Matteo's PovI watched Rosa sleep as a tear fell from my eyes which l hastily wiped awayAll l ever wanted to do is protect my children but l hurt Alex and Bella in the processI failed as a fatherMy son doesn't want to see me or talk to meI drove my daughter to try and commit suicideNothing in my life or my children's lives seems to be going right and l have no idea on how to fix all of this because l could see it in Bella's eyes that she's withering awayTill date l have never had a weakness because l always considered my family my strength but my biggest weakness came through when Ronan told me that Bella was trying to commit suicideWhen l met Bella l promised her that she'll never have a reason to cry but these past 2 years all she's ever done is cryI left the room Bella was currently sleeping in and found Ronan in the sitt

Rosabella's PovI don't know how l feel about Elena ,she seems like a nice woman but looks can be deceiving and above all of that l feel like l am betraying my mother My mother may have hurt me emotionally but she was still my mother and l love her When dad found me back then l didn't get to move in the mansion but being here feels like home and l like being surrounded by the people l love"Can l join you" l turned to see Elena standing at the door of the library talk about the devil and l waved my hand for her to come in "I like being here too ,the silence is comforting" she said and l nodded*Nothing lasts forever Rosabella and l may not know much but l can tell you've been through a lot " l really hate that way everyone is looking at with pity and everyone saying that they are sorry or their adviceI held my hand up to Elena to stop her from talking anymore l was already annoyed with the direction this conversatio

Rosabella's Pov"Alex used to go to school and also work at a restaurant in order to keep the electricity and water going, and so that we'd have food and other necessitiesHe didn't complain but he was struggling a lot and he was tired most of the day so l didn't want to be a burden on my brother that's why l didn't wake him up that nightI don't usually wake up at night but that night was different l was thirsty and l didn't hear any noise so l figured no one was awake so l left my room I found mom with three guys in the sitting room and they looked like junkies so l wanted to run straight to my room when l noticed them but l was already too late as they had noticed me as wellThe started laughing sinisterly and l was terrified especially when they started coming closer to me and taunting mom saying that she kept a beautiful young daughter from them I noticed mom was also getting afraid of them as she told me to run back to my r

Rosabella's PovToday my brothers and cousins were taking me and Alex out so that we got spend some together as we've been through a lot of late and l insisted we take Alexa along because as much as l don't want anything to do with them she still means something to my brothersMy brothers took us to the park for a picnic and it was so my fun playing football   Xavier , Maximus , Emiliano , Ernesto ,Elonzo , Leone and Leonardo were a team while Nicolo , Nikolai, Luciano , Lucien Alex ,Alexa and me were also a team and we were losing miserable until l faked injury and of course my eldest brothers all turned their attention to me and we scoredAfter playing for a while and of course a lot of cheating from my side they took us to mall and we all had our favourite dishes and later had a lot of ice creamAlexa looked really down and l really felt sorry for her so when she left for the washroom l decided to join her so that l can make sure she's okay

Rosabella's PovAlex and l left for dinner and when we entered the dinning table everyone was looking at me "Did something happen" l asked no one in particular"Apparently your nonna is upset with you, did you do something?" dad asked "Well it is between me and my nonna " l said with gritted teethYou seriously can't do anything in this house without everyone finding out about it."l sense a bit of attitude coming from you" dad said raising his eyebrows"l wasn't giving you an attitude l was simply gesturing that everyone should mind their in business every once in a while in this house" l said pulling my chair to sit"You're walking on thin ice now Rosabella so tread carefully" dad said and l could tell he was getting annoyed at me.Honestly l think Alex's teasing got the better of me because l don't normally get in trouble in this house and for the first time nonna shouted at me.Call me childish and