Coming Home For Christmas

Chapter 73 - Here For You

Lacey's POV

“Lace. Lacey, hobs"

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I hear my husband's gentle voice trying to coax me out of my peaceful slumber

“Come on, love, open your eyes”

s and my vision cleared, a huge smile adored my face upon seeing my handsome

“Hey, when did you get home from work?"

Task as my face scrunches up in confusion

The last time I checked, Logan was running late for dinner tonight

“Oh, not too long ago, babe..how are you feeling?”

“I'm fine, I think"

I'say confused as I rub my forehead and wonder what's going on and why the hell I'm sleeping on the couch

Iwas also feeling confused about the dream I had or more like the person I was dreaming about

Why would I randomly dream about him?

“What do you mean? you're not feeling sick, are you?" Logan asks me as he feels my forehead for a temperature

“I'm fine, babe, I just had a weird dream, that's all”

Isay as I grab hold of Logan's hand and hold it close to my chest

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“What kind of dream was it, babe? I clearly wasn't in it if you're saying it's weird"

Logan said and I chuckled slightly

“Do you remember my cousin Klayton?"

“Mmm-hmm, yes I do"

“Well, I had a dream about him, I dreamt that he was here, in our home"

I'say confused

Iwas so confused by my dream about Klayton that I completely missed my husband's amused smile as he looked at something behind me

“How's that weird, love?”

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“It's weird because I haven't seen Klayton in..god..around six years”

Has it really been that long?

“Yeah, I think the last time I saw him was at my birthday party in the Hamptons"

I'say with a sad smile as I let out a sigh

“For some strange reason, he never liked Dylan and he always tried to discourage me from being with him but his hatred for him got worse

after that night... never found out why but Klayton told me he'd never give us his blessing and that I'd eventually regret it if I stayed with

him and he was right"

I'said the last part with a chuckle as I closed my eyes and covered them with my hand

“It's a good job he's not here because I'd hate tohearhimsay /told you so, piccolo cugina * (Little cousin)

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“Told you so, piccolo cugina”

Astrong, husky voice with an Italian twang says in a cocky tone and my eyes immediately snapped open as my heart started to beat even

faster

There's no way

I quickly sat up and looked behind me and my eyes widened in shock and surprise when I saw the devil's favourite son, my cousin Klayton

Antonelli sitting on the q_armghair, with Cassidy Williams sitting next to him on the arm of the q_chair but the strangest part about this

scene was the beautiful little boy sitting on his lap who was the spitting image of Klayton when he was a kid

“Oh my god"

I whispered as a highly amused Klayton looked at me with a smirk and he even winked at me

“Hey there little one”

Holy s**t

Ithought to myself as I jumped up from the couch, my eyes never leaving Klayton as I did

“Babe, be careful"

Logan said as he stood next to me and placed his hand on my lower back while my eyes remained on my smirking cousin

“Klayton...what the hell are you doing here?"

“It's good to see you too, Lacey, how have you been, kid?"

“Oh, I've been better, did erm..are you here because of my dad? did he send you here?"

Lask and he scoffs

“You're joking right, Lace?"

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“Why would I joke about this, Klay?..my family have been trying to get back into my good books ever since I returned to New York and so

far, all of their attempts have failed, so it wouldn't exactly shock or surprise me if he or my mom called in the family’s big dog to try and

intimidate me into forgiving them"

I'say sounding annoyed

Iwouldn't put it past my father to call in Klayton so that he can use him as a cheap and easy way to get back in both mine and my kid's

lives, the reason why is because Klayton is a huge believer in family and he believes a strong family is a united family, so it honestly wouldn't

surprise me if my parents took advantage of this to get their own way

Don't get me wrong, I love Klayton, he's my favourite cousin but family is family to him and you don't fight within the famiglia, so how much

we love each other or favour one another means nothing when it comes to family values

“Is that so, Lacey?"

Klayton asked while glaring at me

“Son, go to your mother"

“Ok, dad"

son?

This kid is Klayton's son?

I mean, it makes sense considering this little boy is an exact carbon copy of Klayton but how? and when?

I remember Carmella telling me a few years ago that Klayton had f****d up big time with Cassie and she was adamant that hell would have

to freeze over first before she gave him any kind of a chance, so when the hell did this happen?

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As soon as the little boy was safely in his moa__m!s arms, Klayton quickly jumped up like the angry mafia Don he is and he got right in my

face

“You think I'm here to intimidate you huh, Lacey? you think your daddy called me in to sort your ass out, huh?"

Klayton growled in his scary voice which oddly enough is his intimidation voice

You know the kind of voice men use in movies when they want to get information out of rats on the street or when they wanna scare

women and

kids, yeah, that's the kind of voice I'm talking about, the only difference between the two is that Klayton's got a pretty strong Italian twang

to his voice which makes him sound even scarier but he doesn't scare me

If this was anyone else then I probably would've pissed myself or passed out again, that's how frightening my cousin looks and sounds right

now but this is Klayton we're talking about

To everyone else, he's the big, bad mafia Don who you don't wanna mess with because he will literally turn your ass into fish food if you do

but to me, he's just Klayton, my older cousin who I've loved and idolised ever since I was a little girl

Iwas brought out of my thoughts by my i***t cousin who had gripped my chin with his hand causing me a little pain and discomfort

“Ouch”

Iyelped as I glared at him

"Klayton, you d**k, that hurts"

I growl and he glares back at me with fire in his eyes

se

If it was possible for humans to burn each other with just one look then I'd be a cremated mess right now

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“Watch your language, principessa, especially with my son in the room”

“He's not in the room, smart ass, do you think I'd be a hypocrite and curse around your kid when I don't like it around my own?" I say with a

smirk

Klayton narrowed his eyes at me before turning to look at a smiling Cassidy who waved at him cheekily

“Where's our son, Cass?

“I'sent him to go and be with Benji because I didn't want him to witness his father getting angry”

Cassie says and Klayton smiles

“That's my girl"

He said while briefly looking at Cassie before looking back at me

For about a minute or so, Klayton just looked down at me with his lips pouted as his thumb gently stroked my chin

“Iwant an answer to my question, Lacey..why would you think I'm here to intimidate you?"

“Well, why else would you be here, Klayton?"

Lask confused and his face softened

“Maybe because you're my cousin and I love you..maybe because I got wind that my favourite little cousin was back in New York where she

belongs and I couldn't resist coming to see her"

He says with a smile

“It's been six years since I last saw you, tesoro and I've missed you so much..I'm here for you kid, not for anybody else, especially not your

dad"

Klayton says with a slight growl at the end as my eyes filled with tears

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“I'm sorry for how I acted, Klay... just thought my parents were getting desperate and they called you in to have a word with me"

“As if I'd listen to your dad if he did, Lace"

Klayton said while rolling his eyes

“Even if they did call me, do you really think [ would've paid them any notice?..the short and quick answer to that question is no, I wouldn't

have because I know you, kid and I know that you would never have run away from home or tured your back on your family unless you

were forced to"

He said stemly as he cupped my face

“Tknow there had to have been a damn good reason for you to do what you did, Lace and from what I've heard, you did have a good

reason to leave”

“So, you know everything then?"

Iask annoyed and he looks at me like really Lace?

“I'm a mafia Don, Lacey and I'm the head of this famiglia..nothing and I mean NOTHING gets passed me, sweetheart"

Klayton said with a slight smirk and what he said next shocked the living crap out of me

“I mean, who the hell do you think kept you and your kids safe all of these years and made sure nobody could find you, hmm?"

What?