CLEO The past couple of months have been the worst. I have lost a part of my life that was somehow important and I don't know how to get it back. I honestly feel lost; confused and afraid. I feel lost because; I have no recollection of my life before the head injury and being shot in the gut . It feels as if I am swimming aimlessly in an ocean full of Islands but I cannot seem to pick one to swim to ,and stay in until I get rescued. The confusion part comes in terms of being head of the communications department, being the bosses wife to be , and having kids with him . How the jelly beans did I become such a text book case? The part that scares me is never remembering anything at all. This morning I checked out of the hospital and called an uber to take me home. The day before yesterday which was Wednesday; Michelangelo came through to give me my phone, and my apartment keys .He even came with some chocolate cake to try and cheer me up, but I was moody and he picked that up. He lo
Chapter 2 Mad at Cleo and the world Angelo I have never been so angry with myself and at Cleo. It has been the longest three months of my life, and I have tried to be there for her physically and emotionally. I brought her flowers; food ,books and even read to her at some stage, but still she couldn't remember me. I showed her pictures to try and jog her memory; Gio also came through to tell her about cuddles , she was sweet to Gio, and honest but still she didn't remember a thing . I don't understand how someone can just forget to love you , I honestly don't. I tried kissing her and she rebuffed me. The rejection pulled the last straw for me and it was short. She triggered something in me that had been dead for a long time . She brought out a part of me that was beastly and unruly. It resulted in me smashing three vases of flowers against the hospital wall. The fear that set in her eyes when I snapped somehow fueled my rage . It took Brent and the men that were posted outside he
Cleo I was sitting across the table from Marc who looked at me all concerned. He had green eyes and brown hair .He had made me a cup of hot chocolate with and got me a thick slice of chocolate ganache cake. He owned the restaurant across the road from Massa & Stone, but I didn't know he did until he told me he had owned it for three years , and that he hadn't had any reason to be hands on until his ex wanted them to share custody of their child. Their marriage only lasted six months and after the birth of their child she took half of everything except for the restaurant. He started it after they were done with splitting everything. I had taken a sip of the hot chocolate that had a hint of cinnamon and ginger with mini marshmallows. We were sitting at the corner table . Marc was my brothers best friend. We had a connection. I had told him that I couldn't remember the past year; I was a mother to twins, and I was engaged. He told me he had a daughter with Sophia who happens to work a
AngeloSong : Dermot Kennedy - Moments passedI looked at Cleo and placed my palm underneath her chin and kissed her gently . She kissed me back and wrapped her arms around my waist. It felt so good to hold her and not be at war with her . I leaned down and whispered;"I am so sorry Bella."She hugged me and let me go. She looked at me lips swollen and skin flushed. I could tell because her skin tone had changed slightly and I could smell her perfume . She hadn't changed from using ; J'adore by Dior , she also used the blooming range during warmer days . Her stuff was still in our bathroom in both our penthouse and house." It's okay. I get that you are frustrated and hurt. I did say thank you for being with me during recovery. You just wanted things to go back to the way they were and they can't . If I loved you then ; I hope to still love you when a part of me comes back . "I nodded and kissed her forehead. "Okay."" Okay you'll give it time or okay I'm still moody?"I moved away f
Cleo One week later It's been exactly a week since my conversation with Angelo. I didn't know how to feel after the conversation we had last Monday , and going back to mass on a Sunday instead of Saturday felt strange. I had to wrap my head around a lot of things .First of all I wasn't with the girls group at church , all I was told was that I had said; my season with them was over when things got serious between me and Angelo . Oh and little miss sunshine Daphne told me I had changed and stopped being social. I didn't like her because she thrived on gossip back then and by the looks of things , she still does now... I was due back home for Sunday Lunch with my mother and the twins. My mother told me we had guest coming through for lunch and I said ;I'd be on time and bring some desert. The drive was an hour long and I didn't feel like driving. When I returned back home I called a taxi. I fell asleep along the way because of the pain meds I took for my headache made me drowsy. I ha
Angelo Bella mia is back 🌹💗💗 It took almost losing the woman I love, to realize I need her more in my life than she needs me. This has been the most trying week I've ever had. Sunday Lunch with Cleo; her mother,the twins, and my dad went well considering the bomb Cleo dropped. I gave her time and it seemed to work . She came back home with me to the Massa Estate. The twins also came back home with us. Gio was with his real father Bryan. Last night before we went to bed I scheduled a meeting with my dad. He said he would come through in the morning. Cleo wasn't due back until this afternoon. I told her I wanted to do lunch with her and she didn't protest. She gave me a kiss goodbye and left me with a minor case of blue balls. Gianna was officially the twins nannny and she was watching them. They are already a year old and Cleo went out out with Pia so it was an all boys half day today. I was in the nursery playing with Pio when he looked up and said ; papa . I looked at the door,
