Climbing out of the car with Giovanni in his arms, Dante looked at him and asked, “Are you excited about today?”Giovanni looked around them and saw the carnival ahead. He was curious as to what was up ahead and nodded his head. “What’s that?”“The carnival, we’re going to spend the day here. Just you and me,” Dante answered.He looked at the guards, saying, “Keep a lookout. I don’t want anything going wrong today.”They bowed to him.He walked off and bought tickets. Looking around, he felt confused. Growing up, he knew another side of life and that was spending money on things you didn’t need and his parents would buy him whatever he wanted. Now he wanted to spend time with his kid, but he didn’t know where to start.Giovanni looked at his confused expression and asked, “What is it?”Dante looked at him, saying, “I don’t know. Where do you want to go?”Giovanni saw the horses in the distance and pointed to the horse carousel. “There. The white one.”He put Giovanni down, who was wig
Opening the door to Gabriele’s hospital room. He stared at him until Gabriele opened his eyes. Walking over to the bed, he asked, “How do you feel?”Gabriele chuckled, but his body hurt. Sitting up, he said, “I’ve seen better days.”He nodded his head. “Daphnee told me that she forced your hand. Why didn’t you tell me?”Gabriele looked at his broken leg, asking, “Would you believe me? All I know is to do what I am told. I didn’t expect for my instruction to turn out like that.”Dante recalled Gabriele’s expression when they walked into the house, and he didn’t seem surprised.“You certainly looked guilty,” he said.Shaking his head, Gabriele said, “It’s because I knew the outcome once I saw the bodies in front of the house. Daphnee, she, overtime I saw the changes in her but I didn’t know it was to this extreme.”Sitting down, Dante thought about his wife thinking, ‘It’s my fault she is like this.’“Why didn’t you report this?” He asked.Gabriele glanced at him, then said, “I had no c
A few months later…Daphnee was sitting at a cafe drinking tea while she watched her children eat cake. Suddenly, a woman approached her and sat down at the table after pulling a chair over. Before Daphnee could open her mouth, the woman placed a hand over hers, saying, “Don’t panic, I don’t mean any harm.”Daphnee looked at the children, then at the woman and asked, “Who are you?”Slipping her wallet on to the table, she said, “I’m special officer Alessia De Luca. My badge is in my wallet.”Daphne didn’t need to open the wallet. “What do you want? I’m here with my children.”Special Officer Alessia looked at the children and said as she started speaking English, “I’m here to talk about your husband. Can you show me a wedding photo?”Daphnee stared at her, “And that has what to do with you?”Daphnee saw the guard approach them but put her hand up, telling him not to come over. Officer Alessia looked behind her at the man and said, “They listen to you. I’m surprised.”“I think you sho
Daphnee was sitting in her office at the club looking through documents when her phone buzzed beside her.Since it wasn’t a phone call, she ignored it. She had no friends, no relatives, and everyone around her was her enemy.She sighed as she drank from the glass of wine. Looking at it, she smirked, ‘To think I’d turn to alcohol after being upright in the beginning.’Looking at the door, she shook her head, ‘I guess this is what happens when you fuck a millionaire. Someone who treats you like shit and gave you children.’‘I shouldn’t have given in to him,’ she thought. Tears formed in her eyes, realising how stupid she was for going against him and accepting all of this.‘How would it have been if I were a prostitute?’ She recalled how life was for them and shook her head. ‘Who am I kidding? I would’ve killed myself if that was how I would turn out.’Taking a break while she finished the wine, she picked up her phone and looked through it. She had a message from a private number.Ope
Raffael walked into the room Dante was having a meeting in. Dante glanced over at him and gave him an ear to speak into.He nodded his head and turned to his guest. “Please excuse me while I take this.”The woman nodded her head.As Dante closed the door he looked at his friend and asked, “What is it?”Raffael sighed. “Dante, you need to be careful. Emilia is targeting Daphnee.”He stared at him for a moment as he thought of Emilia. He wasn’t happy being back in bed with her but he was still a man and he wanted to respect Daphnee as the mother of his children and he wanted to show his men that Daphnee wasn’t his everything–if he could, he’d find a better replacement but Emilia was an easy pick.“What happened?”“I was called and told that Daphnee handed her cellphone over with a link of files. In those files are videos and pictures of you and Emilia being intimate,” he said, handing over his phone with the proof.Dante looked down at it and as he watched the first video, his mind went
Aurora looked at her parents, then looked at her brother and saw that he was frowning. Going back to playing with her food, she felt uncomfortable.They were out eating at one restaurant that they frequented, but their parents weren’t even talking!It was their idea to go out thinking that this outing would get their parents to talk to each other, but who would have guessed that they were just going to eat and ignore each other?“I’m going to the toilet,” Daphne said as she stood up. She looked at her kids and asked, “Wanna come with me?” But they shook their heads in disappointment.After she left, Dante asked, “Why are your lips hanging on the floor?”The twins looked up at their father. Giovanni glared at him asking, “Why aren’t you talking to mommy?”Looking at his son, he wish he had something to say, but he didn’t know why he wasn’t talking to her too?Could it be because they weren’t on good terms right now, or was it because they no longer cared for each other?That couldn’t b
