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ti amo = I love you
sorellina = little sister
grazie = thank you
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There's a knock on the door and Dino opens it. He exchanges some words with the doctor in the hall and shoots Bruno a look, before walking out of the room. They can clearly hear a heated discussion between Dino and the doctor, but they can't hear enough to make out any of the words. When the door opens again, they hear Dino say in an irritated tone: "Don't forget who gave you that nice bonus, doctor!"
Dino walks over to Bruno and Scorpia and crouches down in front of her. "Scorpia? Listen to me, please. It's about Logan."
She lifts her head and looks at him.
"He was awake for a minute, but he was so aggressive that they gave him a sedative. According to the doctor, he yelled 'Bonnie', but they were scared he might hurt himself. The doctors want to put him into a medically induced coma, to give him time to calm down."
Scorpia looks deep into Dino's eyes and asks: "If they put him into a coma, how will they know when to wake him up again? How will they know he has calmed down enough to do so?"
Dino smiles a tiny bit and kisses her cheek. "Smart sister. That's why I proposed something else. We're going to make sure he can see and hear you when he wakes up. You've calmed him down before, we know he responds to you."
She gets up and asks: "Where is he?"
Dino holds his hand out to her. "Come with me. I'll take you to him."
She grabs onto his hand and pulls him towards the door.
Bruno nods at Dino and drags his chair over to the bed with Ciro in it.
Dino takes Scorpia to a nice, bright room with a big bed. Logan is lying in it with his eyes closed, hooked up to various machines, and with his right hand wrapped up.
Scorpia lets go of Dino's hand and takes her boots off, before crawling onto the left side of the bed. She places her head on Logan's chest and listens to his calm heartbeat.
Dino comes closer and rubs her back. He picks up a blanket from a chair and covers her with it. "You watch over him, little sister. I'll make sure they allow you to stay here and that someone brings you food and drinks. Ti amo." He leaves her alone and walks back to Ciro's room.
Once in Ciro's room, he sits down on a chair next to the bed and puts his head down on the mattress.
Ciro says: "That little, follow-me-around-everywhere brother turned out to be a real leader. When did you become a responsible adult?"
Dino says: "When I looked into my little sister's eyes while holding a bag of ice against her cheek in that abandoned building."
Ciro says: "She did it, dammit. She killed Salvatore."
Bruno says: "Thinking about it still makes me sick. What he said to her... Did to her... And she just waited for the perfect moment. I was in full-blown panic mode when I ran out of there with her in my arms. If Dino hadn't been there..."
They tell Ciro all about their side of the story. And about mamma, Enzo, Lexy, and Lucas.
Ciro says: "I still can't wrap my mind around what Logan did. The look in his eyes when he told you to go, Dino. He just accepted that he wasn't going to make it, but did everything he could to make sure she'd be safe."
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In The Shadows ✔
Mystery / Thriller❦ A Harley riding, vodka drinking, female killer, a Scottish bartender, a kindergarten teacher, several kids, and a huge Italian 'family', put them all in a bag and shake well. Throw the contents onto paper and you end up with a book about broken sp...