I married a Mafia Boss

six

Toni didn't want Elio to leave her. She was paranoid Jughead would come back, and Elio wouldn't be there to protect her like he did.

"Let me go change and we'll go to sleep okay?" Elio patted her lower back.

Toni shook her head no. Her cries had only stopped a few minutes ago, and the thought of being alone made her wanna start again. She actually felt safe and secure in Elio's arms, and she didn't want to move.

"I'll be in here the whole time...I'm not leaving you." Elio reassured. "I'll just be in the bathroom, and once I brush my teeth and change, I'll come right back."

Toni got off of him and sat on the bed, and watched as he got pajamas out of his drawer and walked into the bathroom.

A few minutes later he came back, and got into bed with her. Toni turned around and snuggled her face in his chest, while he threw his leg over her's. He tucked his arm under her neck and wrapped it around her, while his other trailed up and down her back again._.

"I'm sorry..." Elio said quietly.

Toni shifted a bit, wondering why he was apologizing.

"I'm your husband now...and I didn't protect you against your own father..." He sighed and kissed her head. "I know how horrible it is to grow up with abusive parents and I...I didn't do anything today...So I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Toni whispered. Her eyes were falling closed, and soon she was out.

-

When Toni woke up the next day, Elio had made her breakfast already and brought it to her in bed. She was really confused because she thought you weren't supposed to eat in your bed...

Five year old Toni walked to the kitchen to get a snack at two-thirty in the morning. She hadn't eaten a lot since her father made her go to bed without dinner, so she thought maybe if she got a snack and brought it to her room, he'd never know.

Before she could make it out of the kitchen, her step mom was standing there.

Toni hated her. She was mean and hit Toni just like Thomas did.

"Now where do you think you're going with that? And why are you awake?"

"I was hungry." Toni answered simply. "A-And I woke up because of it."

Stephanie walked over and snatched the granola bar out of Toni's hands. She put all of them on top of the refrigerator so Toni couldn't reach before turning back to her.

"We're gonna go tell your father what you did, and he'll decide your punishment."

Stephanie grabbed Toni's hand and led her to her father's room, before completely twisting the story around. Saying Toni was talking back and being rude, and that she has been smuggling food and eating it in her bed.

Toni obviously protested, stating that she had never done any of that, but of course Thomas didn't believe her.

Thomas threw Toni in the cellar for the rest of the night. That was the first time she had ever been in the cellar, so she was at the door the whole time screaming and crying for help. Banging on the door for someone to let her out.

In the morning, Thomas yelled at her because she didn't let him get any sleep, before beating her with his belt.

"I'm have a meeting with your father today at the house." Elio said after a few minutes of silence. Toni wasn't really a talker and so he had to start most of their conversations. "Would you like to come with? We're discussing wedding details, even though we're already married, he wants to invite a bunch of people so everyone knows our mafia's are coming together."