Protecting Her

3

Domenico Pov

- 2 hours before the ball -

"And here I thought, you would never return" My older sister, Isabella, says as I finished my cup of Whiskey out on my patio outside of my bedroom.

"You know, even after I took over our fathers position for the past ten years you've been gone, I always wondered what the heck you wanted to be after the whole I wanna be a military man phase died off" She says standing behind me now as I put my cup down.

"Well maybe if our father wasn't so persistent in me coming back today and flying me out of my military base by force, I would've never stepped foot in this hellhole" I reply as she laughs.

"By force? Your literally the best fighter we got in this whole business and yet you think three of our fathers men could easily take you away from something you devoted most of your life to?"

"It's hard for you to say it, but I'll say it. You miss us. Maybe me more than our parents though" She says walking in front of me as I smirk before she pulled me into a tight hug.

"I miss my little brother, but I guess your not so little anymore" She laughs while looking up at our large height difference.

"Speaking of being forced back, did dad ever tell you exactly why he forced you to come back after all these years?" She asks as I shook my head.

"You should already know that old man lives for the suspense and dramatics" I rolled my eyes as we laugh before a knock on my bedroom door caught our attention.

"Is that my baby boy from the military I hear?" My mother asks opening the door before rushing towards me with an excited hug.

"Your so big now. And you've also grown taller than your father as well" She says patting my arms and chest as I laughed.

"How about I leave you two for a little son and mother moment since someone over here has been complaining about how she misses having you around more than me" Isabella says with an annoyed look before laughing and walking out of my room.

"So tell me all the wonderful stuff you've been doing away from your mama for the past ten years" She says pulling me towards my old bed to sit down as I smiled at my happy mother.

"Other than the fact that I've met a couple of guys there that were like brothers to me, I don't think most of the stuff we did during the times we were on duty were actually considered wonderful momma" I reply as her happy face turned into a serious one.

"Did you at least take your pills while you were there? You know your supposed to be taking them before bed every night" She says grabbing my hand as I nod.

"I take them on the nights I'm supposed to be sleeping but other than that, you know being in the military doesn't actually involve me having a full 8 hour of sleep" I reply as she sighs.

"Well maybe now that your not gonna be there for a while, you can spend more night sleeping full 8 hours" She says rubbing my shoulders as I frowned at her worried look.

Of course she was worried about my sleeping schedule, I've always had trouble with sleeping since I was ten.

And being a mother with a son who has insomnia isn't an easy thing to do. Especially when your married to an asshole who's the reason why your son has insomnia in the first place.

"I almost forgot, your father wanted to talk to you in his office. You know how he gets when he doesn't get what he wants" She says fixing my black button up shirt.

I rolled my eyes before getting off me bed seeing her still sitting down with a frown. I leaned down to kiss her forehead before walking out of my room to the place I've always dreaded going to.