Cleo It starts with total calmness; peace , serenity and control . When you can't remember some parts of your life it can be a blessing and a curse. The blessing part comes when; you are learning to be a new person on a clean slate , and you get to start over. The curse is not knowing if you can trust the next person. I don't know who is out to get me ; who is following me , who is lying to me or who I'm going to remember next. Then ... then there is what I call a trigger; when that happens there is a ripple effect in your brain something clicks. The effect feels like glass cracking under your feet and you feel like you have nowhere safe to run, the worst that could happen happens and you find yourself in free fall mode, fearful of what's going to happen when you hit the ground . The feeling gets more amplified when you are unsure of what's going to happen next; you ask yourself if you're going to like what you see next, or what in my case am I going to like what I see when I have fl
Angelo Family; friends , tradition , love and passion. Five words that carry so much weight in the way I have lived my life . I am a combination of my mother and father through and through ... except for breaking with tradition. My friends and family mean the world to me. You cannot be my friend and expect me not to treat you like family. I have always been picky but anyone who doesn't know me would say that I am cocky. If you are my friend I treat you like family. I don't have that many but if I pick you ; you should know that I have thought about it intently and weighed all of my options . The last three have been ingrained in me since birth. The first day I laid eyes on Cleo ; was a day I will never forget. I don't know what happens when you fall in love and fall hard, but something in me shifted and as always, the need to possess ,love and cherish always follows. I have been in love before, but the depth wasn't deep enough to scare me. This time ;the depth of how much I love t
Cleo There is always something calming, cleansing, rejuvenating, and healing about water. The ocean has always been a place of refuge for me , besides church. I feel safe cared for and loved . I have also come to the realization that I am engaged to a man, who has past issues he has to deal with. I didn’t understand why Angelo’s mother wouldn’t want him to be happy ,and be with who he wants to be with. Mistakes happen. I also think Blue killing his cousin was an accident. After he told me what he told me I gave him time to calm down. I do know that he didn’t mean to shoot, and kill his mother’s last living relative. I didn’t get what his nightmares were about , but now I do. Lawrence is the guy who keeps on feeding on his fears on a subconscious level. When he finally said what he needed to say and let go I saw a side of him that I knew existed . The sweet caring guy I loved was back and I couldn’t be more happier. The twins just love being with my brother they are happy
Angelo Braxton Hicks… I didn’t know anything about it , until Cleo happened. To be honest when Nina was pregnant with Gio ; I was absent … until the birth and the lie I refused to believe when I was told Giovanni wasn’t mine. I have a fear that has haunted me for years. I wasn’t on edge or “weak” . I used to be strong. Something happened to me and I guess it affected my mother more than it affected me. She has no reason to hate Cleopatra or my kids. I am thankful that Cleo is okay ,and another thing I am thankful for is that I get to spend time with her. I have been working from the resort. If ot means staying with Cleo and the twins in a remote area in the country , that is not even locatable on the gps… then yes I am staying. It was already Wednesday and by this time in the week Cleo is done with everything regarding Client lists and shipments. Even scheduled posts. Last night Daniel and Izzy came through for dinner and the twins loved them . I wanted to tuck in Pio but he
Cleo I don't know what happened one minute I was talking to Blue, and the next it felt like I was in labour. The last time I felt like this was a couple of months before I gave birth . This pain however felt severe . It was sharp and it also had me worried. Daniel was a doctor by profession . When I looked at Angelo he too also looked afraid as I felt. He didn't cry in front of people but he was close to tears . The resort had a hospital inside. It was a thirty minute drive from where we were. I knew the twins were well taken care of. I was worried about our baby. Angelo was in confession mode the whole ride . He told me that he was eves dropping and he was just making sure his ex wouldn't seduce me . On the other hand I was all emotional and I was crying . As soon as we went into the maternity ward a full check up was done. When Dan stepped out to go get my results Angelo came in looking all sorts of worried. He sat beside me and gave me a hug. I hugged him back and took a deep breat
