Gabriella's pov- "How?" I asked after I managed to gain control of my emotions

"The doctor told me about some scars they found on your body. I knew Emilia wouldn't do that to you so it could only be Luke.

The only question I have for you bambina is why didn't you tell Emilia? She may have left us but I know for certain that she would've done everything in her power to save you from him" he said and I looked down at my hands with a sigh

"He said he would kill her if I told her about it. One time I tried to tell her when she was about to leave me with him for six months

He managed to convince her to leave without me and then gave me a beating. He wanted to sell me off to some strange men so I ran and that's how I really met the Greek mafia" I explained, not daring to look up at him

"Look at me bambina" he said and lifted my chin up so I could look him in the eyes

"None of what happened was your fault. You don't have to feel ashamed, the only person to blame is Luke and I'm sorry he died so easily" he said and I paused

"He isn't dead" I stated

"Bambina-"

"No you fuckin listen to me. He isn't dead okay, he had talked to me several times. It wasn't a fuckin prank it's real and so is he" I snapped at him

Fuckin tired of them treating me like I'm crazy. I know what I'm saying

"Are you absolutely sure? I mean I killed him" he said reluctant to believe my words

"You didn't kill him. You're a don please use your brain, what if the person you killed wasn't the real Luke?" I stated and he frowned at me

"I'll overlook that insult because you're in a hospital bed" he said and I rolled my eyes at him

"But are you a hundred percent sure that he's alive?" He asked and I nodded

"Fuck" he cursed as he rubbed his hands on his face

"I feel like he's working with Viktoria" I said and his eyes widened

"Then we're only getting started. Things will get far worse from here" he said with a look of dread

"Bambina" he called out and I looked at him

"Did he ever touch you in an inappropriate manner?" He asked and I hesitantly nodded

"Did he ever-"

"No. He had tried to before but never succeeded" I said

"Does everyone know?" I asked softly

"No one. It's your decision and you can tell them when you're ready, do you want to tell them?" He said and placed his hand on mine

"Not yet" I said and he nodded in understanding

"Can we fuckin come in already!" I heard Xander yell from outside the door

"No one has patience in this house" Tony muttered under his breath

"Come in!" I said and they all piled into the room

"Finally. It's like Antonio didn't want us to see you" Xander said with a glare that was directed at Antonio who seemed unfazed

"I hope whatever you risked your life for was worth it" Stephano said with a blank look

My eyes widened and I remembered the file

"You don't have it do you?" Stephano asked with a deadpan expression

"Of course I don't fuckin have it I just woke up" I said

"Relax. I took it from your jacket when I brought you to the base. It's safe" Dom said and I felt myself relax

"When can I go home?" I asked

"We can go home now as long as you get alot of rest you should be fine" Leonardo said

I was handed some clothes and went to the bathroom to get changed. I need to get my hands on that file as soon as possible

After we got home, I went to my room and went through my phone. I had some messages from my friends and I saw a message from an unknown number

Unknown: Did you like my surprise? I thought I'd gift you something for all your hard work so far Although all your attempts will prove futile, 'A' for effort I'm coming for you

What the fuck?

I need to see what's in that file right now. I rushed out of my room and went to Dom's room

I knocked on his door and he opened the door. I walked in and he immediately handed me the file before I could say anything

"Have you opened it yet?" I asked him

"I was waiting for you to wake up" he said and looked away

"Don't do that" I said and he sighed before nodding

I opened it and saw the same addresses in the file. Now how do we crack this?

"Can you?-"

"I can try. Maybe this one will make the other one make sense" he said and took the file from me

"Let's show this to the others first" he said and we went downstairs. Luckily for us, everyone was already there

"Guys" I called out and they looked at us

"Finally let me see that" Antonio said and took the file from Dom's hand

His brows creased as he looked at it. A look of confusion crossing his features

"Some of these addresses have repeating numbers. Maybe they're coordinates?" He said after a long time of staring at it

"Where's the other file?" He asked me and I went to my room to get it

When I found it, I handed it to him and he looked at the both of them at the same time with the same confused look

"I don't understand" he muttered under his breath

"Give it" Dom said and took it from him. He placed both files on the table and we all surrounded it

"How about we look at the street names instead? Maybe there's a hidden word spelt out in the addresses" Dom suggested

"That could work" Alessandro said

"Take note of the order in which these addresses were written. What if they're meant to be read in a specific sequence?" Leo said as he adjusted his glasses "That might be a possibility but looking at the street names it just looks like a bunch of random words" Antonio commented

"The first three addresses spell out De'Luca" Matteo commented and we all stared at him weirdly

"What do you mean bud?" Dom asked him

"Look carefully. The first address has a D starting it and an E in the middle. The second address has an L in the middle and ends with a U, third address starts with a C and ends with an A. Can't be a coincidence" he said nonchalantly

"He's finally getting smart" Xander commented with a chuckle

"Smarter than you" Matteo said with a sweet smile

"Little shit" Xander sneered at him

"Thanks bud. At least now we know to read in between each line" Dom said and ruffled Matteo's hair which caused him to grin

We spent hours trying to make a sentence out of the addresses. We placed our words together and stared at them

"It still doesn't make any sense. What the fuck?!" Domenico cursed in frustration

I looked at the words we had been able to find in the addresses, my eyes widened once I could finally read what was actually in those addresses

"Are you fuckin kidding me?!" I yelled in anger, shocking everyone

"What happened bambina?" Stephano asked me

"It was just a distraction" I mumbled

"What?" Antonio asked

I took the papers from everyone and arranged them correctly. It said 'you think you can outsmart me. I will bring the De'Luca family to the ground even if it's the last thing that I do'

"All this for fuckin nothing. Fuck it I'm tired" I said and began to make my way to my room feeling utterly defeated

Nothing makes sense. How the fuck is she always a step ahead of us?

"Don't say that Gabriella. We'll find a way-"

"No we won't! Everything we've done so far has failed. She always knows what we're going to do next" I snapped at Leonardo "Have faith bambina" Leo said and I shook my head and walked away

My warehouse was burnt down, I almost lost my life in that fire all for a stupid file that didn't even have anything useful in it

How does she always know what we do. The house has been debugged so how?

It can only mean that we have a traitor. But who?

______________________________________ Hey guys

I hope you like this chapter. It's not a lot and not my best so I apologize if it doesn't meet your expectations

I've been having difficulty updating. I lost a close friend of mine so my mind hasn't really been in the right place

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