Nightfall dawned on the sky when Gerald opened his heavy eyes. Through the blurry vision, he realized that he didn’t wear his suit anymore, just sleepwear. He had been asleep for quite some time now, thanks to the injected medication the doctor gave to him. He remembered what happened before this. His chest was in torturous pain until Harold carried him into his room, and the doctor gave him something to ease the pain. His weary eyes searched for someone that was there before the doctor came.
“Virginia … ”Michelle, who was half asleep beside her father, quickly woke up. The joy in her heart was indescribable upon seeing the sickly man now had woken up. The teenage daughter hurriedly held his hand. “Dad? It’s me, Michelle. Thank God you’re awake now.”“Where’s my wife Virginia …?” he asked, ignoring the fact that his daughter had been there all along. He pushed the covers aside and tried to get out of bed. “Who changes my clothes?”“What do you need, Dad? Let me do it for you,” insisted the daughter, “the doctor says you need to rest, don't force yourself to sit, Dad. It’s Cedric that changed your clothes.”“No, I need Virginia, Michelle … ” he said after coughing heavily. “Where is she? Why she isn’t there?”Realizing that his father didn’t want anything with her, Michelle grumbled and frowned. The joy that filled her heart was gone now, replaced by bitter feelings toward that one woman named Virginia. She faked a smile before letting go of her hand and saying, “I’ll call her, Dad. just wait there.”She walked out of Gerald’s room and looked around, searching for a woman she deeply despised. Michelle’s eyes caught a glimpse of a woman dressed in a white gown who was slightly messy, hugging her knees at the hallway’s end. She clicked her tongue in annoyance and stomped her feet closer to that woman.“Hey. My Dad’s looking for you,” she muttered, without even glancing at Virginia, and made the grieved woman’s eyes widen.“H-he did? Is he awake now?” asked Virginia who immediately stood up and wiped her tears.“Obviously, duh.” Michelle rolled her eyes in annoyance hearing her stepmother’s answer. “You’re not the brightest bulb, are you?”Virginia didn’t say a word, trying to ignore the insult given by that teenage girl who was pestering her by bumping into her intentionally on the way to Gerald’s room. Just before her hands reached the doorknob, Michelle called her one more time."Hey, my Dad suffers because of you.” Michelle glared as she pointed her fingers at Virginia. “If you make him sick again, I won’t be sorry if something bad happens to you. You got it?”The threatening message made Virginia’s thoughts foggy again. She knew Gerald’s condition wasn’t her fault at all, but she had no other choice besides nodding in agreement toward Michelle. She swung the door open and went in.“Gerald?” Virginia flicked the switch on, allowing the chandelier to lighten her husband’s room. Her eyes quickly darted toward him who was lying in bed, still looking pale but slightly better than before. A relieved sigh escaped from the woman’s mouth as she quickly threw herself into Gerald’s arms.“I’m glad you’re all right,” she whispered and held her husband’s hand.“I’m sorry, Virginia … ” Gerald spoke out of the blue, “tonight should be that time we spend together as a husband and wife, but I fell sick and ruined our wedding. It supposed to be an intimate moment, you know?”The woman’s heart touched when she heard Gerald’s apology. It seemed every single family member blamed Virginia for his deteriorating health, but Gerald showed something different. He asked for his new wife’s forgiveness for something that accidentally happened out of anyone’s control.“No, Gerald. It’s all right,” replied Virginia with a warm smile, trying to hide the feelings she had. “We still have that time together. After all, do you remember what we said during the wedding vows? That we’ll take care of each other during good and bad times when we're healthy or sick.”He coughed a bit before Virginia helped him to drink a glass of water. After taking a few sips, he let out a sigh and leaned on the bed’s headboard. Virginia continued speaking, “I’ll do my best to take care of you, Gerald. Promise me you’ll get healthy again.”“I promise, my love … ”The husband nodded and held Virginia’s hand, tracing the diamond ring circled her ring finger. Gerald realized that this woman had become his legal wife, so all Virginia said about her duty to take care of him was right. He lifted her hand before planting a kiss on the back of her palm.“Virginia … can you get me some food?” he asked.That woman smiled and responded, “Sure. Wait for me, okay?”She walked out of Gerald’s room and went downstairs to the kitchen. She saw Susan was there, chatting with the other servants. Virginia went and chimed into the conversation.“Hi, Lady Virginia!” Susan turned around and realized the bride’s presence in the kitchen, “can we help you?”“Hi, do we have something soft like porridge for Sir Gerald?” she asked.“Oh, he’s awake now?” one of the servants went enthusiastic hearing the news.Virginia nodded and answered, “Thankfully, yes. He’s all right, but he needs to eat before taking his medication.”