Page 128 of Forgive Me, Father

“Get dressed, and let’s go.”

“Where?”My heart rate instantly rose.

“It’s not a request, Cami.You have ten minutes.Make sure you are comfortable.”He left and the palpitations of my heart were the only sign that adrenaline coursed through my body.

I pulled on a pair of jeans, sneakers and a hoody that was way too big for me.The sleeves covered my hands.

True to his word, he came back ten minutes later and waited for me.

I walked to the door.My mother and father stood by the wall.

“Alfonso, please, I don’t think…”

“Enough.She is my responsibility now, not yours.”

My father fell quiet and our gazes locked.Lately, all I saw through hers was compassion, or pity.The two were very similar.

I followed him through the hallway and down the stairs.

“Where are we going?”I asked.

“You’ll be safe,” he replied.

My heart stammered again as he led me toward the gym.I knew where he was leading me and I stopped.“I can’t do this!”

His fingers grasped my arms.“It’s not what you think.”

“So, you are not taking me to the dungeon.”

“I am, but it’s not what you think.”

My lower lip trembled.

Rapid Italian in the form of Fiona’s shrill voice entered the gym.

Nico led the way and Alfonso’s mother and father accompanied her as they walked toward us.

Alfonso nodded.

What was Fiona doing here?

Fiona calmed down when her gaze landed on mine.We just stared at each other.The only thing we had in common, was Kai Castello.

The door to Alfonso’s dungeon swished open and Nico nudged Fiona gently to walk first.

Alfonso offered me his hand as he spoke Italian to his parents.

I took his hand and followed him to the entrance.

We walked down the steps together.My heart beat like a drum.

The dungeon looked completely different then it originally was.The furniture and the cupboards with all the little sex trinkets gone.

The giant sex furniture, tucked out of sight underneath big canvases.

The place looked eerily abandoned.

Fiona gasped and fired rapid Italian words.

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