The Mafia Son's Wife

The Misunderstanding

Christi's eyes got wide and she gasped. She could not move or say anything. She pulled her hand away from me and said You kill people for a living? i said no, I do not. I am businessman, he answered. These guys that are always with you, are they? My bodyguards. Vince and Jeff. What if someone is after you and they get me instead. We will protect you, I will protect you. I don't know Damon. Christi, please let's just sit and talk this through. What do you want me to say, Damon? That this is okay, and I can live with you doing whatever you want in people's lives. It is not like that. Yes, we do stuff which is unconventional, but at the end of the day, I promise you I am a good guy, decent guy. I promise no harm will ever come to you.

You said something about how you are next inline to be the Don. What does that mean? It means that I will be taking over from my dad. When is this supposed to happen? Next year is around Thanksgiving. I need you to be by my side. What? And, Francesca? She is the daughter of one of the Mafia families. She married to unite two families to form an alliance. This is all too much to take in. I just don't know what to do. Christi, there is one more thing. What is it now? You cannot tell Jerri. You want me to keep a secret like this from him. That is for his own protection. The less he knows, the better. So, why did you tell me? I love you and I just I could not keep this secret from you anymore.

Christi said, I don't think I can watch a movie with all this information whirling in my head. Do you want to talk some more about it? Damon asked? I will tell you whatever you want to know. For you, I am an open book. Damon and Christi talked all night into the wee hours of the morning. Christi seems to be grasping the information slowly, but still somewhat hesitant, to accept that Damon will be the Don, meaning he will be calling the shots, the leader. Christi, I think we should get some rest, we can talk more in the morning. We will be fresh and wide awake and our brain can work better, so you can process the information I am telling you. Do you want my mom to speak with you? That way you can hear her side and how she came to terms with all of this. Can I? Sure you can. I will take you back there in the morning so we can have breakfast with my parents.

The next morning, Christi and Damon went to his parents' house where Damon's mom filled her in on how she accepted this lifestyle. Damon's mom asked, Are you in love with my son? I am, without a doubt. Then accept him just the way he is. He is a good man, he is gentle, kind, caring, loving, and he loves you very much. Christi began to tear up, and Damon's mom embraced her stocking her hair, I promise you, you will be happy. He will make you happy. They had breakfast with his parents, then Damon and Christi said their goodbyes and left. He brought Christi to see his condo and Christi asked, How many women have you brought here? Damon was stunned by the question. He turned to her and said. I will be putting it on the market tomorrow. Christi laughed.

Three months later, Damon and Christi were still together and with each passing day their bond grew stronger. She was still trying to digest the news, but she was handling it better than she thought. Now there were no more secrets between them. However, keeping the news from Jerri was a different story. She did not want to put his life in danger, so she had to obey that one rule. Things were going great for Christi. She received a promotion at her job and went to celebrate with her co-workers, when she bumped into Richard. Richard went over and enveloped her in a hug. She was surprised. He said Hey! Have not seen you in a while. She said. I have been busy with work. Are you celebrating something? Yes, I got a promotion at work. Richard said, Can I join you? She reluctantly said yes.

Richard spent the evening showing interest in Christi. She felt very uncomfortable. He was rubbing his shoulders with hers, touching her hand, then he caressed her arm at one point. She finally pulled him aside and told him that she was seeing someone. He said to her, You do not have a ring on your finger, so I think I still have a chance. She told him she was not interested. He said, You are still single, and a man can pursue a single woman. Christi started drinking with her co-workers and started warming up to Richard. Damon came in and stood at the door of the pub and saw the interaction between Christi and Richard, and he became irate.

Damon left and went to a bar where he drank and girls were throwing themselves at him. Vince, came up to him and said Boss, I think you've had enough. He shrugged Vince off. He said. Which one of you will go home with me tonight? He put up his hand, pointed his index finger and said eeny, meeny, miny, moe and his finger landed on a brunette. He told Vince to take us back to my condo. Vince said, Boss, what about Christi? He snapped what about her. He shouted. Boss, if she misses out, she will leave you. Damon told Vince. I don't pay you to think, just do what I told you. Vince helped Damon to the car and the brunette in tow. When they pulled up to the condo. Vince opened the door for Damon. When he stepped out, the brunette came out right behind him. Just then Christi's Uber pulled up, and she watched Damon with his hand around this girl's neck going inside the building. Vince, turned around to see Christi standing there crying and her hand covering her mouth.

Vince quickly went to Damon and said, Boss Christi is here. Damon spanned around and saw Christi standing there crying. His heart broke for her. What had he done? He pushed the girl off of him and Vince called her a cab. Damon took slow steps to meet Christi. She waited until Damon was close enough to hear what he would say to explain what she had just seen. He said, This not what it looks like? So, you were not taking a girl up to your condo to sleep with her? I am so sorry, Christi. You said you would wait as long as I needed you too. I believed you. Jokes on me. This is over, goodbye Damon. She quickly flagged down a cab and left Damon just standing there. He fell to his knees and sobbed. Vince had never seen him like this. He picked his boss up and took him inside and straight to bed.

Vince then went to Christi's place to explain the situation to her. When the knock came at the door, she thought it was Damon and said," I don't want to speak to you, go away, Damon said. Vince, said with a soft voice. Misses, it is me Vince. She opened the door and her eyes were puffy, and she was in a mess. Vince came in and closed the door. She sat down on the sofa holding a toss pillow in her lap and Vince sat opposite her. He began, nothing happened between them. The boss was upset when he saw you and Richard at the pub, so he went out drinking. He is not in his right mind. I would never have allowed anything to happen tonight. As soon as we made it upstairs, I would have put him to bed and sent her home. I know how much the boss loves you and would not do anything to jeopardize his relationship with you.

The next morning, Damon awoke with a massive headache. Recalling the look on Christi's face and the last words she told him, before walking out of his life forever. He could not believe he had messed things up so badly. He took a shower, got dressed, hoping to stop by Christi's place to apologize to her again for what she witnessed last night. But when he got to the kitchen, he found Vince and Christi sitting on the kitchen island having a cup of tea and smiling at each other. He looked between from Christi to Vince and could not comprehend what was going on. Vince told him to have a sit. Christi said Vince explained everything to me about what happened last night. Damon got up and engulfed Christi in a hug and said I am so sorry I will not be drinking again. He kissed her on top of her head and said I love you.