I swallowed the lump in my throat as I let out a deep sigh.
"Did somebody do this?" Michaelo asked gently, my father squeezed my hand gently.
I mean is it not obvious? I couldn't exactly break my own ribs.
I nodded, not taking my eyes off my hands. I began pulling on the bandage wrapped around my hand.
"Did Robert and Emily do this?" Victor asked. Taking over from Michaelo.
I nodded looking up to my Father watching his jaw clench.
"You are doing so good," My Father whispered, kissing the crown of my head.
"Did anybody else hurt you?" Michaelo asked, narrowing his eyes slightly.
"Leave me alone!" I sobbed as Jay held tightly on my ankles dragging me towards my ruined bedroom. I tried to rip his hand from my ankle as his hold on me only grew. I made a last ditch effort looking at Emily who sat on the couch with a beer bottle in her hand, she rolled her eyes, it was stupid to think she would ever help me.
He threw me on the hard floor in my room. I quickly scrambled to my feet but my shaky knees made me unable to stand. I backed away towards the wall as Jay's cruel smile grew.
"I'm so much nicer to you than your dad aren't I?" Jay smirked, running his hand over my cheek, tears streaming down my face.
I shut my eyes tightly trying to rid my mind from experiencing that memory all over again, I took a deep shaky breath in.
I shook my head slightly clenching my jaw hoping they believe my lie. they cant know about that, they will think I'm disgusting.
Some say the biggest blessing is others seeing you for how you see yourself; that is my greatest nightmare.
I looked up and noticed Victor's eyes narrow slightly as he looked intensely at me.
"Violet you're not in trouble" Michaelo paused " but did you take medication for the pain? Prescription medication?" Michaelo asked, it was clear he already knew the answer so I couldn't lie, at least not about this.
I nodded quickly picking at my fingernails.
"Was it a prescription given to you?" Michaelo asked while flipping through the pages in the clipboard.
I shook my head, keeping my eyes on my hands. I felt ashamed for the majority of my past, I felt ashamed of the things I had to do in order to survive.
"Okay Violet this is the last question; Did either of them touch you, or do something inappropriate to you?" Michaelo asked, making my heart skip a beat as my eyes grew wide.
I looked at Victor and my Father with tears blurring my eyes while biting the inside of my lip.
I nodded gently, taking my eyes away from all of them, looking out the window as the trees swayed slightly in the wind. I kept my eyes glued on the trees as I heard my Fathers breath hitch and Victor's hand pull away from mine.
"I'm sorry" I whispered as I looked towards them, Victor's face held so much sorrow as his eyebrows furrowed. My Father looked numb, his eyes twitched slightly as he closed his eyes and inhaled a deep breath as if trying to compose himself.
"Baby you have nothing to apologise for" My Father whispered as he gently pulled my head to his chest. "Nobody will ever hurt you again." he rubbed my back as I sobbed into his chest.
I pulled away from my Fathers chest as the tears stopped rolling down my face.I smiled weakly at my Father as he brushed the hair that slightly covered my eyes.
"Why don't you get some rest principessa? We will be here when you wake up." Victor asked, making me realise both him and Michaelo had witnessed me sobbing.
"Okay Vikky." I murmured and pulled the blanket up and over my legs.I haven't even realised I had called him that, it felt like second nature. Victors face lit up as he gently kissed my forehead as he continued smiling at me.
"I'm sorry do you not-" I whispered realising I may have offended him.
"You called me Vikky when you were little." his eyes twinkled as if he was reliving happy memories, memories i wish we shared.
"Okay i'm just going to inject some medicine to help with your pain." Michaelo stated pushing a vital into my IV line. Instantly my eyes grew heavy as I looked towards my Father.
"Goodnight Bambina." my Father whispering brushing the hair behind my ear.
It didn't feel like I slept for long, I woke up hearing soft whispering coming from outside the hospital room door. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes gently, thankful a nightmare didn't plague my sleep. I carefully leaned forward on the bed and sat myself up, my mouth felt like cotton. I felt very weak and still in a daze.
I pull myself to the edge of the bed, feeling my feet touch the cold titled hospital floor. I lean against the trolley that's connected to my IV, using it to stabilise myself. I shuffled my feet slightly trying to pull myself to the bathroom,I needed to wash my face.
"Sorellina, what are you doing out of bed?" I distantly hear Lucien's voice from the doorway. I turn around noticing all four of my brothers standing by the door.
"I just want to use the bathroom," I murmured. I couldn't help but search for Nico but he was nowhere to be seen, I couldn't help but feel sad.
I guess he really does hate me. I looked around before letting my eyes fall to the floor.
"Dads just gotta sign some papers so you can go home," Lucien declared. I nodded with a soft smile. I wasn't going to admit I was looking for Nico.
Leo and Tobias helped me to the bathroom wheeling along the trolley attached to me. I put down the lid to the toilet seat and sat, rubbing my forehead with my cold fingertips.
The bathroom didn't look like it belonged to a hospital, it was crisp white with a dark marble countertop and very spacious. It looked better suited to be a fancy restaurant bathroom, not a hospital bathroom. But then again I'm not surprised, my Father has money and can afford to spring for the nice bathroom hospital room.
I rubbed my forehead again feeling myself get even more dizzy just at the thought of the means in which my Father makes his money.
I feel like I have been thrown into a world I know nothing about yet I feel as if I am at the centre of it all.
Three days ago I was a 16 year old girl barely surviving and completely alone, being abused everyday and working until my legs felt broken and now i'm the daughter of a mafia leader, I have 4 brothers and a twin, that I was kidnapped from. Now I have a family.
Growing up I always wished one day I'd be saved from Robert and Emily, that I'd get to live a good life far away from them. But I realised sooner rather than later that I had to be the one to save myself.
"Bambina are you okay?" I heard Leo yell from the otherside of the door, his voice taking me from falling into the depths of my thoughts.
"Yeah I'm fine thanks." I answered, quickly going to splash water on my face.
A part of me wanted to be alone, being alone is all I have known but another part of me wanted to let them in, to make up for all the lost years.
"Let's go home, principessa." My Father gushed. He was standing in the doorway wearing a dark navy suit with a smile etched across his face with dimples forming on his cheeks. The more I looked at him the more I saw the features we shared, my face is the mosaic of both my Mother and Father.
I smiled back to my Father trying to not smile ear to ear as he called it "home". I hadn't ever had a home, a house I lived in yes but never a home but now I felt like with them, I had found my home. And I hoped to never lose it.
"Why don't you try and get some rest, Bambina?" Victor asked as he buckled me into the car. I was sitting next to Leo who hadn't left my side since we walked out the room. I was grateful for him.
Lucien and Tobias drove in a separate car leaving just Victor, Leo, my Father and I in this car.
"Yeah principessa get some rest because when we get home we need to have a very important chat." My Father stated as he started the car, he softly smiled at me from the front mirror as I felt the colour drain from my face.
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