Our Angelina

Prologue

THIRD PERSON POV:

Eleanora De Luca, the mother of Angelina and her brothers, ran away from her husband and sons to protect her unborn daughter four years ago. She didn't want her daughter to grow up within the Mafia and left without telling Alessio that she was pregnant.

After two years Eleanora meets Finn, and 1 year later, he becomes Angelina's step-dad. He offered them protection and a roof over their heads. Eleanora was struggling. Taking care of a two year old with no one to help was extremely difficult, and this became the last resort.

In the beginning it was okay. Eleanora was happy, Finn provided for them, and Angelina was a bubbly little girl. Her name really did represent her. She was pure and innocent. She saw the best in everybody and never failed to make you smile. Her giggles genuinely sounded like angel's singing. Angelina was also very bright for her age. Her mother wanted her to know her native language, so she began teaching her Italian along side English. They had days set aside where they would only speak Italian or only speak English. They spent their days together dancing, cooking, singing, going to the park, etc. Angelina was living the perfect life, until she turned four.

Four Years Later (Angelina is four years old):

Eleanora and Angelina were in the living room watching Angelina's favorite movie, Finding Nemo, when the front door slammed shut with a loud thud, shaking the picture frames on the walls. Angelina jumped in her seat and turned around to find her step-dad Finn stumbling around the hallway into the living room. Angelina jumped up to greet him.

"Finny, you're home!" Angelina exclaimed. But she didn't get a verbal response back. Instead she was met with his palm slapping her on her cheek. Instantly, tears began streaming down Angelina's face. Eleanora jumped into action, yelling at Finn.

"FINN! What are you doing? Why would you hit Angelina?" Eleanora roared at Finn.

"The little bitch deserves it," Finn said, stalking closer to Eleanora. He grabbed her arm roughly and pulled her to the couch. She could smell the alcohol coming off of him. "Now, you're going to take this line of cocaine or I'll do more to Angelina. You know you can't leave because I'm the only one providing for this family," he snarled.

Eleanora was shaking. She turned around to find Angelina sitting on the ground holding her cheek where a bruise was already starting to form. They could see the fear in each others eyes. They've never seen Finn act this way.

"Angelina, sweetie, I need you to go upstairs to your room, okay?" Eleanora shakily said.

"But mama!" Angelina exclaimed.

Finn had enough. He roughly picked Angelina up by her hair, making her scream, and dragged her to her room, locking the door from the outside. Angelina began to scream and cry for her mama, hoping she would come and save her.

Finn walked back to living room where Eleanora had tears in her eyes. He plopped down onto the couch next to her and began cutting lines for Eleanora. He forcefully pushed her face towards the coffee table and made her snort the cocaine.

This was the beginning of the worst year for Angelina Alessia De Luca.

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