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Luciano and Michelle walked into their room. For a moment he stood there, in the middle of the room not saying a word, Michelle went to approach him but he stepped away and walked in the direction of their balcony. Situated so high above the ground, Luciano placed his hands on the stone railing and looked down. Michelle came out a few moments later and there was a very long pause between the two.
Luciano turned his slightly, turned his head, and he spoke softly, ". . . I died once- I was ten years old, and Miguel was with me-. . we were playing near one of G Corp's abandoned facilities. . . my brother dared me to touch this wired fence. . I didn't know he took the sign off,. . ." Luciano folded his hands, he looked down as he leaned up against the railing while he talked, "I touched the fence and it zapped me. Next thing I knew, I was waking up in recovery and my foster parents standing above me. Mother was crying and my father was so glad to see that I was alive."
Then there was another pause, Michelle walked over by his side and gently took his hand into hers, he said softly to her, ". . My point to that:. . . I came back. . I was clinically dead for two hours and I still came back. . I guess a part of me hoped that Sabe would do that for us- If not for us, then for Waffle." Michelle gently turned him so that he was facing her, she placed her hands on his face then stood on her tippy toes. Luciano gently nuzzled her nose and then she said, "Please go rest?. . ." Luciano softly nodded and then he kissed her on the lips, she patted his cheek. When he got to their bed, he took his Grizzly Hoodie off- but when he did the Manila folder fell out of his hoodie pocket. Luciano softly gasped and then stuffed it into the pocket of his pants. "Um. . I'll be back, Michelle, I just. . I need to see Skotti really quick." before he could await her response, he was already out of the room and on the way to Skotti's office. Just then his Mobile phone started to ring, his caller i.d. read: "Kuro, Cordell" and then the number. He clenched his jaw and got to a private area, ". . Hello, Cordell."

Luciano hung up after the conversation with Cordell was done, he went to tuck the manila envelope into the pocket of his Grizzly Hoodie but found he left his room without it, an he wasn't wearing a shirt. He sighed, but continued on to Skotti's office anyway.
Once he got there, he knocked softly and then opened the door to see him working, ". . . Skotti. .?" he said, closing the door behind him. "Something has come up."

Waffle contorted her face as to try to not show any more emotion when Pen knocked on the door and asked to come in.

"I don't care." Waffle said weakly.

Waffle was still laying on the bed, stomach-down, with her face against the pillows. She tried to breathe deeply to calm down, but the pillows still had a faint trace of cologne on them, making her cry harder.

Waffle rolled over to where she was on her side. She held the pillow tightly as a small child would hold a teddy bear. She didn't know what to say either.

Waffle looked toward the ground.

"...nobody's....mad at me, right?" she asked bitterly.

Waffle's expression softened just a bit after hearing this. She turned toward Pen and hugged her.

"Well, I guess we did what we could?" she asked. It sounded more like a statement than an actual question.

Skotti spun his chair around "Something always does, doesn't it luciano... what is it?" he asked.