His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

“Get in,” Christian told me and opened the door for me. I frowned at his demanding behavior and got inalways have to be like that?

“No personal driver today?” I asked once he sat in the driver’s seat. “I think it’d be pretty embarrassing iI let you go to this special occasion with another man behind the wheel.” He spoke.

“So you think men have to be in control all the time?” I asked him as a joke, but his scoff told me he thou“No, not all men but I do.”

“You know Serena, sometimes I just want to tape your mouth shut to stop you from asking too many qusuddenly said. And there it was, mission one of getting rid of Serena after the baby was born. “Hey, that’thing to say to your fiancée!”

For a second he smiled at my joke but had quickly replaced his smile with his usual poker face and drovewas quiet but not really awkward, rather peaceful.

The thought of meeting his entire family was still a bit uncomfortable to me because he had already prepworst.

“Don’t worry, I trust you’ll do great.” He tried to comfort me, but what he didn’t know was who he was dwas the same girl who did not know how to eat with my mouth closed or how to cut up meat with a kniftrust he had in me was extremely uncomfortable and made me even more nervous.

“You might be trusting the wrong person,” I told him truthfully so he knew what he had to deal with. “I tspoke back while I looked at him in utter shock. Does he trust me? Well, he has a weird way of showing i“If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t even have brought you to my family’s house and would’ve done anything to comexcuse, but I didn’t.” He tried to reassure me. “Right.” I awkwardly spoke.

“You’re always the one asking questions, but I have a question for you.” He asked, taking me off guard. Ihim interacting with me unless he had to, and was nervous as hell. What would he even ask me?

Would it be something embarrassing and would he ask me something like ‘did you shower’ or ‘did you teeth?’ No of course it wouldn’t, I smelled completely fine, right?

“You seem like a shy person, but somehow you managed the stripping, how come?” He asked. This partihard for me but it was the first time he had asked me a question and he sounded genuinely curious, so twould be to answer.

“I faked it, all of it.” I had admitted for the first time. Who knew I would have this heart to heart conversa“I felt like I didn’t belong but I faked it because I needed the money, but I hated it. I don’t mind dancing,people.”

around to look at me before focusing his eyes on the

up in a place where all the kids were very close so I never had to worry about getting bullied. Theat the club…I cried in the bathroom because these girls were laughing at me, pushing me around, called me to leave and go back to school—

like bullies.” Christian suddenly spoke. I watched as he tightened his grip against the steering whof bullying seemed to hit

asked and I immediately felt the need to protect them so shook my grudges and did

the bigger person and you don’t alwaprotect everyone.” He told me. I felt embarrassed because I knew he was right,

you want to fire thyou permission to do so.” He

to find a way oyou that but I would like to apologize for that.” He suddenly spoke. I did not know if it was the air in the expected him to apologize, I never did although I had hoped

laughed and shook his head at my question. So he can laugh, he j“They tried, especially the people in my family but I wouldn’t let them. Sometimes when words don’t wofists to tell them who’s the boss.” He spoke with a proud look on his face. The sob story I told probably mI was weak, but that

know, I beat up half my school— but work is different and I didn’t want to get fired so I held myself bacry it’s usually

people in the family he had mentioned. Gio,I could imagine— bustart thinking about the cousins who would have something against him for probably being the favorite family. Other than Johnny, I had never seen the Lamberti brothers talk about

wouldn’t know what it feels like.” I sighed and tried to sound cheerfuobviously failing. “I’m sorry.” Christian immediately apologized, making

one’s fault. My parents probaband if you can’t take care of someone it’s best to let it go, the only thing they would not know is that I nbetter life

the air out of joy, instead I turned my head

two weeks, do you want to come?” I asked him and he nodded his head. “We’ll find out if it’s a bbut

laughed at his sudden comment, wishing he would underseverything would go his

a dream and it was a girl, she looked just as beautiful as me.” He spoke. He definitely had his way everything to fill his

a great team. We will make great parents.” I told him, thinking aeverything could be like if we continued to communicate the exact same way we had been doing this encome?” He

the monster I made you out to be so that’s something.” I joked

you wouldn’t