AURORASicily brings out something in me, something fragile.Had I known Caelum was bringing me to Sicily, I would have stood my ground with firm disapproval. I shouldn't be here, I don't like it here, this makes my skin crawl, and not in a good way. From the moment I stepped out of the plane, coming face to face with the wretched private airport that the elite Mephistopheles of Sicily use, a gush of nausea rushed through me. I wanted to throw up so bad but I swallowed it down and tried to grasp some excitement oozing from the girls. Caelum has been sensible enough to keep out of my space, he did notice me jitter since our arrival and asked once, once and he didn't persist when I told him it was nothing. He rented us a house close to a few places considered as tourist attractions. The house is nice, a very large apartment and undoubtedly very expensive and worth the four days Caelum paid for. There's way too many rooms in the house, I've lost Layla playing hide and seek at least twice

CAELUMI lost Aurora.She hadn't called me back in over thirty minutes so I called her, I called and texted her a few times with no response. Her phone went to voicemail and my texts were left on read, despite our understanding earlier. I went outside to call Gianna and ask her if Aurora had arrived but no, she wasn't there either. Her location was off, and that sent me into a bit of a panic. Massimo, our driver was my last hope, yet an afterthought. Massimo said he didn't take Aurora anywhere, but he had seen her walking to the liquor store a few blocks down. He spoke to her, and she barely said a word to him.I suppose she was angry with me because I said I loved her, a conversation I planned for her to hear under different circumstances. I fucked up, I know but she shouldn't be running off in a dangerous city like this one. I drove around the area like a mad man, searching for her and making calls to see if anyone had seen her. I was hell bent on finding her, I was going to spend t

EMELIASince Caelum dragged my best friend with him out of town, I've barely heard from her. He has conclusively stolen her from me, and as much as I hate to admit it, I love to see it. The entire situation is fucked up, Caelum shouldn't be adding her to the mess he calls his marriage but then here we are and I've not seen her this alive until now. I love that she's no longer burying her trauma with wine glasses, Aurora has a new zeal for life, a more spirited zest for life and if Caelum is where this convalescence comes from, so be it.Aurora and I spend an unhealthy amount of time talking to each other, we feed each other about the littlest details of our lives. It's our copying mechanism, one I didn't realize existed until my therapist pointed it out, my therapist being Aurora of course. We were all the other had and learned to be all we needed to hold on to the last twine of sanity left in the hell we resided. She's the first person I awakened eager to see, the first person I woul

AURORAThe conversation with Arabella changed my perspective on a lot of things. Bella isn't rebellious because she wants to be, she's misunderstood and conflicted with her decisions. It made me very emotional and to keep myself from crying, I had to leave her and start customizing my lingerie but she joined me too. I shouldn't be letting a child around it but it's just clothes, and Bella is very thorough and careful, which is important and besides, I could use the help.My mom has called three times since the conversation with Bella in the living room, all three times I've ignored her calls. I did have to tell my friends and sisters not to give mom my address because I don't want her showing up heated to argue with me. I have nearly two hours before I have to go pick Layla up from school, she's to be gone from eight a.m. to three p.m. I thought the hours were extreme for kindergarten but they get a lot of playtime and naps are scheduled too. I'm letting Bella freestyle a piece of her

EMELIALayla's birthday is in two days and I'm tasked with the final planning, well not just me, Olivia, Katherine and Grace are also helping. Aurora isn't present because her sister Liana had her baby boy yesterday. Liana had been very obsessed with Layla throughout her pregnancy and Aurora is so glad it's over any chance she got, she would steal Layla away. I'm happy for Liana, she's been eager for this child since she found out she was five weeks along and she's had the easiest pregnancy. I hope I have an easy one when the time to bear mine and Ryker's children comes along.“So then it's settled right?” Katherine asks, scribbling something onto her tablet. “Princess theme for the girls and superhero for the boys yeah?”I nod my approval, and retreat to analyze the balloon colors. We picked yellow and blue, Layla's favorite colors but we are yet to decide on which shades of blue to include. Layla's birthday is not just a children's event, we the adults like to have our little celebr