Lu stared at everyone in the room, he looked more than puzzled.
“Any idea, Jordan?” He asked but the person in question shook his head “Davidson?” He called.
With a weird smile on his face, Davidson stared at Lu, he fold his hands across his broad and stopped his gaze at Gio.
“How am I supposed to know?” He intoned, his gaze still locked with Gio then he grinned “The boy figured it out why ask me?” He shrugged.
Davidson started at Jordan then to Gio, his confused gaze refused to leave the small boy then he scoffed. He wasn’t in the good mood to be falling over Jordan’s cute lips so he focused on the small boy with a weird facial expression.
“He is a child!” He blurted out “A goddam child!!!” He yelled.
He walked towards Lu and bent down to the boy, his hands were on Gio’s downcasted shoulders. His facial expressions look mean, mean as in unfriendly as hell. He cleared his throat before he tried to act nice with a toothy grin.
“If Luciano does not care about you helping your sister, I care,” Davidson said “I care a lot.” He paused to study the child’s face then continued “It would kill me if I bring you into this and have you killed”
“I am not a child” Gio blurted out then sniffed loudly, his hazel-green eyes refused to look up as he mumbled “I may be twelve but I am not a child and Alita knows that”
All hope of consoling the boys dropped as Lu touched his brother’s shoulder then the boys, he gave Davidson a weird smile before moving him away from Gio.
Even with the fake smile, Gio wasn’t buying any of it, he fold his arms and glared at Luciano and Davidson before wiping off the tears away from his eyes angrily with the back of his wrist.
“I will leave you all to do the adult talks” He put both hands in his small pockets and stamped his foot noisily on the floor “Just let me know if she wants to play a game” his small voice came out rusty as he swallowed “Before then, let me be in my own” he added before turning to the door.
“Let me come with you, Gio” Amara said in a low voice “please!” She added as Gio ignored her the first time “I won’t say anything, let me just stay with you” she stood up and walked to him.
Both sides of her lips curved sadly as she hugged him from behind but still he made no move or say anything. Amara then pressed her face in his back and began to cry bitterly.
“You are not feeling well” Gio hushed “Stop crying or you will break” he warned.
Slowly like he was been forced, he turn back and hugged Amara. His Jaw sat on her head as he blinked rapidly, trying to stop himself from crying.
“I don’t care if I will break!” Amara sniffed as she wrapped her arms around his torso “I love you Gio”
Gio visibly tensed up, he looked up to meet the shocked face of the rest men in the room.
Awkwardly, he cleared his throat and tries to push her gently away from him but her grip tightened. No matter how he tried, turned, and twist, Amara’s grip was still tight.
In the process of Turning, they
Switched position. Amara’s back rested on the door while Gio’s back faced the room, it made him glance over his back every single second.
Was he scared about not getting something struck into her back or was he just confused about her confidence? Well, he never can tell as all he could do at that moment was to hold unto her.
Of no doubt, she makes him happy too. Almost like he belongs somewhere and there are people that still believe in his growing dreams. Right at the moment, all he could take her for is his baby sister and maybe more! But definitely, a baby sister works better.
His small shoulders dropped like his bones could no longer work, same as his neck now rests on Amara’s shoulder. One can even mistake him for a neckless child.
Too scared to turn again, Gio didn’t bother to look at the people around the room, he just walked to the door with his arms still around Amara then stopped.
“It’s okay, Amara” he raised his neck then place his jaw on her head “I am perfectly fine!” He choked on his own lie.
Trembling like a wet leaf, he looked over his shoulder then whispered “Can I go out now?” He waited for some seconds more waiting for a reply “Please Mr. Luciano” he added politely.
Lu couldn’t get to move, he just stood still with his sad blue eyes watching Gio’s small frame as he tried to console his daughter. The fact that the small boy prefers to hide his discomfort just to make Amara happy makes him want to pull them both for a big hug and kiss them.
So adorable and yet heartbreaking!
If not for the fact that he might be classified soft, Lu was ready to cry. To shed real and proper tears after a long time.
For so long as he can count, he had deprived himself of unleashing his pain by crying deeply. Lu had been a man for too long that he forgot how to cry.
He needed to remember how to do so or he will crack to the point of breaking and there might be no turning back!
‘I am getting soft!’ He said in his mind as he visibly clenched his fists.
After what seemed like a five minutes silence for the dead, Lu cleared his throat, walked to the door, and held the handle for a while.
“I will find Alita,” He said before pulling the door open “I will make sure I find her because she is my life!”
Like a shy cat, Amara brought out her head from Gio’s chest, she stared at her father’s face doubtfully as if trying to see the truth in what the man had said.
“Promise?” She asked with a sad smile.
“Yes!” He touches their heads “I promise!”
As they walked out the door, Lu kept staring at them. He does not know if he can keep to the promise or he had said that because it hurts him to see them cry.
He turned to his brother who had a proud look on his face that can easily tell:
‘I am proud of you’
Slowly, he walks to his bed and lay faced down on it, falling like a log, he raised his index finger up still with his head down.
“We must keep both eyes on them” he mumbled “Davidson, please get my men prepared.” He paused for a while “We have two parties to crash!” He went silent.
Even with all the confidence in his voice, Lu was not sure if he can do being Alita back and she agrees to follow him to Flavia’s wedding which is in a few months.
He can succeed to bring her back, but will she want to be with him instead of killing him?!