Novels by Kabejja Daphine

Mariana walked in to the grocery store, she can't believe that this late night she's out looking for green apples in her big pajamas.The things she would do for her babies, walking around she reached the right section and smiled.Mariana grabbed as many apples as she can, just seeing them made her mouth watery.She slowly made way towards the cashier, placing everything in front of a tired looking girl who looked up at her.Mariana reached for her wallet to pay but another person beat her to it as he paid. Her eyes widened and she looked up to understand what was going on but then froze.Her heart accelerated in her chest and her eyes widened, her lips trembled and suddenly she burst in to tears.It was too much for her as her body shook with violent sobs, seeing him after seven months seemed too real to be reality."Hey, I never meant to make you cry " M

Marco leaned against the wall and stared at Gaetano who held a firm expression as he hit the punching bag as if wanting it to bleed and beg for his mercy."You must be joking with me bro" he growled in anger while glaring at Marco as he held the punching bag to a stop.Marco shook his head and moved forward grabbing a bottle of water, he screwed the cap and dawned all it's contents in one go."Is there another way to convince you ?" Geatano questioned as he moved forward taking a seat on the bench."No, I am serious about this Gaetano but I will always be around when you need me " Marco replied seating on the bench across him."Does Gianni know ?" Gaetano questioned grabbing his phone as Gianni joined them from the treadmill."To know what?" He questioned sitting down next to Marco."I am retiring from the mafia world, time to do some clean business " Marco replied and Gianni stared at him."Well we can't convince you to stay,

Seven months laterMiami10 : 48 pmMariana looked around her studio and sighed, her eyes moved back to Marco's painting she had just completed.Those brown - gold eyes that held her world, she really missed him.It had been long since she had last seen him and he was in coma by then.She had remained in contact with Gaetano all this time, he kept informing her of his well being.Marco had spent four months in coma and woke up three months ago, even though he kept asking for her she didn't go.She had settled in Miami and created under ground training centers for body guards and assassins, she had bought a house here though it felt empty being here alone but it had become home.Mariana slowly held on to the wall pulling her self up on her feet and breathed out. Her back and shoulders now seriously hurt.She looked up at the wall clock and realised she had spent all her morning hours seated here staring at Marco's po

"What the hell are you doing here ?" A familiar voice yelled at her pulling her out of her thoughts.Mariana wiped her tears and turned towards an angry Rosalie who stood a few inches away from her.Mariana wiped her tears away and looked back at Marco for a few minutes " don't worry am leaving " she whispered.She turned away and faced his family again, Stephanie and Adriana sat in the far corner looking up at her.Rosalie couldn't hold her anger, Mariana wondered where the others had gone but that wasn't something she would mind now.Even though it hurt, she understood there anger. How could she forget that it was all her fault."Am so sorry this happened, it's all my fault " Mariana whispered looking back at Marco."I hope you forgive me one day for putting you in to such a condition, I love you " she whispered to him and wiped another tear.

Mariana turned away from Valente towards the car window she slowly put the tips of her hand in her dress and pulled out the gun carefully.She stared at it before turning towards Valente and raised it at him realising it's safety " Stop the car Valente " She spoke up with confidence.He sighed staring at the front " come on honey we both know you can't..." His words were cut short when she shot his side of the window making him stop the car abruptly as the bullet passed in front of his eyes.She opened the car door and stepped out as he followed out, she didn't want to go back with him.Mariana raised her gun again earning a few screams from the people around as the cars that were on their trail stopped around them.She slowly moved to his side as he closed the car door, this was it the time to end all of this.She looked at Valente and remembered her daughter's smile, Mar

" Don't you think you have done enough, you're the one that attacked us at the hospital that day. You blew up Marco's house and then ordered for his assassination.In all you forgot one thing, I know all the faces of the cobras. I grew up with them and I know all there tactics, just because I had lost my voice doesn't make me stupid "She turned towards the cobras that stood behind Gaetano and Gianni with raised guns" lower your damn guns cobras and untie every single person in this building, let them free " she ordered and Valente's eyes widened."Don't you dare " Valente roared and Mariana shook her head."Your forgetting again Valente, I rule but you are just a husband. You only rule when am not around.Do as I say Cobras " she spoke up and her men did as she said.Letting lose Gaetano strode to where she sat " Mariana " he called and she shook her head."Please take Marco to the hospital " she whispered staring down at the

The red and white candles lit up the darkness of the room slowly creating a mixture of light and dark on the walls that gave away the romantic vibe. Her heart pumped faster in her chest as his fingers came in contact with the skin on her arms sending a shiver down her spine. She stared at him, her hair covering half of her face as his fingers pushed the strap of her red night dress down her arm. "Gaetano " She whispered but he didn't bother looking at her face "Hmm" he replied his hands moving up back to the skin of her neck enticing light sensations within her. She grabbed his face in her small arms making him turn to look directly in her eyes. His blue eyes came in contact with her silver ones that were almost covered by her wild hair. "What is all this about?" She questioned and he looked around at the candles placed on the tables in the room then at her face. "It's just

