Chapter 218: Once Family, Always Family
(TYLER)
Outside, a little further down the hall, there seems to be a heavies convention happening. The combined presence of the Terra Nova and Triple Triad bodyguards hasn’t gone unnoticed by the hospital staff. The tension however fades a little when they see me joining them. I nod at the nurse’s questioning glance. Even so, she is still frowning at the men. She nods back. I guess that means that she won’t call security just yet.
"You need to stop hanging around in a group like this. You’re freaking out the staff."
Miles appears at the entrance, looking like a man on a mission.
"Go on now." He says when he arrives at the group. "Back to your posts. I checked out. We are okay." He nods to Giulio, his junior, and Giulio nods back then the men disperse. Two head to guard Sasha’s door. Two others skulk separately in the reception. I’m certain that there are more of them throughout the hospital too.
Miles stays with me. I’m sure that he is waiting for Arlo. Giulio, and the two other men give me respectful nods.
"Hi, Giulio." I offer my hand.
"I’m so sorry about what happened to your husband." He says. I’m moved that he said your husband instead of Sasha or boss. Maybe, he thinks discretion is important for being out in the open like this. Still, I like him for it.
"Thanks. And who’s with you?" I turn my attention to the other two men. Of course, Miles is the head of security, but there’s no way I’m letting anyone hang around this room without knowing who they are myself. Especially after that Irish man took me from our home.
Giulio flicks his head at them, and they both step forward to shake my hands.
"Leo Vitale." The first guy says with a smile that has exactly the right edge of sympathy to it without being condescending. His dark thick hair falls on the ringlets around his face. The kind of face that you check out twice because he is handsome as hell.