My attention snapped at the door when I heard knocking on it. "Come in." I said gruffly. I didn't like the idea of going to a wedding when I have so much shit already on my back.

My mother walked in looking at me "I came here to take Emiliano, did he woke up?" She asked then diverted her eyes towards the bed "I guess he didn't." She said chuckling and walked towards him. She shook him gently making him snap his eyes open.

"Am I really needed to be there?" I asked annoyed, but my mother just sends me a pointed look.

"Of course you are. We are friends with Lorenzo's family since you guys were little. They are family friends so we need to go. Anyway, I promised that all of us will come. So stop whining and get ready." She said with a straight face pulling her lips in a thin line as she took Emiliano in her arms and left the room.

Sighing I started to button my shirt. After a couple of seconds, I was done with dressing so I exited the room and walked downstairs.



Downstairs I was greeted by dad, Dante, Marino, and Moreno. Nodding my head I greeted them "Ciao." Making their heads shot my way. I got greeted back so I decided to join them.

"You ready?" I asked no one in particular. "I'm not for it, if you ask me I would rather stay home, but at least I'm gonna get drunk there." Dante said chuckling making me shake my head at his behavior and dad shot him a glare.

"Don't do something stupid." Dad said in a warning tone but that sounded more like an order.

Chuckling Dante shook his head "Don't worry." He smiled then turned around himself "Dio mio, how long do they need to put dresses on?" He groaned making dad chuckle.

"They should be here soo-" dad was cut off by heels clicking on the floor. We all snapped our heads toward the stairs where stood Bellissa and mom who was caring laughing Emiliano.

Upon getting down the stairs Emiliano saw me and his eyes locked with mine. In an instant, his hands were in the air showing me that he wants to be I'm my arms.

Taking him in my arms his little ones wrapped tightly around my neck, burying his head in my neck he whispered sadly "Dada.. mama." Making my heart breaking once again. "Shh, principino. Dada's gonna find her and then bring her back." I said quietly to him while kissing his head.

"Okay kids, andiamo!" Mom raised her voice a little making us give her a pointed look on which she only raised her eyebrow "What, you will always be kids for me." She said with a chuckle then exited the house.

Outside were three cars waiting for us. One car was for my parents, the second one was for Dante, Marino, and Bellissa while Moreno and I along with Emiliano took the third one. Getting into a car we started our journey towards the wedding reception.

. . .

Getting there were met with a lot of people who came to greet us. After we were done with a little get-together we made our way inside searching for a table on which we were seated. During the search for our table dad went along with mom towards one of our family friends to chat a little.

"There it is." Bellissa said as she pointed towards the table in the right corner of the room.

"Oh thank God we are not far away from bar." Dante muttered under his breath as he pushed past me and went towards the bar "Anyone wants a drink?" He asked as he turned around facing us.

"Dante for fuck's sake we didn't even sit down." Marino said making us chuckle a little. "Ehh." Dante just flipped him off and continued his way towards the bar. I shook my head at his behavior looked around a little.

We were near the table when Moreno frowned looking at me "Does anyone else sit with us?" He asked making me struggle with my shoulders.

"I don't know." I said as I looked at the table to see what he was talking about. "Maybe." I added when I saw four more chairs on our table.

"Let's just sit." I said and sat down putting Emiliano in my lap. Others followed me doing the same. "Bellissa." A squeal came from behind me making my head snap to look at the person to whom the voice belongs. It was one of Bella's friends. "Ella." Bellissa greeted her back as she stood up and went to hug her.

The two of them started conversations and I returned my attention towards guys seeing that Dante decided to join us with a drink in each of his hands. Looking at him I lifted a brow silently asking him 'really?'. But he just struggled his shoulders looking at me with an innocent look.

"What it's long fucking night." He said and got slapped at the back of his head by mother who was walking toward her seat. "Watch your language." She said and sat down.

"Bene, bene.." Dante said as he rubbed the back of his head "Where did you lose dad?" He asked as he looked around. "Oh, he stayed with Antonio to speak about something." Mom said as she flicked her wrist.

"Xavier," Bellissa whispered as she tapped me on my shoulder making me turn towards her "..can I take Emiliano with me. Ella will watch over her little brother so if you want I can take Emiliano to be with me. Maybe the two of them could play together." She said making me think a little about it.

After a couple of seconds of thinking, I nodded my head at her "Sure. Here you go." It gonna be good for him to meet kids his age and play with them. "Okay." She squealed as she took Emiliano in her arms and turned towards the exit along with Ella. I watched them till Ella didn't pick her little brother not much older than Emiliano and they exited.

Turning my head towards our table I saw that everyone was in a conversation. Sighing I rubbed a hand over my head. 'Why the hell did I agreed to come here when I could be home and searching for Antea. Maybe I would find some clue about a place where she is.'

I was brought back to reality when I felt a hand squeeze my shoulder. Looking at the owner of the hand I saw Marino looking at me carefully "Rest a little. We are going to find her. Try to enjoy a little while you can. You know that men are still working on finding her, if they found something they would call." He said making me struggle with my shoulders.

"I know but I can't shake a feeling that I would maybe find something about her if I was with them there." I said making him nod.

"I know but try to-" he cut himself off as he looked behind me and furrowed his brows in confusion. I saw his mouth twitch a little before his whole demeanor turned into one of uneasiness.

He looked at me and was about to say something when a deep voice from behind him cut him "Angelo? Matteo?" I turned around to face a guy at the same time as Marino and Dante jumped up from their chairs "I didn't saw you a long time. What are you guys doing here?" A guy said as Marino brought him into a bro hug.

"Hey man. We came to a wedding of a family friend, you?" Dante said as he gave shook a hand with a guy and patted his back.

"Same." He said as he pulled his hand back and put it in his pocket "How are you? I didn't saw you for quite some time." Daniel guy said but I couldn't shake a feeling that I saw this guy somewhere but couldn't point on where.

He looked around Dante's age, had dark hair. He just looked like a normal guy, but something was familiar about him.

"I'm fine." Dante said at the same time as Marino said "Fine, but could be better." He said chuckling but he shook his head clearing his throat "Take a seat, you are at our table right?" "Yeah, sure." He said as he pulled a second chair on my right, but before he could sit down Dante jumped in.

"Let me introduce you to the rest of the family." He said chuckling and then turned towards me "This is my older brother Xavier." He said and we shook our hands.



"..my mother Isabella" making Daniel nod his head in her direction while smiling. "Nice to meet you, ma'am."

"And this is Mar.." Dante began but stopped himself and cleared his throat "...Angelo's brother Moreno." He said and Daniel shook his hand also.

"And you are?" Moreno asked as he pulled his hand and returned to his seat. "Daniel. Daniel Silva." He answered making me freeze in my spot. I snapped my head towards Daniel again and there it was. That is why he looks so familiar. He's the guy from Antea's pictures on the phone. He is Antea's brother.

I could feel everyone stop what they were doing and look at the guy. Dante must notice as he turned to Daniel and pointed towards the seat "Take a seat." He said and patted his back while he and Marino took a seat opposite of him.

"How do you know Lorenzo?" Marino asked breaking an awkward silence that fell over us. "To be honest I don't know them at all. I was dragged here." Daniel said chuckling a little "Uncle and aunt dragged us here." He said making Dante's head snap at him.

"Us? You brought your dragon?" He asked but Daniel just shook his head while chuckling. "No, she couldn't come with us. She had some job to do so she stayed home. Try again."

Dante chuckled at that then looked behind him wide-eyed "Damn, I'm drunk." He said making me frown. Sudden silence around the table made my head shot up.