"You are a mistake, no one could ever love you, Do I make myself clear?"
Talia is a 13 year old girl, going through hell. She has always craved for a normal life but the world had a different plan for her. No one can see the pain her family is put...
As the car pulls into the cemetery driveway where I was going to meet Cameron before Macey's funeral, Lorenzo asks me a question
"Do you still want to know what you asked yesterday"
I nod, what kind of question is that.. of course I want to know
"To answer what you asked yesterday, we are in the Mafia
And so is Cameron, I need you to understand if you walk out of this car and meet with him before the funeral you are accepting you are a part of it, you have a choice Lia, always"
"Oh okay that explains the guns and stuff I guess"
"Wait so your not freaking out" Xander asks curiously and I laugh
"Why would I be freaking out, Xander I killed someone yesterday, and I know what you do for your job so it doesn't scare me anymore"
"But I do have one question, how did you start working for a mafia" This was genuine question but my brothers all thought it was the funniest thing ever
"Lia we are the Mafia" Lorenzo smirks trying not to laugh at my confused face
"So how did you like join, like a competition or something"
Rocco snorts "Talia, Lorenzo is the leader of the Italian Mafia"
"And it is passed down from generations to the oldest son or daughter" Lorenzo adds
"Wait so our dad was the leader before" Xavier nods "yep"
"That's so cool" I gasp "Okay maybe not really the killing part but everything else"
The car drives to the carpark area, the gravel makes noises as the tires runs over them
In the distance I can already see Cameron, before the SUV even stops I fling open the door and sprint towards Cameron
All my brothers are shouting at me but I don't even care at this point
I needed to see Cam as fast as I could, the more time we had together, the more time I could apologize and explain what happened
As I get closer I shout his name and the look of relief and joy on his face as her turns around, when he see's me makes everything worth it
I fling my arm around him and to my surprise start sobbing
"I missed you so much Cam"
"Me too Lia" He whispers holding me close, he was still wearing the bracelet I gave him which was a good sign
"Talia Grey De Luca you could of injured yourself" Someone shouts from all the way from the car and he snickers
"Let me guess you jumped out of the car, little rebel"
I just roll my eyes "I couldn't wait any longer to see you"
None of my brothers had left the car which was surprising, and it definitely was not to give us 'privacy' because that word doesn't exist to them...
I pull back from his arms sniffing "So you don't hate me right because of what happened to Macey right?"
He tries to say something but I start to stress, and if you know me I start to yap when this happens
"I swear I never hurt her... okay well I tried to kill her but that's because she stabbed Sadie and well Daniel blocked it and it hit the ceiling... we might need to call someone to fix that since I have no idea how to fix my ceiling, how do you fix that.. oh yea and then Daniel killed her and tried to kill my cousin... wait have you met them, they are so nice you have to meet them, I am going to see my grandparents and the rest of my family tomorrow maybe you want to come with me.. wait maybe-"
Cameron grins and puts his hand over my mouth "What am I going to do with you, love"
Okay that made me blush.. Shut up Talia!
"Before you gave me that whole speech I was going to say I wanted to give you something, and I wouldn't of even cared if you killed her.... although you should know I have killed people too, are you going to freak out or can I keep talking?"
I don't trust myself to speak so I just nod
He pulls me to a bench where a medium box was, something was moving against the cardboard and I frown.. what could be in there?
"Here open it"
My hands slowly open the box and my eyes widen "A puppy?... A PUPPY!" I squeal almost dropping the box
"Thank you thank you thank you" I gush as I gently hold up the little puppy
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Cameron watches as I cuddle him "She's gorgeous"
"I found out yesterday that Sadie didn't make and well I wanted to help you in some way.. I had to ask Lorenzo of course, that was the scariest phone call I have ever made in my life, I thought he was going to reach through the phone and kill me"
"You don't know how much this means to me" I wipe away my tears looking at my new puppy
"I'm going to call her Daise, and if you move the words it spells Sadie!"
Cameron suddenly looks nervous "I had to ask permission if I could do that and if I could do this..."
I look up confused "Do what-"
Cutting me off he kisses me and I swear I felt sparks fly, It wasn't like how Tom or Simon did it, there was nothing forced about it, it wasn't too gentle or too rough
He pulls back nervously "Talia will you be my girlfriend?"
I swear he looks so cute when he's nervous
"Yes yes yes" I squeal and I leap onto him making sure not to squish my new puppy
He wraps his arms around me and I smile, so this is what love feels like..
"Were going to get through this together I promise Lia" He whispers and suddenly I didn't feel so alone anymore
I feel safe and loved, two things I wished and longed for since I was younger, sure my life is not perfect but I wouldn't change it for anything.
A car horn beeps at us from the car park, Cameron and me laugh as Rocco yells at us "Okay that's enough love birds Talia come back before I kill your little boyfriend"
For a second as the sun shines behind the car I can see a man who is almost faded in a way smiling at me with a proud expression on his face a furry little cat is in his arms... like Sadie. The man almost looks exactly like me, the eyes and everything. I turn to get a better look but no one is there anymore
This is the moment I realized everyone that I loved that I thought I lost were never really gone, a part of them is still with me, with all of us, you just need to believe it. I never used to believe in fairy tales in happy endings but they do come true
And this is my happy ending, it may not be perfect but its mine.