Her brown fur boots came in contact with tarmac floors below as she stepped out of the car, her heart pumped in her chest as feeling of emptiness filled her heart. Her watery silver eyes looked at every inch of the brown gold painted mansion in front of her.Her home stared back at her, Stephanie and Mia came and stood by her side so was Federico. She took a few steps towards the main door, Every thing seemed okay. Her father's men still stood on duty bowing there heads her way in respect. It appeared that Uncle Franco was doing good in handling the empireEvery thing felt a bit foreign, As she was about to reach the main door it was thrown open making her freeze in her steps. The older man with slightly disorganized wavy dark brown hair and blue hazel eyes stared back at her. Her black jeans bringing out every curve of her lower body tagged along with a beautiful black big Gaetano T-shirt.A smile hinting on her lips as she

Gaetano placed back his phone in his pockets as they approached the giant doors of the main hall where the party was held. He grabbed his gun and realised the safety before pushing the doors open. No one seemed to notice them until three of his men stepped up there guns lifted up and pointed to the crowd.His men stepped out of the shadows with the safety of there guns realised in case any one did something stupid that moment. The party went silent, a few glasses landed on the floor in shock and a few smiles changed in to fear and worry mixed with confusionAveline pushed someone out of the crowd, raising her gun and hit her so hard on the head that she landed on the floor in front of Gaetano. He squat down at her level and grabbed her by her black hair roughly making her look up in his cold blue eyes.As from the beginning his respect for women could never be erased but bitches like her, he never thought twice before blowing their brain

Her heart beat faster in her chest and her hand moved over to her stomach, was she pregnant, is that what he meant. She unbuttoned the lower buttons of Gaetano's shirt and removed it. Her hands held it tightly as she pulled it to her nose then sniffed softly,A smile found it's way on her lips. She placed it on the sink and started to clean up herself.*****The car parked 10Meters away from their destination. Gaetano stared at Gianni as four other cars parked behind his, Aveline continued loading the guns fully that were placed in a big bag that lied on the car carpet in between her legs.Geatano and Gianni opened there car doors to there side and stepped out, Marco did the same and So was Aveline as she pulled the bag out and closed the door then walked over to the side where her bosses were leaning on car.Every one followed getting out of there cars led by Andrea."I found a beautiful princess last night in the mid

He stared at her, by now she wasn't sobbing anymore but looking up at the ceiling though her tears couldn't stop falling down her eyes, it's like she had more to say but didn't know how."Treasure " he whispered and she turned her head in his direction looking direct in his eyes from where he sat staring down at her." why do you call me that?" She whispered and he smirked. To be sincere he didn't expect such a question from her especially at this moment.He leaned closed to her face and without warning he placed his lips on hers, she brought her arms around his neck pulling him to her. He pulled away just not far, her hands were still locked behind his neck.He raised his eyes from her lips to her eyes that held sadness." I was afraid to love again cause all the girls around me no one could fit in my late wife's shoes but you" he placed a kiss on her nose and her eyes closed automatically. He stared at her

His hand was wrapped around her waist as he slept soundly, in the midsts of darkness. Her eyes slowly opened only to come face to face with the darkness. The sound of a heart monitor starting to irritate her with each beep.One thing she hated all her life were needles and seeing that she had a cannula in her hand made her feel like she had to remove it soon or later. Her eyes looked around the room wondering where she was, all she could remember to see last was Gaetano's eyes."Gaetano" she whispered, her throat ached and her voice was more hoarse and rough than usual.A soft snore pulled her attention towards her left and her heart beat increased, Gaetano was sleeping soundly next to her. Having turned her face to the left only there was only a few countable inches from his, Her silver eyes outlined every each of his face and she managed to smile.She brought her face closer then looked up at his closed eye

Chapter FortyAfter three years I was finally stable again in my life. I had heeled completely and well life was moving on, after that day when all I did was shout at Rebecca I managed to calm down for a while and went back to see her.And well though we weren't as close as before we are at least friends once again and all that happened in the past can't be changed.It isn't easy to forgive but I knew that in my way to a better life this had to happen so I would visit her every weekend just to show her that I am still by her if she's really

Chapter Thirty NineAfter waking up I thought that healing would take a long time but to my and my doctor's surprise I was healing at a first pace, chemotherapy didn't thrash me like before and am so glad about it. It could never be easy but I was willing to go through it after seeing everyone I love support me through it all.When Gale died everyone last saw me during his funeral and after that I disappeared from people, I got trapped in my own darkness not realising that my actions made them so worried about me.Though am not sure about who leaked news about am at least happy that every one is here especially mother Pauli

Chapter Thirty Eight" No " I whispered softly shaking my head, I didn't want to do all he was saying

Chapter Thirty SevenI looked up at Gale, my eyes locked with his while my hands tightened around the flower banquet that I was holding."Gale Hilton do you take Amelia Rose to be your lawfully wedded wife, to love and cherish. To respect her as your woman and to stay by her side in richness and poor, in sickness and health until death do you apart ? " Gale turned to look at the magistrate then back at me " Yes I do " he replied with a smile of his own." Amelia Rose Rogers do you take Gale Hilton to be your lawfully wedded husband, to love and cherish. To respect him as your man and to s

