Beyond the Trap of Yesterday - Chapter 44: Chapter 44

Enzo's pov
"What's going on ?" Mother asks
"Are you okay?" Father asks Zara
And she clings onto me tighter
I sit in a chair on the kitchen island and as she's in my lap straddling me with her head hidden in the crook of my neck
"Mom can you please get Zara a slice of cake," I ask quietly
"Ummm okay..." she says "Wait sweetie, you know it's 3 am right ?" She asks
"Mom...we'll what are you doing in the kitchen with father at 3 am?" I nod over the chocolate soufflé there eating
"Okay fair point..." she laughs lightly
She gets Zara a piece of cake
"Here" I whisper to her kissing his forehead
"Thank you," she says sniffling
"Honey are you alright?" Mother says to her
"No" she whispers with her voice breaking
And listening to her voice break as she talks hurts me even more
My mothers face immediately forms into a face of worry as she looks at my father who has a similar expression
I'm not even going to hesitate to kill her so called parents for laying a finger on her
Zara slowly starts telling my parents what she told me upstairs
And hearing it all over again a second time just hurts my heart even more
I can't believe she had to endure that shit from her so-called parents
And the fact they worked for my father for over 10 years...they have been under our noses living a great life not getting caught for the horrible shit they've done
Not anymore they will pay for what they did to my girl
The pure shock and hurt on both my parents faces breaks my heart more
My mother is full on crying and I see my father have a single tear run down his cheek which is surprising since he rarely ever cry's
But the hurt on his face is equivalent to crying for my father
"Sweetie I-" my mother chokes on her words
"I'm gonna KILL them and make sure they end up in hell...To think those damn assholes worked for me for over 10 years and I didn't HAVE A DAMN CLUE!" My father says
"It's okay you didn't know" Zara whispers
"Don't you apologize Zara, This isn't on you...I will literally actually kill them.." my fathers face turns into pure rage
"It's not your fault" she whispers with a confused expression
"Shitting hell, tell her son...she's not understanding what I'm saying," father says frustratingly running his fingers through his hair
Well shit looks like were confessing just everything tonight
"Tell me what?" Zara says
"What I'm about to tell you...." I take a deep breath
"It's not very pretty to talk about" I close my eyes
"OH GOSH DANG IT, CAN YOU GO ANY SLOWER SON" Father says whisper yelling and huffing in annoyance
"Antonio Breathe" mother says rubbing his back as she herself is having a hard time keeping it together
"How do I do that! Those pieces of shit laid a hand on Zara, There own DAMN DAUGHTER" Father says getting more mad by the second
"We are Umm..." I say scratching my head
shit How do I tell her this
"IN THE MAFIA! Jesus son say it like that" father rolls his eyes
"What..." Zara whispers
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you...I'm so sorry" I close my eyes
"I'm sorry I don't understand" she whispers
"Mafia hun....you know? Pew pew..." mother points her hands like guns firing them
Why is mother like this sometimes? This isn't the time to be funny even if it's unintentional
Zara starts laughing at mother
After a minute she looks lost in thought
"WAIT" Zara jumps from my lap
"MY PARENTS WORK FOR YOU..." Zara says starting to freak out
"Yes....?" Father says
"OH MY GOD, SO THEY HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND KILLING PEOPLE? DOING WORSE THINGS TO OTHERS THEN THEY DID TO ME" Zara says starting to cry
I'm so confused she's not even listening to the fact we're in the damn mafia
"Sweetheart I don't think you listened to the part we said we're in the mafia..." I told her
"I heard you and I don't give a shit at the moment ...I know you wouldn't hurt someone innocent..." she says
"Right? You guys wouldn't hurt the innocent?" She
asks looking at all of us freaking out
"Because I won't be able to handle it if you guys hurt the innocent like my parents did and still might" she says starting to hyperventilate
"Of course not we aren't that type of shit mafia," father says looking slightly offended
And we aren't we only hurt the bad people
We would never hurt someone innocent
I cup her cheeks with my hands "hey, we would never do anything to the innocent unless it's scaring them a little for information, i promise sweetheart" I whisper to her trying to calm her down
"Okay..." Zara whispers hugging me tightly
"Okay?" Father says with a shocked expression
"Yeah...can I have another slice of cake" Zara looks around sniffling
This girl just heard the damn words mafia and asks for a slice of cake
"What? I read books this shit doesn't phase me...and it's kind of hot that Enzo is in the mafi-" she cuts herself off
"never mind I am not going into this topic in front of your parents" she shakes her head with wide eyes
And I snort
"I'm killing your parents...I don't give a shit what you say they don't deserve another minute of life" father says
"Can I at least get a damn hit in? I had to endure them ever since I could remember up until I moved to New York...I'd like to stab them once or twice" Zara says with a sour expression
"Wow this was not the reaction I thought I was going to get out of you when I told you about this," I told her scratching my head
She shrugs and takes the cake my mother hands her and goes back on my lap
"I had a lot of time to think through what my parents did and the thought of you guys possibly protecting people from bad guys doesn't seem bad to me and sure you guys probably get a little ruff but...as long as there not innocent then I guess it's fine" she shrugs again eating the the cake
"And I've had years of torture and abuse I went through so I guess you guys hurting bad people doesn't really faze me" she eats another slice of cake
I think she's in shock...maybe?
