Chapter 16
Cleo
When Daniel called me to tell me that Angelo woke up in a state and that I should hurry up and get to the beach house as soon as possible I thought that he was joking . The tone in his voice was serious which meant that another nightmare. When he mentioned that he thought that Ava was the kid in the car seat of the accident that had happened when he was driving back from his cousin's hotel room with Jane was our baby girl.
If memory serves me correctly ; I think MJ was round about the same age as Ava when the accident happened . He is scared that the same thing might happen and that this time he has more to lose. When I walked in the bedroom Angelo was sitting on the edge of the bed in his white boxers that had bananas printed on them and he was whaling . When I went to go give him a hug ; he hugged me back and said ; he needed time away from me . A lot of things started running through
Chapter 17AngeloI don't think I will ever get used to having so much control over a company my uncle who I thought was my father left me in his will . There was a clause though . He had to go pull a rabbit out of the hat . He had mentioned that if he by any chance has a son he would own half of the shares I own at Massa and the territory I was given.No questions asked , but I still keep the club .When my father summoned us upstairs after dinner it was for something important. Matteo and Arabella had been causing trouble along one of the most lucrative routs he shared with my uncle .It was down by the coast. He would have sent Aaron to deal with him but he had been shot the last time he was there and Alexis was in a state. He was sending me with both Salvatore and Daniel . Reason being he needed to nip whatever Matteo was planning on the butt b
Chapter 18CleoI don’t think that I have threshold for not being told what’s going on and being left in the dark. I am sometimes impulsive and the first thing I do when I feel like I am not being told what I need to know or stuff is being kept from me I bail. It is linked to a fear That was instilled in me as kid and manifested into a flight response as an adult. When I was told that Daniel had died ; I was in denial at first and I could not believe what my ears heard and my heart struggled to understand. They kept the information from me until I tried to call Daniel about a boy who was giving me trouble, and when I informed my mother that I was going out she told me to sit down I knew that something was wrong because she looked sad and distressed .When she broke the news to me the day was just a sad. Bereavement is the worst feeling ever; you know you&r
Chapter 19AngeloThe thing about storms is that ; you see them coming and even with the warnings that are given, and precautions you take you can never be prepared enough for the danger that's coming . In a space of a week I had lost Massa to my cousin ; left Cleo without a word and communication, and she left me after trying ,and I mean trying her best to be understanding . If I had just called her she wouldn't have driven out in the storm that was raging outside. The thunderstorm had woken me up after a two hours of sleep . I was still in no condition to drive at all . I checked both of my phone's and still there was nothing from Cleo.There had been reports of flooding and accidents . The route Cleo had to take to make it into the City was a mess. There were car accidents left corner right and centre. I have never been worried before and my sinister feelings w
Chapter 20CleoAs a parent you know when something is wrong with your child. What hurts the most and torturous is ;when your baby gets sick on your watch and no matter how much you try to play doctor , you can only do so much . On the morning we took Ava to the hospital I was as scared and I had never felt so alone because ,when they admitted her I wasn't kept up to date.I was kept in the dark and told to call her real mother. Fact was that I was Ava's real mother I tried to tell them that she was my child and they took MR Rossi instead of me into the waiting room. I told the doctor in charge that I was my daughter's mother ,and if they didn't believe me. I could told him what her blood type was and that she was allergic to penicillin. He looked at me with disdain .Doctor Killian ignored me .I have been customer profiled before at a store because of my skin colour
Chapter 21AngeloKeeping Cleo and the kids safe has always been my number one priority, and I haven't been doing well at it . I love Cleo and I hate it when she gives me the silent treatment.The trip from the Rossi's back to the Luca beach house was quick. I'm starting to love calling my dad to for help and my brother's too. Cleo was given a property that she had been a gift from my uncle for The twins and Ava. She had control over it and could do whatever she wanted with it as long as it benefitted the children in the long run . It wasn't far away from the Luca resort . Truth be told it was a couple of kilometres away and she could go there anytime she wanted to . When we arrived at the house it was already evening and it looked like we were in for another storm both outside and inside.As soon as we both put the twins and Ava to bed we both went downstairs for dinner which was pleasant
Chapter 22CleoI cherish every single moment I spend with family . The twins and Ava deserve a life of stability and a mother and father who is always present. I’ve been around more and it shows in the way the way the kids would rather spend more time with me than Angelo . They are mad at him and I can understand why?Two weeks ago when I had a conversation with Angelo and asked him; was he going to leave the twins and our baby girl alone again, he legit said no. A day later he told me that he needed to go out on an assignment and it had to do with Massa, I should have known his famous last words nowadays are ; I am not going to be gone for a long time I will be back and we can have some much needed family time.Angelo ended up going for a week and the twins were starting to notice when he isn’t aro
AngeloThere comes a point in life where everything just clicks. In this case I want to do things right and spend more time with my family. The latter is easier to achieve after you fix your mess and start on a clean slate .When Arabella came to town with my cousin who I now found out is my uncle's child ; I was angry, iffy, and anxious. All three of those feelings are a major trigger . What they trigger in me is rage, that's beyond control. It triggers rouge rage . I rarely lose my temper unless I really want to protect what matters to me the most.I get angry when I see that you are deliberately trying to ruin something good . I hate feeling iffy because I can't predict how something is going to turn out,and anxious too when I feel like I'm messing up ,everytime I try to fix a problem. As a person I'm sure of a lot of things but with everything that was goi
24CleoI have my reasons for not discussing work with Angelo. One of the many reasons is because I didn't want us to clash heads when I had to make my own decisions . He has never liked the fact that I was a self starter. He would always try and find a way to make me work under him . The room we we were in was quiet and sound proof. It was only when you went outside could you hear the noise.I needed to cool off and looking out at the ocean was what I needed to do .I took a couple of deep breaths and looked around to make sure the coast was clear and I screamed my lungs out . When I screamed out for the third time I felt an embrace and my head was on someone's shoulder and he was soothing me . I knew in my husband because who ever it was smelt of cinnamon and ginger ."Shhh it's okay I've got you . "