Redemption {Book One}

Prologue

Koda Borgia

Five Years Ago

I walked through the dark halls until I could see the light glow of pink coming through the cracked door. I gently pushed the door open and walked over to the white crib in the middle of the room.

The brown baby with curly hair and a button nose snored slightly below me in the middle of the ballerina sheets. I took a deep breath and rubbed her face, I do this every time I leave her, I never know when it will be the last time I see her. I just want her face to be imprinted into my mind but ever since she came home months ago she changed by the minute.

When she was first born her eyes were bright green, the brightest color I'd ever seen and all she could do was admire me with them. When we fell asleep that night and awoke that morning already her eyes had changed from a bright green to a dull hazel, and then the next day to a light brown, then the next dark brown.

Every night before I go to sleep I pray I don't miss anything or maybe too much. But tonight was different.

There was no sleep to be done tonight, I had a mission. This mission wasn't the most dangerous nor the longest. But this one was my first one since my Capri was born. I had something to come back to this time.

Before Capri was born I had her mother here to come home too but that was different, she was different. She was not the same caring woman I met and she wasn't the woman I wanted to bare my children. Amelia had changed beyond imagining when she found out she was pregnant. She couldn't look at me, did not want to connect with the baby and she definitely did not want to connect with me.

When our princess was born several months ago she didn't want to hold her, even now it is a rare sighting for her to hold her. She just stares at her, Amelia's once loving soulful glare now blank when aimed at Capri and me.

I take and deep breath and drink in Capri's face once again. " Buonanotte bella." I whisper as I kiss her feet.

I turn around and zip my leather jacket, as I look up I see Amelia standing at the door.

"Where are you going Koda?" she interrogates with her eyebrow raised in accusations. I look her in the eye and sigh

"Why are you awake Amellia?" I brush past her and down the dark halls to the gently lit living room. She follows hot on my heels when I get to the front door she slips in front of me.

"If you are going on a mission I want to go with you." She demands while crossing her arms while blocking the door. I look her up and down, she has on dark jeans and one of my grey hoodies.

"No it is dangerous, someone needs to stay here with Capri. Someone needs to be here to protect her." Amelia shakes her head and starts to plead,

"Capri is seven months old and you haven't let me out the house in eight months, I love you both but I promise you I will go insane and kill you if you do not let me out the house." She pouts slightly.

This is the Amilia I haven't seen in months, the over-exaggerating bossy woman she is. I can't say no, if she is this excited about this mission there is a chance I can get my Amelia back, maybe this is all it takes. I look at her excited face one more time and sigh.

"Okay, Millie but-" she jumps into my arms and kisses me deeply. She grabs the back of my head lacing her fingers through my hair forcing her tongue in my mouth, before I can even register what's happening she jumps down and heads back towards the dark halls and whisper yells,

"Meet you in the car in five minutes, I'll let Zyion know!"

I shake my with a low chuckle and head out the door, this will be like old times. I slip a quick text to my mission partner to let him know he doesn't have to meet me. This will be like the old days where Millia and I would go on missions together. That is how we met actually.

Millia jogs out the house and we both get in the car, when I start the car amelia asks "What's the mission?" I look at her and smile, I love when she gets excited about missions.

"This one is relatively small, Father thinks that a baby has made me soft." I chuckle deeply, "So he has sent me on a delivery. In the trunk, there are thousands of dollars that need to be washed, so what we have to do is distribute it at the washer warehouse. The drive is about 2 hours" Amillia nodded her head and leaned against my shoulder.

"Wake me when we are close," she asked as she lifted her legs into the seat. I kissed her forehead in confirmation.

After an hour and forty-five-minute drive, we arrived at our destination. I woke Amillia up and we climbed out of the car. I signaled to her to walk to the trunk so we could each get a fifty-two-inch suitcase. We then walked into the side of the warehouse.

"HHHEEEEYYYYY, Look who it is! It's the happy couple. How's the little one?" I nod my head.

"Hello Fonso, we have come to do business pleasantries can come later." I gruffly say it did not sit quite right with him speaking of my daughter. I place one of the suitcases on the wooden table in the middle of the room. When I unzip it Fonso looks at the money.

"How much is it again?" He asks while inspecting the stacks.

"There is $50000 in ones, fives, and tens. Father wants all of this distributed and washed by the end of the week." I wait for Fonso to look back up at and when he does he smiles.

"Amillia! Darling, gorgeous, how are you?" I protectively pull Amillia close and slightly behind me. I glare at Fonso and that stops him straight in his tracks.

"Why so sensitive eh." He chuckles and looks behind him.

"Our business here is done, my father will be in touch." I turn to walk out with Amilia close beside me we stop when we hear a gun cock. "This is supposed to be a safe spot Fonso, no weapons allowed remember?"

"Tsk tsk tsk. Koda, Koda, Koda. Well you see the boys and I were wondering what life would be like if we killed you and posted the reward for your head. I mean it is a whopping 42 million dollars. And what an opportunity we had, your father sent you here to us unprotected and unarmed. All we're missing is the silver platter." I take a deep breath and turn around.

"Let Amelia go Fonso." I grit through my teeth.

"What is this, the don's son begging for his black bitch's life." He chuckles and I growl, Amelia grabs my arm tightly. I look her in the eye.

"So now what Fonso?" I look back at him with a tight jaw my teeth clenched.

"Well, I shoot you because I know you will be a bitch to fight, and let's just say me and your black whore are gonna have a little fun." Fonso walks closer and I try to pull the gun out of his hand by kicking his knee. He grunts and grabs onto my jacket trying to point the gun my way. We are pushing and pulling so much we fall into the ground, suddenly the gun goes off. We both still waiting ti see what damage it caused. Neither of us were hurt so we continue fighting for the gun until I grab the gun and stand up. I point the gun at his face.

"Who's the bitch now?" I shoot him in the head.

I pause for a minute when I hear a whimper. I turn to Amelia, she is clutching her stomach there is a growing red spot on her abdomen and leaking out if her hands. I run to catch her as she falls.

"AMELIA! AMELIA ARE YOU OKAY AMELIA!"