telling you this!"

"You should be grateful I don't make you pay for a new vase!" Valentino snapped as Dina shook her head.

"No, that's fine. I am however interested in what brought on this revelation. So, Donatello, please do tell." Dina encouraged Donatello to speak.

"Well, the first dead give away was the writing outside of Leo's apartment directly after you visited. No incidents happened before that, therefore it's you." Donatello smirked and held his chin up with pride. "But it doesn't finish there, there's also a timeline that shows that you are the strangler because there were no incidents before you moved here."

Stefano waited for Donatello to finish talking. "Donatello, it's not me, I was just as surprised as the others when I saw the message, just ask them yourself. In fact, I suggested we talk contact the authorities and there was not one person who wanted to do that."

"You suggested that because you didn't want to seem suspicious." Donatello sassed back.

"No, I suggested that because I was genuinely worried." Stefano corrected in a calm manner. "Why would I help Leo with his hand if I wanted the worst for him? And Elena too, why would I give her the referral?"

"You also did that because you didn't want to look suspicious." Donatello responded.

"Do you have any other argument other than that?" Hilbert asked.

"Shut up, you're not even a Faustini." Donatello hissed.

"That's it." Valentino snapped before managing to pull Donatello down from the table. "I've had enough of you."

Stefano put his hands up. "No, Valentino, it's fine, really. We can forget about it." Stefano defended Donatello, trying to prevent further punishment.

"No, we can't forget about this, he'll strike again!" Donatello yelled as he tried to reach out his arms and attack Stefano, fortunately Valentino was holding him back. Valentino began to tire of Donatello's antics and secured a hold onto his shirt, dragging him away from the scene.

Rafael entered Carolina's apartment loudly, making sure everyone in the place knew he was there. "Hello! Pizza delivery! You want pizza now, yes? You pay now, yes!" Rafael hallowed as Sebastian covered his face bashfully.

"Hey, how are you?" Elena asked as she greeted Sebastian with a hug.

"I'm fine. Did Carolina play nice?" Sebastian asked her and she nodded.

"Lance stopped by." Carolina said as she entered the room. "I tried to call you, like, fifty times!"

"He was here?" Sebastian then shrugged. "We had Zinnia pick him up after he found us. I'm guessing we'll have to deal with that in a few days." Sebastian shifted his focus back to Elena. "So, you met Leo's twin, what did you think?"

"Leo's twin?" Elena backed away in disbelief.

Sebastian was shocked by her reaction. "You didn't make the connection? I mean especially considering how much they look alike." Sebastian placed his astray hands in his coat pockets. "Oh well, please don't tell Leo anything, Lancelot reserves the right to at least make his own introduction."

Elena scoffed. "You expect me to keep this big of a secret from my boyfriend? How do you propose I do that?"

"I think you know exactly what you need to do. You did it with Roman, what's stopping you now?" Sebastian raised his eyebrows as Elena went silent.