“Let me see.” Susan headed to the pantry and looked for something there. She exclaimed in joy, “A-ha, luckily we still have some of these. Please wait, Miss Virginia!”Susan was quite busy at the pantry cooking something simple yet nutritious for Gerald, her master. Once she went back to Virginia, her hand carried a silver tray containing a bowl of vegetable and chicken soup.“Voila!” smiled Susan proudly before saying, “Let me help carry this for Sir Gerald.”“You don’t have to, Susan. I can take this by myself,” Virginia refused gently.“No, I wanted to see his condition as well,” insisted the maid.Virginia chuckled before agreeing to what Susan wanted. The two then went upstairs and began to chat as they walked down the hallway.“Susan, I can’t thank you enough for your kindness toward me,” spoke Virginia as she held her hand together. “Besides Sir Gerald and Harold, you are also the one that cares about me.”“No need to bother with that, Lady,” replied Susan as she carried the tray. “Sorry if my question is presumptuous, but are other members of Sir Gerald's family acting indifferent to you?”The new wife sighed as she hung her head. “Sometimes I feel like their eyes gaze angrily at me, especially Lusiana and Michelle. It feels like they want to get rid of me for being an outsider and causing Sir Gerald to fall sick.”Susan’s pupils dilated upon finding out the truth. She cleared her throat in response and said, “I’m terribly sorry to hear about that, Lady Virginia. As far as I know, Michelle was so close to her late mother. It must be difficult for her to accept that her father remarries someone who was far younger, even only two years older than his firstborn son Cedric.”“I guess she just needs time to adjust,” continued Susan as they turned to the left and stopped at the biggest room in the mansion, Gerald’s room. “I hope you can make it through the hard time here, Lady.”Virginia nodded and replied, “It’s reassuring to hear your consolation, Susan. Thank you.”The Lady then swung the door open, then headed toward the bed where Gerald was waiting for her. She smiled shyly as she carried the bowl. “Here’s your food, Gerald. Susan made you a vegetable and chicken soup.”“I hope you get well soon, Sir,” Susan bowed down politely before leaving the newlywed couple alone.After Susan’s footsteps faded into the hallway, Virginia took a spoonful of the soup. She blew it lightly to lessen the heat before feeding it to her husband. “How was it, my dear?” asked Virginia apprehensively.“It’s delicious as always,” responded Gerald, “Susan always knows my favorite food.”Virginia smiled in relief as she feed him more. Surprisingly, Gerald finished all of the soup until there was nothing left. Virginia put the bowl aside on the bedside table and searched for her husband’s medication. She had a glass-bottled package with some pills in her hand, then popped the lid up and got two of the pills on her other palms.“Here’s your medicine,” said Virginia as she handed the pills to Gerald. The man swallowed the round pills that the doctor prescribed before flushing all of them with water. Gerald sighed in relief as he leaned back.“Thank you, Virginia,” said Gerald.Virginia nodded as her eyes peered at the grandfather clock in the mafia boss’ room. It was past 9, she knew that Gerald needed to rest, and so did she. The woman stood up and made Gerald raise his eyebrows.“Where are you going?” he asked.“Uh, I’m going back to my room,“ she responded, still slightly in fear.“No, Virginia.” Gerald shook his head in disagreement, “You’re my wife now, we should be sleeping together.”The woman gulped down, realizing that Gerald was right. Not wanting to disobey him, she nodded and said, “Let me change my clothes first, Gerald.”Her husband agreed and let Virginia go back to her room since all of her clothes were still there. Not so long after that, the woman went back to Gerald, wearing a satin robe with lingerie underneath. The man smiled from his bed at the sight of her. Gerald waved his hand and called her gently.“Come here, Virginia. Lock the door first.”Her heart raced, knowing that this could be the moment she shared a deeper intimacy with Gerald, a mafia boss that she had just recently married. Virginia walked closer, then put herself close to Gerald. The man cuddled her and sniffed her dark hair before caressing them tenderly.“Now that we’re already a legal couple, I want to do it with you.” Gerald leaned on her and whispered in Virginia’s ear.Virginia understood what her husband meant immediately, but a slight fear rose from her heart. She asked, “Are you sure about that, Gerald? I mean, you’re not fully recovered yet. I’m afraid something would go wrong there.”“Don’t worry,” he responded with a husky voice as his thumb rubbed Virginia’s ripe lips. “I can do it, trust me.”Soon, the two shared a deeper and more romantic kiss. Gerald tasted the sweetness of his bride’s lips as he slipped the robe down with eyes closed. Virginia shivered in pleasure, this was the first time she felt romantically touched by someone, despite her love wasn’t that big for him.Gerald who was turned on by the kiss now began to strip the lingerie Virginia wore. A shocked look was visible as he parted his lips from that woman, ready to devour her delicate bosom.