Chapter Thirty SixI stared at the beautiful girl in the mirror for the umpteenth time, her dark hair up in a curly burn with tendrils on both sides of her face. Her emerald eyes stood out with the highlight of mascara. They had grey specks in them that sparkled like stars of the night, her lips enchanting with the pink lipstick while her skin was glowing.She was wearing a beautiful white dress that stopped above her knees, its straps sleeveless with a V shape at the front and the back, with a white belt after the V and then a wild skirt.With white

Chapter Thirty FiveI wrapped my arms around myself, with a hiccups. I was used to the darkness but now I

Champagne felt like the world around her was spinning, she shivered like a leaf and if not for the tightening hold on her neck she would have landed to the floor by now.His red eyes made her insides tightened and she felt like every single drop of air in her was being dragged out by something, she wanted to tell him to stop but she couldn't."Ungrateful bitch, I killed a man for you and now you want to leave." Amelia shivered once again and sweat beaded her forehead it was the first time to here Nikolai's voice so cold.But what scared her more were his words, Did Nikolai Thomas?No, she didn't want to believe any of that. The handsome Nikolai that she was starting to like wasn't like that. He was sweet and liked to tease her but the truth was right there in front of her."You owe me a life Champagne do don't even think about living me alone" he added before letting her go.Champagne swayed for a moment, she silently sat back down on

Champagne eyes flattered open, she blinked several times to adjust to the light. She felt the back of her head hurt so badly and moaned softly.Her eyes lids hurt so badly almost bringing tears whenever she tried to look around through this light, she frowned in confusion and tried to sit but was failing so miserably.Champagne could not give up yet but she felt so weak to move, she wanted to have a closer look at this room and wonder where exactly she was.She felt the most painful splitting headache coming on so where memories of what happened back at her apartment, her face blanched and a shiver rushed down her spine.She could clearly remember how Thomas grabbed her by the neck and then slammed in the wall taking her out by only one move, she failed to even save her best friend.Alone tear rushed down her face and Champagne sucked in a heavy breath, she felt like a heavy stone was placed on her heart. She knew very well that losing Sam would ki

"Nikolai what took you long ?" Champagne asked immediately after he came back from the bathrooms, she slowly stood up and looked him up and down but nothing seemed to had changed.Nikolai smiled at her softly, then stepped towards her. She's his and only his right, no one is going to take Champagne away from him."Are you done eating ?" he asked immediately and Champagne nodded, her emerald eyes darting to the empty plate then back to him."That's good now we can leave " he added and Champagne frowned a bit, she didn't know why but something seemed off when she looked at him but she didn't voice it.Champagne watched as he handed the waiter his card to pay for their bill, she collected her purse and soon enough the card was brought back." Let's go " this time round Nikolai didn't ask more and just took her wrist in his hand then led her out of the restaurant, in all this he didn't seem to notice that her eyes were watching him keenly.Champ

Champagne slowly walked into the restaurant, a waitress walked towards her and she gave her best smile.Before Champagne could say anything " This way please " the waitress led her towards a table in the corner, it looked like they had been waiting for her to arrive for a long time.And she didn't mind as long as she didn't have to stand a minute to wait simply because the heels on her feet were starting kill her.Champagne looked around the interior of this French restaurant, the designs seemed ancient but that's all Champagne could guess as she knew nothing about France or it's people.They were five tables on this large floor and each spaced you can't even hear what the people on the next table are saying, Champagne really admired this place. She had worked in worked many restaurants since her parents death but none of them made her feel like this.So elegant and beautiful, her lips curled in to a small smile. Soon they arrived at a table in the

"No.. Sam, this is too short " Champagne whined for the third time in a row gesturing to the red dress she had on.Sam turned away from the wardrobe to her and looked her up and down, Champagne hoped that he would notice her reason for not wanting this dress and let her wear the black one.After a whole day from work and torture she real deserved a relaxing night and hoped that things would go as she wants but with Samantha here playing designer Champagne was starting to think this date was Sam's."No, you look good now put on these shoes they go with it perfectly " Sam stated with a smile and Champagne frowned."This is my date Sam not yours and I want the black dress " Champ added, she didn't know why she had let Sam inside but she did." look baby girl, this dress makes you look more beautiful and sexy and let me tell you Champ no one is beautiful like you in the whole world except me " Sam repli

The dark night couldn't stop Champagne right now, it was really becoming a long night for her.Her feet hurt so badly and she slowly walked towards the park bench in her view and sat down, a yawn escaped her lips as she his with her hand.Samantha turned to look at her with a sigh then walked forward and took a seat next to her.Champagne slowly undid the laces of her wedges and removed them, her feet land on the cold night grass and she slowly sighed."We have searched every single place that she loves in this city but she's no where to be found " Champagne said while placing her head on Samantha's shoulder.Samantha looked down at her and sighed " Try calling her again " She replied and Champagne nodded.Champagne raised her head and took out her phone, she searched for Lilly's number before dialling it and it went through, it rung for while until it stopped and