THE SHEIKS BRIDE

Ana I grew up to a runaway mother and a bastard of a father who drinks his Life away during and uses me as a punching bag at night. My dad was never sober for the entire time I knew him. I was just seven years old when he died(so I was told) but nobody knew I witness the brutal murder of my dad. He was killed by Russian?maybe, Italians?maybe. Well to some extent he did deserve death but then who am I to judge. He was such a scumbag. Well my uncle Romano took me in and I grew up with his son Eduardo whose mum also left him. I think the Guttardo brothers are just scumbags who never know how to treat there women right because uncle Romano's second marriage ended tragically. Some women stay in their marriage even when their lives are at stake, but I just think that their's is the worst. With my dad gone I wasn't beaten anymore apart from the occasional slaps I got from Eduardo. My joy was short-lived a life I dreamt of was going down in front of my eyes. It was a shocker for me the day I found out that I am to be married to Aleksi Vladimiri a ruthless mobster and Mafia boss. Stories about Aleksi are well known in our circle, stories about him being the craziest mob boss to ever live. That day was a nightmare, but what could I have done. That is my fate and I have to live it not because I was happy but because the situation gave no room for arguments. My uncle was ordering me not asking for my opinion on the matter. I wouldn't say the people pitied me because I could vividly remember their words on the day of my engagement party. "is she the Vladimiri's w***e to be?" "she's too pretty maybe some little hardship will mould her better" "some stupid Italians actually do not deserve Italians, they deserve those worthless Russians" And so on.... One thing I learnt while growing up is to always keep my social façade intact, not to let gossips like this affect my demeanor because some people say such things in order to break you and gladly watch you fall apart. The words did hurt but I did my best to keep the tears buckled in. I've never for once beheld Vladimiri with my eyes because he was never present on the engagement day.