Saved: a dark romance by DD Prince

Author:DD Prince [Prince, DD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-22T18:30:00+00:00

1993

Alessandro

“Papa, why? Why’d you steal Mama from her family and make her marry you?”

“Because, mijo, a real man seizes what he wants. I saw her and knew she’d give me a family. She gave me you. A boy. A strong, smart, handsome boy. So, she gets to be my queen. If you wanna be a man, have a lot of nice things and respect, you seize what you want as yours. Money. Power. Your queen someday when you grow up. You control your destiny, Alessandro. Don’t let no one make you a puppet on some strings. Except your papa. Your papa gives you life. He teaches you to be a man. You respect papa and learn from him how to be a man and then when your papa’s job is done, he goes on to heaven, but he stays with you, inside your head, helping you make the choices to keep you strong. Okay, mijo?”

“Yes, Papa.”

***

Mama is waking me up. It’s dark in my room.

“Come,” she says, “We have to go quickly, my son.” She’s speaking to me in Italian. I know that means I have to move very fast.

Mama only speaks a little Spanish. She talks English or sometimes Italian. She talks mostly to me in English around Papa but she secretly taught me her language and told me never to show Papa that I know it. She tells me if she ever speaks it to me that I should know I must listen and do only what she says. I know what to do. Follow her. Be quiet. Be strong.

We are on vacation with Papa in Disneyland. She takes my hand and holds it and we slip out of the hotel. Papa is asleep on the couch in front of the television. Many empty bottles sit on the table in front of Papa. Some are spilled over.

Mama and me go along the hall and down to the stairs. Not the elevator.

She has a small suitcase and my hand. We go outside. We walk a long time. It’s dark and a little bit cold. I don’t like the cold. Mama tries to carry me when my legs get very tired but I’m too big so she can’t do it for long and I must be strong and walk.

Mama looks tired. Mama also looks scared. I don’t ask questions. She told me if she ever talks Italian to me without telling me that it’s a lesson I must just follow and try very hard to be strong so that we can become safe.

We walk a long time. And it’s cold but we’re not wearing coats. It’s hot here in the day almost like home, so I don’t know why it’s so cold tonight. We go to a big building with a lot of buses in it and we wait until morning for the right bus to come. I try to sleep with my head on Mama’s knee but it takes a long time to fall asleep and I keep waking up with noise and because it’s not comfortable like a bed is and I’m a little bit cold.

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