His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

All I ever wanted was a family, and that’s why I took a step back. Christian betrayed me, but I was not reathat small hope I had in building a family. I was not ready to let go of Christian. “I can’t.” I breathed.

“So you’ll continue to live your life as a prisoner?” Beau asked with a disappointed look on his face.

Chills left my body upon hearing those words. Prisoner? Did it not go a bit too far? Yes, Christian orderinreport my every move was a bit annoying, him lying to me was unacceptable, but other than that it seemsure there had to be an explanation for all of this. Everything Christian had done had always been in the interest.

He lied to me, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t fix this mistake.

We had fixed our issues before, and we could do it again.

“I’m not a prisoner.” I chuckled in disbelief— but the look on his face told me that he did not find this as“Once you’re in— you’re never fully getting out, you know that right? The only way is death. Do you thinyou live!”

“Maybe? Fabio let your life!” I yelled back.

“Because I became the scapegoat so our parents could give you a better life. If they knew you would’ve this goddamnit!” Beau roughly grabbed my hand but I pulled it away.

“Let go of me!” I yelled at him. His words hit me hard, the Alfonzo’s had sent me away to save me so I cobetter life and I screwed it up, Beau’s sacrifice had been for nothing. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it like that save you!” Beau tried to grab my hand again, but once again I pulled it away.

“Christian promised to protect me and to let me go once the baby is born if you wait for a bit longer-“

“It was all a lie, wake up Serena please!” Beau told me. “He was never going to let you go and now he isnyou go at all, Fabio knows about your identity and is probably planning to execute the both of you right “Think about it, who would Christian safe? You or his entire family? He does not care about you, after thewill hand you over to Fabio before you even get the chance to blink— and if you don’t watch out he’ll gthe baby away.” Beau said, but I could not trust his words.

That was not Christian.

me. He promised to let me go after the baby got here, he had made me a lot of promises and had barely

never do that to me, stop it!” I told him and shotas a way of telling him to not step any closer. “Be quiet, someone might hear us,”

living in constant febad could one man be? One thing

knows about you I will keep your identiyou should go back to Fabio for now, you haven’t even thought this through. We leave, and then?” I askeobserved the startled

was

Christian’s side of the story andside of the story—

you think they will protect

so I can protect both you and the baby, I will never lie to

thing I wanted was to put him in any kind of danger. If Fabaware that he knew about his identity, it must’ve meant that he was still safe for now and I did not want

don’t tell them that you’ve

you want to go back to them and believe that they can keep you safe

to step forward so I could hug him, but he had immediately stepped forget any of this

said I do not want

to stay safe— so unless you don’t want to run with me, I need you to forget aboFabio slaughters both of us.” He spoke

mistakes— but I trust him with my life,” I told him. The truth was that I wnot let this pass and confront him. Many levels of trust were broken but that did not mean that

put so much trust into Christian, from now on I’ll be his eyes and ears,”

go as betraying Vincenzo because I

tell anyone besides him that you know about me, please.”

will be quiet because Fabio is a man of strategies and won’t immeyou, He will be keeping a