Damon was a cold hearted businessman who ran the Mafia with no emotion. He killed for fun and took pleasure in watching people die at his hands.
He was sadistic and didn't show anyone mercy....he made an exception for her.
He hates her with a passio...
Christmas was different for every household. Everyone who celebrated the day did it differently.
The Russo family always spent it in France. As his kids got older, Alesandro stopped making it as magical as possible. His kids now knew Santa didn't exist so food wasn't left out for Santa. He stopped taking them to visit Santa and do all the festive things little kids do. His wished he had the chance to do it with Emilia. He had plenty of pictures of her first and second Christmas though that he treasured.
There used to be a family photo hanging in the lodge. It had all his boys, his twins , his wife and himself. A young Damon had insisted on holding a two year old Emilia, and Lexi was being held by Alice. It was a family picture taken on their last Christmas all together. Alesandro wanted to get rid of it because Alice was in the picture. Back then he didn't know Lexi was part of the abuse Emilia suffered. He had lost his daughter's so the picture remained. However one of the first things Alesandro had done when they arrived was remove the picture. He intended to take an up to date picture today.
Once all his children were up, they ate breakfast as a family. Emilia and Matteo were both excited. Emilia's excitement had the family feeling excited but Matteo felt it the most.
"You can all open one gift before church of you want" Alesandro said after breakfast had finished.
"You go to church?" Emilia was quite surprised due to them being killers.
"Yes there's a small church in a local town we visit" Alesandro said.
"So you are religious" she asked.
"It was how I was raised, so I continue the tradition. Yes we don't go to church every week but everyone displays their faith differently" Alesandro recognised the irony. His parents took him and his brothers to church every Sunday and on Christmas Day. At some point he decided they would just do Christmas day.
Emilia expected at least one dark joke out of Damon but he remained sensible.
No one chose to open a present beforehand. So they all headed out.
After the service they headed back to the cabin. Emilia was excited to open her presents.
And her brothers and father made sure she was the first to open her gifts. Alesandro was your typical parents taking pictures of everything.
Emilia was suprised at how many gifts she had received of her family.
She got a few presents from her father that made her cry a little because of how sentimental they were. One gift in particular made her stop and instead of continuing opening the presents, she went and hugged her dad tightly.
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"Thank you so much. I love it" she said, tears threatening to fall. The necklace was beautiful but the message itself made her cry slightly.
"I'm glad you like it" he told her hugging her tightly.
