The Mafia's Bride

The official greeting

My mom and I got into my car,and we drove for about thirty minutes. Eventually we pulled up in front of a restaurant,we got out of the car and I saw a familiar face.Outside of the restaurant Roman and his bodyguard were both standing in front of the restaurant doors. I looked at my mom, with a confused look on my face. She gave me a small smile,I just looked at her. I didn't know what was happening,she put her hand on my waist and guided me towards the restaurant doors. I tried to release myself from her grip, but I couldn't. The next thing I knew we were standing in front of Roman and his bodyguard.

"Well good morning Mrs. Johnson I'm glad you both were able to make it." Roman said with a smirk on his face.

"It was our pleasure,my husband couldn't make it because he was working but as you know this is my daughter Elena".

" Ah yes,the lovely waitress that's been serving me for the past couple of weeks.I must say you look even more gorgeous in this outfit." He smirked.

I looked at him, with a shocked look on my face. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, I just stood there not saying anything. Mainly because I didn't know what to say.After a minute of them talking ,we headed into the restaurant. The waiter looked scared when he saw Roman,I mean I don't blame him. We got to our table,and of course Roman felt he needed to be a gentleman. He pulled out my chair, while his bodyguard pulled out my mom's chair. Both men sat down across from us, Romeo seemed to be looking at me the entire time but I was trying to ignore him. After what felt like an unbearable amount of time, the waiter finally showed up to take our orders.

" Hi there folks, I'm Andrew your waiter for today what can I get for you today?" He said in a welcoming tone

"We'll have four glasses of champagne" Romeo said

" I don't drink, so I'll have an iced tea please" I said in a stern tone

The waiter nodded and wrote our orders on his note book, while Romeo just glared at me.

" For an appetizer, we'll have the house salad"  Romeo said

"Very well and for your main dishes?"

I smiled at the waiter, since he looked a little tense. Then I proceed to give him my order .

"I'll have the Baked camembert pasta alfredo, I heard it was your best vegetarian option" I said in an appreciative tone.

The waiter wrote down my order and returned a smile.

" I'll have the steak well-done" Romeo said clearly annoyed

" Make that two" My mom chimed in

" I'll have the Fettuccine Alfredo" Mark said ( Romeo's Bodyguard)

Andrew wrote our orders down, gave us a warm smile and left.The atmosphere was uncomfortable, of course my mom starting talking to Romeo . I didn't even know why I was here.

I cleared my throat, grabbing everyone's attention. My mom looked visibly annoyed.

" So mom, why did you drag me here" I asked in a brave tone

I was expecting a response from my mom. To my surprise Roman decided to response instead.

" Oh?  she didn't tell you, she wants us to get married sweetheart" he said taking a sip of his champagne

I looked at my mom in disbelief, I was pissed but I controlled my anger since we were in public. I turned to my mom, she didn't even seem to care about anything .

"Why would I get married to him, he's not even christian you know how I feel about religion" I said to my mom

"Oh please, as if I want to be married to you" he said with a slight chuckle

" So why'd you agree?" I asked in a confused tone

" I know your dad, he saved my life one time and I said I'd owe him a favor one day" He said with a slight grin

The waiter came before I could give my response, thank goodness. I smiled at the waiter, and thanked him for his hard work. I looked at my mom, indicating I was about to pray. I extended my hand, so we could pray together but she ignored me and began eating. I sighed and decided to pray myself. I spent about five, minutes praying after I'd finished praying I opened my eyes to see Roman and Mark looking at me with a weird look on their faces.I ignored them and began to eat.

" So you're a vegan or something?"Mark asked in a smug tone

" Vegetarian" I said correcting him

My mom started talking about me,and how I'd make a wonderful wife. I wanted to barf, she always does this I never understood why. As always I tried to ignore her, I had my eyes fixated on my plate. I was acting like a kid, who was being forced to eat something they didn't want to.

One Hour Later

After a hour, we finally left the restaurant and my mom took me back to my apartment. The ride there was silent and awkward, I had nothing to say to my mom. I was angry and disappointed, at both of my parents mainly my dad though. After thirty minutes, we arrived at my apartment I immediately got out of the car and stormed into my apartment. I got changed and I went into my prayer closet.

" Dear God, why is this happening. Why don't they listen to me, I don't want to be with Romeo. I want to be with someone who was sent from you and only you" I started praying.

I prayed for about five minutes, there were tears streaming down my face. I was a crying mess, I wanted to stop but I couldn't. The tears kept on flowing even more, I was starting to feel scared  and alone. As I kept on crying, I felt something heavy on my shoulder and a presence filled the closet and my entire body. I just knew it the holy spirit, at that moment I knew everything was going to be ok. It was like the Lord was telling me, that he's still by my side. I wiped my tears, I picked myself up and put on a smile and went about my day.