Chapter Eighteen
**Cullen**
I am so mad and angry right now that I have no words for it. Cyrus fucking Cinnati beat me at it again. He is already the heir; he has got the family’s respect and love. He is my father’s golden son, and yet he dares take the one thing that means the most to me in the entirely world. My Bella.
“I am tired of the two of you bickering like kids over that girl”
“I am not fighting over her” Cyrus says
“Cullen, you can’t save her sweetie. It’s too late” my mom says patting me on the shoulder and taking me to sit with her on the couch.
It’s at that moment as I am looking at my mother’s tired face, my brothers determined busted face and my father’s angry calculative one that I realize she is right. If I say what i want to say they will all shut me down and my father will mock me for it for the rest of my life. I can’t go down that easily though, I have to observe and get something in return.
“What do we do now?”My mother asks
“The contract with the Bratva is a no go. You can no longer perform your end of the bargain since you can’t deliver what you promised. Unless you still want to continue with this” I tell my father, pointing the obvious
“We promised them a pure virginal bride, if the morning of the presentation of the sheets there is no blood it will be a disrespect and might even make things worse” my father answers
“And we can’t just ignore Bella; we can’t back out of the wedding without telling Bella’s father why. He was a key role in the contract and he will need answers. Plus we have to think of Bella’s reaction to this whole thing she could tell her parents what happened with Cyrus. We all know the traditions she will be married and that person will be of a high degree and he will be expecting her to be untouched”
“I could marry her” I find myself saying and the whole room looks at me as if I have lost my mind and completely ignores what I have just said altogether
“Very funny brother. What are our options?” Cyrus says dismissing me
“Can’t you keep Bella from rutting you out? To keep her mouth closed?” I ask him, un able to stop myself
“That woman does not listen to me, who knows what she is planning to do to destroy me right now”
“So you can convince her to open her legs but not to close her mouth”
“I get her to open anything of hers including her mouth and legs I just can’t get her to close them”
“You fucking…..”
“Okay that’s enough boys” my father’s shouts, giving us both a warning look.
“We both know Bella’s father is loyal to you and this family but let’s not forget he is not a lamb. He could have been the arms if you didn’t trust him so much, if he finds out your son messed up with his daughter and sullied their name he won’t take it lying down. He is trusted and respected in the community, he could be a real threat” my mother continues telling my father
“We could take him out. As long as he is not here Bella is no longer a threat and I can find a way to deal with the Bratva” my father say with his back to us looking outside the garden over to his consigliere’s house
This shouldn’t surprise me; my father is one cold hearted man. But it does surprise me since I thought the two of them were close and he loved him more than he loved his own brothers.
“What?” Cyrus asks surprised at where my father’s mind went so quickly
“You can’t do that” my mother says strongly. I stay quite
“Then maybe we should eliminate Bella. She is the biggest problem her right now, it would solve all our problems” my father continues. We can’t see his face since he has his back to us but he can’t be serious right?
“What? NO!” I say
“I think that’s too much” Cyrus says
“Fredrick will not stop until he finds out who did it. You and I both the real Fredrick he has power and connections, when he finds out what you did to his daughter it won’t just be war it will be much worse. I know you love and trust him; you can’t kill him or his daughter. What example will that be to your sons that it’s okay to kill each other as long as they get what they want? What would it mean for the family, that you stay loyal and get yourself killed?”
We are all silent looking at my dad’s back on the chair. He turns around to face all of us and says to Cyrus
“I am sorry but I can’t lose both contracts son. If I lose the Bratva agreement, I sure as hell aren’t losing the Irish one too. I will figure out what to do with the Bratva, you will marry the one you have been promised to for nine years” my father announces
“No” my mother says shocking us all. We all turn to look at her
“What do you mean?”
“Look at all these three options cedric, what is more important to you? Is it an affiliation with the Bratva, the Irish mafia or your own family? To have a strong empire you need your family, starting with the one in this room and then the crime family. You cannot have a strong relationship with any organization outside if yours is at war, you need a strong family to make a strong connection. What you need is to make sure you don’t divide the family in her or the crime family and then we can start thinking together how to counter the outside problems” my mother says
“I agree with mother. She is right” Cyrus says
“Bella’s father cannot find out what happened yesterday night, so we have to get ahead of it. Cyrus will ask for Bella’s hand and marry her like he wants to, we just have to find how to make it right with the other organizations” my mother continues explaining
“Of course I know your mother is right and smart, where do you think I have been getting all my sound advice? I don’t like it but it will have to do. Lorcan is a reasonable man and if I have the right offer on the table I am sure I can get him to change his mind about Cyrus as long as he doesn’t lose face. If I am going to release Cyrus from the agreement I need to have someone strong and powerful with the same kind of authority to warrant them mixing their blood” my father says
“a powerful connection like Cullen who is your son and the future hand man to his brother, plus they are closer in age than Cyrus. I met Sarah in one of my programs in the charity. She is a good girl, beautiful and strong heart; she likes giving back to the community and helping people. The two will make an amazing couple together” my mom says, all her attention on my father
“Hell no” I shout
“Language” my father warns
“So Cyrus gets to do whatever he wants with anybody and you all jump to cover his ass and I am the one left with his mess? No, I am not taking his sloppy seconds” I say with determination
“You didn’t seem to mind a few minutes ago” Cyrus says to me
“Don’t talk like that about her, I am warning you” I tell him
“Or what? What are you going to do Cullen? You think I want to marry your little fantasy girl? You think I wanted to marry the Irish princess when I was fourteen? This is the family; we put it first before anything else” he shouts at me
“Like you did yesterday night with Bella, you call that putting the family first?” I ask him looking straight at him
“Boys stop fighting” mom says stopping whatever retort Cyrus had in store for me
“It’s a good point and I can sell it but we all need to be on board with this before we put it to motion. I can’t force Cullen to agree to marry her and he is the only alternative we have right now” my father says speaking to my mom
“Cullen…..”
“Mom, please don’t force me to do this. Not for him, not after what he did” I tell her and she looks at me and sees what’s in my eyes and nods her head.
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