I toss and turn in bed, I can't fall asleep. It's already late, it's early morning in a few hours it will be dawn and if I don't find a way to fall asleep I'm going to look like a zombie in the morning. I tilt my head, Aleksander sleeps like a baby. It is not fair that he rest so peacefully with so many crimes and demons in him, but I, who am a victim, have become a hostage to nightmares and torments.“Luna, what are you doing? “She questions with a voice that is hoarser than usual.“I can not sleep. Knowing that the day after tomorrow I will be in front of dad and not knowing how everything will turn out makes me nervous,” she explained tremblingly."Come here," he pulls me until my head is resting on his muscular chest, he puts an arm over me, and one of his warm palms rests on my bare waist. Better?The truth is that I feel comforting in his arms. I nod slowly.“Thank you."Go to sleep," he asks flatly, but it is enough to allow me to be with him like that, to know that his gesture
On the way to the city center we passed near the building where I lived since I made the decision to become independent. I get a lump in my throat, I want to go back to my previous life, and I can't."There's my apartment," I comment. I didn't mean to say it out loud.But he has already heard me."I already knew it," he admits without seeing me, remaining absorbed in driving.“How did it happen, Aleksander? Suddenly I am kidnapped by the Italian mafia and suddenly you have me captive “ I am curious about the topic of a double kidnapping, I have never gotten the right answers, ever.I am aware of having been locked up for many days in an old room, I was crying, alone under the darkness that increased the uncertainty. Many times I thought she would die or that she would be raped. That never happened. But I was filled with terror when one of those men came for me, he dragged me out of there, then he put me in the trunk of a car. I remember that oxygen was scarce and I ended up falling in
I'm dumbfounded, Aleksander has returned with a little animal in his hands. He is a small cat. I stare at him in the confusion that the feline has caused.“Just look, I don't know how he could get here, do you have any idea?The truth is, no.“I can not hold? “She whispered anxiously."It doesn't matter, take it, but don't get fond of it, I'll get rid of it," he warns contemptuously.Its white fur is as soft as cotton. How can you not love this little fur ball. It's so beautiful, I check it out, it's male. Aleksander snorts exasperated, he can't even have compassion for an innocent little animal?"Let me keep it, please," I implore, already preparing myself for his refusal.“No, it is my final decision. Do not insist."You said you wouldn't be so inexorable," I remind him with a loud sigh."I know, but I didn't promise to indulge your damn whims." “Put down the cat and help me carry all this up,” she orders, adopting a harsher tone.Reluctantly I put the cat down. I move towards the b
Elena is here, her voice, her sobbing, she is millimeters away from me, she tries to contain herself when she sees her son. She's not crying for me, she's crying for Aleksander. The truth is that those lanterns flooded with tears try to connect with me.Maybe lying wasn't an option for her, she had to do it to survive. She is not a bad person, she always behaved well, she gave me love, she considered me like a daughter. She put aside her pride and ran into her arms.“Mom, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry,” I say, hugging her tightly.I apologize for nothing, I am not to blame for what is happening. But I must pretend to regret running away to be with Aleksander. Everything seems like a labyrinth, I don't know if she is aware that I know that Konstantinov is her son.“Honey, it's okay, sometimes we make bad decisions and we do it out of love, don't apologize for it, Luna. Knowing that you're alive is enough for me,” she whispers, caressing my cheeks.I look into her brown eyes, her black hai
Aleksander ties his tie, I look at him from the bed, he is leaving soon for a meeting with my father. I can't believe that last night everything went "well" every word out of my mouth seemed so real, but nothing is true.When the time came for them to leave, I wanted to leave, run and tell them the truth, I endured the sting and confessed nothing. Then that Russian took me by force, he didn't want to have sex, and he forced me to have sex.I woke up with a pain between my legs, it was so sudden last night, even my fair skin is adorned with bruises. It is his evil art captured in me.“Know? Your father asked me for your phone number, so I'm going to buy you a phone, in the meantime I told him that you lost yours recently, so he won't find it strange that you don't have one “ he informs, turning around. There's nothing out of place, he looks impeccable, he looks handsome. I hate looking at that guy, sigh “. But I warn you that I am going to follow your calls, don't you dare do something
After several weeks of returning to Russia, the coming Spring has arrived, and is already saying goodbye in a flash. I have gone out a couple of times with Aleksander, outside, at the end of April the first leaves of trees, grass and flowers have appeared, the birds singing, a beautiful melody opposite to the noises that I hear every day. Every time I'm in bed, walking from one side to the other in the room, I hear shots, so I wonder: Is there someone else injured, someone dead? Here in Russia I'm still in the room, he only allows me to go out with him on some occasions, even that time he introduced me to another criminal, it was a dinner that took place in a spectral mansion, I was terrified that something would happen out of nowhere. shootout, between so many armed men and two ambitious people playing at making a friendly conversation, anything could happen. In the end we returned home, and I was a hostage again and it breaks my heart.Not being able to see the sun when I want, only
The best thing is to intercede in the heated discussion before everything ends with fists and blood everywhere. I send the image away, it is unpleasant to just imagine them like that."Luna..." He looks at me with hatred, withering, he doesn't like me to intervene.Ungrateful, with one look he makes it clear to me that he does not want my presence there, but interfering was not a mistake, I am going to lie, all to save myself and continue with the deal. I'm a liar for keeping up a facade and the apparent stability that my family has.“Luna, has my brother kidnapped you? “questions the blonde who projects annoyance in his blue eyes “. Oh come on, don't stay silent.I admire the courage he has to express himself in that way in front of Aleksander who, to my surprise, is taciturn and furious.“No, why do you say that, Dominic? “I ask, drawing a smile, I act oblivious, confused, as if I couldn't find a reason for the dispute. Sorry Dominic, if we lied to you, we didn't mean to, didn't we,
I can't stop turning and turning on the huge bed, the crossing of violent thoughts alarms me, I remain in suspense, petrified and exalted by the bad omen. I feel the space of the bed next to me sinking, someone else whose entrance I did not notice because they handled themselves stealthily, has invaded my side.I squeeze my eyelids tightly, his closeness is deep, if millimeters separate us it is too much, when he wraps his palm around my waist, I react involuntarily. The warm touch of her under my waist awakens an intense tingle.“You're not asleep yet, what keeps you unable to sleep a wink? “The whisper he emits in my ear causes chills throughout my body.His touch goes to my belly, the sensation burns, it is possible that a human being lives inside me. The reason weighs so much, it is the reason for this terrifying insomnia."I was asleep, but you woke me up," I defend myself."Liar, I've been as cautious as a panther, Luna." He pronounces my name in a way that's impossible to decip