Chapter Two hundred and seventy-eight

Drop a red stone!

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They arrived home later that night and Salvatore was up waiting for his mother. Alexis smiled and picked him even though he was very heavy for her.

"You didn't sleep?" She mumbled as she eyed her sleepy son.

He nodded and a yawn sneakily escaped him. "I didn't want to sleep without reciting our mantra."

Alexis chuckled. "Reciting our mantra?" She repeated with a smile on her face. "If my baby is using such big words I believe he is growing up to be a big boy." He nodded firmly at that.

She put him in the bed and side hugged him with his head on her shoulder, "Let's recite it then, we do no-"

"Do not hit someone as violence is not the solution. I hit when someone hits me. I should not let my anger control me. I am a good boy at heart and I must not forget it." He mumbled sleepily and she smiled with tears in her eyes.