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“You know why, Giovanni. He would never have given up on Elenora. And I would have been backed into a corner seeing as you fucked up the first deal so royally. So I had no choice.”
“But you were happy to hand her over,” I growled, the anger returning at the thought of my little sister going to live with that family. With those men. “What changed?” I glanced over at mamma accusingly, knowing she had something to do with his sudden change of mindset.
The look my uncle gave mamma made my blood run cold. “Cecilia, do you want to tell him or shall I?”
Mamma’s eyes widened as she fiddled with her fingers on her lap. She looked so small and vulnerable suddenly and I stood up straight. “Mamma? What is going on?”
“I- Sal and I are going to be together now.”
I froze. What did she just say? My eyes roamed her face to my zio’s who looked like the cat that got the fucking cream. “What?”
“You heard her, Giovanni. Your mamma and I are in love and we will be getting married.”
Even mamma’s head snapped up in surprise at his words. I couldn’t believe this. This had to be some kind of sick joke.
“We will all be a proper family now. Like we always should have been,” Sal said as he smiled at mamma, who looked like she wanted to cry or run away.
I snapped. “This is a joke, right? You are fucking with me? You can’t be serious?”
Sal stood up quickly, his eyes darkening with fury. “I am deadly serious Giovanni, so calm the fuck down.”
“You are my uncle! She was married to your brother! What the fuck is going on?” I bellowed as mamma flinched in her chair and Liv gripped my bicep in an attempt to calm me, but I was too far gone.
No one spoke for a few moments, and I held my uncle’s stern gaze in challenge. “That is not entirely true, Giovanni.”
“Sal… no! Please don’t,” mamma whimpered as the tears started rolling down her face.
“He deserves to know the truth, CeCe.”
“Know what?!”
“Non sono tuo zio. Sono tuo papi. (I am not your uncle. I am your father.)”
The ground crumbled from beneath my feet.
Past Mistakes
Cecilia
“Gio!” I cried as the look of complete shock and betrayal engraved into every one of his handsome features.
“Is it true?” he hissed, stepping towards me.
“I- I don’t know. It might be. Gio, I am so sorry! Please let me expl-“
“You have had 29 years to explain!!” He erupted, his nostrils flaring and eyes burning with so much hurt as he glared down at me. He fled from the room and Liv gave me a sympathetic look before she ran out after him.
Turning my attention to the man that had just ruined my life, I glared at him with every ounce of hatred my body possessed.
“How dare you! How dare you do that to him! To me!” I screamed, standing up from the chair to run from him. I couldn’t be anywhere near this man right now.
He slammed his hand on the door before I could get to it and blocked me in. “It is time he knew, Cecilia. Now we are going to be together, he had a right to know.”
“No! I don’t even know if you are his father, Salvatore! How could you do that?”
“He is my son! I have known it from the moment I laid eyes on him. I am sorry it had to come out the way it did, but you could have changed all of this a long time ago! I am sick and tired of waiting, Cecilia. You are mine now and Giovanni is my heir. I will give you some space to calm down, but then I will send for you. You will be moving in with me and we will be married by the end of the week.”
He opened the door swiftly and made his way down the stairs where Toni was waiting for him in the lobby. I raced to my bedroom and locked the door before falling to my knees in despair. I don’t know how long I stayed there, curled in a ball on the floor, sobbing. But when the tears had dried up and emptiness took hold, I pulled myself up and walked into the bathroom. Holding up my fragile body by placing my hands either side of the sink, I stared at the reflection of a broken and defeated woman. I had no strength left in my bones; no tears left to cry.
