Taking What He Wants(24)

It was sheer providence that I got a call from Jameson telling me that he'd finally found Celine..

"I'll send the plane to get you, bring her in."

I didn't wonder about how he was gonna pull that off, I don't care, if he had to hogtie the bitch so be it.

I went and found mom and dad, filling them in on what the hell was going on.

"Vito would never do such a despicable thing."

"I know dad, that's why we need him here, I need to look in his eyes when I speak to him...."

"Call him, you know your Godfather will come for you, just call."



I reached for the phone and made the call, the Escalantes lived only about twenty minutes from here, the three brothers, Vito, Santino, and Rocco were recluses, they had more money than Croesus, but for some reason never married, never had children and still lived together in their rambling old mansion.



"He's on his way, mom I'm going to need help with Delia, if this turns out to be somehow true, then I'm afraid of what it'll do to her mind.....I.....I slept with her mother......" I couldn't even finish, it was one thing to tell yourself you didn't care, that there was no doubt, but saying it out loud like this, especially to my parents, made it seem too fucking real.

"Son, the fault is not in you, you had no idea, now granted you shouldn't have been messing around with Delia while engaged to Celine, but you explained the circumstances and why you acted the way you did, you weren't having relations with both at the same time, that would've been harder for her to overcome, this might take time, but I believe Delia's a strong girl, she'll bounce back."

"I hope so cause I'm not letting her go...ever."

"It'll be fine son, remember who you're dealing with here, these people are pure evil, you saw that first hand, we all did, no matter what, there's no excuse for the way they treated her, whether she was their daughter or granddaughter, do you think your mom and I could've ever treated you or your siblings this way, for any reason?"

What he said made sense, I knew these things, but I was so worried about her fragile state of mind, all the stress of the last few months, now this.





"Look who I found." Drew came into the study followed by Vito. My godfather was about dad's age maybe a little older, which would make him late fifties early sixties, he had a full head of hair, walked with a cane because of some boyhood injury, and still had a sparkle in his eyes.

I looked at him for any resemblance to the girl upstairs, I couldn't find any, then again I was suddenly so tense it was a wonder I was still standing.

"Maxwell, Rhina, you look lovely as usual." He greeted my parents before coming to me.

"My son, what is it I can do for you? You young people are always in a hurry, what is it that couldn't wait until I finished my round of Warcraft? I had Santino beat this time for sure."

I almost laughed at that, I wondered how the brothers survived living together for so long since they were all so competitive with each other, then again that's how they'd grown their family fortune over the years.

"I need to ask you a very serious question."

He studied me when he realized the seriousness of my stance.

Before I could say a word Delia walked into the room, Vito turned, got one look at her and went sheet white.

"Tessa, how...where.....?"

He turned to look at the rest of us.

"Who's Tessa?"

"My sister, but it can't be, she died forty years ago, right before I met you remember Maxwell?"

Dad said he'd forgotten that when he met Vito at university he had mentioned losing a sister the year before.



He walked over to Delia but I got in his way.

"What's going on here, who's this girl?" He tried looking around me.

"My wife, now come sit here, I need to ask you something."

I led him to a chair since he looked like he was about to keel over. He couldn't take his eyes off of Delia.





"So it's true then...." I couldn't wrap my mind around that, Vito had raped an underage girl?

"What's true?"

I cleared my throat, how did you ask a man you'd respected and loved your whole life if he'd raped a young girl?

"Did you ever know a Celine Fielding?"

"Fielding, Fielding, why does that name sound familiar....I never met a Celine, but the name sounds familiar, maybe someone I did business with?"





"No, this is the girl who says you raped her when she was thirteen and got her pregnant."

"Wh.....what, are you insane?"

"Vito, just hear him out, he's not accusing you of anything, we just need answers, this is a very delicate situation we're dealing with here."

Dad calmed the situation while mom held Delia on the couch rocking her back and forth, I wanted to go to her to comfort, to shield, but she needed answers now we both did.