May

Thirty-Two

"Alyone, you do realise that you will have to tell her what happened when you were eleven?"

"Uhm, Dad, I think I need to go organize some things, you can handle mom, all by yourself." I try to talk my way out of this but my dad, is not having any of it.

"My daughter is no coward." We knock and I open the door. My mother scares me, she honestly does. She is sitting down, playing with Amari. That is my babygirl, soften the blow.

"Uhm, mommy, can we talk?" She looks at us and points to the couch. My dad sits close to her and I sit behind him. Dad may be a mobster but my mother is not a woman you play with.

"Precious, uhm, where to start?" Wrong start dad.

"The beginning, Dima, when you left me and your daughter."

"How do I say this... I am a Mafia leader and I took over when May was born. Remember when I said I had to go bury my father in Russia, I think it was six weeks before May was born. That week was when I took over and I came back to you. I stayed with you because I couldn't leave you but I also couldn't tell you. A few months after, May was seven months old, Dayha came to visit..."

"What does your sister have anything to do with this? I mean first you tell me you are in a mafia, eighteen years, Dima, you kept this from me for eighteen years. I raised that girl who is hiding behind you for eighteen years, alone..."

"I know, Love and I will never be able to imagine the sacrifices you made to raise her but did I not send you money each and every year?"

"Money is nothing, Dima, she needed her father's time."

"Precious, can I finish explaining then you can fight me?"

"Don't you dare act smart, finish your story."

"Dayha is not my sister, she works for the mafia and she was there to kill you, that is why I left after she left. The deal was, I come and lead from Russia and they do not hurt the both of you. Look my choices were not the best, I was an eighteen year old, I did not know any better."

"Dima, that explanation does not cut it, why did you never visit?"

"I couldn't, even if Dayha was out of the way, my movements are always tracked. The only reason they will not kill you is because they know that the future of the Mafia is May and that is the only way to go forward as strong as we are."

"Wait, wait, wait, my daughter is what?"

"My heir."

"No."

"Ma, you can't forbid it. I kinda owe the mafia but dad made it go away because well I am his daughter."

"What did you do?"

"Remember when I was eleven and I disappeared along with Ryan and Ash?" She nods "Well, we kind of wondered into the wrong parts of town and were pulled into a gang and they said if we ever leave they would kill our families. On a mission we went to Belgium and Dayha saw me and because she has always kept tabs on us, she recognized me and went straight to Dad and Dad, saved the three of us after nine months of being part of that gang but because the people in the mafia couldn't know that I am his daughter, him and Dayha made it seem like we were trainees and I got to spend time with Dad and learn about him and he learnt about me. That's why I disappeared every December and June until I was fourteen."

"The both of you are lying, this is all unbelievable."

"Did you not catch me street fighting when I was sixteen?"

"Nothing adds up."

"Mom, we are not lying and I am in danger yet again."

"What did you do?" She looks at us both.

"Ask him." Father dearest can answer that one.

"My former adviser thought that I was childless so that would mean he could nominate himself as successor then he found out about May and he could not imagine having to take orders from a mixed woman. So he wants to kill her so I hid May here so basically the government doesn't know she still exists and I had to pull strings so that she can go to high school undetected and so you can buy her that apartment."

"I want to ask what you did but I feel like I already know." She smiles at him, for the first time since she saw him. At the end of the day, she still loves this man.

"I never meant to hurt you, I never thought I would be the person who hurts you but I did and I did it continuously for eighteen years, I was silent and I hurt you and probably made you question yourself for still caring and I am deeply sorry for not being here physically, not just for our daughter but also for you, because I love her but I love you more, it will always be you, it always was you and that is why I am here, to apologize to the woman I love, to apologize for my reckless, childish behavior, to apologize for every tear that ever fell from your eyes, in my name, for every tear I did not wipe off, for every pain I did not soothe, for every tantrum, I didn't help you fix and for the pain I caused that will not be easy to heal. Precious, when you told me you were expecting, I told you that no matter what, I love you, even if you stop loving me, I will never stop loving you and you know what it is true. I could never look at any woman without thinking about you, it wasn't guilt, it was love, I could never do what I do with you, with anyone else, I could never be with anyone else because no one else knows me like you do, mimma, life has been painful without you and I am honestly ready to do anything to make this work."

"Sweet, really, but I will believe you when you put the work in. You broke my trust and I am not going to let you walt's into my life-"

"Good because I think he should stay in my room. He will move in tomorrow, thank you mommy."

"I will slap you, I will slap you so hard you will forget your own name." I should have not done that.

"Sorry ma."

"You can stay but we are not together, this is my house and you should know that I am not your maid. I forgave you a long time ago but now you have to work through my anger, you can leave. I will see you both tomorrow." She leaves Amari behind as she walks to her room.

"At least she is allowing you to stay here." Dad looks at me as though he wants to slap me too.

"Just drive." He is staying at a hotel for the night. My phone rings and I know it is Josh because he has a personalized ringtone.

"Dad, can you decline that call, please?" He doesn't ask questions thankfully, it would have been a disaster.

"Aylone, at some point, you are going to have to trust me completely." He says before he goes to his hotel room.

"I do trust you dad but there are some things that as my father, I don't think you will want to know or if you knew I know you will overreact, you like doing that, remember Ash?"

"That kid deserved it, are you still with him?"

"Nope, left him nearly six months ago."

"Good, he never deserved you."

"I know now." We laugh and he leaves. I call Josh before I leave the hotel.

"May..."

"I need a favor."

"Okay, I kind of need one too."

"Okay, can we talk when you get here?"

"I'm on my way to you anyway." When did he?

"Uhm okay."

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Author's Note

- Go with it, just run with it.
- So I feel like they are going to get back together, or is that just me????

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