The Mafia’s Possession
as much as I can to stay calm. I knew nothing pleasant will come out of the unlikely meeting the very first step I took inside the office. From the start he knew his plans. He knew what he
oem. The broad smile on his face widened. He got what he wanted. "Do you Antonio Di Salvatore accepts Camila Castellano as your wife?" The question was then directed at him. He leaned over intertwining his hands together. To see how his dark eyes were piercing through my skull. "Yes I do. Till death do us apart" As the words slipped out of his lips, it gave me a danger chills. Somehow his words held other meaning. "Both of you should sign this and you'd be legally husband and wife" The pen was passed over by my brother who was consciously quite all the while. He hated the idea. Yet, he has no other way out. We are all powerless. I weakly scribble out my signature. There's no more delaying. It had already happened. The document was passed on to him and his scribble his signature too. "Congratulation. You're now husband and wife" The lawyer pronounce. I could hear the sigh of relief that erupt out of my father's lips. However, I couldn't bring myself to even exhale a sharp breath. I was already hopeless. I watched as the two family exchanged handshake. "Rest assure Mr. Castellano your company is safe now" Antonio's father uttered with a small smile. And at that moment, I became invisible. My service was no longer needed. I have played my part but then I was stucked with a dangerous man. We were handed a copy of the signed document and the marriage certificate. My eyes lingers on my signature. How just by a slip of my hand, my life has changed. The dream I once had of getting that glamorous wedding with the love of my life has been shattered. None of that has happened. It was a marriage of convenience. To save my family. "Congratulations Mrs. Salvatore" An