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WHY DID YOU?

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Serena regained consciousness three days after the shooting.

Sienna was in the hospital cafeteria when Matteo called with the news.

She'd been spending her days splitting time between the hotel and the hospital, a strange limbo existence where she waited for her sister to either die or survive while avoiding the man she was trying to forget.

Luca had kept his word, he didn't come to the hospital again, neither contact her nor intrude on her careful boundaries.

Matteo provided updates on both Serena's condition and Viktor's movements.

The threat had dissipated, Viktor's remaining men had fled the city after one of them was killed in the ambush, apparently deciding Serena wasn't worth the additional risk.

"She's awake," Matteo said over the phone. "Asking for you. Well, asking if 'the other one' is still here. I think that means you."

"The other one," Sienna repeated. "Charming. How is she?"

"Weak, in pain, but lucid. Doctors say she'll make a full recovery. She's incredibly
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  • STOLEN BY THE DON   SERENA'S LIMITATIONS

    "That's honest," Serena corrected. "And it's the best I can offer. Brutal honesty about inevitable betrayal, delivered early enough that you can make an informed choice. Stay knowing what I am, or leave knowing you tried. Either way, you won't be able to say I deceived you."Sienna moved back to the bed, picking up the investigator's report, staring at her sister's handwritten notes choosing abandonment. "I should leave. I should walk out of this hospital and never come back, should choose myself the way you've always chosen yourself.""You should," Serena agreed. "It would be thye healthy choice. The self-protective choice. The choice that honors your own wellbeing over complicated sisterhood with a monster.""But?" Sienna prompted."But I hope you don't," Serena admitted. "I hope you're stupid enough to stay. Damaged enough to find honest monstrosity preferable to performed warmth. Desperate enough for a family that you'll accept a conditional connection over no connection.""Yo

  • STOLEN BY THE DON   THAT'S SICK

    "I didn't know I was performing," Serena said. "I was a baby, I was just trying to survive. Trying to be whatever they wanted so I could get out of the system. I didn't understand that being chosen meant you weren't."Sienna returned to the report, her vision blurring with tears she still refused to shed:"Current assessment: Subject is at high risk for homelessness upon aging out of foster care. Has minimal support system, no family connections, limited financial resources. Psychological evaluation suggests untreated attachment disorder and probable depression, though subject refuses counseling services.""Investigator's note: Subject appears to have internalized her abandonment/separation as personal failure. Multiple foster parents mentioned her saying things like "I wasn't good enough to keep" or "Something's wrong with me." Despite this, she demonstrates remarkable resilience and determination to build independent life through art.""Recommendation: Subject could benefit from

  • STOLEN BY THE DON   THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR'S REPORT

    Sienna returned to the hospital the next afternoon, bringing flowers she'd impulsively bought from a street vendor. She felt ridiculous carrying them but what do you bring the sister who abandoned you and an empty hands felt worse?Serena was sitting up in bed, looking significantly stronger than yesterday. Her color had improved, and she'd managed to style her hair into something presentable. Even recovering from gunshot wounds, she couldn't help but curate her presentation."Flowers," Serena observed as Sienna entered. "How conventional. I half-expected you to bring a weapon to finish what Viktor started.""The thought crossed my mind," Sienna admitted, setting the flowers on the windowsill. "But murder feels like too much effort today.""Fair," Serena said. "How are you? Matteo said you've been staying at a hotel. Not eager to return to your apartment?""Viktor's men know where I live," Sienna said, settling into the chair beside the bed. "Matteo thought it was safer to stay mobi

  • STOLEN BY THE DON   ACTUAL HONESTY

    "So you protected their feelings?" Sienna asked incredulously. "I protected my position," Serena corrected. "I was seven years old, finally somewhere stable after god knows what happened before. I wasn't going to risk that stability by introducing complications. So when they asked if I had siblings, I said no. Simple lie, enormous consequences." "You were seven," Sienna said slowly. "You lied when you were seven to protect your adoption. But what about later? What about when you were seventeen, twenty, twenty-three? What about when you hired a private investigator and found me in Queens? Why keep lying then?" "Because by then it was part of my constructed identity," Serena said. "By then I'd built an entire life around being an only child, a singular orphan with a tragic backstory. Introducing a twin would have meant revealing I'd been lying for years. Would have meant admitting my entire identity was fabrication." "So you chose your false identity over your real sister,"

  • STOLEN BY THE DON   I NEED SPACE

    Serena was quiet for a long moment, staring at the ceiling, clearly choosing her words carefully. "Because acknowledging you meant admitting I wasn't special. The Merchants adopted me only because they thought I was a singular orphan who needed rescue. If they'd known I had a twin who wasn't chosen, it would have complicated their narrative. Made them question why they chose one and not both." "That's actually painful," Serena corrected. "And now that I've said it, I want to take it back. I want to retreat into strategic detachment where feelings don't hurt but you asked for real, so there it is. I'm jealous and resentful and aware that I destroyed the parts of myself you kept intact. That's as real as I get." Sienna moved closer to the bed, studying her sister's face identical to her own but marked by different choices, different survival strategies, different sacrifices. "I'm sorry," Sienna said quietly. "For what?" Serena asked, genuinely confused. "For whatever

  • STOLEN BY THE DON   WHY DID YOU?

    Serena regained consciousness three days after the shooting.Sienna was in the hospital cafeteria when Matteo called with the news. She'd been spending her days splitting time between the hotel and the hospital, a strange limbo existence where she waited for her sister to either die or survive while avoiding the man she was trying to forget. Luca had kept his word, he didn't come to the hospital again, neither contact her nor intrude on her careful boundaries. Matteo provided updates on both Serena's condition and Viktor's movements. The threat had dissipated, Viktor's remaining men had fled the city after one of them was killed in the ambush, apparently deciding Serena wasn't worth the additional risk. "She's awake," Matteo said over the phone. "Asking for you. Well, asking if 'the other one' is still here. I think that means you." "The other one," Sienna repeated. "Charming. How is she?" "Weak, in pain, but lucid. Doctors say she'll make a full recovery. She's incredibly

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