Episode 10

Gabriel took me to a beautiful park, our stroll was so serene and enjoyable.

GABRIEL 💭 I need to be careful with Emily; she has strong ties to those guys.

GABRIEL: Love, how many children do you want to have?

"What kind of question is that, love? Ha, I haven't thought about that yet."

GABRIEL: I want to have a big family... Do you love me? If you had to give up something for me, would you?

He started a very strange conversation; nothing he said made any sense.

"Why are you asking me this?"

GABRIEL: Just wanted to know how much you love me... Imagine a girl with your eyes, ha, she'd make me so happy, love.

"A boy, who looks just like you... I think we should have two... Or maybe three..."

We sat down at the foot of a tree, he placed me between his legs, facing a family with twin children ahead of us. For a moment, I allowed myself to imagine being a mother; the children ran toward me.

GABRIEL: Hi there, pretty girl, what's your name?

I laughed a lot as the little girl stuck out her tongue at him and ran off. Gabriel didn't know what to do, he was so embarrassed and the girl's parents apologized.

GABRIEL: Such a rude child... Our kids won't be like that.

"Oh Gabriel, ha, they're just kids, it's normal for them to behave like that, stop being grumpy..."

GABRIEL: Great, now I'm the grumpy old man, ha.

We thoroughly enjoyed our outing, afterward we went to the house my father gave us.

GABRIEL: I'm extremely embarrassed at having to ask to live in the house I bought.

"Don't be silly, Gabriel, I just didn't like it when I walked in there... I've explained already, I don't want to argue with you."

GABRIEL: It just makes me sad not being able to give you any luxuries.

"I love you Gabriel; the only thing I want is to be loved and respected."

GABRIEL 💭 I'll still make a lot of money, more than all those fools, and mine will be honest, not with the crap they pull.

That jerk tried to humiliate me by calling me a security guard, kept me from seeing Emily; I'm going to show how rotten this family is.

GABRIEL: Let's go, Emily, you said you would stop by our house to see how things are going.

"Yes, love, let's go... Let's finish this renovation."

We went to the house Gabriel bought, our room was practically finished.

GABRIEL: Love, is everything as you wanted? If you want, I can change some things.

"No, it's perfect just like this... It's beautiful!"

"I confess, Gabriel, it's much better than the original design in my mind."

GABRIEL: I'm glad you like it, love...

Gabriel stepped out to answer the phone. I gave him his privacy, but was soon approached by a builder with questions. I went to him to quickly resolve the issue – he had a doubt. He was in a very small room of the house, and we decided it would become a library. I made no noise as I approached; Gabriel sat in a chair with his back to the door and didn't see me arrive.

GABRIEL: Not yet, Levy, but I'm sure I'll find out. Emily knows a lot about them, and I'm certain I can extract a lot of information from her.

Of course, that conversation was all about the documents I saw.

GABRIEL: I can't force her to say anything... Okay, you know the address; I'll be waiting for you.

I immediately returned before he noticed I was eavesdropping. I walked calmly in his direction and smiled.

"Love, the builder has some questions, I have no idea, ha, can you talk to him?"

GABRIEL: Yes, I'll talk to him now... Emily, Levy is coming over; he wants to talk about work. Could you please go upstairs and stay in the room? He keeps looking at you as if he's going to bite.

"Ha, alright, as soon as he arrives, I'll go to the room."

No sooner had I finished speaking than a car stopped in front of our house. Levy got out with a terrible expression as if he wanted to coerce Gabriel into doing something. Unseen, I immediately went up the stairs to the room.

GABRIEL: Let's talk over there.

They went to the library, and I heard Gabriel close the door. I crept down the stairs and eavesdropped.

LEVY: I'm going to have to take you off the case, Gabriel, everything indicates that he's involved in this too... Are you going to put him behind bars? This marriage wasn’t in the plans; you fell for her...

My heart pounded at hearing these words, a wave of nausea overwhelmed me, and fear caused me to tremble.

EMILY 💭 Gabriel married me just to find out... He just wanted to extract information about them... How could you do this?

GABRIEL: I love Emily, and if I have to leave this job to be with her, then I'll leave... I really fell in love; it wasn't in the plans, but I can’t change that.

LEVY: You need to find out fast; you don't have much time. Soon she'll find out everything and decide to leave you.

GABRIEL: Never! Emily is mine, and I will never let her go.

Before they could notice, I left and went back to the room. A tumult of feelings overwhelmed my heart: fear, anger, why did Gabriel lie to me? He never loved me, he's just trying to find something out? My head hurts so much, I need to pull myself together, or he might realize I heard the entire conversation.

GABRIEL: Emily...Love?

"Sorry, I was lost in my thoughts, everything is fine, have you talked?"

GABRIEL: Yes, are you upset because I asked you to go to the room?

"No, I just don't want any trouble... We're so good together, Gabriel, I love you so much and I don't want to lose you."

GABRIEL: What are you talking about? We won't separate, we're going to have a baby soon, ha, you'll be the most beautiful mother in the world.

I tried to stay calm, not letting him notice anything, and three days later, everything was ready for us to finally move into our house.

GABRIEL: Today we will start a new life, I hope the cooking lessons we watched on the internet will help us.

"I've written down a lot of recipes, just not sure if I can make them. Tomorrow I'll enroll at the university, I want to start this week."

GABRIEL: Honestly, I don't see the need, but if you insist, that's fine!

We arrived at our house, Gabriel went to work, and I stayed behind organizing our belongings. He left a briefcase with some documents; after putting our clothes away, I went down to the library and stored the briefcase. As I was leaving, my inner voice screamed at me, I hate it, it always leads me to madness.

I turned back and decided to read all the documents inside. While I read everything, Gabriel was in a meeting.

I could calmly read all the documents, which made it clear that Gabriel was responsible for investigating potential mobsters and families involved with the mafia.

Each line of that document shattered my heart; I found myself in a terrible situation. He had only worked for my father because he wanted access to the family.

I restored everything to its place, returned the briefcase to the room, where he had left it. I need to keep calm and think about what to do. A deep anguish squeezed my heart, and I began to cry, yearning to be with my sister, safe and surrounded by love, feeling that I had drifted too far from her and everyone else.

Tring...Tring...

My phone rang, and to my surprise, Helena called me.

HELENA 📞 Hi Emily, how are you?

📞 No...😭 I miss you so much... I don't want this marriage any more, I want to be with you and Dad.

HELENA 📞 What happened? I'm going to talk to Hugo; we are coming over... Don't cry, my love, there you rascal, I warned you...

📞 Helena, don't say anything... I'm fine, just felt a huge longing for you, I want your hug now, Dad's scolding.

HELENA 📞 Why don't you talk to Gabriel? He could come back to work here in Italy.

📞 I'm feeling better already, just needed to hear your voice, sis, I know I can count on you.

HELENA 📞 Of course, my angel, as soon as I can and your husband invites me, I will visit your house, ha, my little one's house, my baby girl married, are you happy, my angel, does he take care of you?

📞Yes, Helena, we get along great, he's polite, kind, and affectionate...

HELENA 📞 I know you got married as a virgin, waited so long for this, tell me, was it just as you imagined? Rose petals on the bed, champagne, strawberries...

And to think that I wished for all that and didn't have it, not even proper affection...

📞 Stop prying, Helena, I'm not going to talk to you about this... I've satisfied my longing; now I'm going to hang up, ha.

HELENA 📞 All right, rascal, love you.

While I was talking to Helena, our little spy was up to all kinds of mischief.

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