Leonardo lay in his bed, looking up at the ceiling as he tried to distract himself from the damage that he had caused down stairs. His words had deeply hurt his mother, the saddened look on her face as he pointed out her addiction before his wife was a look that haunted him.The silence in his room was by far the second most annoying thing, the silence taunting him repeatedly, so much that he placed a pillow over his face. Anything was better than seeing his mother’s face appearing before his eyes.The door to his room swung open and slammed back shut, Leonardo removed the pillow from his face and looked at the direction of his door and there Aurora stood, hands on her hips and not a smile on her face.“You should not have done that” she uttered, giving him a displeasured glance. Another reminder that he had messed up and there was no better person to remind him than the woman he was made to marry.“Avena if you are here to upset m

Aurora ran back into the clubs facility, almost out of breath. She had not realized that she had been gone for such a long period and she was not sure how her mother in-law would react.She quickened her steps and took her seat next to her mother in-law again and it seemed as though they were too immersed into their conversation to care whether she was there or not.“Where were you mi hija? I was looking for you, the race is about to start” her mother in—law whispered into her ear.“Sorry, I had not realized how long I had been away”“It’s okay, you are here now and that is all that matters” her mother in—law reassured her, making Aurora feel more relaxed than she was before.“Ladies, your seats have been set at the polo game. Please follow me right this way” An employee dressed in his best formal wear appeared. All the ladies stood up from their seats. Grabbed their drinks and follo

“He didn’t believe you, right?” Aurora turned around, only to find that it was her mother in-law standing in her door room frame.“Oh mother! I honestly did hear you walk in” a surprised Aurora told her mother in-law, who stood there as sadness clouded her face. Aurora’s heart ached for signora Carina and even as she placed the last of her earrings onto her bedside table, she could not bear the thought of telling her the truth. “Sorry mother but he knew I was lying” Aurora confessed, determined not to tell another lie.“I thought so, I apologize for putting you in such a compromising position. I do not know what came over me” Her mother in—law covered her mouth with her hands and began whimpering. Aurora walked towards her and wrapped her arms around the older woman, comforting her like she had wished she was comforted as a child.“It is alright, you are trying your best,” Aurora whisp

The driver walked into the mansion, holding onto Signora Carina as though his life depended on it whilst Aurora watched from a close distance. Aurora’s hand covered her mouth as for her not to scream, she looked out for signs of Leonardo and he was nowhere in sight. “Please hurry up, we need to get her to her room before Leonardo sees her like this” Aurora whispered as she followed behind both the driver and her mother in-law. They walked into the main area of the house and still there was no Leonardo. “Okay let’s take her to her room” the driver escorted her mother in-law up the steps and Aurora followed behind them. “Stop right there!” Aurora, the driver and mother in-law stopped in their tracks, Leonardo’s loud and thunderous voice rang through the interior of the mansion setting fear into whomever heard it. She swallowed the lump in her throat as though she was swallowing a rock that blocked her airways and turned around slowly, with hopes of tryi

“It’s always the beautiful souls who hide who they truly are and the hideous monsters on the inside that do all the flashing” Cory’s words rang loudly in Aurora’s head.“Yeah, they sure do”“I am sorry if I made you uncomfortable” he apologized, his apology coming as a surprise to Aurora, so much that she turned to face him.“No, you do not have to apologize to me for anything”“If you say so. I brought you here for you to see how beautiful things were and I just felt as though I have ruined things”“No you did not; I needed to step out too” Aurora sat on the grass, carefree and not worried that she would ruin her perfect designer dress by sitting on the green grass.“Aren’t you afraid that you would ruin your dress?”“Nope, I hate the dress anyways” she joked and just then Cory took a seat next to her on the grass.