ROSALIA's POV---------------"Rose" my father's known voice steadied my quivering nerves. The cloud of my uncertainties cleared away. I have not been wronged. I'm finally free! I saw my dad coming down the stairs towards me. The light was dim but it did not obstacle me from detailing my father's face. He is in his early fifties now. Folds and ridges of ageing have embraced his face beautifully. That could be clearly seen when he came much closer. "How are you, child?" He asked as he used to do back in those days after coming back from the long trips. Frustrated, depressed, stressed, destroyed and broken that's all I had in my mind. "I am fine!" Only these three words I could find to answer back with a feeble smile. "Oh see! My little girl has grown up into an amazing young woman" Dad hugged me, and I hugged him back heartily. "You must be very tired. Let me take you to your room." He said concernedly and took me to a room that was at the corner of that ground floor.
ROSALIA'S POV -------------- So, the first thing I attempted to do after entering the room was to grab my passport. I opened the closet where I had carefully kept my passport but it was not there. I searched thrice .. my passport was not there in the closet. I checked under the mattress, in the other drawers and in every corner of that room. I did not even leave the bathroom cabinets but my passport was nowhere to be seen. Panic hugged over my senses immediately. I hastily reached through the stairs, directly towards Dad's bedroom. He could inquire the maids if they had seen my passport. "e se fosse scappata?" I heard Luca blurting frustratedly when I was about to knock on that bedroom's door. (What if she escaped?) "Mi dispiace davvero, signore" Alice's voice also could be heard from outside. (I am really sorry, sir) The environment inside there sounded heated even though I could not understand the meanings. Sounded like Alice was getting scolded. With no intention to eavesd
ROSALIA's POV -------------- An hour passed by in a flash. And I got another consternation of feelings discovering the time in the wall clock. Whereas the other days I feel extremely sleepy by this time, today I am wide awake with zero sleep in my eyes. I noticed that dinner plate. They always have been insisting me on having food properly. But these simple gestures, words of affection everything appears vile to me now. Also, I always have been doubting how was I sleeping so deep like a dead person. Not taking the risk of having dinner or even water, I flushed the whole food down the toilet along with the juice. I suspect, there was some kind of sleeping drugs in my dinner from the very first day I came here. Otherwise, an over-thinker like me can not sleep so easily in a new place surrounded by these negative vibed people. I put the comforter over my head and pretended to sleep when I heard someone entering the room. Must be Alice or the other maid. That person sounded to co
ROSALIA's POV ---------------- I could not trust my eyes at that moment. "You have no fucking idea how much I want to kill you right now" Daniel seethed in front of me while I was still not able to process his unanticipated presence. He swept me off my feet with a sudden pull towards him. "Corri, se non vuoi che ti svuoti questa pistola nella testa." Daniel bellowed at them making me flinch. There was a gun in his other hand to my horror. (Run if you don't want me to empty this gun in your head) "tu donna avida! ti ho detto di acconsentire più velocemente." That man spat at his woman but they wasted no second in rushing away from there while arguing with each other. (you greedy woman! I told you to agree faster) I was this close to getting in my desired way. Then this had to happen! "Get in the car", He commanded me the next moment, pointing his gun towards a black car behind him. I could not help but shake my head with complete disagreement while attempting to jer
ROSALIA's POV -------------- Instead of the airport or any transportal place, Daniel stopped his car's engine right in front of a tall building that was under construction. I moved my eyeballs upwards but could not see the end of it from inside the car. Within a heartbeat I found Daniel opening the door of my side. "Please just let me go!" I almost cried to him. Why did he bring me here? Perhaps planning to kill me by pushing me off the highest floor. He broke me out of my thoughts by pulling me out of the car instantly. Another similar car was also parked nearby, I noticed. My heart began racing at a rapid pace. That means someone else is also present here! What if it's Kevin? Paying no attention to my continuous pleadings Daniel got us inside the lift of that building and pressed the floor number 12. Eventually, one by one, floors were passing, moving the lift upwards, and my apprehensions were going higher as well. I fear what will I answer to Kevin! I will not be able
ROSALIA's POV ---------------"Did your beloved father not tell you that he is the one responsible for trying to kill you back on that day." Kevin informed. He is not lying. Dad tried to sell me for money. So it won't surprise me that he tried to kill me. But I wanted to know the reason. "Why did he do that?" I questioned. "Simply because you were with me." He answered, looking back at Dad and clenched his jaws in anger. "He was the one who fucking poisoned my mother for money with the help of our enemies, then hid here for years, and now was planning to sell you to them after discovering that you are my wife. I don't think this traitor deserves any less than lifelong lavish torture." Kevin declared with quieted anger. "Not only that, he married again here in Italy, but also before separating from your mother. So that Luca is apparently your father's stepson that means your stepbrother." Daniel spoke from our side. I looked at Dad, whose face had no source of regret in
*warning - sensitive stuff* ROSALIA's POV ---------------- I lowered my hand and brought it closer to my face. Pressing the gun against the side of my head, I asserted, "If you don't let me go, I'll kill myself." I was petrified, pulsating and my heart was hammering against my daring chest in fear. This is a sin that I can never commit. But at that moment, I needed to hold myself strong enough to not portray any of the emotions that were going through my mind. When I looked up, that taken aback, disturbed look could be seen on Kevin's face. My sudden stunt had unexpectedly turned the situation in my favour and caught him off guard. "Rosalia! Have you lost your fucking mind? The safety is not on. It's dangerous. Lower your hand immediately!" Kevin yelled at me. I had no knowledge about this 'safety' thing but it was definitely something that threw him in a position of difficulty. So I did not oblige. Seems like Kevin Knight did not like the taste of his own medicine.
ROSALIA'S POV --------------- Wasting no time, I pressed the button of the ground floor with a shaky finger. "No matter what route you take, Rosalia. Remember that your destination will always be me." These were the last words that rang in my ear before the door closed and the lift started accelerating downwards. I slowly moved my fingers away from the trigger and took my hand down releasing a sigh of relief. This construction area was huge and I could not see the stairs. Maybe the staircases are not yet made or it was there but did not appear in my sight. Whatever it may be it'll take them much more time to reach the ground floor without the lift. Upon arriving at the ground floor, I found some electrical panels on the walls. I kept flipping off whatever circuit breakers I found on them. With the last switch, the power of the ground floor also went out. The lift must have stopped working also due to the power cut. Following the dim lights that were coming from the road