His Angel

Like a daughter?

Sophia's POV

That insufferable bastard how dare he and then had the audacity to tell me to calm down ugh this is so much harder than it should be... momma what do I do it's so much more difficult since you left a lot changed I just wish you were still here to hug me and make my favorite pasta. I miss when you would be in the kitchen singing and dancing in the kitchen. I stop my train of thought and pull my knees to my chest and look up at the moon and stars. A heavy sigh slips past my lips. I hear a car pull up and stop.

"Oh Bella, come let's go" I look up to see Eric and give him a small smile and stand up to get in the car.

"You know he's not like that all the time... it's just his way to stay safe, because everyone he has trusted that was outside our familia has betrayed him so he puts up a barrier so that no one can betray him again" I look away from the window and look at Eric only to see he's already looking at me " well it's not a bad idea" I look back at the window "when I was young I thought that the monsters that were under my bed were bad, but as I got older I realized that the monsters who aren't under the bed are way worse" the car goes silent for a while and I can feel Eric's stare piercing me like a knife. I feel the car come to a stop to see an ice cream truck and I look at Eric confused causing him to laugh "come on let's get some ice cream and talk" I nod and follow him up to the truck and see an old lady with a bright smile. Eric looks at me and asks "what flavor?" I think for a while before responding "cookie dough please" it takes 5 minutes before the old lady finished making our ice creams and gave them to us. Eric thanks her and pays her a big tip and starts walking towards the forest.

I stand still confused causing Eric to turn to me "you coming or no" he says and continues to walk forward, I run to catch up to him. We walked a bit in silence before he walks up to a big rock and sits down while patting next to him, i sit down and start eating. When he clears his throat "so can you tell me what happened" I freeze for a second before I tell him "well we went to the dinner and everything was fine at first I ate my food and was sitting there the entire dinner not one of those men spoke to me they acted like I wasn't there and I was starting to get angry when that infuriating man started treating me like a child by says behave and remember the rules, after he said that.. I kinda lost my cool grabbed a steak knife and pointed it at him and yelled at him in Italian and then he told me to calm down and that made me even angrier so I slammed the knife in the table and walked out." I look over at Eric to see he's laughing "god those poor men were probably terrified."

He stops laughing and looks at me "but what's really made you upset Bella, you can't lie to me and act like nothing is wrong" I freeze "I I-it's hard" I breathed out, it felt as if I had just been hit by a car "what's hard?".

"EVERYTHING,everything is so hard, first my momma died and then I went through so much hell and when I broke down and was at my lowest point I was sent to a place that almost broke my sanity and then now here I am... I look at him with tears slowly spilling out and rolling down my cheeks "how could I fall so far from where I'm supposed to be it's hard so hard it feels like I'm a shattered piece of glass and every time I reglue a piece back another one shatters, and I feel as though I'm dying slowly, everything in me is telling me to stop that I need rest but I ccan't because if I do I'm weak and its it's just so much" I finished with shattering breath I look at Eric and see that he looks like he's hurt. But why would he feel like that?!. He suddenly pulls me into his arms and hugs me tight "you know I see you as my daughter and it hurts me to hear that you had to deal with all of that and it's ok to feel weak everyone does at one point but that's what makes us stronger. You need a serious break Bella how about you stay with me for a week, one week to be vulnerable and heal and rest, one week to let it all out. Ok?" I nod into his shoulder.

I feel him stand up and start carrying me to the car. The gentle sway causing me to slowly drift to sleep.

Eric's POV

My poor Bambi, to think she went through so much, and I only know a crumb of it, she's so brave.

And that little shit made her upset I ought to tell his mother when she comes back. I'm brought out of my thoughts when I feel my phone vibrate.

Don

Dominic: where are you.

She's alright for now but I want you to swing by my house so we can talk ok .

I should hit him for making her so stressed, I pull into my driveway and unbuckle and make my way around the car to get her. I take her upstairs and leave her in the spare bedroom and go back downstairs to wait.

It's 9:30 when I hear Dominic pull in the driveway, he opens the door and starts to look around.

"She's asleep in the room but we need to talk" he nods "she's going to stay with me for a week because she's not in the right mind and she needs to be properly examined by a doctor tomorrow. I'm kinda mad at you son because you upset her very much causing her to have a meltdown. You and I both know that she's been through a lot and she needs rest so she'll be staying here for a week" I look at him. He nods and gets up and leaves quickly.

Luxie
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