Taken By The Mafia Lord

In that weird dream, it was Christmas and everyone was high in the holiday spirit, except her. All of their family members were gathered together around the long dining table amid the animosity they had toward one another.

The table was full of mouth-watering dishes and trays full of Christmas turkey. It was weird because she felt the situation didn’t call for a celebration. Something bugged her that this wasn’t right, however, everyone seemed to be creepily high on something. Their laughter was twisted and unnatural like puppets under the control of a puppet master.

And that was when she saw Marcel. He was seated beside Arianna of course and they both were staring at each other and laughing at God knows what was funny. She approached him and turned him away from Arianna so the both of them could talk.

“Marcel,” She tried to shake him out of this madness, “What is going on? Where is my mother?”

“Where is your mother?” Marcel asked at first and then, like a scene from a horror movie, Arianna, who was beside him, repeated the same question. Soon, it was a cacophony of voices repeating the question. The hairs on her back stood on the edge, this was unnatural.

Suddenly, the light in the room dimmed only for a spotlight to focus on the head table and her mother whom she was looking for materialized out of thin air, and sat on it.

Adele swallowed, “Mom, what is going on?”

“Adele, darling,” Angelica said, her teeth gleaming at her, “Have a seat, your father has an announcement to make.”

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When her mother mentioned, “Father” Adele looked around, waiting to see Benjamin appear, but to her horror, Daniel came out of the shadow instead with a glint in his eyes that made her take a step back.

And before her very eyes, she watched as Daniel leaned toward her mother and they began to kiss passionately like young lovers who hadn’t seen each other for a while.

Instead of Marcel stopping them, he was the first to begin to clap and before long, the others began to applaud them.

“No!” Adele shouted at the top of her voice.

She wanted them to stop.

This can’t be happening!

This was not happening!

“Adele dear, what’s the problem?!”

She realized the freak show had ended during her meltdown. Looking around, Adele discovered that the scene had somehow changed and now it was just a few people at the table. And by a few people, she meant Marcel, Arianna, Chloe, her mother, and Daniel.

“What is this?” She summoned the courage to ask.

“Why? What do you mean? Our family, of course.”

“No,” Adele shook her head vigorously, “This is crazy! No, no, I’m not in support of this.”

But her mother answered nonchalantly, “Adele, sit down, you’re beginning to bother your father.”

And by father, she meant Daniel, who placed his hand over her palm and squeezed it affectionately. Adele’s stomach churned at the sight, she was going to throw up.

“You should sit.” Her mother commanded.

“No!” Adele said firmly. She would not be part of this madness. Daniel can’t be her father, her mother must have lost her mind.

“Sit down, Adele,” Angelica ordered her the second time.

“I said, no! What is the meaning of this?! You have to stop this mother! You’re beginning to freak me out!”

However, all of her pleadings fell on deaf ears because her mother commanded once again, “Sit down, Adele!”

And this time, Adele felt like she was no longer in control of her body as an unknown force dragged her down on an empty seat, directly facing Marcel. She tried to fight it but the power was stronger and Adele couldn’t even lift a finger.

“Now….” Angelica watched them, saying with a sweetly sick voice, “Aren’t we one happy family?!”

As if on cue, everyone at the table burst into creepy laughter once again while tears slid down Adele’s face. She can’t accept this. This had to be a nightmare! It had to be a nightmare!

And suddenly, she woke up with a loud gasp, hurriedly getting off the bed and nearly head-butting the doctor who had come to check up on her in the process.

“Hey, calm down,” The woman was the one who held her steady else Adele would have taken off, frightened by her dream.

“Where am I?” Adele asked, trying to calm her mind. Her head was reeling and she was trying to remember what brought her here.

“You’re in a hospital and according to your mother, you hit your head hard when you fainted.” The doctor said, nudging her back to the bed until she was sitting on the edge.

She continued, “You’re a pregnant woman, Adele and you should always be careful of your blood pressure. Avoid stress …”

The doctor tipped her head back before she could ask the question in her mind, shining a small torch in her eyes, “No sign of concussion either. We would run a small test to see if the babies are okay and then you’re free to leave.”

“Where is my mother?” Adele finally asked the question in her mind. She finally recalled what happened, her mother has been sleeping with Daniel! Was she out of her fucking mind?! Of all people that she could have, why Daniel? Also, wasn’t she secretly seeing her father as well? It didn’t hit her that Daniel prefers women who two-times. Even at that, her mother had the talent of attracting the wrong men in her life!

The doctor told her, “Your mother dropped a message saying she would meet you at home after you have calmed down.”

“Calm down?!” Adele sneered at the thought because the fury inside of her kept getting hotter with each passing minute.

What was she going to tell Marcel? That both of their parents were fooling around? By chance, if Daniel and her mother managed to get together – which would never happen – what does that make her and Marcel?

Half-step siblings?!

This is why you don’t mess up the family tree!