My Princessa

chapter 3

Matteo De Luca's Pov

Have you ever been in a house full of people but still be lonely because that's how l've felt in the last 13 years ever since Alexandra was born

Being a father of 4 boys l was so excited on finally having a girl my little princessa and l was so sure she was going to be a daddy's girl by the way she would react when she was still in her mother's womb everytime l touched jrh mother's stomach she would kick so bad that Selena would complain everytime

Selena and l met at a small restaurant were she used to work while l was there for a business meeting and of course it was love at first sight ,l proposed 5 months after we met and we had our first born Elonzo who is currently 22 at the moment after him came the twins Leone and Leonard who are both 20 ,then came Alexander 16 and 3 years after Alex my wife was pregnant again and we found out it was a girl we had decided to name her Alexandra

My brothers and l were pretty excited about having a girl in the De Luca family after having 12 boys and even Padre was excited because he never had a daughter but he was finally having a granddaughter

I can't even explain the excitement l was feeling the day she was born but it only took one look at her eyes to turn that excitement into sadness, betrayal and hurt

In my whole family we all possess our type of eyes that almost everywhere we go people instantly recognise us ,our strikingly blue ocean eyes but imagine my surprise when my only daughter is born with hazel brown eyes and a bit of red hair

I couldn't hold her that day but l couldn't question my wife either because I feared her answer could destroy our whole family so l tolerated it

At first tolerating it was okay because somehow l hoped my the baby will get some of my or my family's features but instead she grew more and more different each day

Alexandra never possessed any De Luca feature even her attitude was different neither mine or all my brothers kids behaved like her from a young age she was always rude towards other people, disrespectful and above all spoilt because of the attention her brothers gave her

My parents hated her attitude but for me Madre tolerated it but Padre never failed to show his displeasure because as a former Capo Padre obviously hated being disrespected but he kept quiet and as for my brothers they kept their distance from Alexandra just like me

That was all until 3 years back when Alexandra accused my nephew Xavier of touching her inappropriately and her brothers and mother obviously supported her but my brothers and nephews believed that Xavier could never do something like that and l also new that my nephews and sons maybe in the Mafia but they can never touch a girl without her permission and definitely not their on sister but unfortunately all evidence pointed to him

From that night all of the relationships were broken and from that day my sons and nephews never got along and l was so frustrated that l finally took that DNA test with my wife and my son's knowledge but my brothers, parents and nephews were there with me

The DNA test proved that Alexandra De Luca was not my daughter and even though l always knew the truth deep down l was heartbroken ,l gave my wife everything even if she asked for the world l would have given it to her then why would she do this to me

Me being distant from Alexandra drove a wedge between mine and my sons relationship because they thought l was being unfair to their sister

Seeing my wife everyday was a constant reminder of her betrayal so l worked most of the time to avoid seeing her and her daughter but l never failed to be there for my boy and even my nephews because they were always like my sons