Angelo As a kid I used to love dinner parties; because I used to take alcohol, not steal because I drank with Luigi. We were and still are partners in crime. Even though we fought and still fight , we are two peas in a pod. On Thursday night dinner was awesome. The even had non- alcoholic wine. My shock wasn't as severe as before when I saw Daniel, and spoke to him. He looked like the male version of Cleo who I was still missing so badly . There was another dinner on Friday night and I didn't feel like going . Luigi talked me into going and he even gave me his suit. He was Daniel's half brother . I had to wrap my head around the bomb he dropped and I had only agreed to go to the dinner party , on condition I wasn't going to be left alone, because there was alcohol and my demons were itching to come out and play. The thing addiction is that you can't really get it out of your system . Addiction replaces addiction. When I had a talk with Daniel he asked me ; if Cleo was my drug? After
CleoThis has been the longest two weeks I've ever had. The kids seem to like it here because they fall asleep easily and they stick to their play schedule. Pio and Pia love my brother. When I went over to go fetch them , they didn't want to come back with me to the house . I have already met Romano who told me that I should work for him on a part time basis . I would be doing the same work I did at Massa but with more pay. I could still work for Massa and him at the same time. To be honest this is the first time in a while that; I could hear myself think clearly and feel at peace. I even asked myself if I really wanted to be with Angelo after what we've been through ...On Thursday night there was a dinner party and I didn't feel like going. Izzy convinced me to go to tonight's dinner and I was honestly feeling fat. We went shopping and I found a shift dress that was printed with flowers. The dress was black and the flowers were purple . It looked like the Iris's on the dress were pai
Two weeks laterIt's already October and by now I thought I; Cleo was going to have my last name, and I would make up for messing up with our first pregnancy. She already caught me out when we found out she was three months pregnant , when I indirectly insinuated that she was cheating on me . Even when I knew she would never do what Nina did. I woke up this morning feeling sad. I was now staying with my father and working from home. After Cleo called me I when I was at Carl's , she made sure I was okay and that I wasn't going to do anything stupid. If I was the old me I would have already been with another girl... I can't and I won't disrespect my relationship with Cleo. I love her and I don't want anybody else. Everything I do reminds me of her. She has been calling everyday to make sure I am okay, and keep me in the loop about what's going on with the kids...I even got to talk to Pio and Pia. As far as baby talk goes I am almost getting it. It took a a couple of days to wrap my hea
Cleo was there at the beach house ; but it was an underground tunnel system . As soon as we made it under ground, we came out the other side and there was a speed boat waiting for us . I could still hear gun shots going off in the distance and the only thing that mattered to me was the safety of my unborn baby. I didn’t want to stress or panic . I did as I was told by Daniel and he never left my side not even once . When we finally docked we went into a car and we were driven to a beach house property . The property looked familiar and my perception didn’t fail me. This was a Luca residential area . As soon as I was settled in what looked like a private beach house with ocean views that were breathtakingly beautiful because of the risen full moon I was given some Chai tea by one of the maids and my brother told me that he would be in the beach house next door to mine . I had a fully stocked kitchen with the option of going to the main house for breakfast ; lunch , and dinner and what
Angelo Missing the missing I seriously don't understand anything when things go wrong. For the past couple of months I have been through a lot. My fiancé is missing and I don't know where the hell she is . I want her back home with the kids.I sent a crew over to where we tracked her down and I am still waiting for a response. Fabio told me that he was baffled as to why they left Cleo with accessories on. I was driving inside the estate towards the house. I wanted to see my babies and assure them everything will be okay . When I arrived at the house ; the lights were on and the door looked like it was broken. My initial reaction was to call Carl because I cannot be attacked twice in one day. If you attack anyone I love you attack me and I always fight back and make sure the same thing doesn't happen again. I knew in my heart that Cleo was missing, but before I decide to fight; I needed to make sure that my kids were safe. Gia wasn't picking up her phone when I called on the way back
CleoDANIEL My head feels heavy; my tongue has lost the ability to move , and my voice the ability to speak. I am alive .... Thank God I am alive . I don't feel like I am tied up; but I am in a room that has ;no clock , no light , the air conditioning was on but I felt cold . I slowly opened my eyes and took in my surroundings . I was pretty sure I was kidnapped because Angelo's security isn't this brutal unless it's by instruction from Angelo himself. The shutters on the windows blocked any source of light so it felt like I was in a room that felt like a prison; but didn't seem like one . I really needed to go to the toilet because I needed to pee .With the twins my bump was already showing by the three months and I had nausea throughout my first and second trimester. I already miss my babies and Angelo. I have to find a way out of here .I wasn't tied up ,but the room had a four post bed ... and thank goodness I spotted the bathroom. on my way there I spotted my ring and pendant. I