**(7 Years Ago Part One)**
I was in my room watching a movie when my father entered. He was wearing a suit like always and was smoking a cigarette.
"Come on, figlio." He said.
"Where are we going?" I asked standing up.
"Tonight, you are joining me at the auction. You have five minutes to get ready." He said turning around and walking out.
I was surprised and shocked. He had never let me go with him before.
The auction, from what I have heard, is a place where women and some girls are sold. The women and girls can be used as maids, nannies, or sex slaves. The auction is held once a year at a warehouse on the docks. It is operated and owned by Cristiano Ricci, a friend of my fathers.
My father is one of the biggest crime bosses in the world. He has a hand in everything and has everyone in his pocket. He has raised and molded me to take over his empire since the day I was born, like all the generations of the Vitale men before me.
My mother died when I was a baby. My father never speaks of her and he refuses to tell me what happened to her. No one else will tell me either because they fear my father.
Me? I don't fear anyone or anything. I can't afford to and my father raised me to fear nothing and no one. He always said that people should fear me.
I quickly got dressed before running downstairs where he was waiting. We climbed into one of the black SUVs and started on our way.
We arrived ten minutes before midnight, which is when the auction started.
Cristiano was the first to greet us.
"Santino, è così bello vederti!" He said smiling. (Santino, so good to see you!)
"Anche tu, Cristiano." My father replied. (You too, Cristiano.)
Cristiano the turned to me. "Vincenzo, I am glad to see that your father decided to bring you along."
I remained silent.
We walked into the warehouse where at least a hundred or more men and some women were waiting. There were other bosses, politicians, businessmen, and police officers there to buy or look at the women.
"I saved you the best seat in the house." Cristiano said leading us towards one of the front tables.
Tables were spread out across the floor, a bar was off to the side, and a stage was at the very front where the women would stand.
We sat down at the table and waited for it to begin. My father got a glass of whiskey and a cigar while he waited.
I was about to request water when my father slid his whiskey over to me.
"Drink." He ordered.
At sixteen, I had never had a drink or smoked and I didn't really want to but I knew that it was an order and not a question.
Just as I took a drink, Cristiano got up on stage.
"Welcome!!!" He shouted into the microphone getting everyone's attention. "Welcome to our 30th annual auction!! We have got a very special selection for you all tonight. And as a bonus, we have the women and girls that will be sold at the next auction here for you all to look at and sample if you want."
Everyone cheered.
"Now, how about we bring the ladies out and get started?!?!"
Again, everyone cheered.
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Romance**Cover by @AndiApplexoxo** No one could have guessed what would happen when a sixteen year old Vincenzo goes to an auction with his father. No one could have guessed that his actions from that night would change his whole life path and the path of...
