Antonio liked to think it was easy for him to read people. I mean it was his job after all but currently sitting across from the woman he still loves very much. He couldn't read her face. Was she upset, nervous or maybe tired and wanted to get this over with to never see him again.
"What do you want to hear?" Antonio asked cautiously
"Who is Aria to you?"
"Aria and I had very brief connections" he stated
"Antonio I only came here because I want to know why you lied to me which means I want the whole ass truth not just a fucking appetizer of it" her voice demanding and stern
"You're right. Aria's father had connections to the Yakuza that Sanco was trying to solidify in a way anyway her father was extremely traditional he wanted to marry me off to his daughter when we were 19. At first both Sanco and I refused but her father Mr Kamado requested we go out together to which I agreed so he'd leave me alone but I found myself enjoying the conversation with Aria and she was great company so I told Sanco I don't mind going through with marriage" he looked away from the woman infront of him.
"Did you love her? Do you love her?" She folded her arms across her chest
"Fuck no I never loved her, sure I enjoyed her company for a short time but never once did I love her or tell her I love her, Collette we never had a wedding or even rings it was all on paper and we separated after a week" he looked at her now trying to read her facial features.
"You slept with her?"
Antonio fell silent.
"Only on our wedding night I swear" he remarked.
Collette knew the whole confrontation of Aria was pointless she was just being extremely jealous, it's not like the 2 of them were together anyway.
"Why is she still a Dias though?"
"She isn't the divorce was finalized after her fathers death she's just delusional I have the papers if you want proof" he stated
"It's fine I believe you now. Why did you lie to me Antonio?"
He took a deep breath before opening his mouth "Collette I come from a broken home and no that's not my excuse but I feel like I owe you an explanation of who I am and why I did what I did.
My father if I can even call him that was an absolute bastard and coward, when money arrived he wasted it on his own pleasure leaving my mother to sex work that I had to witness her suffer. My parents were killed by debt collector's that came after my father and killed my mother as well.
I have always had a burning hatred for the man but because he was dead there was nothing I could do but cry while holding my mother's shawl I remember wanting to kill myself right there and then but I had to flee and when I did I stumbled across Sanco and he took me in and gave me a life my mother wished I had. He fed me and treated me like a true son. I had never experienced that ever in my life, I never knew someone let alone a man could care enough for me as much as my mother did. Sanco never forced me to do anything. Never forced time to join his endeavors but I begged him especially once I found out that he busts debt collectors for a living.
Collette I wanted to hurt the people who killed my mother. Who took away the one and only person I have infinite love for, that's why I did it and I'm very aware I'm no saint and I've done fucked up shit but it's all because I know what these bastards do, and in Cabo when we met again after a while the crush I had on you ignited again...yes I never told you but I've like you since you were 14 and I was 16 I've had the biggest crush on you because you were so nice a pretty and all in all I think the kindest person I've ever met so seeing you again and being around you 24/7 that was the best vacation of my entire life cause baby when I was with you it felt amazing. I was away from that double lifestyle with my only stress being not being too close to you to piss off Chris.