Marco looked at the child in her arms. He looked like her, but then who was the father? Focussing on her, he asked, “Daphnee, how did you get here? We thought you were dead.”Tony behind them knew that this wasn’t a good meeting. But instead of stopping the conversation and making the other person suspect anything, he rushed back to call Dante.He knew that Daphnee wasn’t really Dante’s wife, and she had caused so much problems for the family. That’s why he wasn’t surprised that Giovanni had said that to his mother–it was true.When he walked into the room, Dante was holding Aurora, trying to keep her calm.“Boss, we have a problem.”Dante looked up at him and when he heard what it was, he narrowed his eyes, saying, “Look after her.”Aurora didn’t want to let go of her father, but he stared sternly at her, saying, &
Dante led his wife and Marco to their private room and when they opened the door, Aurora was fighting with Tony. “Aurora,” Dante called her. She looked at him and saw her mother beside him and the man beside her. She suddenly went silent, remembering her manners. Daphnee looked at him with a frown. “Why is she crying?”“I want to go home,” Giovanni said. Daphnee sighed. She forced a smile as she took her son back to the table and picked Aurora up. “You caught us in bad timing.”Marco nodded as he looked at Dante, who sat down beside Giovanni instead of his wife. Looking at Marco, Dante said, “Grab a seat.”Giovanni felt claustrophobic and lowered his head. Daphnee looked at her son, then glared at Dante, saying, “Give him water.”“So Daphnee, how long have you been in Italy?” Marco asked. She glanced at him briefly and said as she focused her attention on Aurora, who had her face hidden, “Well, I’ve been in and out of Italy and Siberia over the past ten years. I only settled on
A few months later…Giovanni and Aurora climbed into the back of a limo. Facing Aleksandr, the twins could tell that something was wrong. Aleksandr looked at Aurora, “Aren’t you going to greet me?”She smirked. “Do you seriously want to do this in front of my brother? You know he doesn’t like you.”“Cut the crap Aleks, why did you call me here? Wouldn’t it be better if it was only Aurora?”“Well, I wouldn’t call you for anything. You know we don’t get along, but I’m doing this for Aurora.”He looked at her and saw that she was confused. “So I know the story and I find it strange that your father doesn’t want to talk about it, so I did my research.”Pulling out an envelope, he handed it to Giovanni.Giovanni took the envelope cautiously and opened it. Aurora placed her hand on his. Her heart was beating incredibly fast, and she was unable to fathom what was on those papers. Looking at her brother, she shook her head. “I thought you didn’t care.”Staring at his sister, he hook his head
Aurora felt guilty from the depths of her soul and heart. She could feel that her brother was staring at her and she didn’t know if she wanted to look at him or dig a hole and die. “Why are you staring at me?” she asked as she finally got the courage to look back at him.To her surprise, Giovanni wore what seemed to be a bored expression on his face. He should be freaked out by this information, but he didn’t seem to be bothered at all. “Why do you look like you don’t care?”“It’s not that I don’t care. You’re just making a big deal about nothing. I already told you that you shouldn’t listen to those girls, but it looks like you’ll jump into a fire if they mentioned it a bunch of times.”Aurora sighed. “It’s not like that. I don’t know why, but it’s like something told me to look into it.”“And what did you get out of it? A broken heart, red eyes and me glaring at you? You even made momma cry with your stupidity! Just because you have the resources to do shit doesn’t always mean that
Aurora walked into the house with heavy steps. Suddenly, it felt like there was a heavy load on her shoulders with all the information she now knew.‘Don’t worry about it. Just forget it,’ Aleksandr told her before he dropped her off, but how could she? I dug my grave. How am I going to face them now? “Oh, you’re here?” Giovanni said as he walked out of the living room, snapping her out of her thoughts. She looked at him and saw that he was typing away on his phone as he walked round shirtless and in green socks. “She’s got presents again for us. You took so damn long. I want to find out what she got us.” Walking up to him, she asked, “Why didn’t you just open yours?”“Did you forget? We always open our shit together. What’s wrong with you? Forgetting your own rules like a damn idiot.”She nodded her head as he walked away, following behind him as she put some distance between them.From head to toe, she looked at her brother. ‘How did I not see it? But how am I going to live witho
