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My father sold me to the Mafia King

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I looked up at him through tearful eyes. ”How did you endure all this?” I choked out. ”How?”

”This is life, Julie,” he answered, his voice heavy with bitterness. ”It forces you to endure.”

I saw the brokenness clearly in his eyes that old wound that never healed. ”Your father... is that why you treat him so coldly?”

”My father died that day too, Julie,” he replied flatly, staring at the horizon. ”Even if he’s still alive now, he’s dead to me.”

My God, he grew up without a mother or a father. He lost love just like I did, but in a much worse way. I felt an emotional surge I couldn’t restrain. ”Robert... I love you,” I said without thinking.

I knew I had sworn never to say it again, but it felt like the only word that could heal his wounds right now. He gave a faint smile. ”You asked me yesterday if I loved you.”

I looked at him, stunned. ”I don’t know the answer,” he continued, locking his eyes onto mine.

My chest tightened for a moment, but he went on. ”But you’re the first person I’ve ever brought to this cemetery. And the first person I’ve ever told about my mother’s suicide.”

Am I really the first? Did he choose me of all people to share this deeply private part of his life?

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”I don’t know if I love you,” he said in a deep voice that shook my soul, ”but I know I’m ready to burn the world for you.”

My eyes widened. Did he really just say that? ”I’m ready to enter this grave if the price is for you to live,” he added, gripping my hand tightly.

I couldn’t process it all. He didn’t say ”I love you” explicitly, but he said something far more beautiful. I began to cry with overwhelming happiness.

He placed his massive hand on my cheek, wiping my tears with his thumb. ”I won’t be able to say that word now because I’ve never said it before... do you understand, Julie?”

I nodded, feeling the warmth of his palm. ”I understand.”

He slowly pulled his hand away. ”Come, let’s go now.”

He turned to leave, but I stopped him. ”Wait!”

He turned back, surprised. ”What?”

I looked at him seriously. ”I want to ask you for something.”

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