𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐀 -
Intricate and witty, her life has twisted upside down after her father's past scarred his family. At the young age of twenty, Violet is informed that eight years ago, she was promised to marry a Mafia Don's son by h...
❧ AFTERGLOW - TAYLOR SWIFT ☙ "tell me that we'll be just fine."
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This was my first birthday without hearing from either of my parents. I half expected a call from my mother, but as the minutes without a word went by in the morning, I had started to let go of that hope.
The two of us had always been close during my childhood, even in my teenage years too. As soon a I started to notice her and my father's marriage start to drift, she seemed to have started to pay even more attention to me. Though I never knew the answer for why their marriage had gone to rust until late, she always insisted that it had nothing to do with me.
It was a shame that it had almost every bit to do with me.
My father's negligence for me on today's date didn't surprise me one bit, which should have disappointed me, but it didn't; I didn't expect anything less. It was my mother's lack to communicate with me that struck way too fucking deep. But maybe I wasn't empathizing enough, and maybe there were other complications that I didn't know of.
Speaking of complications, I hadn't heard Dominic's voice in about a week, which was more unsettling than it should have been. He told me that he'd be gone to Italy for about a week, and would return tomorrow morning. Over his time away, he never called. He texted me every two hours for regular check ins, on the dot, but never called.
The information that I gave him was very brief, since I didn't have a lot to do in my day. I found myself on the balcony a lot as I tried to get some fresh air, though I was lucky enough to have gotten a couple of visits from Lena, and surprisingly, we had found a shared interest in baking. We both sucked miserably at it, but it was fun. Living alone in one of the biggest houses in the state teaches you how to cure your boredom, I guess.
Dominic and I still hadn't made up though, which made my days feel a little longer than they should have. We both said things that we didn't mean, and we were both tired and overwhelmed— maybe the space between us was for the best, for now.
I knew that I overreacted, a bit— okay, maybe a lot. But I was on my period, and tired of all of the shit that I'd have to put up with. I guess I kind of took out my anger on Dominic. I knew that he was trying really hard to make me feel at home, but honestly, the past few months had been a lot to process to begin with. I think I just needed the time.
I abruptly sat up from my bed when I thought I heard footsteps downstairs. It was a very quiet sound, and I was surprised that I could even hear it to begin with. No one else was supposed to come inside of the house; not that I was aware of.
