EMILY'S POV The door banged loudly behind me, the locks clicking shut. It was pathetic that I was in this situation again. Locked in a room, awaiting a future I didn't want for myself. Marrying Marco. After hearing the plans Anthonio had for this baby in my belly, it felt like I had been stripped off my free will completely. I couldn't even decide whether or not to keep a baby growing within me. I had no rights, even over my own body! I hated my life. I always have. For the first eight years of my life, I lived with my mother, and it was a sad experience. She was always being arrested for one crime or another. Agatha's father; Uncle Matteo, mother's only surviving family, would always run around just to gather the money needed for her bail. Even as a child, I knew my mother wa

