Prologue ~ Before
Little Authors note
- The book will be based in English but there will be 3 different languages used.... Polish, Russian and Albanian but note i used translate so it might not be 100% correct!
"Dariusz jesteś głupi jak... jak mogłeś zrobić coś takiego" (Dariusz your stupid how... how could you do something like this) Basia sobbed "proszę, powiedz mi dlaczego" (please tell me why)
Dariusz looked over at his wife, he hated that he caused this problem, he was the reason his sweet Basia was heartbroken,she didn't deserve non of this and seeing her in this state caused him pain but he had no other option, his hands were tied. Hearing her cry's made it worse, he couldn't stand seeing her this way. He didn’t mean for this to happen, he didn’t mean to hurt her, that was the last thing he wanted to do. He hated himself, not for just hurting his wife, but for the decision he made, he didn’t know how he could make her forgive him, he felt guilty but he knew he couldn’t show it.
"kochanie, przykro mi, ale musiałem, opiekuję się nami i to był jedyny sposób" (my love i'm sorry but i had to, i'm looking out for us and this was the only way) he spoke softly trying not to upset his wife. "musisz zrozumieć, że zrobiłbym wszystko, żeby chronić ciebie i naszą rodzinę" (you have to understand i would do anything to protect you and our family) That was a silly excuse and he knew it, the meeting didn’t go the way it should of, his sweet Basias life was on the line so of course he submitted to the Russians and gave them what they wanted. But she couldn’t know that.
Basia couldn't controll her thoughts, the man she loved had betrayed her the most. " My love? Do not call me that. Y-o-u" she was struggling to talk, let alone think with the overwhelming thoughts running through her head. How could he do this to her, how could he Ruin the one thing in life she was looking forward to. " you pieprzony idiota (f*****g i***t), you say your doing this for family but your breaking our future family Dariusz, i havent even thought about that yet im 21 " She couldn’t believe it. Surely this was some sick kind of joke to him, that would of been better than the reality of this. “Weak, that’s what they will call you! When everyone finds out about this you will be nothing” she didn’t mean to snap at him, she would never want to hurt her love, but she was angry and hurt.
Basia hated that Dariusz had made this decision without asking, she understood that he was the head of the Polish Mafia and she respected that but he had no right to throw away that part of there life, it wasn’t his decision to do that, he shouldn’t of just threw it away like nothing.She wasn't just hurt she was angry and felt betrayed. She couldn’t be in the same room as him, she didn’t want to see his face, she didn’t want to be near him right now. She needed time alone, she walked to their room and into her walk in wardrobe, locking the door she thought deeply about whether this marriage was going to last or turn into a nasty one like her parents did. Basia headed towards her bags and picked up a special one, the first ever bag Dariusz got her.
She remembered that time of their relationship clearly, He kidnapped her from her ex fiancé, at first he didn’t want anything to do with her, she was a burden and was just leverage to him, but then slowly things changed, one day he finally let her out of his house, they were going shopping and she spotted the bag, it was just a simple red leather crocodile bag but she fell in love, the only problem was that she definitely couldn't afford it, but her captive brought it for Basia's birthday, it was then she released he meant more than just being her captive but our story is for a different time.
Inside the bag she had many things hidden, it was now used as her secret hiding place, even though she never really hid anything from her husband she needed a place just she knew about, it was her sacred place. She picked up a baby hat, her grandmother stitched for her and put it aside, she needed some happy memories right now.Inside the bag there was multiple things. She only wanted one thing though, she opened a small piece of folded paper that was inside, there was multiple notes from when Dariusz proposed to her, he did a little treasure hunt, it took a while to find him but he made her go to all their favourite places. She smiled and thought about that time, putting it back into the bag she picked up the baby hat again
Squeezing it a little bit she felt something inside and started crying again, reaching her hand in she picked up a white stick and on that stick 2 very bright pink lines were noticeable. She didn’t know what to do now, she didn’t feel like telling him anymore, it was meant to be something they were going to be happy about, she was excited when she first found out as that was her dream, but now it’s turned into a nightmare.Basia cried even more thinking about what was next to come for their family, she could try and run away but she knew from past experience that he would find her straight away. Basia ran herself a bath and just relaxed in there for some time, after she went to her room and tried to get some sleep, but it was impossible, she needed Dariusz next to her. Running her hand around her belly she knew that she would make this right, she wouldn’t let them do anything to them. Meanwhile Dariusz was in his office, he couldn’t do anything, he could try and attack but that wouldn’t do anyone any good, he didn’t have enough soldiers for that. He picked up a fancy bottle of scotch and didn’t bother pouring it into a glass, he chucked it straight from the bottle. The only way to make him feel better if he didn’t have Basia in his arms was to drink, so that’s what he would do… drown himself with drink to get away from his sorrows.