Chapter 24 . Talia's pov I took a deep breathe then I stood up from bed, I need to go and get a glass water. So I put a blanket over my shoulder and headed out the door just to be meet with two of my bodyguards, now I'm glad I didn't remove my makeup from yesterday. "Little flower what are you doing up at this time? " Alan whispered. I got back into the bedroom to only come out again with my notebook then I wrote. 'Bad nightmare, I need a glass of water, so I'm just gonna get that and go back to sleep' "How are you feeling, do you wanna talk about the nightmare? " Ken whispered looking at me worried and I just shook my head and wrote. 'No not now, maybe some other time' The both nodded then we started to walk down to the kitchen. It's kinda good they are following me everywhere because I would have gotten lost in this big as estate. We quietly made our way down to the kitchen, Ken and Alan took a stand by the wall. When I started to look for a glass Ken pointed at a cabinet and I found the glass and gave him a big smile. I filled it with water and sat down by the kitchen island sipping on my water when suddenly Dante got into the kitchen, I could see he were both drunk and high on something. This alone brought back a lot of bad memories but when he saw me his eye were filled with rage. He walked over to the kitchen island and I could see Ken and Alan is ready to run to me if needed, but I carefully held a hand up to tell them to stay. "Why the fuck did you have to come back here? Life were better without a needy brat like you! You are not wanted here Talia, you should just go back to the wonderful life with the whore of your mother. You think we need a useless bitch like you here? I can break you with one hand if I wanted to! You are just a burden and liability to us. It's your fault we lost our mother all those years ago! If it hadn't been for you our mother would still be here!" He shouted walking closer and closer. When he were done with his nice little speech he were all up in my face and his bourbon breathe hit my face like a bulldozer and I could smell weed on him. It almost made me sick to my stomach, I had unshed tears in my eyes, I just looked up into Dantes angry eyes. I'm not gonna let him see me shed these tears so I quickly blinked them away. Ken and Alan run up to me and Alan picked me up bridal style. "You better think over what you just said here Mr Bianchi. You don't know her story" Ken said with a angry scowl to Dante. Dante scoffed "And you do?" he asked annoyed. "Yes, now we wish you a pleasant night, don't think Leon will be happy hearing about this in the morning" Ken said then Alan carried me out of there and Ken took my glass of water and we headed back up to the bedroom. "Please little butterfly don't let his words get to you! He don't know what you have gone through and even so what he said were wrong and messed up !" Ken whispered wiping a tear I let fall after we got out of the kitchen. They both followed me into the bedroom and Alan put me down on bed and Ken put the glass of water on the nightstand. Alan walked into the bathroom and came out with a wet cloth. He bent down and were about to wash over my face , if he do he will see my bruises, I took the cloth from his hands, I looked down on it then I looked at both Ken and Alan and took a deep breath. If they are gonna be my personal bodyguards I guess I can't hide it from them for too much longer, so I carefully let the blanket fall of my shoulder so I were just in my sports bra and I started to clean off the makeup that hide my bruises. When I were done they both looked at me with shock and with tears in their eyes. 121 1/2 P Chapter 24. Alan hold a hand up for me to take and I did. He made me stand up so he could get a better look of my scars and bruises on my body I guess . *How can someone do this to a person , yet alone a sweet innocent , kind hearted and joyful girl like you ? " Ken whispered and his voice broke a little. He and Alan both were tracing the scars on my body so carefully. "How are you able to walk around with all these bruises like nothing, with a sweet smile on your face ? They must be hurting like crazy !" Alan whispered putting a hand on my cheek and I finally broke down. I let my tears fall, Alan carefully picked me up and just hold me tightly, and sat down on the window seat. "Do you want me to go and get Leon little butterfly?" Ken asked carefully and I just nodded into Alans chest. I heard the door open and close. "Oh my sweet little Flower, you are safe now, and we will make sure nothing like this will ever happen again, and please don't take what Dante said to you to heart. He is a person that struggle with emotions same as Nico. They both are happy you are home but they are scared of losing you again so they try to protect themselves by not get close to you! It's stupid and dumb and they will realize that, hopefully before they take it too far and ruin any chance for you guys to rekindle your relationship." Alan whispered low in my ear and I just nodded still just crying. Not long after I heard the bedroom door open and close. Then two strong arms picked me up and hold me close to his chest. I put my hands around Leon's neck and legs around his waist. "What happened?" He asked with a low voice and I just cried my heart out on his bare shoulder while Ken and Alan explained everything from me waking up from a nightmare to what Dante said in the kitchen to how they saw my bruises and scars. And before I knew it I had cried myself to sleep in Leon's arms. Chapter Comments R Visitor 11 hours ago something needs to be done to stop the two angry brothers and soon