Demon

chapter 51

Damon knew he had fucked up with Emilia yet again. He knew he needed to trust people more but it was hard.

He trusted his family but sometimes he couldn't help but think back to how she almost drowned and not a single person noticed.

It wasn't just Emilia he was worried about this time either. Matteo had formed an attachment with her, she obviously helped with his eating habits which he was wary of.

Damon had many secrets of his own. After Emilia was born and because Damon was always around his dad, it automatically made him closer to Emilia as Alice did the bare minimum and looking after Emilia was down to Alesandro. However because Damon favoured Emilia and often refused to help his mum, she started 'punishing' him.  He never thought about it because compared to his job, his mum didn't do anything. So he just simply didn't acknowledge any memories of her.
She never beat him or harmed him physically apart from that one slap, but maybe he wouldn't have trust issues if all women in his life had messed him up in some way.

Olivia really was proving his point currently. One of his closest friends disobeying orders and lying.

Women couldn't be trusted.

However he didn't dwell on it as he had to fix things with Emilia. When he arrived home he saw he was just getting back at a similar time to Matteo who glared at him before walking away.

"You really fucked up" Mason said as he passed Damon when he was going out and Damon coming in.

"What happened" Damon asked.

"She's annoyed with you" Mason stated.

Damon knew that so his worry dissapeared. They had eaten lunch so he knew she wouldn't be hungry however he put all of her favourite snacks together. He went to his room and grabbed one of his most treasured possessions

She didn't have the heart to turn him away when she saw him so she invited him in.

"I realise this is getting relative. I ask for your forgiveness and you eventually give it because you are too good for this world Emilia. You shouldn't forgive do easily. But I want to explain first"

"Fine  explain why you act like a child" she said.

"Because you both have formed attachments and I'm worried. Alice was a good mum at first, and then she became a bitch. This was my first time meeting Sienna and I can't just suddenly trust her"

"I get that but it doesn't give you the right to be rude"  Emilia said.

"I know. I spoke to her and I now realise she might not be that bad"

"You spoke to get?"

"Yes I went to her apartment. I suppose she's not bad. But my words also affected you. Look I grew up with a family surrounded by love and I wish you could have too. But despite the lack of a family, we all loved you. I have a confession to make" he explained.

She waited patiently.

"The toy isn't my only stuffed toy" he whispered.  He hated admitting it but at the same time he didn't care who knew.

He pulled out a stuffed bunny soft toy.

"Why" she asked trying not to laugh at how her brother the Mafia boss was holding a bunny toy and asking for forgiveness.

"I saved up my pocket money for a  month and I bought you this. You loved it. But after you were taken I couldn't bare to be apart from it. I kept it in a drawer after a while because looking at it was too painful to look at all the time" he explained.
(Alesandro gave his kids normal pocket money.  He was rich but didn't want his children spoilt so they had a normal amount not 1000s a week or something like that.)