Amelia and Brax decided it would be better if Amelia went to talk to Casey by herself. They had noticed how badly he was dealing with the whole Mafia relations thing. Amelia could relate to how he felt, she never fully understood it either. Being the only girl, she was protected from all of her fathers 'business dealings'

Amelia knocked gently on Casey's bedroom door and waited patiently for his answer, she opened the door slowly when she heard him tell her to come in. "Hey buddy" Amelia said softly as she sat beside him on the bed "What are you up too?" she asked him curiously.

"Just e-mailing Ruby, Charlie's still giving her a hard time bout the baby" Casey replied as he continued to type away on his laptop. Amelia frowned, how could she be so insensitive? Amelia had almost forgotten about the whole Ruby situation. Here he was this poor teenager, first he finds out his brother and sister- in- law are really his parents, then he discovers his girlfriend is pregnant. And to top it all off he then discovers he is related to a Mafia Boss. God and she thought her life was complicated.

Casey finished his message and shut the laptop lid "Are you ok?" he asked quickly when he saw Amelia tear stained face. Amelia nodded "There's something I need to talk to you about" Casey pulled himself up the bed a little more to listen.

"How do you feel about all of this?" she started as she waited for Casey's reaction.

Casey shrugged "I don't know, it's all a bit daunting" Casey replied. Amelia noticed something was troubling her son besides the obvious.

"Casey what is it?" Amelia allowed her motherly instincts to take over.

"Something pops said earlier about me being more Camanelli than Braxton. Does he really think I can be like them?" Casey told his mum what was worrying him.

Amelia thought for a moment before taking his hand "Come with me?" she smiled as she led him out of the bedroom and into the garden. They stopped in front of a big tree, as Casey looked up he saw a tree house.

Amelia pulled on a rope and released a ladder, she started to climb it before turning to Casey with a smile "You're gonna have to help me, I'm not as fearless as I used to be" she giggled. Casey laughed as he remembered Amelia's fear of heights. He climbed the ladder directly behind her. They both sat on the wooden floor of the tree house.

"This is awesome" Casey grinned as he looked round.

"Yeh, your grandpa built it for us when I was 6" Amelia explained "Well that's what he told my brothers. Truth is he built it for me" Casey turned to face Amelia.

"You see the thing is Papa knew I was different. I wasn't like the rest of them. My brothers were always so desperate to find out what Papa got up too. I didn't care. I guess you could say deep down I already knew it was something terrible"

Casey had now given Amelia his full attention. "Yes you are more Camanelli than Braxton…in looks at least. But I'm a Camanelli too and we're not like them Casey. We've seen enough of our world to make us different" Amelia smiled as she squeezed Casey's arm hoping he understood what she meant "Do you understand?" she asked him hopefully. Casey nodded; he thinks he understood what she was trying to say.

"Thank you" he said finally "Shouldn't we get back"

Amelia paused before answering "There is something else I need to tell you, Casey I'm pregnant, me and Brax are going to have another baby"

Casey beamed as he hugged Amelia. "Aw Milly that's great, congratulations. Hang on don't you think you could have told me this before we climbed up here, no pressure on me getting you down safely or anything" Casey teased.

As Casey climbed down the ladder he was relieved to see Brax standing at the bottom. Brax reached up and helped Amelia down "You couldn't have had this conversation in the house, it had to be up a tree?" he frowned as he put his wife down gently.

Both Amelia and Casey threw eachother a cheeky grin as all three of them headed back to the house. Brax had his arm tightly wrapped around his wife as the Braxton's made their way into the lounge full of people. "They're here, does Casey know?" Roberto exclaimed as he saw them arrive in the room. Amelia nodded.

"Ok can I have your attention; I have a wonderful announcement to make. We have some happy news on such a sad occasion my beautiful Ameliana is going to have a baby" Roberto announced proudly. Every one sighed with joy "A gift from Vincent" a few of the older women said as they hugged her in turn. Brax also receive a lot of hand shakes from the men.

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It had been a long day in the Camanelli house, Amelia was glad to be alone again. The day had been beautiful. She couldn't help feeling a little unsettled, she didn't understand what was wrong, but she knew it had something to do with Vincent and why he died. She was still very much in the dark about the whole shooting incident even though she had seen the whole thing.

Amelia waited until everyone was in bed before finally approaching her father in the kitchen "Papa" she said softly as she sat beside him.

"Ameliana" he replied as he looked up from his night cap. "Can't you sleep?"

Amelia shook her head "I'm worried" she admitted.

"Oh my love, what is worrying you?" Roberto wrapped Amelia's hand inside his own.

Amelia had forgotten how big her fathers hands seemed compared to her own "Vincent wasn't the target was he?" Amelia questioned. She noticed her fathers hands were getting clammy.

"Papa please I have a right to know" Amelia pushed her father for an answer. She wasn't prepared for what came next though. Roberto simply shook his head "No he wasn't" he replied. Amelia gasped at his reply.

"I'm sorry Ameliana, we haven't been completely honest with you" Amelia looked at her father curiously "You are the target, you always have been. Ever since you were 12, that's why we moved you to Australia" Amelia was horrified, deep down she had a feeling that's why she was sent to live with Harry and Lynne. But never in a million years did she expect her dad to admit it.

"And what a joke that was" he father added grimly.

"Papa?" Amelia wondered why her father seemed so sad.

"I sent you away to keep you safe, and I couldn't even protect you in my own house" Amelia felt her fathers hands tighten "Why didn't you tell us Ameliana? All those times we left him alone with you" Roberto pulled Amelia into a tight hug.

"I knew if I did you would kill him Papa" Amelia stated the obvious as she felt her father's arms around her.

"My precious girl, love you with all my heart" Roberto sighed as he held her tighter.

"I love you too papa" Amelia added as she return his hug.

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The next morning came so fast. Amelia was sad to be going home. She missed her family so much, but she was glad her and her dad had, had the chance to talk properly, A few skeletons had been let out of the closet and she had said a sad farewell to her brother. Amelia said a tearful goodbye to her mother father and brothers before heading to the airport with Brax, Casey and Scarlet.

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It was 3 am when the Braxton's finally arrived back home. The trip had been an eye opener for both Casey and Brax.

As they walked through the door of their house none of them expected Cheryl to be waiting for them. "Mum" Brax exclaimed as he put the suitcase down.

"What's happened?" Amelia questioned, she knew there had to be a reason Cheryl was there at this hour.

"Heath's in jail" Brax's eyes widened at his mum's bombshell "He was caught with Jake Pirovic's stash"

"He what?" Amelia exclaimed.

For god sake they had only been out of town for less than a week, what the hell had Heath got himself into this time? Brax threw his hands behind his head in despair, what a great welcome home present this was. Casey just shook his head as he disappeared into Amelia and Brax's bedroom with Scarlet.

Casey was secretly relieved to be home. It was Heath's kind of mess he could deal with.

I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter, so any reviews would be appreciated.

Much love Nikki

Coming up-

Amelia and Charlie have a heart to heart!

Brax and Amelia decided to keep news about the baby a secret until they can sort things out!

Scarlet is rushed to hospital, is Amelia just panicking over nothing?