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John looked over at Mia as she finished eating breakfast. He knew today he would have to show her the things her father had done. He knew that this would probably break her heart more than seeing her brothers commit murder but he had to show her.
She could feel his eyes on her and she looked over at him. She knew that he would show her more of what her family was really about. She was scared to find out what else they had done but she appreciated the fact that she finally knew the truth. Even if complete strangers were the ones that were giving it to her. She got up off the stool she was sitting on and stood in front of John who looked at her curiously.
"I know you're going to show me more today so let's get this over with." she said grabbing his hand and tugging him up from his stool.
He felt a shock run through him as he got up and followed her to the theater room.

They sat down in the theater room. Mia couldn't believe what she felt when she took John's hand. It was like a shock of electricity ran through her. John looked at Mia and sighed. He wasn't looking forward to showing her this.

"Mia, this video will be hard for you. Just a warning." John said as he sat down beside her and pressed play.

Mia looked at the screen and was shocked when her father came into view. He was talking with someone. John turned up the volume so Mia could hear what was being said.

On the tape

"You failed me, Adam. I trusted you to take care of Dolph for me. He shamed the family by going to the Rossi's. He was going to tell secrets about the family. You failed in your mission to kill him. Justin had to do it and you know I never wanted that. I didn't want my youngest sons to have to kill anyone but because you failed, Justin had to kill. Now, you have to pay."

Domenico held up the gun and fired a shot into Adam's heart. Domenico walked over to where Adam's body laid.

"Death is what you deserved." Domenico aimed his gun again and proceeded to shoot more bullets into Adam even though he was dead.

John stopped the video and looked at Mia. He saw the horror on her face. He looked and saw the tears started. He got up and kneeled down in front of her.

"I'm sorry."

"Is that the worst?" She asked softly.

"No, there is more." He replied. "I'm not sure you should watch more right now."

"I want to see it." She whispered.

He sighed and sat down. He pressed play to start the video again.

On the tape

"I want this business to work." Domenico said to his sons and an associate, Phil Brooks.

"I see no reason why it won't." Phil or Punk as he was known replied. He had come to talk to Domenico about bringing the drugs in.

"You told me everything and gave me everything I would need to do this business."

"Yes, I did."

"Excellent." Domenico reached in to his desk and got his gun. "You know Phil you brought an interesting proposal to me. This will make me tons of money."

Domenico got up and walked over to where Phil was. He hid the gun so Phil couldn't see it.

"And your cut, 60 percent for you and 40 percent for me." Domenico shook his head. "I don't think that works for me."

Without a word, Domenico shot Phil in the head. "You are stupid."

He walked over to his desk and called for his men to come in and clean it up. Once they were doing that, he left.

John heard a sob and stopped the tape. He walked over to Mia and pulled her up from the chair holding her for a few minutes, letting her sob into his chest. He closed his eyes as the guilt ran through him. This was destroying her but it was what they had to do. She pulled away after a little while and wiped her face.

"I want to go back to my room." She said. He nodded and they left the theater room and headed upstairs to her room. She opened the door and walked in without a word.

"If you need me, I will be right outside the door." He said before walking out and closing the door behind him. He sat in the floor outside her room and sighed deeply. Seeing her cry, hearing her sob like that was killing him. He hated that this was what it had come down to. That they had to break her in order to get back at the Barrett's for what they had done.

Ted sat in the room at his house that would have been the nursery. He held one of the stuffed animals in his hand and ran his fingers over the frame that held a picture of his late wife Lila in it. He closed his eyes trying to fight back the tears. He would pack all of this up and give it to Randy and Natalie for their baby once this was all over and Wade and his family had paid.

"I promised you baby that I would make them pay. Randy, John and I are in the process of doing that now. They won't get away with what they did to you or our son. This will all be over soon. I love you and I miss you both every day." He kissed his fingers and rubbed them over the frame again before walking out of the room and closing the door.

A few hours later, the door to Mia's room swung open and she poked her head out. She saw John sitting on the floor with his head against the wall. She smiled when she realized he was asleep. She shook his shoulder gently and he opened his eyes and looked at her.

"I…I was wondering if you wanted to go for a walk on the beach?" she asked softly. He smiled up at her and nodded.

They headed down stairs and to the beach. They walked along the beach that was behind the house. She looked out at the ocean as they walked. John wondered what was going through her head.

"Mia, are you okay?" He asked as they walked.

"I honestly don't know. Over the last few days I have found out that my father kills people and sells drugs. I have found out that my father has ordered my brothers to kill people. How do I deal with that?" She said stopping at the edge of the water. "How to I deal with the fact that my family is full of killers and I was kept in the dark about them?"

"I don't know but Mia you needed to know the truth. Being kept in the dark wouldn't have been good. You wouldn't be able to protect yourself if something happened."

"Can I protect myself now? I might know everything but who am I now? Am I same the girl who is getting married to Wade? Am I the same girl who loves to kick her brothers' butts in kickboxing? Who am I?"

"You are an amazing person Mia. You just have to believe that. You haven't changed just because of who your family is or what they have done." John said reaching out to brush some hair behind her ear. She smiled at him. Truthfully, it broke his heart that she was questioning who she was and it was because of him. "So you kick box?" He asked raising his eyebrows. She nodded.

"There is a gym back at the house. You wanna show me what you got?" She laughed.

"You think you can handle it?" He smirked at her sudden playfulness.

"Yeah, I think I can handle it." She gave him a little shove and then took off running back to the house with him close behind her.

They suited up once they were in the gym even though it was just practice. Both got into the stance.

"Ladies first." John said to her.

Mia smirked a little before doing a short straight punch which he blocked. "Impressive." He smiled at her.

"Well what do you got?" She said taunting him.

He did a half hook which she blocked. "Nice."

They proceed to practice on each other for the next hour. They didn't notice Natalie and Randy come in.

"She's good." Randy remarked to his wife.

"She is." Natalie agreed. She was really impressed with Mia. It wasn't something she thought she would do.

"I think they're done." Randy said seeing that both were taking off the gear and getting a bottle of water. "Nice job."

"Thanks." John said to them.

"Nice moves, Mia." Natalie said to her.

"Thanks."

"So you guys wanna grab some dinner?" Randy asked. Natalie looked at the way John and Mia were looking at each other and spoke up.

"Actually babe, I was hoping we could have dinner just the two of us. I wanted to talk more about the baby." She said resting her hand on her stomach. Mia looked over at her and smiled.

"You're pregnant?" Natalie nodded "Congrats."

"Yeah, sure. We will see you guys later." Randy said taking his wife's hand and walking out of the room. He looked at her once they were out the door of the gym.

"They need to spend time alone. Can't you see what is going on there? Something is happening between them. We need to leave it alone and let nature take its course." Natalie said. Randy looked back over his shoulder and then back at his wife and kissed her. She was right.

John looked at Mia as they sat in the gym.

"So I know this nice little place not too far from here if you wanted to go grab some dinner." Mia looked over and smiled.

"Sounds great. Give me an hour to shower and get ready." John nodded. Mia got up off the mats and swatted John in the head with the glove before she ran up the stairs to her room laughing.

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