Take Me A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance - Faith Summers Page 0,84

her by allowing what happen to happen to her and I didn’t know how I didn’t kill the motherfucker. I was too concerned about her to do anything she didn’t want me to do.

I managed to get her to go to the police. The two of us went. But they fucked up. I don’t know what the hell they did but it didn’t help. Amelia was made to look like a liar. Her mother thought the baby was mine and Amelia was trying to ruin her happiness.

The disaster turned into a nightmare when I got a call from Amelia one night telling me he raped her again and she killed him. she stabbed him with a pocket knife.

That was the last time we spoke. She went missing after that for three days. Georgiou and I found her Eagle Mountain. We’d been looking endlessness for her. I looked everywhere, but she was a clever girl and knew how to stay hidden.

As I look at the egg in my hand I still remember her face. Her beautiful face, tearstained and hopeless with nothing left to live for. Not even me.

I close my eyes and draw in a breath.

I’d be an idiot if I thought it still didn’t affect me, maybe it always will. But maybe I can change that.

I don’t want to live like this for the rest of my life and I know I was an ass in front of the woman I shared so much with just the other night. The way I was with Lilly was me giving myself to her too.

I don’t want to spoil this… whatever it is.

No strings attached… really?

I’m not acting like it’s no strings and if I want to explore this have to let go of the past.

One step at a time.

I stand up and make my way into the main part of the house. It’s really quiet.

Lilly’s in the kitchen with Rosie like they’ve been frozen there in time since yesterday. the only differences are the change in their clothes and Lilly has her hair down. She looks like a doll and Rosie a miniature version of her.

“Morning, we were just having toast, but we can go in the garden,” Lilly says.

“No. Don’t do that.”

I look at Rosie sitting in the chair. She’s brought her hands together. god, their so small and she is too. She literally looks like a doll.

I walk over to her, crouch down and place my hand over hers.

“Hey there, my little principessa,” I begin. “I’m sorry I scared you yesterday. I didn’t mean to. Here I want you to have this.”

As I open up my palms and she sees the egg her face brightens up like a bulb.

“Really? I can have it?”

“Yes. It’s something you don’t have. Maybe it will bring you good luck,” I say and the moment the words fall from my lips something loosens inside me. It’s freeing and like someone eased the weight of the past off my shoulders.

“Thank you so much,” she says throwing her arms around me. Jesus, I didn’t know anything could make tears sting the backs of my eyes but she can.

“You’re welcome,” I mutter. I can sense Lilly watching us. there’s a shift in the atmosphere.

“Goosy will love it so much. I’ll make sure she doesn’t break it. can I give it to her now?”

“You sure can baby girl,” I reply and she leaps off her chair and rushes out the room.

I push to my feet and face Lilly. She’s looking back at me with tear-filled eyes.

“Thank you for being so kind to her. But I didn’t want you to give her something that was important to you,” she says.

“Her happiness was more important. It was a present I got once. I…” Am I really going to tell her? I don’t know how the words sound. I’ve never said them. Georgiou was the one who explained what happened to anyone who mattered to me. This would be the first time I’ve talked about it.

“Back in high school I met this girl. She gave me the egg because it was something I didn’t have. My family was always rich and I never wanted for anything. But I didn’t have a golden egg,” I explain and find myself smiling at the memory. that’s it though. that’s all I can smile at. I can see from the look in Lilly’s eyes that she might know where I’m going with this conversation. So while she gives me a little smile I can see