THE MAFIA'S PENANCE

MEMORY DEBRIS

Vernon stepped close to the dining table and sat in the single chair he used to sit at every meal table. Anyone will know that his face looks angry even if he tries to hide it.

Dinner began with the waiters pouring food on our plates.

"How's your wedding prep, Oliv?" I asked Olivia who was enjoying her meal. "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Everything is ready, Alec prepared it very well." Olivia looked happy.

"That's great. Tell me if you need help." My word. "Then after you get married where will you live? Will it stay here or go back to Oslo?"

"It's obvious Viv, Alec working here there's no way we're living in Oslo." Olivia. "What's wrong?"

"That's great, you can accompany me in this house." My speech.

"How are you doing after losing your baby, Viv? I was so sad to know you had a miscarriage." From her face Olivia did show her sadness at what happened to me. "I hope you'll be back soon to have children."

"Yes, I wish that too, don't you think, baby?" I looked at Vernon who had not opened his mouth since. "Aren't you going?"

"There's no way I don't want to." Vernon replied with an unpleasant face. "We should do it as often as possible."

"We're at the dinner table, don't say anything like that." Alec exclaimed that he did not like putting spoons and forks on his plate.

"Yes, you're right Alec." My answer.

"Vern, next week you're birthday, aren't you going to celebrate?" Ask Olivia.

Honestly, I just found out about it. I didn't know when my husband's birthday was, because I had never thought about it before.

"No, nothing special, I won't celebrate." Answer Vernon.

"There's no way you're not celebrating, Vern." Excruciate. "I'll prepare a very festive feast for your birthday." I smile with Vernon's palm on the dining table.

Vernon looked at my hand that was holding his hand after that looking at me, of course with a look of wonder.

"Because it's your special day, I'll make everything good." My next.

Of course I have to do it. I'm going to have a birthday party for Vernon very lively. My goal is to make him love me and I will do it my way.

After dinner, I chose to enjoy the night on the balcony on the third floor alone by drinking wine. Sitting in a chair feels the wind getting colder.

Esteban just stood inside, next to the door leading to the balcony. I haven't returned to the room because I don't want to be with Vernon at the moment. I wanted to be alone like yesterday in Venice.

After being in Venice for six months and being alone more often, I now enjoy my solitude more. My heart and mind become calmer when alone.

"Viv, I want to talk to you." Alec's voice came from inside.

I didn't answer him directly because I didn't want to talk to anyone let alone talk to Alec. I felt like I had no business with her anymore after I realized my love for Vernon.

"The lady doesn't want to be disturbed, you better leave." Esteban.

"Viv, I'm gonna cancel that wedding." Alec Shouts.

Alec's words surprised me. I don't want him to do it, it's the same if he wants to show anyone about our previous relationship, and I think Alec still thinks we have a relationship that we keep secret from anyone.

"Let him in, Est." I immediately got up from where I was sitting.

Alec stepped in with his very attached gaze at me. His face was a smile that I knew it meant. It turns out, he still feels that I still love him.

"Est, please leave us both." My love for Esteban.

The young man heard my words by directly stepping away to get away from the balcony.

Without waiting for anything, Alec immediately approached me and kissed me. I could've thought it but I just kept quiet not to retaliate or stop it.

"I miss you so much, Viv." Alec said in a whisper hugging me. "You're getting more and more charming now. I love you more."

Alec looked at me fixedly. There was nothing I said, I was looking for suitable words to stop the relationship between the two of us but I did not want to let Alec go. I will still use it if at any time I need him to do what I want.

"I'm not gonna drop that divorce, Viv. Get away from Vernon, I'll also cancel my marriage to Olivia now." Said Alec still looking at me with his hands coiled around my waist. "I'm sorry that I didn't listen to you saying to cancel the marriage, but now for the sake of being with you I'll cancel it immediately."

"That's gonna look weird, Alec. Vernon will know why you canceled the wedding and he'll kill you right away." My answer. "We're not going to go on with this anymore."

"What do you mean?" Alec asked looking at me in wonder.

"Tell me first about what happened ten years ago when I opened fire on a room in my house. You and Pablo came to stop me shooting at people hiding behind the bed. Pablo took me out of the room but I could hear you talking to the person in the room. Who her? Ah no, I mean who they are because of the two of them. A pair of men and women." I said what I've been wondering for a few months.

When I was in Venice, my memories came back several times to my dreams. When I decided to part with Vernon I didn't want to find out about it anymore and just let it go. But now that I'm back I want to know about everything again.

The memories I had forgotten, all the things that were a mystery in my life. I want to know everything right now.

"What did you say? In what room? Whatchu mean?" Alec tried to seem clueless with my question. But I knew that he just didn't want to answer my question.

"Don't hide anything from me if you still want to be with me, Alec. Or I'll tell Vernon about our relationship. I know what my husband would do to you if he knew we had sex and one of them we did in his house. Only you'll be killed by him whereas Vernon won't do anything to me because he can't do it." I said in a threatening tone, all because I really want to collect the debris of my memories that are scattered.

Hearing my threat made Alec release his arms at me and laugh.

I honestly don't want Vernon to kill him either, however I feel for Alec is still left because he's a good guy. He never did anything bad to me, whether I remember it or not.

"Now you're back to what you used to be, Viv." Alec exclaimed with a snort at me.

"Just tell me, who are they? No, I mean tell you who's the woman that Vegard was with in that room? Is that why Vegard kept his mouth shut even though he knew we had sex?" I asked with a cold look at Alec.

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