Kaira's POV:
We all were sitting in front of the ICU room, where dad was getting treated.
A nurse came out and started rushing taking things.
" How's my father?"
" Sir, I can't say anything. He is in very critical condition."
" What the fuck did you say. Remember if anything happened to my dad, I will fucking burn your this hospital." Lorenzo threatened the poor nurse, who ran in the ICU after apologizing.
" Valentino, drop Antonio, Aria and... Kaira too." Lorenzo ordered.
" I won't go." I said firmly.
" Kaira, we are here, go home and have rest."
" I said I won't go, he is here because of me and if you think I will leave him here like this, then keep dreaming."
Knowing it was useless to push me further Lorenzo looked at Aria.
" I will also not go, leaving dad here."
" Aria, don't be a child, Antonio needs someone after seeing such traumatic things, stay with him and console him."
Aria sighed and walked out.
After hours of continuous surgery, the doctor came out.
" He is saved for now but I can't promise anything, he might live for one or two days max." The doctor was literally trembling, as soon as he said this, he ran from there.
" I will stay. Rest of you go and rest." Lorenzo said, most like ordered.
" I will not go anywhere." I said.
" Kiara, I said go." This time Lorenzo's voice was very intimidating that I couldn't help and do as he said.
I followed Francesco and Alessandro.
Francesco started driving while Alessandro sat beside me at back.
I was looking out the whole way, I could only feel guilty to take someone's life.
He might not be a good dad to me but he was the best dad for others. If I died it wouldn't have mattered but if he dies everything will shatter. My siblings will be orphans.
My long chain of thought was broken when suddenly someone pulled my head into something which felt more like a wall than someone's chest.
" Sleep." He patted my head slowly and I unknowingly shifted near him.
I clutched his shirt and slowly my eyes started going and my brain stopped working. I was so exhausted from the past 2 days.
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I woke up and I realised I had been cuddling with Alessandro the whole night.
" Awake?"
I nodded and he left me.
I immediately stood straight.
" How's dad?"
He looked at me.
" He's still resting."
" Can you take me there?"
He nodded.
" But freshen up first."
I nodded but then I realised I had no clothes to change into. Suddenly some clothes came in front of my eyes, I saw Alessandro passing me his clothes, I took them and stepped into the bathroom.
I came almost immediately. And about the clothes, No offence but.. I looked beggar. Can't help when a 6'2 feet men gives his hoodie to a 5'4 feet girl.
I looked at Alessandro, who had freshen up, he might have freshen up in some other bathroom.
We came down and were going to the door when a voice stopped us.
" Have something before going."
The voice was of none other than Francesco.
As soon as his eyes met mine, I could see the guilt flash in them.
" I am fine."
" No, you are not. You have to eat." I heard his stern voice but as soon as I looked at him again, it again turned into guilty.
I sat because.. even I don't know.
What I didn't expected was a spoon to come in front of my mouth.
I took the spoon from Francesco's hand in mine, making it clear to him, I want to eat myself.
I could feel the sadness in his eyes.
" Kaira, I am sorry. I shouldn't have said things like that-"
" Francesco, I heard your sorry and I may forgive you, because you were only a victim of all this but I will never forget. You said what you wanted. None of you tried to see what I went through, or even tried to talk, maybe the one who had tried atleast would have been Alessandro. The hatred was far more than love and when a hatred grows bigger than love, the relation can't be fixed. I can be civil with you but don't except me to treat you like my brother."
I looked up to see Alessandro looking at our interaction but didn't spoke anything, he knew Francesco deserved it.
I ate a little and started walking with Alessandro.
When we came into the hospital, I saw Lorenzo wide awake with his one hand on his head, massaging it while other doing some work on the laptop.
It looked like he didn't slept the whole night.
I saw his exhausted orbs, he didn't got sleep for 2 days.
His eyes relaxed when they saw me but he turned his attention, back to the laptop, not able to see me without guilt.
I kept my hand on his shoulder.
" Go, have some sleep, don't push yourself."
He looked at me.
" Don't worry, I am fine."
I sighed and sat, this guy will never rest, he is too stubborn to take care of everything by himself.
" Lie your head on my lap."
" Huh?" I glared at him and he did.
I slowly massaged his head with my fingers and he relaxed, closing his eyes.
Soon, he was asleep.
" Only you can force him to sleep." I heard Alessandro say.
" He missed you the most after you went." I looked at Lorenzo who had hold my hand in his.
After 3 hours, the doctor came.
" The patient have woken and is asking for someone names Kaira."
I nodded. Lorenzo woke up from my lap and I went inside.
I saw my father on the bed, he had a sad smile on his face.
" Kaira." He whispered and I went near him.
" I am so sorry, dear. I wanted to apologise for what I did and said, I don't want to die with the guilt that I couldn't apologize to my daughter with whom I did so wrong. I said and did many bad things to you, still you cared for us. I am proud that I have a daughter like you. I am happy that neither you nor Aria is like your mom. I am so sorry, princess. Will you forgive me?"
I wiped the tears from his eyes despite the tears following from mine.
" Don't say things like die, you don't want to die so early after I forgive you, do you?"
" Princess."
I broke down and put my head on his chest.
" Why dad, Why? Why didn't you ever come to me to ask why I did everything? Why didn't you believe me despite of me helping all of you several times. Was it too hard?"
" My heart believed you every time, princess but I was not only your dad, I was Aira's dad too. Brothers can have favourites but a dad can't. If I didn't punished you for what we thought you did, it would have been wrong for her. She would have lost the trust on her family, I had to see both the sides."
I woke while wiping my tears. I know he did what was right, he was not only my parent, he was Aira's parent. But it didn't not justify his mistake of not even talking to me once.
" I know it was my mistake, to not try to talk to you. But I knew if I talk to you so many years later, I would lose the wall I prepared. If I would have hugged you to my chest, I would have not been able to pull you away. I would have not been able to keep myself from not giving you the rights to be my daughter. I know this is not an excuse, I know. But please forgive me, I would have tried to remake my mistake only if I wasn't on the death bed, princess."
" It's ok. I forgive you. But why did you take the bullet for me? It would have been better if I di-"
" Not a single word after that, princess. I deserve to die for what I did to you, I can't let you die with those bad memories of yours. If you want to repay my favour, them before you die make many good memories Kiara. Forgive your brothers, it was none of their faults. The decision of sending you was taken by me and they were also children at that time. Your mother manipulated them at the right time."
Maybe I can forgive everyone and finally live as a family. My own family.
Michael has also always treated me like his own daughter but now it time for him to have a new family, his own. I can't burden myself on him.
" Promise me Kiara, you will forgive all your brothers and try to live like a family. Promise me."
I hold his hand.
" I promise you, I will." He smiled.
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(A/N): This is the last chapter you will get an update for this month, so let's just say my board exams are going to start and writing would be difficult for me, not exactly but my mother won't allow me giving this much time to stories then studying. And if I think it's only a part that won't even take So much time then trust me, it takes a lot, I have to literally clear all my chapter because after finishing it, I don't think it is worthy. So for February, it's difficult but I will try to post an update in the starting week of March only. And I have already posted 4 chapters in February, before the timings. So I don't think that will be a big problem though. But yeah, if you are thinking you are betrayed then I promise once my exams are finished, I will give you all the updates you missed in February.