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"It's alright James; she can join us." Stefano nods towards the goon.
I step closer to the table, to my father. I reach out and touch his shoulder. "Are you ok?" I ask quietly.
"Are you ok?" he stands up to hug me. Stefano is watching us closely, a dark smirk on his lips, his eyes piercing into me. He lifts his coffee cup to take a sip.
I hate him in this moment.
I hate him for causing stress to my father, and my family, for taking me, for threatening the people I love. And then he just sits there, smirking.
My heart is beating so nervously that I am sure my father can feel it when we hug.
"I'm ok, Dad."
He nods and sits down again.
"Why don't you tell your daughter why you came to see me?" Stefano continues to smirk.
"Please, consider my request. Let her go. Amelia and my grandchild can come and stay with us. They won't run again. Just let them live with us."
STEFANO
Her father is sitting opposite me at the breakfast table, his eyes filled with desperation, practically pleading even though he is silent at this moment.
I tilt my head towards him, savoring the emotional torment that both Diego and Amelia seem to be suffering right now.
"Why in the world would I let her go? She only just got here. Do you have any idea how long I've been searching for her?" I say calmly.
"Stefano. " Diego begins to plead again. "If you let her go, she won't run again; she can always let you know where she is. "
"No." I sip my coffee. "No. She will not be leaving here."
"What would change your mind? What would it take?" Diego asks, his hands knotted on the table in front of him. He hasn't touched his coffee, the steam is swirling lazily over the top of the mug, silent and grey.
"Nothing. There is nothing you can offer to change my mind. In fact. I am busy arranging our wedding. It will take place within the week. As soon as possible. Nothing big. There will be no need for you or your wife to attend. But I will send word once we are married. Our families will be joined. It should benefit your business. Not that I care."
Her father's eyes are wide with horror. His jaw muscles are clenching and unclenching when he glances over towards his daughter. He is a man who knows when to accept defeat.
"Dad?" Amelia says, almost pleading too now.
"I'm so sorry, my love." He says weakly. He knows. He knows he doesn't have the resources or the strength to go against me. He has to accept whatever I say and live with it.
I chuckle.
"You're a fucking monster, Stefano." Amelia stands up, her chair falling over behind her. She's furious. "I don't want to marry you. Why the hell would you do this?"
"I told you. You owe me. And I'll take what's owed to me."
"Marrying you won't change the fact that I hate you." She shouts, and although I don't let her see the effect it has on me, it stings my heart to hear those words from her.
At one time she was my entire world. My everything. I would have given her everything and anything.
That time is long gone now though.
She broke my heart, and she broke my trust, and I will never forgive her for that.
I stand up, snarling in anger.
"Diego, you have five minutes to say goodbye to your daughter. And I will give you until the end of the day today to say goodbye to your granddaughter. If you ever contact either of them after that I will kill them both, then I will come and find you and your wife. Do I make myself clear?"
