I was walking the same way, we came.

"Hey! I was just coming to get you." Lorenzo said. I nodded and held his hand tightly in mine.

"Why are you shaking?" He asked, putting his hand on my forehead to feel my temperature.

"Just nervous." I said. "I had an encounter with him."

"Dad?" He chuckled. I nodded.

"Yeah." I said. We stopped before a room. He opened the door for me.

"Can I look around?" I asked.

"Yeah. There's nothing related to the past here." Lorenzo confirmed. I looked around and wow.
It was a beautiful room.

Lorenzo closed the door behind him.

I showered and took a short nap which turned into a long one. It was already dinner time when Mason came to wake me up.

"Let's go have dinner." He said. I yawned and stretched.

We walked down to the kitchen in silence. I kept looking down.

"Dad is thinking about covering up the pictures. Like with a curtain." Mason said. I looked at him, shocked.

"How will I get used to it then?" I asked.

"You don't have to get used to it. It hurts you, Amelia." He said.

"But it reduces the pain, if I get used to it. Otherwise I'll always be afraid to look around." I reasoned. He just furrowed his eyebrows and looked ahead.

I didn't notice we were standing outside big doors. He pushed the door open to reveal a dining room, all of my brothers sitting there with Lorenzo and my father at the head of the table.

I took my seat silently and started eating.

"You never told me what happened to your nose, Jace?"

Now that is something interesting.

I looked up at Jace with a smirk on my face. Jace avoided eye contact and grumbled.

"Your youngest child punched me." He said. Everyone was trying hard to control their laughter.

Mason had his fist on his mouth, he was shaking a little, while Grayson just faced away from Jace. Roman had a glass of water before his mouth while Lorenzo pretended he was talking to someone on the phone.

About me?

I started laughing loudly, openly mocking him.

He glared at me, while I kept laughing. Slowly, everyone started laughing with me.

"That's what you get for messing with me." I said, smirking at him. Everyone went back to eating their food and talking among themselves.

The food was delicious, but after about seven bites, I didn't feel like eating. I was still not full, but I didn't want to eat more. I pushed my plate away from me.

"Didn't you like the food, kiddo?" My father asked. I shook my head.

"No. It was delicious, Mr. Costello."

What the fuck?

Who calls their father, Mr. Costello?

It just slipped. I'm not ready to call him Dad yet.

Everyone stopped whatever they were doing. The silence hanging in the room, made me want to pull my hair out.

"Give her some time, Dad." Lorenzo said, softly. It was clear my father was being sad about it. It was obvious he'd be sad.

"I'm sorry." I said, trying to look up at him, but Lorenzo put his hand on my head and pushed it down, so I didn't.

"No, Its okay. I know It's hard for you to give that title to somebody. I'll wait." He said.

He's been nothing but sweet, the whole time. My heart swelled at his words.

"I'm done." I said and tried getting up.

"Just seven bites?" Lorenzo asked.

Ugh. Why does he always count?

"Yeah." I said, looking at him.

"Three more." He said, pushing the plate towards me again.

"I'm really full, Lorenzo." I whined, pulling my bottom lip out and giving him my best puppy dog eyes.

"I know you're not. You're still hungry." He said.

I just huffed. He's right but I don't want to eat now, as ungrateful and bratty as it sounds.

"Fine. Do you want cotton candy?" He asked, suddenly.

"Yeah." I jumped. He glared at me.

Uh-Oh.

"Don't compare it to dinner. Cotton Candy is lighter and doesn't fill my stomach that much." I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly.

He just shook his head while everyone laughed.

"Can I go now?" I asked. Lorenzo shook his head.

"I said, three more bites." He said, pointing to the plate. I huffed and crossed my arms.

"And I said, I'm full." I said, looking at him.

His head turned towards me sharply and he shot me a look that clearly said, behave or I'm not afraid to put you in a timeout.

I gulped but stood my ground. He nodded towards the plate, not breaking eye contact. He raised an eyebrow challenging me to defy him.

I smirked.

"A certain doctor may be missing you." I whispered, moving closer to him. He clenched his jaw and glared at me. I could tell he was feeling flustered.

"Shut up and eat your food. Don't you dare make up things and tell them." He pointed his fork at me and whispered harshly.

"We both know, I'm not making things up." I said. Before I knew, my face was squished in his hand. I tried to speak but it came out as a blubber.

He filled up a spoonful of the food and pushed the food towards my mouth. I tried resisting, but he still managed to feed me. He put his hand on my mouth and made me chew.

"This is precious." I heard Jace say. I looked up to see him having his phone in his hand, recording everything. I tried to get out of Lorenzo's grasp and reach out to him.

Gotta put a bitch in his place.

Lorenzo didn't even let me move.

Ugh. So much for blackmailing.

"Let her go, Lorenzo. Don't be that hard on her." My father said, chuckling a little.

Lorenzo let go, not before giving me a warning look and putting his index finger on his lips, telling me to keep my mouth shut.

I got up and moved out of his reach quickly. I don't wanna be force fed again. The whole table was still laughing.

"I'm going." I said, raising my hands in surrender and looking at Lorenzo, who was still glaring at me. He looked a little relieved.

As soon as I reached the door, I opened it but before closing it, I said,

"LORENZO HAS A SPECIAL SOMEONE." I yelled as I heard many 'what?'s and 'huh?'.

I laughed and ran upstairs. There were already curtains hanging on the pictures on the stairs and in the hallways.

Instead of going to my room, I went to my mother's room. I entered the room to find the doctor in there.

"Hello, Miss costello." He bowed his head. I nodded and went to sit at the side of the bed.

The doctor left the room.

"Hi." I began. "I came to see you before. I told you some things, but I didn't introduce myself properly."

"I'm Amelia. I'm 15. I don't know when my birthday is, I still have to ask Lorenzo about it. I just moved in, with my brothers some months ago."

"You know when I lived with Chris and Maria. They always ignored me. They used to hit me and just discourage me. There was no positivity in my life. Then I met my brothers, in different situations, but they found out together."

"I thought I was a baby when I was ab... Taken. That's why I didn't remember anything. But then I found out I was five and was given a drug to lose my memory. It hurt my head looking into their eyes. It hurts when I look at your faces. I haven't even looked at your faces properly. I don't even know how my parents look."

"I'm grateful to Lorenzo for everything. I know he wouldn't have let me go, either way. But he's helped me a lot. He changed himself for me. All of them, have supported me and tried to make up for everything I've missed in these years." I said, lost in thoughts.

"It was probably the love and attention that stopped me from running away." I said, then suddenly looked at the clock.

"Wow! I gave a long as-butt speech. I've been here for so long. I'll come back tomorrow." I said standing up.

"No matter how much I've hated you before. That was my fault. I made it worse. But now, I just want you to wake up and stay healthy. Goodnight." I said and walked out.

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