“So when are you going to be my girlfriend?” Aleksandr Novikov said as he stared across the table at Aurora, who was picking at her plate of food.Aurora glanced over at him and smiled. They had been going on dates for the past three months, getting to know one another. He was three years older than her and somewhat of a hostage in the Bardi Familia. It wasn’t a secret that Aleksandr had a thing for her. He made sure everyone knew she was untouchable.Pouting, she said, “Aleks, you know I’m not allowed to date.”He reached over the table and moved her plate to the side. Taking her hands in his, he looked into her beautiful hazel orbs saying, “And I want no one but you. I’ve spoken to your father already–”“But has he agreed? I also told you I’d consider it.”He raised a brow and squeezed her hand firmly, minding not to hurt her. “I know what we spoke about.”She smiled weakly with a shake of her head.“So tell me, what’s bothering you?”Aurora stared at him, and immediately her eyes
Ten years laterAurora stormed into the living room where fifteen-year-old Giovanni was lying on the floor eating popcorn.He looked over at his sister and saw that her eyes were red, her cheeks were swollen, and so was the skin under her eyes.He quickly sat up, asking, “Who should I kill?”She shoved her bag on the floor and walked up to him. She sat down in front of him. “Why don’t we look the same?”“What?”“Isabella said we don’t look like twins,” she said as she broke out in tears. She had been crying for so long already that her eyes were burning, but the tears just wouldn’t stop.Her heart was broken and if what they were saying was the truth–what was she going to do?He shook his head, annoyed. “Why do you still hang out with those idiots? All they do is bad mouth you when an opportunity arises and make you spend money.”“That is not the point!” She took out her phone and went to the gallery and showed a picture to him saying, “Giovanni, you look so much like daddy and I do t
Giovanni was sitting on the staircase watching his mother walk, or you could say waddle up and down the steps. Her stomach had grown over the months, but the relationship between his parents was dour.His father was home every day. He made sure to give them enough attention too but just wished things would go back to the way it was before he met his father but then again; he liked his father too.“You’re making me dizzy.”She stopped next to him and glared. “No one told you to watch me!”“I missed you,” he said.Daphnee chuckled, “You’re supposed to pay attention at school, not miss me.”Giovanni rolled his eyes. “Whatever mommy.”“Where’s your sister?” She asked.He groaned inwardly, “I left her in the playroom, she talks too much.”Daphne chuckled. She worried about him, especially the relationships between Giovanni and his father and him and his sister.Dante had told her he saw what happened that night and for about two months, his relationship with Aurora wasn’t good. They suspec
“What do you mean?”Daphne chuckled. Rolling her eyes, she walked towards her with the sound of heels clicking against the cream tiles. Backing Emelia into a corner, between a cupboard and pillar, she said, “So, there was this woman, and she decided she was going to kidnap my dear husband and take care of him in her own way. So, I killed her.”Emelia’s eyes widened. She recalled the chaos that occurred many years ago and, come to think of it, but the details, “An, Angelica–you killed Angelica?”Daphnee nodded her head slowly with a calming yet canning smile, “I did and I don’t regret it. She played so much in getting me to where I am today, but you—”Emelia pushed her away. “Oh, don’t lie. I know all about you. You killed all those men a few months ago, and that’s why Dante’s here with me. Thanks to you, I am going to b
Daphnee wiped the edges of her mouth as she came up from the toilet—disgusted and nauseous. Walking to the sink, she stared at herself in the mirror—glaring, not at herself but at the future awaiting her.Her gaze slid down to the pregnancy test tube she had just took ten minutes ago. She recalled how Dante man handled her a few weeks ago.Since that night, he didn’t show his face–never even called.The children asked about him and all the lies she spoke. She was slowly starting to believe, living in delusion.Wiping her mouth, she left the bathroom, throwing the test tube in the bin at the corner of her desk.Sitting down behind the desk, she leaned against the chair and closed her eyes as she rubbed her stomach, thinking about the little rat growing inside her womb.Her week had been miserable. She even lashed out at her children for wanting her attention
“Are they going to be okay?” Dante asked her as he watched Daphnee stroke Aurora’s hair. They ended up laying the children down on their bed because they didn’t want to leave Daphnee’s side. She gazed over at him contemplatively, asking, “What happened between the three of you?”His nostrils flared up as he took in a deep breath, recalling what the conversation was about. Rubbing his nose as he paced around the room taking off the clothes, he said, “They can tell that things aren’t okay between us. Aurora said they wanted to go out together as a family, hoping we would make up.”Daphnee raised a brow. She looked down at her children and sighed. She tried her best to not make it obvious that things weren’t well between them, but how was it possible when she herself wanted nothing to do with Dante and he–all he knew was not to come home. “Are you staying or leaving?”“Leaving,” he answered and froze. Turning to Daphnee, he looked at the children and realised that it was because he a