Chapter 1

LUCYA DOEVEN 

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"Dad are you sure about this decision?" I rolled my eyes at him and gave him a bewildered look. I know his decision could never be wrong, but still I have a doubt. I take the paper from his hand and analyze it attentively. What if this paper is fake? "Are you doubting me, sweetheart?" Dad speak which made me freeze for a second because I've never doubted him before. 

"No dad, I'm not. I know your decision must be right like always." I let out a smile from my lips which made him relax, and he smiled joyously. "Take care of everything when I'm gone" he sounded a little nervous. "Dad you're sounding as if you are going battle war." I said teasingly while placing the papers on the coffee table. 

"Make sure to come back home directly when work is over don't stroll around in the city. If you have any problem call Mr. Damon, he is my colleague." 

"Who is Mr. Damon?" 

"He is in Italy. He can help you in any situation. He is an old friend of mine I will be away, and I can trust Damon by heart."  

"But dad we live in France and you are talking about Italy." I laugh nervously at dad's word. 

"I mean, if you need money or anything just feel free to ask him. He will help you in the honour of a daughter." 

"How can you sound so promising?" I ask him with a half smile. 

"You'll find out at the right time." 

[***] 

1 WEEK LATER 

It has been one week since dad left me all alone in this house. He got a letter from Russia, and he had to leave urgently. It has never been a day when dad had ever left me alone. But I have to manage everything, and he said that he can't promise when he will come back. 

I plunged myself is back to work, I try to focus properly on the meeting which is taking place in this conference room. I am an assistant in the Enormous Empire. I stare at the man sitting in front of me with both his hands on the table. He looks like a serial killer, but he is a businessman, I mean my boss. After the meeting I rush to the cafeteria to grab myself a coffee but by coincidence I met Lea my best friend. I think she is the only reason for my happiness. 

"Hey," she waved at me like a small child. "How was the meeting?" She asked me immediately as she pulled me for a hug. "Good!" I exclaimed, "how is Damien?" She asked me with a little hesitation. 

"He is fine." Damien Enormous our boss who is Lea's boyfriend too. They have been dating for years, and they are the most beautiful couple which I've ever seen. 

"I got to go now, see you in the evening." I rush to my office immediately because a bundle of work was awaiting me. I lost myself into my work for three hours until I realize it was timing for me to leave. 

I immediately rush toward to elevator, and I went to the parking area. I get inside my car, and I drive to my house. Arriving at home, I rush for a shower after the shower, I laid myself on the bed with my eye staring at the ceiling. 

As tears begin to stream down from my eyes when a deep thought hit me. 

I was nineteen when I lost my mother. It has been two years since this incident happened. But that day was more than a nightmare when we were in Russia. I still remember that night when I was sitting on the couch and suddenly a group of mafia broke into the house and threatened dad. They through he was a part of the Russian Mafia, but they were mistaken. While threatening and blackmailing dad they killed my mother. Then after that day my father decided to move out from Russia, we came to France, Laon. Where we have our house, and I have my job. We had settled here since two years ago. But by coincidence I still remember the name which the mafia said before killing my mother, 'Guiller' I only hear this little word, and I have searched it everywhere but I've never found whose name is it. Maybe I didn't hear the whole name! But I will never forgive those people who have destroyed our family. Never.

I kept laying on the bed, when my phone begin to buzz. I check the caller ID, and it's Lea. I instantly picked it, "hello," 

"Guess what?" She said joyfully. 

"What?" I mumble while trying to figure out what she is talking about. 

"We are going to Sicily, Italy." She said with a lot of amusements. 

"Oh really! But why we are going over there?" I questioned her bewilderedly. 

"Damien needs to complete a deal. And he said he would bring both of us along with him." 

"Wow, this is a great news." 

"Are you happy for this?" 

"No, I'm excited" 

"We are going to have a lot of fun, be ready tomorrow we are leaving." She giggled through the phone before hanging up. 

Wow, I could never imagine that one day I would ever go to Italy. That place was a dream for me which now feels like its accomplished now. 

I went to my wardrobe, and I began to take out all my possessions. But I can't find my bags. I think it's on father's room. I walk through the corridor and walked inside my father's bedroom. I open his wardrobe and took out my bag. But a bundle of files falls on the ground. 

"I've never seen those files before." I knelt on the floor and grab the files from the floor. Opening the first page I saw my father's image. While reading forward, I found something more confusing. Wait, what the fuck is this. 

"Why his surname is Trinidad here. He is not Doeven! I swipe all the pages while reading everything in the file. I remain seated on the ground with tears streaming from my eyes, realizing that my whole life was a mess because of the men to whom I assumed as my father was never my biological father, but he was a Mafia. That's mean he was hiding this fact from me, but why? Why he would do something like that. There must be a reason behind it! I should find out. 

Then who is my biological father?