Delilah Jones.
The innocent and precious child of the family. The youngest, with three VERY protective brothers.
Adored by everyone she met; she had unknowingly captured the heart of the most ruthless man.
Luca Romano.
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[Please read A/N at the end. It's very important.]
Delilah
"When you were at the age of 5, one of my many enemies abducted you. You were missing for a week when we finally found you. You would not speak or eat, making us worried sick about you. Your mother had breakdowns looking at your condition. Even your brothers had shut themselves off. We took you to several doctors, nobody could do anything. We thought we lost you." My dad says with tears in his eyes.
Why did I have no memory of this?
"Suddenly one day, you went back to your normal cheerful self. We were of course very happy, but at the same time concerned about the sudden change in your behavior. It seemed like you totally erased the memory of everything that happened to you. Since then, we didn't bring up anything about the incident and also didn't want to leave you alone." He continued.
Well, there's my answer.
"And before you ask, no we do not harm innocent people." I was a bit relieved. It was gonna take a while to let all this information sink in.
"I think it's gonna take a while for me to get used to all this." I reply.
"How come I'm not getting any of those weird flashbacks that I see in movies, which are supposed to hurt my head?" I ask genuinely confused.
"I think it's because it's been so long and also you've been trying to get it out of your mind, that you don't have recollections of it." My dad says.
"Well, atleast that saves me from going through a painful experience." I think out loud.
"Tesoro since we are back, why don't we all head out for dinner? To help you take things off your mind?" My dad asks, with hope in his eyes.
"Ok sure. Why not." I answer after thinking about it a while. It was probably better than being alone and negative thoughts coming to my mind.
I go upstairs to my room to get ready. After a shower, I decide to dress.
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After doing my hair and putting on some accessories, I go down. I didn't apply makeup, since I didn't want to look like a clown.
I see my family already waiting for me downstairs. As soon as they see me, I'm showered with compliments and praises, causing my face to turn the deepest shade of red.
"Oh my baby, you look beautiful." That is my mom. She kisses my cheek and pulls me into a hug.
"My honeybun, what a beautiful lady you have become." My nonno pulls me into his arms and hugs me tight.
I'm currently living my life as a parcel, being passed around.
"Oh sweetheart! Look at you! You are going to steal every man's heart." My nonna says with tears in her eyes.
My dad and brothers grumbled something about how they should just gouge their eyes out, which terrified me. Something told me that they would actually do that.
I think I should just stay away from boys if I want to save their lives.
"Let's get going everyone!" I say a bit excited, since it had been a long time we went out as the whole family.
I jump in the car with my parents. My brothers carpooled instead of driving individually, since we didn't want to grab attention and my grandparents in the third car.
We arrived at the restaurant and went to our reserved seats. My parents and grandparents led the way, followed by my sibilings and I. We were talking on the way, when I locked eyes with the one person, who gave me butterflies and made me a nervous wreck.
Luca.
__________________ A/N
Hi guys!!! I know some people might be upset that Delilah is just going along with all of this without being actually upset with her family. I wanted to say that its her nature; she's carefree and kind. Though she will remember that her family lied to her, she also knows that they did it for her safety. And that prompts her to forgive them soon. Also, this is my first book so it's not perfect and if you are unhappy with the storyline then I understand. If you want to drop it then you totally can, no hard feelings. I just wanted to say this..☺️ Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.
‼️Important‼️ I won't be doing Luca's pov anymore. I really want to focus on Delilah's pov only. I might do his maybe once or twice when I think it's appropriate. Once again, thank you all for choosing to read my book, voting and commenting. It really means a lot. Love you all!!