“What are these, Virginia? Who did such a terrible thing to you?”Gerald saw tens of scars all over Virginia’s bosom and abdomen. Some of them he identified as a whip and burned cigarette scars. It didn’t stop there, some bruises were clearly visible and in contrast to her fair skin. He backed away and shuddered to see all of those before asking once more with an emphasis on his tone, “Answer me, Virginia. Who did these?”The woman sat still and was looking confused. For as long as she could remember, her stepfather’s friend never complained about her scars and just went ahead to screw her up. Even worse, some of them even added those scars by whipping her until her skin bled or burning her skin with a still-smoldering cigarette. All of them, even Patrick didn’t give a damn about her screaming and begging to stop the torture as they laughed and enjoyed her pain.Virginia mustered her courage as she quietly spoke, “My stepfather and his friends … they tortured me as they forced themselves on to me.”“What do you mean? Did they fuck you?” asked Gerald who was still in disbelief. “Is your stepfather the one that brought you to me?”A somber look from Virginia, followed by her nod made Gerald’s jaw drop. The utter horror that his wife must endure before they met was something awful, not to mention the terrible thing her stepfather did toward his own flesh and blood.“My God … that’s insane.“ the mafia boss’ shoulder slumped as his mind still comprehend what Virginia just explained. He tilted his head, staring at the pair of innocent eyes that Virginia had. Gerald bite his lips as he crawled closer to her and embraced the abuse victim.“Oh, Virginia. Those must be awful for you,” Gerald said as Virginia stared blankly at the bedsheets. He put her body to bed and tucked her with the warm blanket as his palm caressed her shoulder.“I’m sorry, Gerald … ” whispered Virginia with remorse.He shook his head, “You don’t have to, Sweetheart. Now let’s get you to bed, we can have this moment later on.”After ensuring that Virginia was fast asleep, Gerald landed a kiss on her forehead. He still felt rage toward the man named Patrick that had put his bride through years of suffering. The torture and assault he and some of his friends did toward Virginia had made the mafia’s blood boil. The man edged off his bed and left his room, looking for someone he completely trust.“Harold? Where are you?”Not so long after that, his trusted bodyguard arrived from downstairs. Harold noticed the frightening glare his boss had, totally different from what he saw when Gerald was around with Virginia.“What is it, Sir?”“Do you remember those men who brought Virginia to us? One of them is named Patrick, right?” asked Gerald as he gritted his teeth.“Yes,” replied Harold with no doubt, “What do you need in regard to that, Sir?”“Find them, and brought them to me.” Gerald pointed his finger at himself. The flames in his eyes were still blazing at the thought. “I’ll make them pay for what they’ve done to my dear Virginia.”Gerald summoned his henchmen and gave them a new mission. They were tasked to search for Virginia’s step-father, Patrick and his acquaintances. None of the henchmen dared to ask their boss about the purpose of the task because Gerald looked furious. But then, Harold was the only one asking the angry Gerald about the meaning of the current task.Gerald spoke up with high tone, “Those damn scroundels hurt my wife! They need to pay what they did!”With the exclamation given by the mafia boss, Harold and the others obeyed the order and they got ready soon after that.Gerald told Harold about the address of Patrick’s house after he asked Virginia. In case Patrick was not at home during the raid, Harold asked the intel team to get specific information about Patrick’s usual visits.Before the mission started, Gerald told Harold that they should capture Patrick alive. There was no need to kill anyone if possible. He also commanded that they did it properly without letting the cops interrupt t
Some minutes later, some black cars arrived right surrounding Patrick’s house. They were the mafias sent by Gerald. That night time was pretty quiet perhaps people were sleeping at that moment.Harold led the mafia groups and they were told once again not to kill anyone. Their main target was Patrick. Capturing other targets would be bonus.“All right then. Follow my lead.” Harold flicked his black jacket and tighten up his tie. He walked in confidence releasing a menacing aura.The other mafias walked right behind their party leader. All of them were wearing almost the same black jacket and tie. They walked in a good rhythm ready to raid their targets tonight.Inside Patrick’s house, nobody was aware that some cars just parked around the house. They were too busy enjoying their party time. Until one guy felt dizzy and went to the window to get some fresh air. That guys saw the mafias were walking closer to the house.“Guys! Listen to me! We have visitors!” The guy reported what they
The mafia captured Patrick and his comrades. They took them all to Gerald’s mansion and threw them inside a basement. The scroundels were all tied inside the room and given bad treatment by Harold and the others. The situation in the mansion was pretty quiet since it was still at dusk. Some of the family members were taking their nice sleep.Harold reported to Gerald. The mission was accomplished nice and clean without mistakes. Gerald praised his loyal bodyguard and he was always pleased to know that Harold always did his best dirty jobs.“Boss, what are you planning to do with them?” Harold asked. He expected that Gerald would give them the worst punishment ever.“I will show them hell!” Gerald answered in fury.Gerald and Harold went on their way to the basement. The basement was usually used as torture room or even as execution room. It was not impossible that Gerald would torture those scroundels or kill them in the end. It would depend on how those worthless guys face Gerald in
