Chapter 56 Encounter With My Father

Maria Victoria had felt hate before. Times were growing up where she hated her father with a fiery passion. Her mother had always told her it was a wasted emotion. That the only person she was hurting was herself. To hate someone wasn’t a good feeling to have.

Nicole had never hated anyone, not even Dante. She had forgiven him and made peace with it all, but she would never forget.

“How does that help? You’re still here and he’s still there.”

“But I’m happy, Maria Victoria. Can’t you see that? I’ve got you? He doesn’t have me, and he doesn’t have you. I can’t hate him.”

Maria Victoria had never understood what her mother was talking about, not until that moment. Nibbling her lip, she looked at Fernando Giordano, and she hated him. His words were cold and cruel, but she realized he was right. The past twenty-four hours, she’d given up. The dress she wore, though beautiful, wasn’t one she would choose.

If she allowed Fernando Giordano to have his way, she’d lose everything her mother ha