De Luca

𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞

Elias's P.O.V

"Grace!"

I pushed Sofia off of my lap in moments of seeing Grace hit the floor. I vaguely heard Sofia scream as she hit the floor in her gown. I dropped to my knees beside Grace, cupping her cheeks and facing her head towards me.

It wasn't long before I was flanked by my mother and Andre, I assumed Nana was taking the kids away from the scene.

I opened her eye lids, looking down at her dilated pupils in panic.

"Grace. Mi amore. Please, come back, wake up."

"Move aside Elias, begging will get you nowhere. Both you and Andre, call Marco and Stefano, now," my mother demanded, pushing me to the side. When she saw that Andre had stood, leaving me kneeled beside Grace still she snapped her head towards me. "Now, Elias... And when your done, wait outside."

I nodded and stood. Letting her take over as Andre and I walked out of the room. Without waiting another second, I pulled out my phone, dialling Stefano's number as fast as my fingers would let me.

"Ciao, boss."

"Get here now. I don't care how you do it, but make it happen."

"Whats wrong boss?"

"Grace. Now drop whatever your doing and get on a plane now."

"Yes boss."

I cut the line, putting my phone into the pocket inside my jacket before racking my hand through my hair, in a second my hand shot out to punch the wall.

I can't let anything bad happen to her, how did this happen? My heart. It aches. She needs to be alright. Otherwise... I don't think I could live in this world without her. She's alright. She'll be alright.

"Fuck," I yelled, punching the wall again.

"Elias, hey. Calm down," Andre said, grabbing my shoulders, "Dont worry. She's going to be fine, she'll be okay."

"How did this happen? She was fine this morning and just not long ago."

"Im not sure." he sighed, rubbing a hand down his face.

"Whats going on? Maria was saying something about Grace. Did something happen to her?"

I turned to face Alessandro. "Something bad has happened to her, we don't know what it is?"

Andre frowned. "Where's Sofia?"

My head snapped to the dinning room when I heard my mother yelling at nana, leading me to completely dismiss what Andre had just said.

"I should see what's going on in there." With that I stepped towards the dinning room entrance, only to be stopped by a strong pair of hands on either side of my shoulders. Andre and Alessandro. I turned to face both of them, shaking their hands off of my shoulders in the process.

"Look, I need to know she's alright. She means too much to me. I can't lose her."

"We know how much Grace is to you Elias. But what good do you think you'll be in there? You'll just get in the way. Maria and Vanessa know what their doing, she'll be okay."