Demons Don't Smile

Chapter Six

I sighed, I didn't know how this woman could love me after the hurtful things I've said to her in the past.

She just kept coming back, kept....loving me.

"Oh! I should call my father...he will be delighted to know he will be a great-grandfather once again!" She quickly perked up and jumped off the bed to get her phone to call her father in Italy, Michele.

He never liked me, I don't blame him...I'm not a nice person to get along with.

Amelia left the room animatedly talking with her father, but I still did not rest. I wanted to wait for her to come to bed before I fell asleep, I could only sleep in her presence. She was like a calming agent that kept thoughts about my former life at bay, she made me feel normal.

She came back maybe 10 minutes later with a huge smile on her face, she dove into the bed once more and shut the lamp beside her before wrapping herself into the sheets with me.

I breathed a sigh of relief as she wrapped her arms around my neck. "I'm so happy." She whispered.

I couldn't help but release a small smirk from my lips, "I know Lea." I replied.

"I feel as if my entire life is complete...don't you?" She asked me curiously.

I remained silent.

What does being complete feel like?

I didn't want to get into a discussion like that with Amelia so I just agreed to entertain her.

"Maybe." I answered.

She shifted in the bed so she could look me straight into the face, "I am not convinced you are." She stated seriously.

"How so?" I fought the urge to look at her, I know her face would be furrowed and her shiny green eyes would be attempting to figure me out, she was some sort of psychoanalyst and I didn't want to go through that right now.

"Your reply to me...it wasn't convincing. Are you not satisfied with your life? We have two healthy, successful children. They are happy, one of them has two kids, and the other is on his way. I think we did a good job as parents, eh?" Her Italian accent showed pretty thick when she spoke quickly like that, it was one of the things that drew me to her.

"As parents...yes, Nicolas though―." She cut me off.

"Your son is doing fine!" She warned me.

I sighed, "Other than that, I think life has treated us well. We don't have to scramble to make ends meat." I said to her.

It was silent on her end and at that point, I couldn't help but turn to see what she was doing.

Her beautiful eyes were pointed at me with no expression what so ever, she looked away sadly and sunk lower into the king-sized bed. "How about we get some sleep, now." She whispered and the only thing I could do was agree with the nod of my head and sink lower with her.

I wrapped my arms around her waist and she nuzzled he body further into mine.

I was halfway to sleep when she spoke up again, her words shaking every fiber of my mental conscience.

"I don't want you to be unhappy with your life Aadrian...I feel like I failed you."

-

It was Saturday now.

Every Saturday Daphne and Roman dropped off Tylin and Genivee so Amelia and I could watch them while they either worked or went on a date night; Valeria and Nicolas also dropped off Mila as well, for bonding purposes, I guess. Either way, Amelia spent more time with them than I did anyway; I didn't do well with children, they all seemed scared of me.