Dante

We left our premises hours ago and Mirabella still layed unconscious in dad's arm.. She is clutching into dad like her life depends on him.. We sat in our limousine with dad and Antonio with other side.. Xander, Vincent and Ezeikel sat on the other side..

Our gaze is fixed on Mirabella who stirred in her sleep time to time but nothing woke her up.. Not our ride to airport, not on our plane.. And right now not when we are already in Rome , Italy and heading to home.. Dad carried her all along.. I tried to take her but she never let go of dad..

It wasn't like dad was not liking it but actually Mirabella holding onto dad is the only thing keeping him sane.. He even fell asleep holding her and I think that's the peaceful sleep he got after mom left..

Dad was devastated when mom left.. But being the Capo, he had a lot to handle.. At that time, dad had no time to grief, he was struggling to hold himself up.. I decided to visit company early and learn to run it while dad can manage being a capo. I was only 16 when I fully handled the company myself.. Dad was more devastated to let me bare his lackings.. He thought that Xander and Antonio would come around to help but they took medical field.. Dad wasn't mad at first until he found out the reason..

He found out that they promised mom to become a doctor which fueled the fire that he kept in check for years.. He lashed out in most worse way and almost crashed.. From then we all swore to not mention mom in front of him.. We lost one parent already.. If dad is also gone then one of us could handle that..

Year by year, dad recovered and we both handled the capo and business together as I'll be the next capo.. The company will be under Vincent and Ezeikel as they now handle the company when me and dad is away for the other thing..

But the moment he learned about Mirabella, I saw something snapping in him.. I know he will turn the past him, so I followed him and stayed close so he doesn't crash like before.. I know he tried to not let it overcome by working but lashed out a bit when Mirabella was missing.. But now?

I looked at Mirabella, then at dad who sat there peacefully.. He seemed to be in thought but cleared his throat and everyone looked at him.. Antonio and Vincent were upset as dad mainly let out his anger on them..

"I am sorry Antonio and Vincent.. "

The place fell into silence as Dad let out those words..We all looked at dad with wide eyes.. A capo apologizing is something you wanna write down in history..

"Don't looked at me like that.. "

He ordered being offended.. We still stayed still until Vincent let out a dramatic gasp and fell into his knees in front of dad..

Typical dramatic Vincent..

"Dad.... Don't say that.. "

I dramatically held his chest like he's in pain.. None Vincent or Antonio was mad cause they know that dad was in bad shape when he found out about Mirabella.. They all were prepared for any outburst anytime..

He got up and hugged dad..

"Dad... I love you... "

We all burst out laughing and dad nudged at him..

"Fuck off boy! You're on capo! Have respect! " He also smiled and we all joined in hugging with Mirabella in middle.. This is our first family hug after Mirabella return..

Heck! We didn't even have a single meal together after her return.. Things became so rusty and now moving away.. I wanted to do so many things with her. But how will she react now? After seeing these things, will she hate us?

We parted away and the mood lightened a bit.. I frowned while looking at her.. "Xander? How strong was the sedative? "

Xander shrugged..

"3 hours or a bit less.. "

We all frowned..

"You get that it's been 10 hours right? Why isn't she awake already? "

I said in panic to which he realized as well.. Antonio who was beside Dad quickly checked her pulse and she is indeed alive.. He forcefully let go of her hold on dad's shirt to which dad glared at Antonio but stayed calm cause in these matter, Antonio knew more than dad..

"Bambina? "

He shook her but she didn't budge a bit..

It took us a moment of shaking and calling her name until she started to move a bit.. She is waking up or maybe that's what we thought..

But she whined and started twisting in dad's arms.. She tried to snuggle more in his chest but couldn't... We thought it was cute until it wasn't and she started whimpering..

"Shhh baby.. I'm here.. "

Dad tried to calm her and she whimpered more and started to twist around..

"Is she having a nightmare again? "

Xander asked and We all frowned.. Then suddenly she opened her eyes and the moment she saw dad, she started wailing..

We all panicked not knowing what to do and I hastily put the pink dolphin in her hand that was with me..Before departure, I had hurriedly made a run to her room to grab her pink dolphin only..

But to our surprise, she pushed it away and cried only.. She sobbed violently and curled up..

"The fuck You both! Do something! "

I yelled at Xander and Antonio who only exchanged gazes.. Antonio who was closer, caressed her head and spoke..

"Bambina? Are you hurt darling? Is it hurting? "

She looked back at him and reached out her hands to him.. He pulled her on his lap wiped her tears which kept on pouring..

"Is it hurting my sweet girl? "

He asked again and she nodded at him and sobbed against his chest.. She is hurt? Of course she is! She has a freaking dislocated shoulder!

"Is it your shoulder baby? "

She nodded again and I felt guilty for not rushing her to the medical wing after finding out she is injured.. What was I thinking?

Xander quickly pulled out his medical kit and got painkillers.. I handed one to Antonio who fed the pill to her.. But she didn't stop and demanded another which obviously Xander refused..

"No Bambina.. It's harmful to have two painkillers at a time when you're still underage.. "

We all agreed but she refused to comply and we could see that she is still in pain..

The car came to an halt and dad got out first, then me, others and lastly Antonio who carried Mirabella..She stopped crying and looked around.. The Russo Estate is something only few saw in years as it is almost a sacred place to us.. This is our main house, where we all gather through out the years.. Italy is our base and territory... The only place no one will dare to do anything against us.. So to keep Mirabella safe, nothing is ideal then this place.. We walked towards the door and the guards bowed to dad and then me before to others.. I saw the hesitation in their eyes seeing Mirabella but seeing Antonio carrying her, they didn't dare to question..

As we walked in the living room, we were greeted with an elderly couple who and dad bowed to him and then the rest of us.. Ex Capo Lorenzo Russo, My Father's father and my grandfather.. He gave a curt nod at dad before moving his eyes to me and his eyes narrowed in disgust..

"What the fuck New York did to you, Dante Russo?! Are gonna take over as a Capo with that fucking Pink Dolphin? "

Oh yeah.. I still had Mira's plushie in my hand.. No wonder the guards looked petrified..

"Don't call my plushie a fuck! "