Page 78 of Always Yours

The whole family is present; Bear, Nick, my brothers, and my sons. Katrina has rarely left this place and stands there eagerly; ready for this moment. I think that everyone wants to see with their own eyes that these people are gone.

“I knew you would be too fucking weak to kill your own father,” Alessandro spits out.

“I think you’ve got that wrong, Alessandro. We are all here to watch every glimpse of light leave your eyes. All three of you. The city is already doing so much better without you trying to control it. The territories are back to what our forefathers had agreed upon. After today, none of us will have to look over our shoulder again,” I tell him.

“Just get on with it,” Matteo says in a pained shout.

I look over at him and see a bunch of blood and cuts all over his body. When I turn my gaze to the people in the room, I see Nick smirking in his direction.

“Ah, I see you had fun,” I tell him.

He nods his head. “This fucker had fun making my life hell for twenty years. I figured it was only time to give him a taste of his own medicine.”

“Fair enough,” I say with a nod.

Every single one of them was missing fingers and toes and had cuts all over their body. There isn’t a part of me that feels sorry for them after everything they had put so many people through.

I walk up to Alessandro and bring my knife to his neck as I slowly start slicing him.

“Good-bye, Alessandro,” I whisper in his ear as I dig the knife deeper.

Katrina takes care of my mother, and Nick takes care of Matteo.

In a matter of seconds, they are gone.

“I should probably feel more guilty than relieved, but I’m glad they are gone,” Dario mutters, and everyone else nods in agreement.

“We can finally go home. Unless you need anything else?” I ask Enzo.

He shakes his head. “No, you go back to your family. We have it settled here. Keep in touch though. We’ve missed you too much already.”

I nod my head and pull him in for a hug. “Too many years were stolen from us. We can make up for it now. You have some nieces and nephews to meet, not to mention their children.”

“Once everything settles, we will be making a visit to meet everyone. I can’t wait to see my family,” he says softly.

Tears gather in my eyes as I hug each of my brothers. “I missed you all so much. Plan on more family gatherings,” I state.

They all murmur their agreement.

Everyone else says their goodbyes as my brothers tell us they will dispose of the bodies.

When I finally walk out of the house and into the sun and fresh air, I breathe a sigh of relief that this nightmare is finally over.

We can now start working on healing our own family back home.

It’s time to put the Vicious Snakes clubhouse back together.

Chapter Twenty

Derek

I can barely stay awake when they finally move me to the plane and back to my hometown.

When Lily came back from taking care of her father, she didn’t leave my side for more than a few minutes. I completely understand though; I barely want her to leave my side. I know I have a whole bunch of people waiting for me when I get back and I can’t wait to see each and every one of them.

After spending so much time wondering who had been injured or killed during the explosion, I won’t feel at peace until I see them with my own eyes.

The Vicious Snakes is a family, and this proves it more than ever.

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