Faustini ✔️

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A week later, Amara found herself walking down the streets. She heard the low quality radio echo through the city. As she had a long way to go, she found herself listening to what it had to say out of pure boredom. 

"Manhattan's Strangler is still at works, reports are his victim count is increasing at a rapid pace. Authorities urge young women to stay indoors and not head out into the night. Authorities also urge people to turn in any information they have that could lead to an arrest. Let's go to our correspondent, Mr Hoth, a criminal profiler of twenty-five years."

"Thanks Brian, what we're looking for here is possibly a classic case of a sociopath and recent patterns suggest something horrid has happened in this person's life and they're lashing out with an increasing amount of victims. It could be the loss of a job or a fight with the wife."

There was laughter from the news reporter. "Hard to believe a guy like that could have a wife or even a job!"

"On the contrary. The strangler most likely has a normal life to blend in, that's why they're hard to catch." The profiler corrected. 

Amara spotted the back of Ezio DeSalvo and stopped suddenly. "Hey, you!" She called out and he turned around slowly. He appeared to be down in the dumps, though he waved, indicating that he recognised her. "I haven't seen you in a while, how have you been?"

"Not good." Ezio replied briefly, he wasn't planning on elaborating, but Amara looked genuinely interested in what he had to say so he continued. "You may have already heard, but my sister went missing."

Amara pulled him into a hug. "It's okay, sisters do that. Mine hasn't come home for a few weeks." 

"No, it's not okay." Ezio pulled away. "My family got a letter from that imprudent strangler the news keeps praising, we turned it over and they think it's real."

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry." Amara's hand covered her mouth.

"It's fine, I'm sure you didn't know." Ezio pouted. "I'd suggest you try find your sister, it's only getting more dangerous out there."

"Yeah, that's what I was trying to do..." Amara gulped. "But I'm sure they'll find Vittoria, everything'll be fine."

"One can only hope." Ezio replied. "Look, I'm in a rush, I hope I see you around." 

Amara nodded. "I hope so too, good luck with everything." Amara said her goodbyes with increased worries about Catalina.

Lorenzo sat with Casper's arms around his body and his chin resting on his shoulder, he conversed with Chelsea. "It's lovely you could make it out to Connecticut, it must have been a painful flight." Lorenzo commented.

Chelsea scoffed. "It was bound to have happened, powerful people are being targeted, with Vittoria DeSalvo missing, who knows what's next?" 

"They've got to find something sooner or later, there's too many incidents." Lorenzo mumbled. 

Chelsea nodded in agreement. "How's your family going?" 

"I haven't kept in contact." Lorenzo answered, he looked back at Casper. "I've been lying low, having a vacation of sorts."

Chelsea smiled softly. "You two are the sweetest."

Casper chimed in as Lorenzo shied away. "Why thank you, that's so nice of you to say! You know, you're welcome to spend the rest of the day with us if you'd like. We'd be happy to have you along."

Chelsea's smile only grew brighter. "Of course, that'd be lovely."

Sebastian sat on the floor of the Faustini Penthouse, Elio would occasionally walk over and show Sebastian his favourite toys, Sebastian faked an expression of excitement, only making the child more cheerful.