Hotel room.
Serena after taking a shower, wrapped the towel around herself and went to bed covering herself with the blanket.
She remembered only after she finished washing that she had not brought spare clothes.
She did not expect for anything that had happened today, she seemed to find herself unprepared for everything, such as when she finished washing she discovered that she had not brought her clothes, when she felt hungry she remembered that she had not yet eaten, when she tried to make the call to she realized that her cell phone was dead and she had not even brought a charger.
But that was okay, she wanted to be alone for a while anyway.
Serena thought about it and curled up.
Suddenly the door bell rang, Serena sat still.
Who will be in the heart of the night?
The bell kept ringing, as if it would not stop until the door was open.
Serena sat still for a while, then got out of bed and went to open the door, when she opened it she saw several men outside.
Serena was a little confused then she heard a clear voice that said, “Everyone turn around.”
All the men even before they could see what Serena was wearing, as soon as they heard that voice they closed their eyes and turned around.
Even before Serena understood anything, Matteo came toward her, then closed the door and without looking at her said coldly, “Go back to the bathroom first.”
Serena was surprised to see Matteo, “How come you are here?”
Matteo saw her still standing there motionless, so without turning around, he went for her wrist and dragged her into the bathroom, then locked her in.
Serena stayed in the bathroom for a long time; she was still in a state of confusion.
In the middle of the night, Matthew was in his hotel room.
After a while Serena was in the bathroom without going out, Matteo’s voice sounded outside the door, “Open the door.”
Serena opened the door slightly, put her head out to look, then saw Matteo give her a bag, after which the door was closed again.
Serena opened the bag and saw that there were spare clothes inside.
She did not expect Matteo to have thought of that as well.
Serena hesitated for a while before changing, earlier she was still wondering if she would wear the dirty clothes the next day, instead now she had new clothes to wear.
Serena came out after getting dressed, Matthew was sitting on the chair staring at the table with a solemn look, there was no telling what he was thinking, he heard footsteps, raised his head and looked at Serena.
It was also at that moment that Serena realized that there were many things in the room, they were all things prepared by Matteo for her.
Matteo stood up and went in front of her, he was about 185 tall, being in front of Serena made her feel some pressure.
Especially-after Clare had told her those things, Serena felt a little uncomfortable in front of Matteo.
Was that person… her relative?
Her older brother?
Serena was used to playing the role of an older sister; she had never thought that one day she would have an older brother.
That feeling was very unfamiliar to her.
She was not used to it.
“If you don’t want to go home it’s okay, if you want you can sleep here, I’ve already paid for a week, I’ve prepared spare clothes for you, every day there will be someone to bring you meals, on the table is the charger and the cell phone, I also brought you a laptop computer, so when you get bored you can surf the internet.”
Serena: “Mr. Matteo…”
Serena did not expect Matteo to be so thoughtful.
For the first time in her life she felt affection from her brother, her heart warmed.
“Don’t call me Mr. Matteo.” Matteo interrupted her, “Hasn’t Chiara already told you everything?”
Serena bit her lip and did not answer, even if he had told her everything?
“I know you can’t accept this fact at the moment, if you don’t want to call me brother that’s okay, but don’t call me Mr. Matteo, it makes me feel like a stranger.”
So what to call him? Serena looked at him and continued to remain silent.
“Okay, enough about that, sit down and eat a little.”
Serena followed him, there was food on the table, all light things to digest.
Matthew took the chair and in a rarely sweet voice said, “Come and sit down.”
Serena gave him a hesitant look, then went to him to sit down, Matteo poured some broth and took a spoon from her, Serena felt a little embarrassed, lowered her eyes and said nothing.
Matteo sat down in front of her, Serena heard the sound of someone eating, raised her head and saw Matteo eating.
He looked very strange to her, “Doesn’t he look strange at all to you?”
“What?” Matteo raised his head, “You mean… between us? Or your identity?”
“It all happened so suddenly, how did you accept it and get used to it so quickly?”
Hearing that, Matthew smiled and said, “Who told you it’s all sudden? For you it may be sudden news, but for me… this story has haunted me for more than 20 years. Besides, I was already investigating your identity for a long time.”
Serena was reminded of Clare’s words, frowned and asked, “Since the day we met at the airport?”
Matteo nodded, “More or less, I suspected from the first time I saw you.”
“Didn’t you ever think that my mother was probably lying to you? After all, everyone would like to be the daughter of the Giordano family…”
“Chiara said she brought you into the room, you should know that there are some things you can’t lie about.”
Matteo was right. Serena said, “So… what are you planning to do with Alice?”
“She is not from the Giordano family.” Matteo took a deep breath and said coldly, “She stole your identity, she was by your side all that time and knew everything about you and you silly girl, how can you not know anything about her?”
Serena: “I don’t know, I never… never doubted my identity before.”
She didn’t even know how Alice knew all that, and she had even made it all coincide.
“No wonder, you were able to comfort yourself even in a situation like that, how will you be able to doubt your identity.” Saying that, Matthew looked at her sympathetically, “Come on eat, Clare said you are not in a good mood today, finish eating and rest, I will come to see you tomorrow.”
Matteo spoke in a way as if the two of them already knew each other very well.
However, Serena had not made a habit of it yet, she wanted to reject him, but when she raised her head and saw his gaze, she could not bring herself to do so. After all, he had been looking for her little sister for more than twenty years.