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13. Amaya
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The Chosen Bride 14. Amaya
"Well, you'll know what you're doing, but having a child..." I shook my head at his audacity, his boldness, for abandoning him when I had been a child born out of wedlock. "I know very well what loyalty to the woman we share our bed with, the one who sleeps by our side for us to protect, entails. Our laws and customs prepared me for it, how we handle the details, frankly, dear father-in-law, is not entirely your concern." Wow. It was the second time he disarmed him. Hiroshi had no moral ground to say anything, question him, or reproach him. In the entire context, I didn't know what he was referring to, but I was pleased that he said something capable of freezing the illustrious oyabun of the Yakuza. "Very well..." "Can you leave us alone to talk? We were discussing the details of our agreement," the Camorra boss requested, and my father frowned at me. "Go, if anything happens, I'll kick him where it hurts," I said, making Alessio laugh genuinely, for the first time since I had
The Chosen Bride 15. Alessio
The look the girl gave me was one of complete bewilderment. "But..." "It's a warning, and as I told you, I don't like to repeat myself. The wedding will take place in two weeks, enough time for you to get your things in order before moving," I offered, but she stared at me as if I had given her the greatest insult. "You can't be telling me this..." "I've already told you, and how you interpret it doesn't change anything, Amaya. You will be my wife in two weeks, what happens after that will be of little consequence, but I'm giving you enough time to adjust whatever you need to. In other times, I would have taken you with me as soon as possible, and this discussion would have ended," I pointed out. "It's just that the fact that you think this is a type of discussion says a lot about the way you approach a merely informative conversation," she accused, and I liked seeing fire in her eyes. "It's a discussion in which I win." "Like all the ones you have?" "Well, I see you're not sl
The Chosen Bride 16. Alessio
"I'll ask him in a different way, show him that I'm genuinely interested in my future wife; that will make him cooperate." "Between us... from one best friend to another; I don't think it's good to lie to him or get her hopes up too much. Gemma, despite what she went through, is a believer in opportunities. You have to be careful not to insult her intelligence; otherwise, she'll cut our heads off, impale them in some port, and take over the city," he said humorously. I would never do the latter, but I could completely side with Amaya. "I'm just counting on the fact that the fact that my fiancée is a newcomer to the mafia life will soften her heart to help her prepare," I pointed out. "Well, let's see how it all ends..." That's what I was hoping for. We arrived in Las Vegas quickly, I had organized a nice lunch with my sister, and I patiently waited for her to arrive from the airport. When she saw me, she ran up to me; I was the only man she allowed to touch her. After the trauma
The Chosen Bride 17. Amaya
Waking up in my father's family house after what was supposed to be a presentation dinner but turned into an engagement dinner was not how I would have ever wanted to spend a Saturday morning. It took me a while to fall asleep, perhaps too long, due to all the information bombarding my brain, but I became aware that nothing I did would change the course of my life; I had nothing left to do but cry. I needed to vent, but it wasn't the best moment, let alone the best place. My sisters made it clear to me when I arrived at the family breakfast, a breakfast where Hiro was the only one who smiled at me and gestured for me to sit beside him, while my father had not yet returned from whatever he was doing. "Crying causes dark circles, wrinkles your face, and weakens the nervous system, making you look like a child," mentioned my exuberant sister Ima. "But I suppose your education isn't based on the kind of strength required... What a shame." Then all three of them laughed with amusement,
The Chosen Bride 18. Amaya
Returning to Berkeley to gather my things, as well as making arrangements to complete my remote study plan, truly killed me. Mostly because of all the freedom, anecdotes, and good moments I had experienced there. Unlike the Yakuza men my father had assigned to watch over me, it was the men from my future husband who handed me tissues when it became impossible to hold back the tears. The first of them was to cancel the housing contract. Saying goodbye to the building was terrible because it had been my home for the past four years. It was where I had started to come out of my shell, to bloom, to feel completely like myself, to grow as a social being. Although I wasn't much of one. "Andrà tutto bene, signorina," Octavio, a man who could be my father, said. "Grazie." After that, I had to go directly to each of my professors. They all lamented my departure, especially Dr. Craston, a handsome man in his forties who was the sensation among my classmates and the best in morphology I knew
The Chosen Bride 19. Amaya
They all exchanged glances in response to unspoken questions, and I could only sigh, tired of all the emotional turmoil that came with talking to my mother, maintaining that posture. It wasn't fair, so that's why I looked at one of my father's men and said: "Bring her here, and get some coffee and donuts for all of us, please." He nodded to the other bodyguard while everyone helped me sort, organize, and select the right gifts for the children. They didn't take more than twenty minutes to return, so when my mother entered and saw everything I had in my hands, she couldn't help but smile. "Is this for the library kids?" "Yes, it's for those kids... They need some light, and since they won't have their teacher anymore, I want to say goodbye in a nice way and leave them with tools that will help in their education," I pointed out without looking her in the eyes. "What do you want to talk about?" "Well, I see your father's influence is firmly established, but I would like to speak p
