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Then he gave a crap about me.
Otherwise, no.
"I've raised you since birth. Everything I ever did was for you.”
That made me laugh right the heck out loud. "Really? Like selling me off to Sergio? That was looking out for my best interests?" I asked my idiot of a father.
The scowl on his face scared the crap out of me, but I'd never let him know that. "You said you wanted to help me. If you didn't want to then you shouldn't have volunteered.”
I shut my eyes and shook my head. "Are you shitting me right now?" I opened my eyes and stared directly at him. "Volunteered? Do you seriously think I volunteered to marry Sergio and have his babies? So, he could continue to grow his army?”
He set his elbow on the island counter and leaned into it. "First of all, yes, you volunteered to save my life. You know Sergio would have shot me in the back of the head if you hadn't married him.”
Yeah, I knew that. And back then, I had been young and really stupid. I'd actually thought my father gave a crap about me.
But now I knew better.
"You promised to come and get me. You promised I wouldn't have to live with him. And you absolutely promised that I'd never have to sleep with that monster.”
My father didn't have anything to say about that. Because he knew it was true. He had promised to swoop in and save me from the evil mafia boss.
And I'd believed him.
"Right? But that didn't happen, did it? You left me there for Sergio to use. Day in and day out. Night after fucking night—" I took in a deep breath, “Until he finally planted a baby inside of me."
I felt the tears sting at the back of my eyes, but I was bound and determined not to give in to this asshole. I would never let him know how badly he'd broken me.
"You love Daniella. I've seen you with her. So don't fucking lie, Bella. You're glad Sergio knocked you up. And from the show I watched upstairs this afternoon," he jerked his head up to the ceiling, "you love getting fucked hard. Saw it with my own goddamn eyes exactly how slutty you are. You should be thanking me for introducing you to Sergio. Or you wouldn't have your daughter. And you certainly wouldn't have met this bunch of horny assholes over here."
He wanted me to thank him?
Was he out of his mind?
Yes, he sure was.
"You want me to thank you for selling me off to Sergio? Are you insane? Or just stupid?" My voice got too loud with that question, and I knew it. I needed to calm the heck down and get my father out of here.
Someone was bound to come in and find us fighting in the kitchen. And I didn't want to have to explain to Eve, Nick, Stefan, or Carlo why I was getting so pissy with the stable hand.
He narrowed his eyes. "Yeah, that's exactly what I want. You should be grateful for what I did. Who knows where you'd be now? Probably in a gutter somewhere."
He pushed off the counter and stepped closer to me. Too close. "Not in Italy, getting new purses and expensive clothes."
Yeah.
I was going to kill my father.
"I never gave a shit about expensive clothes and shoes. You know that." My whisper was more like a yell. "All I ever did was go to yard sales and second-hand stores. You freaking know that." And he did. He couldn't lie and say I was all about expensive shit. Not when all I ever did was scrounge around for castoffs.
"Looks like you sure changed your mind now, though. But I know different, Bella. I know a leopard never changes their spots. And I know you'll always be the dirty little whore you always were."
My eyeballs nearly fell out of their sockets. I inhaled sharply. "I was a virgin when you sold me to Sergio. You know that!"
And he sure did.
Mostly because a medical exam was required before Sergio would hand over any money.
At the time, it didn't bother me that much. I mean, yeah, it bothered me. But I knew my father was coming to save me. So, none of that would matter anyway.
