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0013: The First Strike
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2026-06-09 22:46:52
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AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME 0096: Old Shadows And New Threats
ADRIANA’S POVThe hand gripping mine belonged to a man I had prayed was already rotting under the ground. Doctor Cassian Vale stood in the crowded hallway of Club Notturno as if all the beating Alessandro had given him never taught him to stay away from Alessandro Vincenzo’s woman. Horror and disgust crashed through me in the same breath. This was the man who had played the gentle pediatric cardiologist for months, who had made himself seem safe, who had used my son’s checkups and heart condition as a way to stay close to me for reasons that had nothing to do with medical care. I thought he would have learnt his lesson after his failed attempt to sexually harass me at the hospital. Seeing him upright and breathing felt like a personal insult.Rocco moved on pure instinct immediately. His body slid between us, broad and immovable, creating a physical wall. Cassian raised both hands in a loose, almost lazy gesture.“Easy tiger. I am not here to start a fight.”I had no interest in wha
AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME 0095: Find Liora
ADRIANA’S POVI sat on the edge of the bed for a long time after Alessandro’s breathing finally evened out. The whiskey and the exhaustion had pulled him under, and for the first time in days his face looked almost peaceful. The hard lines around his mouth had softened. The constant tension in his jaw had released. It should have comforted me. Instead it broke something open in my chest. He had suffered enough. The crash, the hospital, the study, the confession, the slow collapse in front of everyone he loved. He did not deserve another night of this weight. And the worst part, Luca had seen him like that. Drunk, lost, broken among shattered glass. A five-year-old should never have to carry the image of his father that way. The fear of what might have happened if I had stayed with my uncle even thirty minutes longer made my blood run cold. He had been destroying bottles, lying in the wreckage, ready to do worse to himself if the pain demanded it. I could not leave him alone again. N
AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME 0094: The Bottom Of The Glass
ALESSANDRO’S POVIt’s been three hours since Garcia went upstairs after her words of encouragement, she had not come down ever since. The silence she left behind pressed against the walls of the living room until every tick of the clock felt deliberate. I sat on the sofa with the journal closed beside me and the photograph of Antonio and Elma turned face down because I could not look at their smiles any longer. I’ve been sitting here waiting for Liora to walk in and tell me that she was scared of the truth. It’s been three hours and she hadn’t come home. I picked up my phone again and dialed her number for the twentieth time. It went straight to voicemail again. The same empty recording. The silence on the other end of the line crawled under my skin. I hated myself. It’s my fault that this happened. I had done this. I knew walking into that old study and figuring out what Raffaello and Salvatore said would break this family but still I did it anyway. I walked into that study, I open
AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME 0093: The Name Hernández
ADRIANA’S POV Rocco drove in silence while the city slid past the tinted windows. The two escort cars followed behind us. Alessandro had refused to let me leave the house without them, despite how conflicted he was with his issue he still took out time to care for me. My thoughts kept drifting from the lawyer’s call and the possible outcome of today’s meeting. It kept circling back to the apartment and the conversation that must already be underway. Alessandro was telling Garcia and Liora the truth right now. I should be there with him. I should be sitting beside him right now as he tells them everything. What he was going to tell them would rewrite everything they believed about Vittorio. Especially for Liora. She does not know he’s not her biological brother. The shock of that alone would be enough to drI’veher crazy. I wondered how Garcia would take the situation. Would she believe him? Would she yell at him for trying to ruin their already perfect family? Would she say hurtful t
AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME 0092: What Remains After The Truth
ALESSANDRO’S POVGarcia stared at me as if the words themselves might rearrange into something less terrible if she simply refused them long enough. Her voice came out in rapid Italian, sharp with disbelief. “Basta, Alessandro. Smettila,” she said in rapid Italian. I could hear the fear and disbelief in her voice. “This is not funny. Stop this joke right now.” Liora’s face had gone pale. She shook her head hard enough that her hair fell across her eyes. “Do not say that,” she whispered, her voice cracking with emotions. “You are my brother. Father is your father. There are no other parents for him to have killed. Father could never do something so evil. What the hell are you saying?” I met their eyes and answered in the same language Garcia had used, my voice low and steady despite the fracture running through it. “Non sto scherzando, Mama,” I whispered. “I am serious, Liora.” Garcia rose from the sofa as if the cushions had burned her. Color flooded her cheeks. “No. No, no, no
AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME 0091: The Truth
ALESSANDRO’S POVI sat on the edge of the bed with my bandaged hands resting on my knees and tried to force the chaos in my chest into something orderly. But it refused. Every time I closed my eyes I saw the hurt that had crossed Garcia’s face when I turned away from her on the stairs. The same hurt and sadness had lived in Liora’s expression. Those two women had never given me anything less than full loyalty. Garcia had stepped into the empty space a mother should have occupied and filled it without hesitation, even knowing the blood between us was not literal. She had bandaged scraped knees, sat through fever nights, and defended my place in the family when older captains questioned the orphan Vittorio had brought home. Liora, sharp tongued and once restless, had become the steady aunt who rearranged her entire life around Luca. Avoiding their eyes that morning had felt like another small betrayal on top of the one already crushing me. The door opened, and Adriana came in, still
AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME 007: Broken Fire
ALESSANDRO’S POVI strode down the dimly lit west wing corridor, my footsteps echoing against the marble like distant gunshots. The meeting with my capos had stretched well into the night, leaving a sour taste in my mouth that no amount of whiskey could wash away. “Don, the evidence is clear, Vale
AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME 006: The Cage
ADRIANA’S POVI followed Alessandro out of the club on legs that felt like they belonged to someone else. The rain had slowed to a miserable drizzle, but my clothes remained cold and heavy, plastered against my skin like a second layer of shame. The words I had spoken earlier still echoed in my mi
AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME 005: The Only Option
ALESSANDRO’S POV“Looks like the ground is crumbling faster than you expected,” I said quietly, my voice echoing across the deserted space. “Now tell me, Adriana. Are you ready to reconsider my offer?”I watched her spin around in the middle of the empty club floor like a broken doll caught in a st
AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME 004: No Place Left
ADRIANA’S POVI shoved through the club’s back door and ran straight into the pouring rain without looking back. My heart hammered wildly as Alessandro’s cruel words replayed in my mind with every splash of my heels through puddles. The way he had stared at me with such hatred, the degrading offer
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