'Ellie?' Dominic says after he walks into her room. At first, he thought that she was sleeping but her ragged breathing concerned him and he walks over to her bed, sits on the edge and gently brushes her tears away.
She looks at him but he can tell that she's not completely there.
She's slowly losing her mind.
'I can't sleep anymore. I can still hear his voice. Fredo's spirit is still here, why won't he leave me alone?!' Noelle says, fresh tears running down her face. Dominic pulls her into his arms, cradling her close to him.
I should've talked Michael out of having his own brother killed, he thought as Noelle rested her head against his shoulder. She wasn't supposed to be at Lake Tahoe that day but she was and she had witnessed Fredo's death.
Now she was going to be scarred for the rest of her life and wouldn't be able to look at Michael the same way that she used to because the man who would've done anything to protect the ones he loves had his own brother murdered.
To Noelle, it was like Michael had pulled the trigger himself.