Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Rhea’s mind was full of millions of unanswered questions, however, it made perfect sense that her mother had a family already. That is if she didn’t have another family before birthing her which only explains Elijah’s age since he was older than she was.
The reason her mother abandoned her all these years was because she was born illegitimately. What had her father been thinking? Did he fall in love with a married woman? Rhea didn’t know how to feel about this news.
To think that Elijah was her brother and they had been together?! They kissed, made out, French kissed, cuddled, you name them all, and even touched each other intimately. She had been sexing her brother, well, half-brother to be precise, but they were all the same, and right now, she felt like throwing up.
How was this possible?
This was messed up.
She wanted to die right now.
“W-what?!” Elijah was dumbfounded.
“Of course not! Your mother is your mother only, not mine!” there was disgust in his tone as well. Apparently, they shared the same thoughts.
“What do you mean by that?”
“My family only rescued her from near death and she has been staying with us since then.”
“W-what?”Rhea croaked, “What do you mean by a near-death experience?”
Seeing he got her interest, Elijah leaned on the table, having her full attention. He revealed, “She was nearly killed by Daniel?”
“What?!”
If Rhea had been shocked earlier, this piece of news nearly blanked her out.
Rhea shook her head, befuddled, “What are you talking about? I don’t understand what you are trying to tell me. Are you messing with me right now?” She was beginning to panic.
“Your mother and Daniel were a thing in the past.”
“Oh God,”
Rhea felt her head throbbing and her breath was coming in short. It was a lie. That can’t be true. It was too much, too much information.
“Are me and Lukas…” She was finding it more difficult to breathe and wasn’t able to finish her question.
However, Elijah must have gotten the point because he answered with disgust in his tone, “God! No! The both of you aren’t siblings! Your mother would rather end her life and yours than let you survive as Daniel’s child.”
Her mother would end both of their lives? That was all Rhea could comprehend before she felt light-headed and unwell.
“Rhea? Are you okay?” Elijah was concerned when he saw her pale expression.
“I don’t feel great… ” Rhea was disoriented and tried to stand, but that moment she only ended up falling to the ground.
“Rhea!” Elijah shouted with sheer terror when he saw her lose consciousness and tried to help her. However, that was the moment Luca returned from the errand.
Luca pushed him off her with great strength, tossing him to the side as if he were a mere doll, and picked Rhea up in his arms. With one hand, he texted Lukas about the situation and left with her.
She needed help right now and Lukas would end their lives if anything were to happen to his woman.
[Bonus Chapter] Powerful Figure Backing Her
“I’ve been looking into Rhea’s mother as you asked me to but I swear to God that woman’s information is even more confidential than the president of this country.” Adele handed the papers she had managed to gather for him.
They were currently in his office to hold the meeting without the chance of someone spying on them.
Lukas took the documents going through the information with his face scrunched in concentration.
“Natalie Valeria,” He tasted the name on his lips and for some reason, it sounded familiar as if he had heard it somewhere.
If Natalie had truly been friends with his mother, then it made perfect sense that he must have heard her say it or even read it somewhere. His mother was good at keeping journals and letters. If he went back to their old house, Lukas bet he was going to find some stuff.
The only downside to it was his father would surely get news of him going there and if Daniel had the slightest idea of what he was up to, he would make it more difficult for him to dig up information on his mother.
Lukas didn’t know what his mother did to Daniel that was so bad that he wanted to erase her very existence. It was as if he wanted her removed from the very surface of this earth. Well, he’s gotten her wish already, she was dead.
If it was possible to even delete his mother’s memories from his head, Lukas did not doubt Daniel would have done it already. No, It was quite a shocker he didn’t have his memories altered by a hypnotherapist. Perhaps, it never crossed his mind. So yeah, going back to the old house was not on his to-do list at the moment.
He read further, finding out that they had moved to the country because of her father’s election and that was where Lukas saw it. She came with her friend, Penelope.
…..
It seemed like the light at the end of the tunnel, a small smile managed to curl the corners of Lukas’s lips to know he found something about his mother even if it was little. He had hope and It was little progress, as his mother used to call it. He was right to have looked into Natalie because it led to his mother’s past.
Both women were interconnected, that was for sure and Lukas was intent on finding out. However, reading further down, there was no more information about his mother Penelope in the file, not even her family, and his heart sank. Another dead end and it was no doubt his father’s doing.
A short newspaper article slipped out from the pile and Lukas bent to pick it. But the moment he saw the heading, Lukas’s eyes widened before narrowing into the slit. His hand holding the article shook as he read down.
“The Valeria misfortune,” The article says.
The paper was dated twenty-six years back, approximately a year before his birth. However, what had Lukas reeling in shock was the fact the news says Natalie and his mother died in the fire incident which was kind of impossible.
If his mother died a year before his birth, then was she alive all those years? How was he even born?
Unless the news was a hoax and that unshockingly was his father’s area of expertise. According to the article, it says that Natalie didn’t want to return to the country and threw a tantrum, by slipping out of the night with her best friend.
Unfortunately, the both of them met their tragic end that night after their car had a head-on collision and suffered an explosion afterward with their body burnt to crisps.
The foul play was obvious and Lukas could detect it even with his eyes closed. His father faked their death and replaced their bodies with another, the fire must have been deliberate as well to hide all evidence.
Lukas always wondered how his mother’s people never came for her, but it turns out you can’t search for a dead person. Daniel could never take her without bringing trouble knocking on his door, so he gave them a reason to stop searching.
Lukas felt sick to the stomach and he felt like throwing up. He always feared that one day he would turn out to be like his father, but after reading this article, Lukas knew Daniel was a monster and he could never be like him.
He practically broke apart families! He ruined their lives! And Lukas had a feeling that Natalie might just be running from his father. His mother couldn’t survive Daniel, but she did and was a wise woman for running. But then, Lukas needed to know more. And When he finally knows everything, he would gladly put a bullet in Daniel’s head and end his nuisance forever.
There was nothing else on Natalie but Lukas found out something valuable, his mother’s full name, and with that, he would be able to dig more, hopefully. He couldn’t employ Winters to take on the investigation and risk her life.