Faustini ✔️

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Sebastian met Lacey in the streets outside as he thought it'd pose no use to have her take the elevator upstairs just to hand something over. "Leo and Rita are safe with us, Lancelot and Zinnia are looking after them until Leo wakes up." Lacey informed.

"And I presume Jett met his end?" Sebastian took the device from her hand. He looked away from it and at her as she nodded. "Interesting, I wonder how authorities will react when they find someone who's supposed to be dead, dead." Lacey didn't react to his remarks, so Sebastian gave up. "Thanks for that Lace, have a great evening."

After saying their goodbyes, Sebastian went to his car and used the device to pinpoint where Giuseppe's car might be. The device worked flawlessly as per usual and provided the coordinates of Giuseppe's car's location through a list of Bluetooth devices that had prior been connected to Karina's phone. Sebastian wrote it down on a slip of paper before accessing his own phone to enter the location.

As Sebastian continued the long task, his car door opened and Elena sat herself in the passenger's seat. Sebastian's actions ceased and he turned to her. "What are you doing?"

"I'm coming with you." Elena answered in a nonchalant tone as she buckled her seat belt.

Sebastian laughed at her. "No you're not."

"Yes I am." She insisted. "I've finally conquered my fear and you're going to make me feel bad about it? Wow Sebastian, wow."

"You know it's not that." Sebastian answered tiredly.

"Then what is it Sebastian? You know we're wasting time bickering about this." Elena crossed her arms to further display her disapproval of their dawdling.

"I can't have my eyes on you the whole time we're there, I may not be able to achieve the best result for all of us if I'm worrying about you being harmed." Sebastian stressed.

Elena shrugged. "Oh well. I'm not moving." She smirked. "You're the last person I'd expect to be modest about their talents anyways."

Sebastian gave up arguing with her. "Okay, fine, but you're wearing this." Sebastian reached into the backseat and pulled out a thigh holster with a dagger already in place. "Just in case you have to stab yourself out of a situation that I can't protect you from."

Sebastian looked away as Elena slid the holster up her leg and tightened it around her thigh. He entered the coordinates into his phone and the directions to the location popped up. "Are you ready?" He asked.

Elena removed her hands after successfully fastening the holster. "As always." She replied as he started the car. One hand was on the wheel and one hand reached over to hers for support.

Stefano was in his apartment bathroom, he had been in there for some time. He guessed Vittoria was too caught up in thoughts of their soon to be domestic bliss to notice that he was stalling. He called Dina as he struggled to find people to say his goodbyes to.

"Hey, I just thought you should know I'm heading back to Italy. It's been a fun few months but it's really where I belong-" Stefano rambled, hoping Dina would interrupt him and lead the conversation.

"Is this because of Giuseppe? It'll only make you more suspicious if you leave now, you'll be helping him out." Dina aired the first few things that came to mind, though she was unbothered by Stefano leaving.

"No, it's not." Stefano stated. His refusal to further explain his denial and offer another explanation only intrigued her even more.

"Then what is it?" Dina wondered, not even giving him a second to explain. She became angered. "You might as well tell me, I'm assuming that's why you've called me and not Valentino? Because I'm silently judgemental whereas the moment you would've lamented he'd call me to gossip about it."