It was a lot . And I was not processing it all really well. The people I believed to be my parents for all my life was not really my parents. And they are dead. My real family is taking me in . I don't know how I am supposed to react to this.

But something that has been unsettling was that why did my parents leave me . Since I have 6 brothers it's clear that it's not because they didn't wanted children. But maybe they didn't like a girl . Oh thats sexist . But still why did they do that .

"No one would love you, you bitch. You're ugly and and idiot and literally a waste of space . Wgy would anyone waste theur time on you? You ugly piece of shit "

Emma's words started reminded me that I shouldn't be loved .

Suddenly my social worker Lily cleared her throat and said " dear , your family will be here soon . Are you feeling okay ? Do you need something? Or are you feeling hungry? "

"I m fine , thanks though". I said She sighed and said that she will bring me some coffee.

I was breathing heavily.my heart felt like it's going to explode . My legs were shaking.my vision were blurry. OH SHIT I am having a fucking panic attack

"Breathe , choco ,breathe . Hey , listen to my heartbeat . Now count with me ,choco" . Avi's voice ringed in my head

Just as his advice I concentrated on my heartbeat and counted to ten . After a little while I felt better .Avi was my best friend in middle school . His whole family treated me like a part of them . He was literally my brother. But when my parents found out that I was hanging out at their house and someone was giving me care . They couldn't take it , so we moved from their and I was literally heartbroken. And with that thoughts I fell asleep .

I woke up after a few minutes as felt someone tapping my shoulder. When I opened my eyes I realised it was my social worker trying to wake me . "Dear , your family is here"

Oh ok it's not a big deal . I can do it . They are my family . So no need to worry . It's going to be all okay . Breathe in Breathe out.......



I was in my office sorting out the weapons shipments on my laptop. It was quite late and I was about to retire for the night when suddenly my phone started ringing . It was from an unknown number . Anyways I took it . It was a lady on the other side of the phone .

" Good evening Mr Russo , I am Lily calling from San Francisco" she said ."What is this call about?" I asked, it was pretty rude , but I couldn't care less." Yes sir , your daughter Stella Brown's adopted parents have been found dead and when we did a DNA test,it turned out that she is your daughter. So I was hoping that you would want to take her in ." I didn't know what was happening. " Sorry I have no daughter called Stella." I said .

"Ya sir but we believe that her name was changed to Stella after she was adopted because the adoption center had no information about her name but her DNA have matched yours so we are 100% sure that she is your daughter "she said

I couldn't believe it my daughter my princess. My baby was back we lost her when she was just 24 hours old and we searched for her for years and she is back

"So .... Would you like to take her in ,sir"

"Yeah , yeah,sure . So where should I come to get her " I said frantically

"You may come to the San Francisco Police Station "

"Okay then Miss Lily "

I couldn't believe it. My principessa was here . The one who I have been looking for years. My daughter who we have been yearning for years. I felt extremely happy. But I couldn't believe the fact that my tesoro was only a few minutes away from me .

I called the social worker one more time , she picked up the phone after a few rings

"Yes Mr Russo "

"Uhm- I wanted to ask you for a picture of um-my daughter " I asked stuttering a bit. I was surprised hearing myself stutter for the first time

"Sure sir give me a few minutes I send you her photo right away "

Two minutes later I heard a pingg of phone and saw that she had send a photo. I immediately opened it and I couldn't believe it.



She looks like a perfect mix of me and Isabella. She has the eyes of Isa. But she exactly looks like David and a bit like Leo. But the resemblance between her and David is undeniable.

She is really beautiful.

I need to inform everyone about her.

I immediately opened the family group chat and send a message

Me: Everyone assemble at the living room for a family meeting in 20 minutes

Matteo:Why so suddenly?

Stephan: shut up idiot and come quick

Matteo :How dare you call me an idiot,you bonehead!

Before I couldn say anything my oldest son disciplines them

David: Shut up or you are grounded for 3 months

Matteo and Stephan didn't say anything anymore. Everyone else saw the message but no one cared to reply .

20 minutes later I got home and saw everyone in the living room. Matteo and Stephan was fighting on something like always and others were enjoying the show.

Soon everyone noticed me and and stopped the show . Alexander asked "why are we having a family meeting at this hour?"

"Well " I looked at Isa ,my wife , and David and said "We have found her " I said smiling bothof them looked at me shocked and my other kids looked at me confused.

"Who are you talking about? "asked Alexander

"Whom did you find?"asked Angelo

"Are you sure it's her? "my wife asked me with tears in her eyes

"Yes mia cara. Im sure " I said hugging her and smiling as I couldn't hold it anymore

I looked at David who was speechless. I noticed the tears pooling in his eyes. I was surprised as it was my first time seeing any emotion in his face and I realised others were also shocked by seeing him .

Suddenly Leonardo spoke up" Can you guys please tell what is all this about !"

I sighed and realised it was tine to tell them

"Very well , Almost 15 years ago your mother was having a baby after Matteo. Me, you uncles aunts grandparents and David was at the hospital at the time of delivery. We didn't knew the gender of the baby , because we thought it was a boy , but only after the delivery we got yo know that it was a girl . We were all really happy and she was the first girl of the family after 3 generation. " I stopped to look at my family and saw the younger ones looking happy with a slight look of betrayed , while the older ones were still processing all of it

" David was really happy to have a baby sister after a long line of brothers. I said remembering his face that day .We decided to surprise you the next day as it was already night time . But later at night night we woke up as we heard your mother scream and we found your sister gone . Someone had kidnapped her ." I said with rage and hurt visible in my face .

"We couldn't tell you about her . I remember David's face when she was taken , he was heartbroken and depressed for months. We couldn't let any of you go through that. After a few months we caught the kidnappers ,but they have abandoned her in an orphanage . By the time we found the orphanage she was already adopted "

I tried for years to find her but I couldn't. But now , now we have found her . I said ,my voice cracking a bit towards the end

I saw many of them crying, speechless and excited.

My tesoro Is coming home