Chapter Sixty Seven

                                    

                                          
Gabriella's pov-
"Do you think he's alive?" I asked as I continued to stare at the picture of my newly discovered grandfather
"All traces of him were erased from the mafia world. The last I heard about him was that he killed his father but after that he disappeared. Like he never existed and Maxim was declared the new don of the Russian mafia" Antonio answered
"So there's a chance he's alive somewhere?" I asked again
"Why do you care?. Are you seriously accepting this bullshit? They are not family!" Stephano yelled at me and I turned to him
"Don't raise your voice at me. I am equally surprised here so you have no right to question me. I just want to know if he's alive" I shot back and he scoffed before turning away from me
"I don't know about that bambina. But why does that bitch want the heirloom in the first place? Of what use is it gonna be for her?" Alessandro asked
"We should keep it safe. If Viktoria wants it then It's probably because it's important, she shouldn't get her hands on it" Leonardo said 
"Do you think we should tell the others?" Xavier asked timidly
"No. Not yet" Tony answered
"Are you sure Emilia never mentioned her family sorella?" Dom asked and all their gazes turned to me
"I'm positive, she never once talked about them. Heck I thought she didn't have a family" I stated firmly
"So what the fuck do we do about this?!" Xander yelled
Why is he so angry? I know it's unexpected but why is he being like this
"Calm down Xan" Xavier said softly as he held his twin's hand
"No! That fuckin family ruined our lives and we're supposed to accept the fact that we're related to them? How can we be related to those monsters" he yelled somewhat emotional
"Please stop" I heard a whimper and turned to see Matteo crouching down with his hands on his ears, tears streaming freely down his eyes
"Matteo" Xander whispered, tears in his eyes as he moved towards Matteo
"Stay away from me!" Matteo yelled, shocking everyone
"Please just stop. I can't take it anymore" he sobbed
I tried to go to him but Antonio held my hand and shook his head. Why is he stopping me? Someone should help him!
"When he gets like this no one can pull him out. He's reliving past memories, going to him will only make it worse" he explained
"Do we just leave him like this?" I asked as I continued to stare at Matteo who was crying hysterically on the floor and telling someone to let go of him
"Is it because of Maxim?" I asked as tears pricked at the corners of my eyes looking at him
He reminded me of myself. Why Matteo? He's the sweetest person in the world, he doesn't deserve this
"Yes. I never knew to what extent he hurt them because none of them told us exactly what happened in that place" he said with pain in his eyes
From the look on his face I could tell he was feeling guilty
"It's not your fault. If Maxim wasn't already dead, I would kill him myself, uncle or not" I said, feeling anger boiling in my veins
Matteo wasn't getting any better, he was getting worse. What did that fucker do to my brother? 
I released my hand from Antonio's and moved towards Matteo
"Don't Gabriella. Stay away from him" Alessandro warned me