Trust can be earned

Chapter Five

Morgan stopped us at the top before anyone saw us descend, he turned to look at me causing me to mirror his movement but with a confused look. “I love you,” he whispered before placing a gentle kiss to the side of my mouth.

I look him in the eye and reply “And I you, till my last breath.” Morgan gives me a soft look with a gentle nod before turning and walking down the stairs, forcing me to follow because our hands are still intertwined. I keep my eyes down and focus on the stairs, I don’t look up when there is a collective gasp from below me.

I know everyone has just turned to see us walking down the stairs, I still don’t look at anyone except Morgan when we reach the bottom. Morgans family approach us and while his father greets him, his mother embraces me in a hug whispering “You look beautiful Sirena.”

I pull away with a blush as she passes me to Morgans father, he too embraces me in a hug. Shaun pulls away and cups my cheeks, he whispers “You truly are, you will do great.”

Morgan takes me by the waist as his father lets me go, I can still feel every pair of eyes on me. Morgan, me, and his family head over to where my family is. My mother embraces me first followed by my father, Rico comes over and puts his arm around my waist, so Morgan drops his and takes my hand instead.

People have started to look away now, but we can all hear the whispering, and I know Enzo is still staring at me I can feel it.

I don’t look around for him even though I know he has not taken his eyes off me, after greeting our families Morgan, Rico, and I start making our way around the room. I am introduced to everyone and they all comment about how much I resemble Savannah, of course when they realize what they have said they apologize. We spend hours going over the same story with the same questions, but what else did we really expect to happen.

People can’t help their curiosity sometimes, but some people need to remember curiosity is what killed the cat. We avoid Enzo all night thankfully, but I know he hasn’t once taken his eyes off me. I can feel them wherever I go, I know he is waiting for the perfect time to get me alone and I can’t wait.

Enzo’s POV

I have always hated these galas, always having to come as a teen. Now it is my turn to attend as the boss, my mother and Lucas are with me. I still have my father locked away; I don’t know what to do about him. I want my mother to have a say in what happens, he did betray her as much as me. She lost her grandchild and daughter in law because of him, I lost my child and wife because of him and my so-called brother.

I only came this evening because I was told the Costa family would be here, including Rocco’s brother. I haven’t met him yet; I was supposed to on mine and Savannah’s honeymoon. He has a daughter the same age as Savannah, I’m not sure if she is coming but I would like to put a face to the name. Savannah talked about her cousin a lot, she was upset when her aunt and cousin went missing.

I don’t know if she has been found yet, there are rumours around but without proof I don’t entertain rumours any longer.

Ironic I know but I learnt my lesson, I am still wallowing now like I said I’m only here because the Costa’s are. I decided to bring a date to see what they do; they are yet to retaliate for Savannah’s death. It has been weeks since that night, I know they are still grieving because I am as well. Even still their behaviour is odd, that worries me, but I am prepared for whatever they bring.

My date is a poor imitation of Savannah, she looks a little like her and has the same hair and eye colour. The problem is she is clingy as f**k and so god damn whiny, I’m trying to remove my arm from her claws when my mother and Lucas both look towards the stairs. My mother gasps covering her mouth with her hand, tears in her eyes. Lucas says under his breath “What the fuck.” I look to see what’s got them both acting weird.

What I see has me freezing in place and has my breath hitching in my throat, Walking down the stairs is Morgan Quinn. However, it’s not him that has me reacting this way, it is the woman walking down with him. I can feel the colour draining from my face, all I can think is I’m seeing ghosts. I feel a tug on my arm, but I ignore it, this woman completely enraptures me. I can’t believe my eyes; I saw her take her last breath so this can’t be possible.

The Quinn’s approach them, but she hasn’t looked up once. I need to see her eyes, that’s the only way I will know for sure. No one has eyes like she had, as they walk over to the Costa’s I get a quick glimpse. I release the breath I was holding when I see her eye colour is different, even so I can’t get over that it’s not her. I have been ignoring my date since I laid eyes on her, I can see minor differences between them. Even if the similarities are undeniable, I don’t know who she is, but I will find out.

I haven’t felt my heartbeat since that night, but the second I laid eyes on this woman it hasn’t stopped. I am pushing my date off me never taking my eyes off of whoever she is, I can hear the whispers and I know people are watching me. They want to know what I will do; I don’t even know what I will do. For now, all I seem to be able to do is watch her, Rocco’s brother Rico has been introducing her to people.

He has kept a protective arm around her the whole time, Morgan has also been there holding her hand. I noticed the over-the-top ring almost immediately; it is not Savannah’s style at all. I have a feeling this might be Rico’s daughter; she is so like Savannah but so different, I always wondered why Savannah never showed me any pictures of them. The Costa and Quinn family have clearly made a marriage arrangement, that’s why Morgan has been MIA for a while it makes sense now he must have been in Italy with Rico.

I heard there was a possible alliance, but I thought it was because of Savannah, clearly, I was wrong. The way he looks at her, why does he get to replace Savannah while I lose her. He was always in love with her, I just didn’t think he was that desperate that he would marry her copy. Lucas and my mother haven’t said much since this woman appeared; I know they both still feel guilty for the death of our child.

I didn’t mean to drag them into the kidnapping, but I did, none of us can change that now. I have lost a lot of business and allies because of what happened that night, I am working hard to try and gain them back. What I can’t help but think is maybe, just maybe this mysterious woman is the answer. I finally manage to get my date off my arm and leave her with Lucas, he wasn’t happy, but he also knows I need to speak to this newcomer.