Page 71 of Always Yours

Nick shares a room with me since I didn’t want to be alone, and I wasn’t ready to let him out of my sight for long. I still find it hard to believe that he is here. I spent so many years mourning and grieving for him.

After everyone is settled, and has called their families, we gather in my room to come up with a plan. Nick washes up before everyone gets there. I think everyone was in need of a shower after rescuing my family.

Once everyone is in the room, there is a knock at the door. Everyone is on alert with their guns drawn. I go to answer the door but, when I look through the peep hole, I see a woman standing there.

Confused, I open the door and simply stare at her.

“Hi, I think I can help you guys,” she says softly.

“Katrina?” Dario says, walking to the door.

“Who’s this?” I ask.

He brings her inside and locks the door.

She looks around the room and her eyes go wide for a second taking everyone in. She then composes herself just as quickly.

“I know where your father is,” she states.

“Why would you help us?” I ask skeptically.

“Sorry, you must be the sister. You all look so much alike. I’m Katrina. I have been stuck with your father for the last twenty-five years. I was his housekeeper as he would like to call it, but I would use the term captive or slave,” she says with a shrug.

I look at my brothers for confirmation.

“Her mother was the housekeeper and then she disappeared one day, and Alessandro wouldn’t let Katrina leave,” Dario says with anger in his voice.

Katrina scoffs. “She didn’t disappear; he killed her. Right in front of me. He kept me close for years. I acted like I was devoted to him just so I could get a little bit of freedom. I knew I couldn’t run yet.”

“Why can’t you run?” I ask her.

“To get my revenge. He raped, tortured, and killed my mother because she didn’t want to fuck him. He stated that no one turns down Alessandro Romano,” she spits out. “I want him to pay for what he did to my mother.”

“How are you out now without anyone following you?” Bear asks.

“He sent me on a few errands since there was talk of a plan failing and he needed to lay low. No one would think twice about me not being there. He forgets how much I know. He would always brag to me about what he did to his ‘weak sons,’ and his plan of getting his ‘bitch of a daughter’ back. He wanted to show me what a real man was like as he was raping me, but he sure did like to talk,” she says angrily.

Everyone gets angry as they hear her words. I admire the strength of this woman who went through such hell and was still fighting. I know she’s telling the truth. I will help her get her revenge on my father. I think we would all like a piece of him. When we are done, he will beg for death.

“I can tell you his location and help you get in. I’ll let you know about all the security he has around. I’m supposed to be back in a few hours. I had already grabbed what he sent me for. I did it quickly so I could come here,” she tells us.

“How did you know we were here?” Dario asks.

“I saw all of you leave the hospital, and then I waited in the stairwell when you guys went to your rooms. Then I saw you all come in here. I had a feeling that you were coming up with a plan,” she says with a shrug.

“Tell us what you know,” Damien says.

She tells us everything, not leaving anything out.

By the time she leaves, we start cooking up a plan to attack.

She said that Matteo was with him, so that will make it easier to get them both.

We will make them pay.

Chapter Eighteen

Lily

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