“Congratulations. You are a great grandmother now. It’s a boy,” She broke the news and everyone heaved a joyful sigh. Natasha exclaimed in pure glee and ran to hug me while I chuckled, hugging her back. “Congratulations, brother. You are a father now,” She giggled while I tittered. “Yes, that I’m, dear new aunt,” I whispered in her ears and she laughed. I pulled away and hugged grandmother who was now crying in joy. This was the moment. The feeling the news brought was foreign. I was dying to meet our son. “Master, may I announce the good news to the family?” Mario stepped ahead and asked faintly in my ear.Instantly, Nikola popped up in my mind. I had to avoid every suspect that could harm my newborn. “No. I’ll announce it myself when we reach home,” I answered back. He nodded and stepped back after congratulating me. Even though I knew this news wou

I was blindfolded, being taken somewhere by Luciano. He promised I would love this place so I had to wait. “Come on, Luciano, I have been out of sight since we left home, where are we going?” I asked as he kept making me walk somewhere. The cold breeze hit my shoulder and gave me a shudder. “We are almost here,” The air pressure increased and I could guess it was somewhere besides the sea. I was already in love with the idea my mind pictured. Suddenly we stopped. “Are we here?” I couldn’t help but ask. “Yes, seems like we are,” I felt his hand untying the knot. Just as my eyes got free of the cloth, I witnessed a beautiful view. Dinner beside the lake on a wooden ramp with fancy lighting and rose petals welcoming us. “Oh my… this is beyond beautiful,” I unknowingly said those words and Luciano made me walk ahead and sit on the fancy chair. While he was settlin

Now was the time to change the topic. Admit it. Speak your feelings, Luciano.“You are one strong woman and I knew the second I laid my eyes upon you. You were born to be mine, and you want to know why?” I mouthed calmly, gaining her eyes on me with curiosity spreading on her features. She nodded, frowning and biting the inside of her lower lip.“Because you resemble my mother; the woman I loved the most but lost because of the same reason; my dad had a mistress and when my mother found out about it, she couldn’t bear it because they both loved each other and before she could tell it to anyone, my dad made her meet a terrible accident… she couldn’t fight it,” My system slowed down as I recalled my mother’s face in those crystal blue eyes, I couldn’t control the urge to kiss her, because if I hadn’t, I would lose myself right here. I bent down while she was still sinking in the tragedy I

“Per favore accetta le mie scuse sincere, non volevo perderlo, questo è il mio ultimo desiderio, (Please accept my sincere apology, I didn't want to lose him, this is my last wish),” The next I heard was Domenico shrieking in pain as Luciano stroke cut over his neck vein, his blood travelled down in a tsunami and I couldn’t look at them any longer. Something in me had me screaming to stop it down but on the other hand, that same thing seized my senses; that was fear of being killed. Everything returned, how my fafter tried to hurt my mother and how I came between them. God gave me a chance in life once, I could not test him twice, but the empathy in my heart couldn’t let me ignore the cruelty happening. I knew my fear could not stop me. So I had myself running toward them, just one hurdle stopped me from going further and that was Audrey. "Ah, Leave me!" I hissed.She was hugging me from behind at the wrong time; when Luciano’

I felt a presence behind me, snapping my head back, I found my guardian ghost; Audrey. “Oh girl, you scared the shit out of me,” I muffled. “Cerca, cerca ovunque, ma non lo restituirò finché non toglierai queste fotocamere o non le riprenderò da solo. (Search, search everywhere, but I will not return him until you take these cameras off or I shoot each of them by myself),” Nikola laughed. I frowned and wondered why he spoke Italian. They continued to argue. I turned to Audrey, “Can you tell me what he just said?” I whispered in her ear, she cleared her throat, her face clearly telling she didn’t know if she should translate it to me or not. “Audrey, tell me, I’m not requesting now,” I commanded, sternly. “He said he will not hand him in until master will take down all the cameras from his loft,” She told me and by the look on her face, I kn