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"Adriano when did we get married?" I asked Adriano as we were laying in the bed cuddling each other.Even if I put so much pressure on my mind I am still not able to remember anything. It feels really weird that I do not have any memory of the past.It kills me inside but I overthink that if I ask Adriano about this, he might think I am crazy."Four years ago." He said kissing me, he seemed completely uninterested in my questions."What? Aida is five years old Adriano, did I get pregnant before our marriage?" I asked as it came to my mind."Emilia you know how much I hate these stupid ass questions. You are killing my boner." He stopped me from asking more questions."But Adriano I really want to know. You know sometimes I try to remember the good moments of our lives, like Emma's birth, Aida's birth, our marriage, when did we get this house and why are we-" I kept on talking but Adriano sat straight on the bed and pressed his hand over my lips, shutting me up."Shut the fuck up Emilia
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"Don't fight with your sister, Emma" I chided. "You eat from your own plate."Adriano was gone on the business trip with Dante and it somehow made me relax.I prepared lunch and served Emma and Aida.Before leaving Adriano gave me a phone. He always told me that I should stay away from electronic gadgets and so should our kids. I never had a mobile phone of my own, meanwhile Adriano always keeps doing his work using his laptop and mobile, which I was not allowed to use. Neither which I knew the password of.Before leaving he handed me a phone, which looked like a phone but was a bit bigger in size.There were keys on it and he taught me which keys to press in case of emergency. The phone was strange as the only person I could call, using it was Adriano.The bell rang and I was shocked. Adriano is not here, Dante is not here, we never had a third visitor, so who might be here.I first decided to give a call to Adriano, but he gave me the phone to call him only when it's an emergency.
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"Where are my children?" I asked a woman who looked like a doctor.I don't know where I am, I don't know how I am even here but the major concern I have right now is that where are my children?I opened my eyes to find myself in a comfortable bed, but medically professional people were standing by my side. I was scared about what was going to happen to me. Who are these people? Do they want to hurt me? Where is my husband?Does Adriano know that I got abducted from my own house. He might be searching for me, day and night, I am sure of it."Let me and my kids go." I leaped out of the blankets as I tried to get up. "Ma'am please relax. We are not here to hurt you." She tried to comfort me but I was hell lot of worried."I am not sick, why is the medical staff attending me? Are my girls safe. Let us go home." I requested. "I will not tell anyone. Just let me and my kids go." I pleaded again."Ma'am you are under the care of medical staff because you have just been rescued." She looked
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I am scared I have never been out of home.If somehow Adriano reaches me, I won't be able to look him in the eyes because I failed at one job he always wanted me to excel at, staying home.The doctor turned out to be a gynecologist and she surveyed me completely, asking me several personal questions like, "Are you sexually active?", "Did your husband ever forced you to make sexual relations with you?", "Are your kids healthy." I was so uncomfortable answering those questions.I went through several tests and she declared that I am not pregnant. Which I already knew. I was so sad about it because as far as I remember Adriano told me to get pregnant again, we were trying for another baby.I once told him that aren't two kids enough and he got really mad, saying he is doing his job by feeding our empty stomachs and providing for the family and that I should do my job, that is making babies.He never used condoms with me and I myself was surprised that how come I am not pregnant yet. The
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I woke up the next day and the doctors were gone. In the morning my gynecologist came with a file of reports.She said physically I am completely fine but mentally I need to be worked upon.It feels weird, one moment you think your life is all about being a good mother and being a good wife, cooking cleaning and doing laundry and the very next moment it takes one eight degrees flip and now you are nowhere, and getting told that your husband is a criminal and your past memories won't come back.All my needs were met by the maids of that place. The door to my room opened up revealing a man."Emilia, are you okay?" The man looked at me from top to bottom making me a little uncomfortable. Adriano would have never like it."Who are you? You are the one who bought me here right?" I said as I looked at that man's face. I recognised him."Where are my kids? Why did you bring me here please answer me? Are you an enemy of Adriano, but just listen to me, me and my kids did nothing wrong to anyo
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I thought that Adriano was the best man I have ever seen, because I don't have a memory of others.The way Salvatore treated me made me grateful to him.Every morning he would prepare breakfast for me, he would treat me like the queen of his world. It was a new experience for me.He would even take care of the kids."Mummy, when will we go back home, our house was really big." Emma asked again. She has been closer to her father than anybody else.Not even me."Well, this house is more comfortable, Emma. You should not say things like this." I explained it to her.I don't want to hurt Salvatore's feelings, after so much he has done for me and my girls. And Emma is a kid, she never thinks before speaking. I am trying to teach her that.Ari lifted Aida in his arms and she wrapped herself around him. I have never seen Aida so happy. She always used to be tense around Adriano.We all sat together for dinner and Salvatore promised to take me to take a tour around his house.After putting ki
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Salvatore slept on the couch while he gave me the bed to sleep in.There was a gentleness in his behaviour, there was a protection I would feel when I am in his company. Nothing like Adriano. Who might lose his control anytime, and would make me shiver in fear.I realised how happy Aida is since she is no longer in Adriano's company, but I feel deeply for Emma. She is so attached to her father that it's getting really difficult for her to cope with the absence.It's been more than a week since I have arrived here, at Salvatore's place and I still don't remember anything. Salvatore started taking a step in order to help me recover my memory.He displayed pictures of everyone from my past.I was shown the picture of my parents who adopted me, my real birth parents, my sister, my brother, my sister in law, Adriano's mother and Adriano's sister.I looked at my father's face and found that I look really similar than him.And Adriano had a family was such a big shock to me. I always thought
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I opened my eyes to a dull morning light filtering through the curtains, my head feeling unusually heavy.I realised I am sleeping in Salvatore's room. He was not present in the room and the bedsheet laying on the couch were a strong evidence that after we talked last night, he slept in the couch.The information he revealed to me, regarding my birth parents was shocking to me. Salvatore told me not to worry about anything and not to overthink and relax, but of course I did overthink it.So my head felt really heavy.Groaning, I pushed myself up and swung my legs over the edge of the bed. The wooden floor felt cool beneath my feet as I stumbled towards the bathroom, trying to shake off the lingering traces of sleep.Maybe a shower would help me relax.I turned on the tap, splashing cold water on my face, hoping to shake off the fog in my mind. The water droplets clung to my skin, and for a moment, I felt more awake. I squinted at my reflection, attempting to piece together the fragmen
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