Persephone A few days later I felt well enough to start walking, it was still painful to put my feet on the ground and walk, but I couldn't stand to stay in bed all day being pampered by everyone. All he wanted was to torture the skin of Henric and his torturer partner. "I have extended the security of all family member" Cosmo warns my father, he just nods and leaves the room leaving us alone. I sigh anguished with the tension between the two, which consequently made the whole environment tense as well. "Dad will soften over time" I say, nervous about this situation, he just agrees, putting his hands inside the front pockets of his pants as if he doesn't care about my father's attitude. Cosmo will be his son-in-law, so my dad will have to get over that at some point. "Let's go. I'll get you in the car.” Cosmo catches me in his arms before I can protest. Who am I kidding? I love being wrapped in his arms. [...] The strong smell hits my nostrils as soon as we go down to the

Persephone 2 years later I stare at the two pink stripes feeling dread overwhelm me. I knew this moment would come, because I had been trying to get pregnant for two months, but I didn't imagine that the test result would shake me so much. The fact is, I didn't know if I was ready to be a mother, I couldn't imagine giving birth to a child at 21, even before taking over the leadership of Southward Angel. It was a conversation with my mother that opened my eyes, she emphasized that Cosmo was already 47 years old and that he would not enjoy having a child if he was too old for that. I'm sure he would agree if he said he wanted to have a child only when he was 30, however, the conversation was weighing on my mind and I decided to abandon the contraceptive on my own, leaving the decision up to fate. In the last two years I have put as many disciplines as possible in my curriculum, I managed to reduce graduation by half and I will graduate next month. After that I would sit down wi

Feeling 2020My stomach twists painfully when I look at the lavish table, a huge hypocrisy on my part, because there are many people on the streets of New York who are starving, but the feeling of disgust at seeing so much food is greater than any other feeling."Eat, Feel" My father says patiently, pointing to the table with a wide variety of food and meat. He hated eating red meat at night, he was always sick, it went down really badly in my stomach and my day started complicated to force something I didn't want.I start to grab some salad, but you know when you feel someone watching you?I look up to see my dad staring at me, his angry eyes watching me intently.“Eat the damn food, Feeling. you feed like a damn bird, you need to gain weight or you're going to disappear from my face any day " Oh dad... how I would like to disappear not only from your face, but also from your life "Cristina, make your daughter's plate" My father commands and my mother looks up from her plate as if sh

Feeling I slowly open my eyes and stare at the pristine white walls of my room.Another day like the previous one.Days are never different, there are no surprises when you already know what to expect, but something told me that was about to change. I felt the turmoil in my chest, as if my days were numbered and the storm was coming, it would drown me in the blink of an eye and I would never make it to the surface.I huddle under the covers to keep the late February winter chill from reaching me. my heart was already frozen with the conversation I heard a few days ago, I didn't want the cold to take over the rest of my body too.Don Kingston Lucchese.I could only think of that name in the last few days, the hard face without any feeling haunted my mind day and night, giving me no rest or breaks.The few times I was with him, I felt invisible, like I was a fly he could swat at any moment. he was making a name for himself in town and he can have any wife he wants, maybe he's worrying