“Mariaaa!. Mariaaa!”, Vincenzo called out as soon as he got home.Maria came out in her long silver dress adorned in pearls. Her silver earrings with diamond studs dangled as she walked towards Vincenzo.He enveloped her in a big hug.“La mia adorabile moglie(My lovely wife), how was your day?” Maria patted her hair. She had just returned from the salon not too long ago.“Well, I stepped out to the salon today. Had some of that french parfait”“Ahh me too!” He said, walking her to the couch.“And where have you been?”“At the Salvatores' . We had a little umm … business meeting”Maria rolled her eyes. Mr Salvatore's wife disgusted her.“How's business?”“Splendid! I wonder how Emilio does it. He runs the company here so well. We had sealed three contracts just last week alone! The boy knows everything about business..”, Vincenzo chatted away excitedly but all Maria was filled with was more hate and resentment for him.“It’s simply incredibile, don't you think so, Maria?”, Vincenzo sa
Thud!This was the third time she was escaping since the previous week. Fortunately, the stakes today weren't as high as last time. Her father was out of the country for a business trip and she already had dinner.In less than thirty minutes, she was at The Garden. Marco, who was examining the dim light in the garden, didn't notice her. She wrapped her hands around him from behind.“Heyy”, he said, unwrapping her hands to face her. He placed his hands on her waist. “It's been a while”.“I've missed you”. She placed her hands around his neck and leaned for a kiss. But when Marco started going in for more, Luna withdrew.“Marco…”.He rolled his eyes.“Luna. Why do you keep doing this?” He placed his hands in his pocket, immediately upset.“It's not like that Marco. Look, we've talked about this”.“You are too…”.“What? I'm not loose enough for you? I'm too much of a princess?”, Luna shook her head. “ I totally risked…”“Hey, hey.'' He caressed her shoulders. “Let's not… waste our time
Sofia sat in the waiting room, waiting for the nurse to signal her when she could go in. She was overly anxious, her hands fidgeted and her feet tapped the floor uncontrollably. She'd been denied for two days now, the doctors saying that she wasn't strong enough for visitors. Dr. Grayford had taken time to explain her mother's state and the image kept reappearing in her head. There was no way she was going to be stable after this and work had made her far behind her therapy sessions.“Oh Sofie!” Varietta rushed to her cousin to give her a hug.“Varietta. What are you…?!”.“ I had to come as soon as I heard Zia (aunty) was sick. How is she?”.“You didn't have to fly all the way from… Texas?”“Brazil, darling", her cousin said, beaming with pride."Brazil? You guys have moved again"."Well, it's only been a few months".Sofia scratched the rash near the end of her upper arm."Well, I had no idea those few months!" Sofia hit her cousin playfully. Varietta laughed."Well, you are always b
Elena lay in the hospital bed, her body bruised and battered. Her eyes opened slightly, the blinding light of her room bulb piercing wickedly. The sterile, white walls seemed to close in around her, echoing the pain she felt inside. She felt entirely weak.Her head banged painfully. The sharp memories of the assault, she could still vividly see Finn kicking the shit out of her. She groaned as loud as her strength could carry. She reached for the emergency button, and pressed it.A nurse soon came to her ward.“Are you ok ma'am?”“I'm in so much. My head hurts so much.”“I'm so sorry. Give a minute to get your medication”The nurse administered some painkillers and a sedative so that Elena could rest. She'd been unsettled even after the medication.“My baby nurse. What happened to my baby?”Of course, her nurse couldn't tell her. The doctor had specifically instructed that she had no knowledge of her baby's death.“My baby.”Elena cried. “I lost it, didn't i?”“I can't tell you for sure
"Please, sit".Varietta and Sofia sat down on the office chairs and the doctor, across them."Anything new doctor?"."Not yet. Your mother is... very strong. We need a little more time to confirm our tests".Varietta squeezed Sofia's shoulder a little. The doctor continued."For the meantime, we would require one or each of you, take turns if you may, to come visit everyday. As you already noticed, she's alive but ... just asleep in a way. She can sense presence and does pretty well to acknowledge it by little hand gestures and facial gestures. "Sofia held the chair tightly. Her anxiety was getting to her and she needed to calm down.She let out a sigh, trying to practise her breathing lessons underneath. How was she going to manage work and visiting her mum. She knew for sure, she had a lot of files piled on her desk."No problem, we'll visit.", She looked at Sofia. "I've cancelled my flight so I can stay for a while, perhaps till next weekend ""Oh Vari..."."Anything for Zia".
Sasha walked in, files and a supermarket polyvinyl bag in her hand."I thought I should bring some snacks", she said to Riccardo as she walked in."Of course. Let me help you with that Signorina". Sasha handed the supermarket bag to Riccardo. "Mr Emilio is in his office, just take the right when you go up the stairs"."Ok Riccardo. Thanks".She walked up the stairs with her files.A soft knock on the door followed."Come in"."Good afternoon sir""Evening to you Sasha. You should have been here two hours earlier "."Traffic sir. I'm sorry. And I stopped to get some things." Asher handed over the files to Sasha."Look through these documents. They are the new contracts we have with the B.D.S”"Yes sir".Asher continued to attend to the other things he had on his desk. They worked till very late in the evening.Suddenly the lights went out."What the?! Riccardo!!!". There wasn't any response.Asher groaned. "Can you put on a torch or something from your phone? Mine's downstairs""I'm s
"Sofiee...", Varietta's groggy voice came from the room. She rubbed her eyes, dragging her feet to the living room. Sofie was on her desk, sorting out some office documents."Are you still working?""Yeah. Told you I had a lot work piled up from last week""Oh. I thought they'd have had someone fill in for you ""Yeah but ... she was kind of occupied too""Well, that's bad enough. They should have at least found a replacement "Sofia shrugged. Her boss had trust issues.Just then, her phone rang. It was Asher."Oh my God"."What?"."My boss is calling. "."So? Pick up". Sofia looked at it nervously. Her boss never called her except she was on a job for him. She was supposed to resume today but it was just 5.00 a.m."Pick up already"."Okay, okay". She picked, biting her finger."Good ... good morning sir""Sofie, how are you?"Varietta raised her eyebrows and gave Sofia a funny look."Ooooo, Sofie ""Shhhh", Sofie said, blushing. She knew that look. Her cousin was one silly person."S
Three days. It had been three days since Marco called her. No texts, no replies. Nothing. Luna lay in bed, hands spread to the other end , low-spirited and exhausted from tears. One of their maids knocked on the door.She ignored it the first time, thinking it was her mother disturbing again."Who is it?", She groaned finally."I'm sorry, Signorina. I wanted to ask if you were ready"She got up and yanked the door open."For what?!"The maid, Aribella, shrieked backwards, taken aback by the suddenness of it all."I'm sorry, Ari. What's up?""The family lunch you have scheduled for this afternoon. You guys are meeting with the Rodriguez family this afternoon "Luna rolled her eyes."I'm not ready""Oh.. okay Signorina. I'll let your father know", she bowed and started to walk away."What?! No! Wait up Ari "She half-ran to where Ari was."Tell them I'll be downstairs in half an hour""Okay Signorina "Luna went back to her room."Arghh! Do I have to go everywhere?!" But she knew she h