"I'm so sorry those pieces of shit did this to you, I just don't understand how I never noticed ," my father says looking upset
"It's really not your fault, they were masters at hiding there dirty secret from everyone and manipulating to get what they wanted " she says with a slight shrug
I get lost in thought and wonder what her nightmare was about that woke her up
"Wait what was your dream about?" I ask her
"Well they would always force me to go to these fancy work party's...we'll your guy's parties actually...WAIT HOLY SHIT" Zara says with her eyes widening
"What?" Father says
"That means I have been around you guys a lot without realizing it" Zara says in a quiet voice
Well shit, she's right...
NO WONDER she looked familiar
"Well my parents would make me act like the 'picture perfect daughter' at these party's and this one Time this boy came up to me and started talking to me
We went on the topic of books and I started blabbing about-
"HOLY SHIT," I say
"What?" Zara looks at me confused
"You were talking about a book called pride and prejudice..." I say
"HOW DID YOU- HOLY ACTUAL SHIT," Zara says with her jaw practically on the floor
We both looked shocked
"YOU WERE THE-" Zara starts saying with tears welling in her eyes
"I can't believe this," I say barely able to process this
"Wow, you guys were clearly meant to be together" Father says smiling slightly through the hurt, betrayal and pure rage we feel about her parents and what she went through
"Awww you guys found your way back to each other...I remember Enzo blabbering nonstop about a pretty girl who was talking about books to him...he was upset he never got your name and then we never saw you after that" mother says
"Mother" i groan in slight embarrassment
And she laughs
"Wow..." Zara says putting cake in her mouth
"I feel like you need some cake," Zara says as she gives me a bite
I chuckle but take the cake nonetheless
I kiss the tip of her nose
"This is crazy...my parents wouldn't let me go to their work party's after that day..." Zara shakes her head
"I finally found you," Zara says smiling through her tears
I smile back "more like little Mia lead us to each other"
"that's even cuter," Zara says whispering with a smile that melts my heart
She still finds a way to smile through the pain and hurt she's went through
She gives me a light peck on the lips
"So when are we killing the pieces of shits?" Zara says going from being cute one second then talking about murder the next
"We?" Father says
"Yes, I wanna see their faces when they beg to live" Zara says continuing to eat her cake like she's talking about something random...
"I mean shit I've had Years to think of how I would make them pay for what they did to me" she says shaking her head
I start thinking of how damn strong she is, she's gone through all this shit in life and she somehow still shows love to others and never gives up
"I'm proud of you" I whisper in her ear wrapping my arms tightly around her waist pulling her closer
how can she be so kind and understanding after it to? I just don't understand where she gets the strength from
She grins at me wrapping her arms around my neck to hug me
We stare at each other in pure adoration it's like no one is in the room but is right now
She gives me a kiss on my cheek, I was about to give her a kiss back
But we get interrupted by my mothers voice
"So when's the wedding?" Mother asks smiling through her tears
And father is smirking
"Oh stop it you two" I tell them
"Honestly I would marry your son in 5 minutes" Zara smiles with a tint of pink covering her cheeks
My stomach gets filled with a damn swarm of butterflies at the thought of marrying this beautiful girl but she deserves something more and well thought out then a quick wedding with not much thought into it
"OH that's an idea," mother says
"HELL NO, She deserves a proper wedding, not some spontaneous shit" I roll my eyes
"You're cute" Zara whispers pecking my lips quickly
"Only for you..." I mumble pecking her lips back
And I mean it, never in my life did I think I would act like this towards someone...but then she came around
I thought I was sweet and whipped when it came to my daughter
But I guess not
Though I would do anything for my daughter as well
"So what's the plan? Are we going to just like kidnap my parents or something?" Zara asks
"Before Antonio says the plan we wanna say that we love you so much...and that we're so proud of you, your so strong Zara...I'm so sorry you had to go through all that I just wish we could've done something to help" mother says tears flowing down her face
"Thank you," Zara says
"You all not treating me like a broken flower means a lot," she says
"You're definitely not broken, Your strong sweetie...so strong" mother says her voice cracking
A hour later Zara's calming me down because I'm pissed off that i saw her a long time ago and was never was able to help her or find her , I could've helped her if we tried hard enough to find her
But Zara talked to me and said there isn't much I could've done even if I was in her life then because her parents hid it very well
And after more talk Zara finally calms me down a bit more but the sour feeling never leaves
And then my parents and I try calming down from the knowledge of her past and how horrible and terrifying it was, I think it's really hard on my father since he had them working for him for so long without ever thinking of the possibility they were treating Zara this way
After a while my father starts talking
"Okay here's the plan," father says