The Chosen Bride 20. Amaya
"You would never think of killing that man; you love him with a passion that I will never understand, so your annoyance won't change anything..." "Do you think I would be calm knowing that my only daughter is going to marry a man she doesn't even know?" she asked me in pain. "I'm not telling you to be calm or not, I'm telling you it's a total waste of time because the situation won't change," I retorted. "My father will tell you something that will placate you, and that will be the end of the problem. So, no, all this display of love that I don't need right now is unnecessary." "But, daughter..." "Mother, I won't have a normal life; it's going to change, and I'll have to give up many of my dreams for the protection they seek," I told her. "And I don't blame you, really, I don't, but all these decisions are the result of choices you and my father made. The fact that you accept being with him after so many years, knowing he lied to you and understanding that he's a married man with
The Chosen Bride 21. Amaya
"How is it that...?" "Those men have to report to me, especially if it involves your security. You're my fiancée, so you should be more than safe... no one, not even I, no matter how archaic and stringent the traditions may be, has the right to touch you. Never, so don't forget it."That reminder was good for me, more than excellent, because to some extent, it told me I could feel safe with him. But from there to it being a tangible reality, there was a long way to go."Thank you for the clarification," I told him, “But I resolved the situation completely, and by now, the boy should have faced disciplinary measures, problems to deal with.""He probably does...""Well, I...," I didn't even know what to say, honestly. We had no conversational topics, which made me furrow my brow, imagining what our interactions would be like."Rest, Amaya, I'll fall asleep with one of the readings you mentioned," he informed me, and I stopped him, curiosity piqued."You recommended Delta of Venus by Ana
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The Chosen Bride Epilogue II
That was what I loved about her, so when the cake came, she got up she took our princeessa. We sang happy birthday in all three languages, we laughed at everything and even encouraged her to dream of a wish, to believe in the future, in what was to come, so I carried her and with all the love in the world I said:“Juliana, you are the most beautiful thing in the world, the most sacred thing I have, and I promise you that I will take care of you, love you and encourage you throughout my life, in the greatest possible way, so that you can be whatever you want, realize your dreams and become the most special person in this world” dije entre lágrimas y eso la hizo abrazarme con fuerza.He loved her more than anything, all of them.We finished the evening and after dealing with a lot of games, we put the kids to bed and Hani said he would keep an eye on them to make sure everything was okay, so we could have that night of escape we needed. One that served to give me a surprise to the very
The Chosen Bride Epilogue I
Surviving a gunshot wound to the damn liver had to be some sort of Guinness World Record or something, what I did know was that I was grateful to God for all the good things He gave me after that. Watching my wife suffer was the worst feeling, so I didn't want to see him, so I swore he would be the best husband, the best person I could be.The process was painful, but it was worth every damn sacrifice to get to the best point of all, to have my family reunited, happy and without wars in between, only peace and happiness, we deserved it more than anything in the world.How do we reach them?Ima was arrested by the FBI, Nyoko could not carry the blame, but the fact of being killed by her own daughter must mean something, it must mean something beyond the nefarious part die, something that undoubtedly did not wish my worst enemy, however, the world was the world, Life was life and the twists of fate could put everything in place.Together with the FBI we dissolved the corrupt clan of the
The Chosen Bride 144. Amaya
"No... You just used me," I accused him with anger welling up in every bit of my system, "I was just one more transaction for your revenge and now, if I'm pregnant... I have to live this pregnancy in the middle of a disaster, in the middle of stress, in the middle of the constant fear that my baby will be known to be a target," I told her with a cascade of tears rolling down my eyes. Nothing is right, I didn't want to bring a child into the world in these conditions, I didn't want to have a child with you, I didn't want to...I alone could not take it anymore and the accumulated, the stress, the compendio collapsed me to a level that I fell on the floor and I started crying long and straight. He, against my will, bent down to box me into his arms, in an attempt to give me a comfort that I was late and that he was torturing me in a way far worse than everything else."I'm going to protect you; I'm going to protect them."I hate you," I said in response to his empty promise despite bein
The Chosen Bride 143. Amaya
