“Eleanora, are you mad at mommy too?” Persephone requested her daughter. She was gazing her daughter who was taking part in within the crib. “Your dad is accusing me of dishonest on him. It was a woman. She was about to kiss my cheek like mommy kisses her little girl’s cheek however I moved and the kiss ended up on my lips. I did not cheat in your dad. Inform him, child. Inform him to speak to mommy.” 

“Rockstar, inform your mommy that she did not want to elucidate issues to me,” Santiago smiled at his daughter however ignored Persephone. 

“Norie, inform your dad to speak to your mommy if he had the center too, “Persephone sulked, taking a look at her daughter. “Oh, child, your daddy is a scaredy-cat.” 

“What are you instructing her?” Santiago stated, turning in direction of Persephone. 

Persephone gave him her greatest pet eyes as she scooted over to take a seat on his lap and wrapped her arms round his neck. Kissing his jaw, she stated, “Cease being indignant. You already know you’re overreacting. Why are you mad at me?” 

Santiago tried to disregard her however she was clingy and refused to take away her arms round his neck. “Converse to me or I can’t allow you to go.” 

In fact, Santiago did not take heed to him and eliminated her gently from his lap, eradicating her arms round his physique and standing as much as depart the nursery. 

He was throwing a tantrum once more. 

To be sincere, even he did not know why he was mad at her. 

Really, he was mad at her for thus many issues. It was simply that he did not wish to settle for it earlier than. 

They wanted to have an actual discuss and she or he was dodging all of the alerts he was giving her. He did not want to be in an ambiguous relationship along with her anymore. He needed one thing actual along with her now. 

It was both sure or no. There was no center means. 

Sure, he had stated that he would let her go as soon as she was secure sufficient. However now? He was going again on his phrases. There was no means he may dwell with out his household. He wanted Persephone and Eleanora in his life like he wanted oxygen to outlive. 

Persephone gave him a life. 

And Eleanora made him what to be a greater particular person. 

When he noticed his spouse laughing with Gabriel yesterday, he nearly went berserk. He knew how the latter was taking a look at his spouse. The bloody captain had hearts in his eyes whereas speaking to her. He was so mad at her. How may she not discover that the person was checking her out? 

After which, she had some favours to ask from him. Was her husband useless that he could not even assist her? 

Then once more, she did not even see him as her husband. Why did it even matter to her if he was mad at her or not? 

He already had a tough time consoling his coronary heart that Persephone was not contemplating Gabriel after which he noticed a girl kissing her. Lord knew how he felt at the moment. 

It was juvenile of him to disregard her like a baby. Sure, he was conscious that he was throwing a tantrum. However what may he do when his spouse did not wish to make something clear to him? 

He may ask her too however it was not what he needed. He needed her to come back to him on her coronary heart’s want not as a result of they’d a child collectively. 

His head was so fucking aching when he left the automotive. Seeing his automotive parked, he acquired into it and drove to the placement that he had been avoiding for a lot of days now. Fifteen minutes later, he parked the automotive and acquired out to enter the secluded constructing. The guards appointed there nodded in greeting and he raised his hand, indicating that he wish to be alone. 

Opening the door, he got here throughout the person who had made his life a dwelling hell. The person who made him what he was at the moment. 

Lorenzo was sprawling on the mattress positioned on the bottom. The room was dimly lit and it was laborious to make out his facial options. Dragging a chair, Santiago sat on it crossed-legged solely to stare on the waning man earlier than him. 

Who would have thought that he was the identical man who as soon as was once the grasp of individuals’s future? 

Time adjustments… 

And so had his… 

“Why are the useless rising from ashes?” Lorenzo chuckled darkly, staring proper into his eyes. 

“You continue to acknowledge me,” Santiago’s voice was heard subsequent. 

Lorenzo broke out right into a match of laughter after which all of the sudden, he glared at him. “These blue eyes. Fucking blue eyes deceived me as soon as. What a pity I could not kill you then!” 

“I used to be there for a very long time,” Santiago stated. “Why did not you? You could have numerous probabilities to kill me. Why did you not kill me the best way you must have?”

Lorenzo checked out her as if he was the creature he hated probably the most. “Do you assume I do not wish to? I needed to kill you! However that bastard father of yours performed me and Alessandro! He stole our gold. He was presupposed to be an ally however he screwed us over!”

Santiago shook his head. “Have a look at you! What have you ever not accomplished for that man? However ultimately, he did not even come to save lots of you. Somewhat, he pushed you in direction of dying.” 

Lorenzo bitterly laughed. “I do not fucking remorse what I did. Your father died a horrible dying. So what if I could not kill you? He regarded for you each second of his life however wasn’t capable of finding you. I needed to see him tortured and I achieved it. I do not remorse something in any respect.” 

“Come on, kill me,” Lorenzo stated subsequent, scary Santiago. “I gave your mom and father a horrible dying. The sort of dying no person would ever fathom about. Come on and avenge your dad and mom and your self. Is not that what you need? Is not that why you kidnapped that niece of mine?! And she or he should have been a horrible lay like her mother–“

Earlier than he may full his phrases, Santiago kicked him laborious. “You would not obtain something by scary me. Certainly, I needed to provide the most horrible dying. However not anymore. Even speaking to you appears like a waste of my breath.” 

Santiago chuckled and ran his hand by means of his hair. “You already know what, Lorenzo? I needed to kill you. For this present day, I deliberate and plotted and did all of the issues that killed the soul inside me. However at this second? It felt wasted. I wasted seventeen years of my life hating somebody such as you.” 

“You already know what can be the worst punishment for you?” Santiago then requested him. “Dwelling. You would go away the life I did as soon as. For the remainder of your life, you’ll dwell the life you gave me. I promised my daughter that I’d be a greater man for her. I’d by no means make her really feel ashamed of who I’m. Killing you means staining my arms. And I’d by no means try this once more.” 

“A villain lastly discovered his redemption however what a few monster comparable to you?” Santiago questioned him. 

Lorenzo had the audacity to scoff at Santiago’s phrases. “Aren’t we the identical, little Vitello? Your father screwed me over. He stole my fucking gold. I search revenge on him by torturing his son. You captured and tormented me for revenge. Inform me who’re we completely different from one another? Villains such as you and I’ll by no means discover redemption. We’ll dwell and die with the stains of the blood we spilled.” 

“You ain’t fucking manipulate me,” Santiago shouted at him. His eyes blazed with fireplace. “There are not any extra of you in my head. You and I am unable to be alike. No means in hell. I did not destroy my family. I did not kill my very own sisters and nephew. I did not betray my sister by snatching her husband.” 

Lorenzo’s eyes widened. No one knew. No one apart from him and Alessandro knew about that frowned upon relationship. 

“Penelope knew every little thing,” Santiago stated. “She knew every little thing. And you recognize what else? She supplied us with the gasoline in your and Alessandro Marino’s pyre. She was gathering proof towards all of the crimes she had dedicated. If Salvatore did not kill his father in days to come back, the FBI will hunt the bastard. His crimes could not be coated in a single pocket book. One would want a whole bunch of them. His dying is mounted however you’ll dwell. You’ll dwell!”

With one other bout of laughter, Santiago left the world, leaving a sure mad man shouting and screaming behind. 

It lastly ended. 

He was free. 

And it wasn’t a pity that it ended this manner. 

Maybe, it was for the higher. 

As a substitute of operating after revenge, he ought to attempt to love himself and his household.. Perhaps, this manner he would search heaven {that a} villain like him had no proper to even dream of.