15 years ago, Amelie Russo gave birth to twin girls. The first girls in over 3 generations of Russo children.
However, the mafia is a dangerous world full of dangerous people. After a kidnapping when the twins were 5, only one twin remained. This wa...
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"After all you've endured, you owe it to yourself to hold on." -Unknown
~Recap~
Yet the reality of how broken I am continues to sink in.
The reality of what he and Gio did...
...it continues to sink in.
I don't know if I will ever be able to forgive them. Or if I ever should.
But yet here... in the car surrounded by pounding rain... snuggled up on the lap of my usually very unemotional oldest brother, I feel a glimmer of something.
A glimmer of hope.
A glimmer that maybe my life isn't set out to be as bad as I thought it would be.
Maybe this was rock bottom.
And now the only way is up.
~Now~
Thump thump. Thump thump. Thump thump.
His heartbeat echoes inside my mind, my face pressed up against his chest.
My eyes begin to flutter shut, my body relaxed and warm to the point of it craving to catch up on sleep.
As one warm hand rakes through my dyed brown hair, the other gently rubs my back, gently lulling me to sleep.
But I fight it, my body and mind stronger than my exhaustion.
After a few more minutes of comfort, I sit up, ending the comforting pounding inside my head.
Still situated upon his lap, I clear my throat, drying my eyes and wiping my nose on my sleeve.
Hiccuping slightly, I whisper out "I'm okay," my throat cracking in the middle. I clear my throat before repeating myself more loudly. "I'm okay." I state coldly.
I can't let him in.
I can't let any of them in.
They've hurt me before and they'll hurt me again.
I mean even the first time they came back in 4 years they hurt me in worse ways than they could ever imagine. And I won't let it happen again.
He looks at me, his eyes showing concern. "Baby, it's okay to not be okay." He whispers calmly, his eyes widening in worry.