Two full days passed before my brother came to bring me news about what was happening. After seeing what happened to the Russians, I couldn't help but feel completely out of sorts, deeply concerned, and imagining the great disaster that had occurred after the Russians."Father had a heart attack," he said, and I felt like my heart was going to stop. "He's stable, but he needed open-heart surgery because he had valve complications.""Oh, my gods, he...""He didn't send you to be killed with Paola," he admitted, and I felt immense relief and shame simultaneously. "Believe it or not, you are that man's greatest treasure, so much so that it seems like he doesn't care about us.""I...""Our father loves you, and he tried to do something to win your mother back because she left him," he continued sharply, and I felt like the world was spinning, the puzzle pieces scattered randomly on the table. "Pamela left him; she told me during a moment when she felt terrible and drank like she hadn't in
The Chosen Bride 142. Alessio
"What the hell is that about?" My father-in-law asked when he saw his daughter.He saw me and realized my surprise, then he looked at Dante who saw him with a frown, totally annoyed to the point of losing his patience completely, as if more than rage in anger, he was at a point of complete pain, of total anger with which he did not want to deal, but which touched him given the events.In these meetings they made agreements in which they arranged several, things and unfortunately only they have the knowledge of what they did, but it is obvious that the Yakuza had direct or indirect participation with it.—Kore wa fukanōdesu, machigai ga aru ni chigai arimasen..."I'm afraid there isn't Hiroshi, your daughter has a hand in this, but only they can answer us," Dante said earnestly. We want to know exactly what they collaborated on and where the girls who were moving along the routes came from.The Chechens drew their weapons on the spot, that made all the rest of us draw ours in response,
The Chosen Bride 141. Alessio
"You're not going to get away with this. You've done the worst to keep her safe, and you've exposed her in the worst way possible," I snapped angrily. "But you'll have to deal with it; you'll have to face the damn consequences of your actions.""I won't be the only one. I'll make you pay for everything, absolutely everything, and there won't be a trace of you left to bury," I threatened, and she easily broke free from me.She pushed me away and positioned herself to leave as if nothing had happened. When I walked out minutes later, the mafia bosses were gathered to make a toast, the cream of the underworld, people who did very bad things for their own benefit, people who needed to be reminded of the rules so they wouldn't dare to go against a foundation that provided us with certain advantages. Dante was a fair man, but very deadly, so being on his bad side was not a good thing, not at all, and that was why everyone pretended to be calm."Welcome, everyone, to this charity gala, a gat
The Chosen Bride 140. Amaya
"Everything will be fine," said my brother, and I didn't believe it, not for a measly second.Things would no longer be the same, the world would never be the same, I would end up swallowed, hurt, desperate and with my heart on the surface, with my fist holding my perennial anger. Betrayal tasted acidic, betrayal tasted bad, and everything was at such a pathetic point that I just wanted to hide forever and never come back, never see anyone again, never feel anything again.*****I was in a house on Long Island when night came. Surprisingly, my brother was very good at hiding people, information and so on, he didn't say much when I told him what I heard, the fact that my husband had used me as cattle for breeding, that my Dai hinted that my father had me killed, as well as the will.He just listened very patiently before sighing deeply and telling me:"The best thing is that you sleep, tomorrow I will bring you something for the discomfort and pregnancy tests to be sure that what happe
The Chosen Bride 139. Amaya
"The Russian's wife is very warm, while the Chechen's daughters are troublesome," Alissa told us, and Gemma and I nodded. "The men are much more careful, more respectful, but the thing here is that if they think you're giving them the slightest opening, they'll want to try their luck. That's what led Dante to break one of the Chechens' hands, and since then, they are forbidden to come within five meters of me.""That doesn't sound good at all," I said with some concern. "But I'll play dumb to see what I can pick up. People tend to talk a lot when they think you don't understand them."And that was a truth I had unfortunately experienced firsthand, a truth that had made things a bit awkward at times in my life, like the time I caught the Spanish teacher calling us idiots, or the time an old Karate instructor unabashedly called us pieces of pig crap.When I told my father about it, he pulled me out of that Dojo, and three weeks later, they closed it down for something I had no idea abou
The Chosen Bride 138. Alessio
"I think my sister disappeared because it was a highlight, I have the feeling that something discovered and something to say to my father to ask for help, they were going to make big changes and decided to kill us all, but luckily neither I nor Gemma were there," I said tiredly. They wanted to eliminate us, and since I'm a nuisance, they're messing with everything, what doesn't fit me at all is how those mafias that were previously our friends with the Yakuza related to that picturesque story of man and woman... It's too much."From what your brother discovered, something heavy, something completely large that caused a stir with everything," Dante said. And... I think I have an idea of how it could have happened.I frowned, then he pulled out a lot of folders that the damn FBI provided, folders that he used against us without going over the line. He opened the folder and handed me some pictures of a place: Venus."This was a center of domination and submission attended by many people
