AND THUS IT BEGAN

CHAPTER 11

MARCO ROMANO :

     Finally we arrived at a slightly nice neighborhood, it was in the outskirts of the small town and seemed like the perfect place to just live a normal life, quiet and homey.
I checked and went to the Apartment number written on the address and knocked quite loudly, there was no door bell so you would understand the reason for that,  soon enough a very hysterical Sophie opened the door and jumped Into my arms.

   "It's okay Princess, where's your mom"
I asked all the while rubbing her back to calm her down.

She pointed inside so Luca and I followed her into what seemed to be a comfortable living room. Sophie wiggled out of my arms and dragged me into the room further till we stopped before her, I don't know if it was shock or disbelief but I stopped in my track by the sight before me.

Surely it couldn't be, I searched every corner of Italy, every living home in Sicily and was told that nothing came up, they even suggested that she may have died, I never believed them but how could she have been so close to me and yet I never found her all those years ago.

  " Catherina?" I whispered in disbelief.

    "She's the one?"
Luca asked in shock.

    "Yes, I'm sure of it"
I answered, bending down to shift the hair behind so I could see the one thing that would never lie, the beautiful black mole that used to be behind her ear and indeed there it was.

  "Will mama be okay uncle Luca"
I heard Sophie's voice, with that I lifted her into my arms and carried her to the car while Luca carried Sophie, allowed her to lock their door, a smart kid.  Before they joined us in the where I drove back to our home.

  I always hoped I'll get to bring her back here, I just wished they were under different circumstances, not her laying unconscious right beside me with absolutely no idea where she was being taken to.

  "Wait how do you know each other?"
Sophie whispered to Luca, except she kinda yelled, I will never understand what goes through her little mind.

   "We are brothers princess"
Luca explained to Sophie who nodded in understanding.

   "What happened Princess?"
I asked now that she seemed calm enough to talk.

  I heard her sigh before she spoke.
   "When we got home, mama went to her room and I watched TV, I saw you and uncle Luca on the TV so I called mommy to come see too, she ran to me and I don't know but she fell and closed her eyes, will she be okay?"
She asked, her lips now quivering.

    "She will be fine, mommy is just tired".
Luca replied for me but we both knew that she didn't pass out cause she was tired, she did cause she was in shock.
Indeed the world was a smaller place than one would believe it to be.

There was just one thing bugging my mind now, if Sophie was her daughter then what did that mean? Did she get married? Did she have a boyfriend or something? Did she move on?.

    "Quick question Soph, how old are you?"
Luca asked Soph who now gasped again like she did over the  phone when I first asked her the same question.

Thankfully we arrived at the house, I didn't want hear Luca get an earful from Sophie for that question he just asked.
I turned around and lifted Catherina in my arms while Luca did same with Sophie then we began to walk into the house through the backdoor where my men stood in shock.

I quickly glared at them cause I saw How Sophie was clinging to Luca's arm as a result of their stupid stares.
After our Elivator ride we arrived at the top floor where I walked to the room I designed specifically for her even if I had no hope of her ever seeing it, I guess someone answered my prayers.

Once she was tucked in the bed I turned to Soph who was complaining about how hungry she was, something about working up an appetite with all that tears she cried.

We had laughed at the way she scrunched her face before I lifted her off the floor and began walking towards the kitchen to grab some food.
Thankfully there was a carton of pizza on the counter so I cut out a slice for her, myself and Luca.

    "You never answered my question Princess, how old are you?"
Luca asked again a little more seriously this time, what was his problem with the kid's age.

   "What's your full name uncle Luca"
She asked instead.

    "I'm Luca De Luca"
He answered with a small smile but I knew he was about to get it.

    "Luca De Luca you should never ask a woman her age, Ever."
She scolded quite sternly or at least as sternly as she could manage.

    I watched as Luca gulped in shock before looking at me, no man count me out.

   "You could have just said so without calling out my full name right?"
He asked rather unsure, probably not understanding the point of calling his full name if she just going to say that.

   "My mom does it all the time, she will say:  Sophia Eliz Marco Romano I did not raise you to be a brat"

Except by the end of her statement I had already chocked on my Pizza and was now struggling to get some water through.

  "Sophia Eliz Marco Romano?, that your full name?"
Luca asked in shock.

    "Yes uncle, That's my name, now can you take me to bed, I'm tired, I feel like I've been doing so much hard work"
She whined and began rubbing her Tommy before she turned to me in expectation.

  I slid out of my sit and lifted her up still in a daze, once we were in the room, I tucked her into the bed right beside her mother and kissed them goodnight with hopes that this wasnt a dream cause it wouldn't be the first.

    "Does this mean what I'm thinking Marco?"
Luca asked as soon as I took my sit in the kitchen island.

   "What are the chances that she ran away cause she was with my child?"
I asked now that my haze was fading away.

    "Let's get some sleep, tomorrow will answer all our questions"
Luca payed my shoulder.

   "Oh the event is over and the Maliz mother and son are at the dungeon where you demanded that they be kept"

  "Grazie fratello"
(Thank you brother)

With that we went our separate ways, I went back to my office where I pulled out Catherina's pictures, the once I had stolen from her album all those years ago.

The years had been kid to her,  she was now more beautiful than I remembered her to be back then.

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Please ignore any typo errors, I plan on editing as soon as im done.

Kisses babies