On the next day, Gerald returned back to the basement and this time Virginia accompanied him. Gerald has told Virginia about things that happened last night. Virginia was shocked at first to know that her step-father was kidnapped by her husband. She did not know what her husband might do to Patrick. One thing for sure, Virginia actually did not want to see her step-father for the rest of her life. Knowing the truth that Patrick would end up abandoning her was more than enough for her. However, knowing that Gerald has did something so extreme like this, it meant that her husband was really care about her.A gloomy situation was occurred soon after Gerald and Virginia came inside the basement. This time, the landlord was present. He would be justified together with all the other sinners.Patrick woke up and he looked at her step-daughter in desperation. “Virginia?” Patrick tried to call.Virginia was so surprised to see not only Patrick but also the other men who used to assault her. I
Virginia was wondering about her future. She was sitting on her bed and staring at the blue sky from her room. Since her step-father was dead along with the others by Gerald’s order, Virginia could feel that her heart was enlightened. But still, to see people dying right in front of her actually made her feel bad. But, it might be worthy enough to let them die before they did something more inhuman. Virginia needed to step forward with her new life as mafia boss’ wife. She was determined to reach a happy life this time.Not long after that, Gerald came to the room. He was just done taking a bath. His fresh fragrance after the bath could distract Virginia from her daydreaming. The mafia boss looked better now. He has been holding his anger whenever Patrick called his wife a bitch. Soon after he took down Patrick, he apologized to Virginia for showing off how the real mafia did their job. That was the way of their living.Virginia thought that it was new for her so she told Gerald that
The situation of the family time was still the same as before. Everyone still could not accept their new family member. They tended to less talk and kept their discomfort by staying quiet. Virginia needed to be patience for this. She believed that one day they would open their heart to her.The execution that happened this morning did not bother them either. Everyone has already known how the mafia worked. However, because the case happened today was related to Virginia, some of Gerald’s family were giving their spiteful and hatred expression toward Virginia, especially Michelle and Lusiana.“Dad, are you feeling better today?” Michelle suddenly asked. She wanted to make sure that his father did not overdo something.“As you can see! I’m feeling healthy today.” Gerald answered. Indeed he looked fine today unlike the previous days. But, he still got his serious illness and the pain might come again.“Oh, good to know! I hope you are always feeling as healthy as always, Dad. Unless cert
Gerald gave Virginia a new phone and a new account filled with millions of cash. Virginia could make use it if she needed to buy anything she wanted. At first, Virginia wanted to refuse the offer but Gerald begged and convinced her that this was one of his way to show his love and care. Plus, if someday Gerald was not around and she needed something outside the mansion, she could use the account and has given the permission. Virginia accepted his offer at the end.One day, when Gerald was having a business outside the house, Virginia wanted to buy something to please her husband by upgrading her looks. First, she was curious about the branded items. She was trying to learn about how to choose the best quality items. According to the internet, good quality items were usually the branded items. Due to curiosity, she tried to buy some new clothes that looked pretty according to her taste.Virginia’s package came and at first person who took the order was Lusiana. She read the address of
“Don’t you think because you are now Gerald’s wife, you can do anything as you please! I’m Gerald’s big sister and I also have power here! Since the day he proposed and got married with you, indeed I can see he is doing well. But then, knowing that you use your money like that, you are no difference with those scroundels!” Lusiana finally said it out. She was so angry.“Yeah! That’s right! Watch your action, ma’am!” Michelle suddenly joined up with Lusiana.“I’m really sorry…” Virginia could only say her apology. She felt bad.“Tell me! Which school were you at? If your father could not teach you how to use your brain well, the teachers should have taught you.” Lusiana was curious about Virginia’s educational background. She expected that Virginia did not go higher school level.Virginia kept silent for a while. She was only a graduate from elementary school. If she told Lusiana about it, she was pretty sure Lusiana would insult her.“Hello? I’m asking you, newcomer!” Lusiana was stil