31.2 Katerina

I hope that the world is a better place when he does find you and a statement like this seems totally unnecessary—but just in case, I want you to know that if you treat him well and make him happy, I will love you no matter your gender, race, ethnicity or religion, just like I will all of my children.

I promise to try to find a balance between being in your life and being helpful without overstepping my boundaries. No pop-ins, I swear. I promise to try not to give advice unless you ask.

And to you, the person who has fallen in love with my son, I promise to fall in love with you. Because the person who loves my son will understand what's behind those sparkling eyes of his like I do. That person will think his raspy voice is adorable like I do. Will laugh at his jokes the way that I do.

And how could I not love the person who loves all of that about my child? So right now while I have him before he is yours, I will cherish every moment, every kiss, and every snuggle.

And one day, when you love him and he loves you, I will be so proud. Proud of the person he has become, proud of the person he has chosen to spend his days with, and proud, so proud, to be his mom.

Love, Me.

"She loved you" I murmured and looked over to him and Alex was looking at his hands.

"I wish I could remember everything that she wrote in that letter and it fucking hurts. I hate Angelo and Margaret for what they did to her, to me. To us. And they will regret it " he stated making me furrow my brows in confusion and he smiled, "I gave the police the evidence that Margaret and Angelo have hidden for 27 years in regards to my illegal adoption and 25 years for the death of my mother. They cremated her despite her not waiting for that since she was an organ donor."

"So they could be jailed for not only illegally adopting you without Valentina's consent and for her murder?" I asked and he nodded.

"Her death was suspicious seeing as she had been well for months after she beat her illness before falling ill once again just weeks after she had gone to court to get my adoption revoked," Alex said and I nodded, "so both Margaret and Angelo will be spending a long time in jail for the crimes they committed if they're found guilty which I don't doubt they will be since there's a lot of evidence pointing to their crime."

"So what will you do now?" I questioned and he took a deep breath and said.

"Change my last name," he replied and I nodded.

"And what was your father's last name?" I asked and he smiled.

"De Luca"  he answered and I nodded that the last name sounded far better than the one he had and he chuckled when I said that agreeing with me, "We'll have to change Savannah's as well."

"Whenever you want we'll go to the courtroom and change both your last names to that of your father's," I said, "I'm happy for you, you know?"

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. You finally found the truth about your birth" I said adding, "I know how much you wanted to be loved by the people you've called parents your whole life and now you know the reason behind them not having the same affection they have towards John, Ella and Vanessa."

"Speaking of them, I don't know how I'm going to tell them the truth nor how they'll react to it when they learn that we're not siblings but I'm their nephew."

"They'll be upset but they will still love you regardless of the truth, babe. I mean you've been there for them since they were little and that won't change just because you four don't share the same parents" I said cupping his face, "you're an incredible man, Alex, and they know that. They'll need time to process the news but they'll love you."

He pulled me into his arms and hurried his face in my neck as his arms wrapped around my waist and I kissed the top of his head as I held him close. I still can't fathom the fact that Angelo and Margaret took him from his birth mother when he was born and even killed their own daughter just so she wouldn't take Alex back. They're not selfish, they're evil and deserve to be jailed for everything they've done to him.

"I love you, you know," he murmured and I smiled.

"I love you too," I murmured and he pulled back before he leaned over and pressed a kiss on my lips making me smile.

"When Savannah wakes up from her nap we're going to go see the house my parents left us," he said making me raise a brow.

"House?" I asked and he nodded showing me the key and note that his mother had left, "oh wow."

"My thoughts exactly." He replied and I chuckled, "now come on, let's go get something to eat while we wait for Hayden to get home and for Savannah to get up from her nap."