The Contract

Sunshine

Angel come to me today and told me I must leave the confines of my room. It has been 3 weeks since I lost our child and I have laid in this room ever since. I do not leave I do not attend dinner and I do not speak to anyone except Angel or Mrs Ricci.

All the men in this house remind me of one thing. The famiglia and blood. The mafia is what killed my child and all I dream about is made men and the gun going off. So today I decided to go outside for a while with Angel. My mother's funeral is tomorrow and to say I am not looking forward to it is an understatement.

I do not want to see my father at all as I have stopped speaking with him. The only reason I continued to talk to him after he forced me into this marriage was that my mother asked me to. Now she is gone there is no need for us to speak. He did not even shed a tear when my mother was murdered all he did was continue with business as usual. He hired someone to organise my mother's funeral and he didn't even ask any of his children's input.

I walk out to the pool and I lay down on a sun lounger beside Angel. I put my Prada sunglasses on so there covering my eyes and I just lay there looking at the clouds. I hope my mother and my baby went to heaven. At least then they could look after each other. I don't know if there is anything after this world but I hope they are. I hope there is a place where I can see all my family again because I have a feeling in the coming months I'm going to lose more than I ever have.

"Will, you ever forgive my brother Bella?" Angel says and I turn to look at her. I try to be as honest as I can with Angelina but some times it's difficult.

"I really don't know Angel I hope maybe one day I can but right now it still feels too raw," I say.

"You know the rules of the contract Bella if you don't produce an heir to the business then the contract is eliminated and one of you has to be eliminated I don't want it to be either of you Bella but you only have a few months left how is this going to work?" She says.

I look at her dumbfounded. I have been so lost in my own head recently I forgot about the agreements of the contract. When I first lost our baby I wanted nothing more than for the contract to be up so I could be free even if it meant death. But now I realise if we don't live up to the rules then we're basically done for. Do I really want to die? Do I really want Luca to die? How can life be so cruel?.

I look at the sky as I lay there silently thinking over my options. I know what I have to do for both me and Luca. I have to try and move on. We have to try for another baby something that leaves me completely sick thinking that I am replacing my first child.

But I know when Luca is back I have to talk to him. I have to forgive him as deep down I know this wasn't his fault. He was thrown into this just like I was. Now we both have to make this life work because you never leave the famiglia.

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