After that, Mattia lets go of them and says his brief goodbyes, nodding one last time at Emeliana and Luca before he turns to walk towards the door, eventually leaving the house.
Once he's gone, Emeliana turns back to her brothers, seeing the worried expressions that lie on their faces and turning towards them.
“Hey. You boys okay?” Emeliana asks, making both of them turn towards her. Emelio stands beside Franky, one arm still loosely around his shoulders, his posture protective without trying to be obvious about it, before he nods once in response.
“We’re okay,” Emelio answers. Franky then shifts his stance slightly, glancing between Emeliana and the doorway they all came through, then gives a small nod of his own. Emeliana watches their faces closely, searching for cracks, for signs
