In The Shadows ✔

[78] With love instead of violence

Scorpia smiles at her phone, takes a sip from her tea, and eats a piece of mandarin. She feeds Logan a piece too and he stares deep into her eyes. Violetta asks if they are getting help and Scorpia nods. She finishes her tea and when she eats the last piece of mandarin she hears the sound of her Charger.

She gets up and rushes outside. Violetta shoots Logan a questioning look and he says a bit mockingly: "She hears her Charger. She recognizes that sound anywhere."

Violetta gathers all the kids, who form a neat line. She beams and walks outside in front of them.

Bart gets out of the Charger and folds his chair to help Marisol and Emilia get out of the car. Manon gets out on the passenger side and Scorpia happily makes her way over to them.

Bart hugs her tight and says: "Hey boss. You look good."

She hugs him back and says: "I feel good, Bart. It's great to see you all." She hugs the girls too and Emilia tells her she brought nail polish with her. "That's smart Emilia. I think the girls will love that. And I'm sure Violetta will."

Violetta comes out of the building with the kids, who all make their way to the field and the slides and swings. Logan comes out too and greets everyone.

Violetta welcomes them and Manon says: "Wow! You look so much alike!"

Scorpia and Violetta laugh and say: "We've heard that before."

Bart and Logan make their way to the field to play soccer with the kids. Scorpia tells Violetta all about Emilia's nail polish skills and that she brought nail polish with her. Violetta guides the girl over to a picnic table and they both sit down.

Manon is seated on a bench, braiding a little girls hair and Marisol is sitting next to her with her hand on her belly. Scorpia looks up with a smile when she hears Ciro's Mustang drive up.

Ciro parks next to the Charger and Matteo jumps out of the car, running towards Scorpia. Scorpia hugs him lovingly. "Hi Matteo. I'm so glad you're here. I've missed you."

Matteo kisses her cheek a bit shy before running off.

Dino and Ciro get out too and help someone get out from the backseat.

That's when Scorpia sees mamma is here too. She runs over to her and hugs her enthusiastically.

Mamma laughs and says: "Easy Scorpia! I'm going to topple over."

Scorpia laughs and hugs Dino. Ciro spreads his arms and Scorpia steps into them.

"Sorellina. Such a good idea to come out and play here. It's fun and it gives us a chance to see what needs to be bought or fixed."

The brothers support mamma over to a bench and find a small stool for her foot. Mamma sighs happily and says: "Go play. I'm comfy here."

Scorpia taps Dino on his shoulder and points at the picnic table where Violetta is seated. Dino saunters over there and looks over Violetta's shoulder. "That looks beautiful Emilia. You're so talented."

Violetta looks over her shoulder and blushes. She greets Dino quietly.

"Hey Violetta. You look good. Even more beautiful than I remembered."

She blushes even more and Dino sits down next to her.

Emilia notices that Violetta's hands start to shake a little and grabs a firm hold of the finger she is working on. When she's done she says: "Stay still Violetta, they take a minute to dry."

She looks at Dino and asks him if he wants his nails done too.

He chuckles and says: "I'm giving you one pinky nail. But I want the same color Violetta has."