The wedding night

Episode 45-Flashback.

"The past should remain in the past so the future won't be so far away."

Music played: Hell of a life by Rita ora.
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Lorenzo POV

"It all started when I was five years ago," I began the story that I tried to bury deep in my heart but it kept resurfacing. "It was an afternoon, you were in school but I had stayed at home because I fell sick. Uncle Benjamin and Lucas had come to visit us that day. I was in my room sleeping that afternoon while I heard the news. It came from our parent's room."

Twenty years ago,

"I'm here to claim what truly belongs to me brother!" Uncle Benjamin shouted.

"You guys should keep it down. The kids will hear you!" I heard my mother beg.

"Keep what down you whore!" My father accused her. "You are the cause of all of this. If you haven't whore around then this wouldn't have happened."

"I met Benjamin before I met you. I was pregnant with Giovanni before you emotionally blackmailed your wicked soul." My mother retorted.

I could hear everything from my room. As a little boy, I had no idea why they were fighting. We were a happy family and fighting is not what makes a happy family according to what my mother always said. I stood up from the bed and walked to my parent's room. When I was almost there, I heard my father declaring that we were bastards.

"They are no son of mine but I won't allow you to claim them!" My father declared.

As a little boy, I ran inside the room but the state I met my mother in was not comfortable. She was laying on the bare floor with her father on top of her and uncle Benjamin trying to pull him away.

"Mummy!" I burst into tears like the little child that I was. I didn't want my mother to get hurt so I ran and tried to push my father off her. My father laughed and pushed me away with a strong force. My back made contact with the desk that was opposite the bed. I let out a scream and lay on the ground with a broken rib.

I heard mother and uncle Benjamin ruining me before I blacked out. When I woke up, I was in the hospital and the first person I saw was my father. He smiled
at me and then gave me a warning. " pretend you didn't see anything and we'll be fine. If your brother finds out about this, I'll kill your mother." He threatened me with my mother whom I loved very much. As a little boy, I pretended everything was fine to keep my mother safe. One week passed and the news of uncle Benjamin came. He was accused of murder and sent to prison. I didn't know much at that time but all I knew was that my father wasn't my real father.

Present

"What happened after then?" Giovanni questioned.

"As I grew older, father abuses me almost every day but pretends to care more about me anytime he sees you," I chuckled when I remembered the memory. "I could remember the hate in your eyes anytime you see father caring for me." I chuckled again, "I was suffering and I couldn't tell anyone. Mother knew about it but she was just as helpless as I was."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I wanted to protect you. He threatened to kill you and if I had told you, he would have killed you." I turned away from the window and faces my brother. "I was abused all through my life. He started with a whip when I was eight years and then he upgraded to knives when I turned thirteen. He cut me open most times and fixed me up. I was a toy to him!" I blinked the tears that were settling in my eyes away. I didn't want him to see me in my weak state but I couldn't help it.