SUCCUMBING SALVATORE

i'll still be in your heart

~chapter forty seven~

I finally look across the room in a distorted haze.

I look across the room and I see Salvatore standing in the doorframe watching me.

"Cara my father..." he starts and walks into the room and I notice his red raw eyes and my heart plummets to the floor.

Oh my god

"Is he...?" I hesitate to say the words as I drink in his melancholic state and I blink twice when he kisses my hand and it lingers for a while.

"He's awake" he says and my thoughts get cut short and my mouth bobs open,

"Really? That's good isn't it?" I ask him with a smile

"Yeah it is, I just, he knows you're here" he finishes and tucks a piece of hair behind my ear and I look into his eyes hiding a million secrets.

"Does he know about you and Angeline?"

"Kind of, I guess. I told him a while after he awoke, he's pretty alive and kicking to be honest" he says and I nod.

"Well is he angry?" I say and he nods sucking in a deep breath and then he touches my cheek which brings me back to reality.

"He said now that I've backed down from the marriage contract that I will have no other choice but to become part of his mafia" he sulks

"Oh Salv, but I thought you promised me that you wouldn't let him control your life, I know how much your job means to you" I say

"It means so fucking much to me Cara but I just know he would kill me if I didn't join the mafia, it's been a long time coming" he says

"Can I speak to your father?" I ask him and he chuckles letting go of my hand and shakes his head at my feistiness.

"I mean you can but I'm sure he wouldn't be happy and would probably not hesitate to put a bullet in your skull" he says

"Not funny" I chide rolling my eyes and that makes me a bit scared of this man that is lying in bed wounded below us.

Not the best thing for your boyfriend to say about his father

"So what do we do then? We can't let him tear apart our relationship" I say with a confused look and Salvatore sighs pensively.

"I don't know Mia Cara but I know that promises will get broken and my father isn't exactly a candy shop owner- he's a gangster" he says

"But that doesn't mean he can tear apart everything we have? I've only been your girlfriend for a few days!" I shout slightly

He looks over at me and takes my hands in his as he looks down and a bit of his long black hair tumbles over his eyes.

"Just promise me you will get back on that plane to America" I say and he lifts his head, his red eyes staring back at me.

"I can't give you promises that I won't keep" he whispers and my mouth turns down as I realise that this could be it.

"Salvatore does this mean?" I say and he cuts me off by placing a finger over my mouth and a tear drops from his eyes

"Mi amor, even if we do break up and you have to move back across the world then I'll still be here in your heart" he says kissing my cheek.

"Salvatore I..."

"Don't say it..."

"Just in case" he finishes wiping his lone tear away, and I nod my head shakily not liking the sound of things right now