ANTONIO’S POVThe only thing that keeps me going at this point is my unborn child.I don’t think I would be the same if I ever lost my child.All these years……Finding my sister’s killer all to no results……Living aloneHaving no one to tend to my sorrows and painI struggled and kept it all bottled in till it became my motivation and strength to keep moving.And as it stands now, I have something to live for.To fight for. To die for.Even though it is in the belly of this bitch I took as a wife, I still cherish the life living inside her.My son or my daughter, oh no, I am pretty sure it’s a boy.It has to be a boy.And I would have him succeed me, my empire. Everything I have built shall be his.He shall be the next mafia king. I and Vito would have been long gone dead.Even Vito’s bastard son won’t be able to stand him!My thoughts collapsed right in front of me when I received Miranda’s call.Her shaky voice on the phone got me a bit tensed and all I kept thinking of was how I wo

MIRANDAIf fear was a personality, I would be the perfect body to describe it.My eyes weren't settled as I kept looking everywhere in the hotel room.Eager to take to my heels at the slightest sign of danger.What the heck have I just gotten myself to?Violence left and right.We finally left the prison called a mansion and now we are in this hotel room.I’m left with the instructions to keep quiet and not to make any unnecessary sounds till the end of the day.For God's sake, I have a baby inside of me.How am I supposed to live like this?Someone please explain to me, how?I still haven't gotten the shocking scene of Antonio shooting the man like an animal right in front of me.The scenes replay in my head every time I close my eyes.You just wonder why my eyes are everywhere thenWell, this is the reason.I can't even close them. I can't.What I see in that darkness is terrible and unbearable.Not only the sight of blood.Not only the sight of dead bodiesBut freakishly, memories

MIRANDA“Wake up, Miranda.”“Miranda! Miranda!! Wake up.”I heard a voice call out my name in a sharp tone.The voice came repeatedly in my ears as I struggled to blink my eyes and eventually keep my eyes open.I woke up to the face of Antonio staring at me. His hands were placed on his chin and his face looked pale.“For a strong man that I am, I have to say this you are beginning to scare me.”“For how long will you keep having blackouts? Is this because of the pregnancy?” Antonio asked.I lay there in silence clueless of what to say to Antonio.I was having a migraine. It wasn’t just that. I couldn’t feel my legs. Even my hands became heavy to lift at the time.Antonio’s gaze got me scared.I looked away and around trying to catch a glimpse of where I was.The last thing I remember was me sending that lady attendant out of the room stylishly and avoiding her annoying questions and unnecessary gestures.Then I remember Paulo.His name rang in my head as I recall trying to ignore his

MIRANDA“Ouch!” I grunted at the sight of the needle penetrating my soft skin.“Sorry, Ma'am. You know this would have been avoided if you followed my instructions?” the man who later appeared to be a doctor in my tired eyes, spoke.“Instructions?”What is this man talking about?Some lady attendant who is now magically my driver drove me down here and all he is telling me is that I refuse to follow instructions?Everyone is crazy or I am just the crazier one right now.“Yes, instructions,” he answered in a confident tone.How I wish I could bite his ears off with the gibberish he is saying.I'm not even sure I had seen him before.He doesn't look like the doctor who…..Oh!Oh No!“Mrs. Dante. This is not your first time here. I told you, you have to come for your ante-natal tests.”Oh my.It's the doctor from the other day.The same doctor.How could I not remember himWhat is wrong with me for God's sake?“I'm sorry about that, Doctor. I have a complaint though,” I said.“What's tha

ANTONIOI bang my hand heavily on the wall.Out of anger.I still can't believe my eyes.I should have known.I should have suspected.This is not the first time we were dealing with the Portuguese.So why would they turn on us all of a sudden?Something must have spooked them.It was all Don Vito.He made them act this way.Apparently, he had been dealing with them secretly. I didn't know a thing about it.That was unlike him.He is my godfather and he runs practically all he does by me and I do the same also.Well, except for the fact that I have Miranda in my custody.He must not know about that.The Portuguese definitely didn't like the way things turned out.Don Vito was embezzling and left them out of the share.Now they want to take back everything and take the mafia out of the way.All of these papers prove it.This is a big reveal even for me.Rivera was going to use this to buy her way in or out, whichever way.Perhaps Don Vito knew about this, and that was why he ended her