The results came and it was positive that Matthew Forelli was indeed my biological father. My feelings were a mixture of relief and hatred. I was relieved that I had already found him but hated him for what he had done.
He didn't say a word nor react. He was quiet until they left. Venice gave me her contact number to let her know once I have decided to help them.
I went to the bedroom while Jayden went to his office. I sat on the bed and took a deep breath before turning the page of Vanessa De Dios' diary.
Spring, 1998 - 'My father gave me to Matthew Forelli as a payment for his debt. He loses a bet and I am the reward. On our first night, I admitted that I was pregnant by my boyfriend. I thought it would be the fastest way to get out of this marriage but I was wrong. I got raped by my own husband and the next day my boyfriend was killed. He said he got rid of him and that the child I was carrying was his. No one should find out that it wasn't.'
From the looks of it, the diary was old and dusty so I'm sure that it wasn't fake. The color of the pages were faded. The handwriting was different from the letter Venice gave me and I know it wasn't her writing.
I continued to read her diary and most of it was about the beatings and tortures she experienced with my father. It was heartbreaking. I am not sure if my sisters read her diary and if they knew the sufferings of their mother.
Summer, 2000 - 'I found out that he was having an affair with another woman and it was the princess of Flousia, Catherine. She was engaged to him once. She was the first woman in his life and he was in love with her. Although he never admitted it, I could see it in his eyes. Rumors say that she was a rebellious princess and she ran away with another man, Benjamin Miller. Everyone knew that Matthew was the one who lied to Catherine when they were engaged but the truth is, that woman was. I don't know how he found her again but I heard him talking to his brother about Catherine. He mentioned looking for her for years. But then he found out she was also sleeping with his brother. He admitted to loving her and warned his brother to stay away from her, but the next day, Catherine broke up her relationship with the two brothers.'
I sighed. My mother was definitely a whore. I don't know why she ends up like that. Grandpa wasn't a ruthless father. He did mention that Matthew Forelli and mom were in love but he lied to mom about his real identity. They didn't know he was from a Mafia Clan but when they found out, grandpa was against the relationship. Eventually, mom broke up with him because he was a womanizer then she ran away with my foster dad after.
Winter, 2005 - 'I tried to be a good wife to him and followed his orders. He treated me like trash and I don't really care about it. I hated him. I had a miscarriage and my first baby died because of him. The man I loved was killed by him and everyday he would beat me, torture me then rape me. I wanted to run away or at worst I wanted to die. But I realized I've been writing in my diary all the things he did, so why would I stop, and maybe this might be the way to bring that man down.
Spring, 2006 - 'I started searching and investigating everything about him. From the smallest illegal activities to murders, smuggling, drugs, kidnapping, human trafficking. I have all that evidence compiled into a disk file. I have kept the file in a safe and would tell it to the person who I know I could trust. All those crimes he committed were unforgivable and I was beginning to get terrified, especially now that I am pregnant again. It wasn't his. The father was one of his men. For those years I've been quiet and became a doll who just followed him. I fell in love again.
Fall, 2006 - 'They say truth will always prevail. I guess that was true. He found out I was pregnant and that it wasn't his. I was scared to death but my heart was once more shattered by my husband. He killed the father of my child in front of me. Tortured him first before slowly slitting his throat. I saw him bathing with his own blood as it flowed from his neck, from his sparkling green eyes to nothing. I stared at the lifeless body of the second man I loved and turned to the devil, asking him to kill me. He just laughed and told me he wouldn't let me die. I should suffer like him and that he would bring me to hell with him.'
Winter, 2006 - 'I didn't stop recording his evil deeds. I am more determined to get all the information about him and the underground. I wanted all of them to fall. Those men who made my life miserable. From my father, my brothers and my husband, I swear to take them down all at once. If I won't be able to do it now, I will let someone else take revenge for me. So I made a copy of the disk file and planned on sending it to the royal family. I was also planning to send it to the wealthiest family of a nearby country, The Wilson Clan. I heard they were also having a feud with one of the Mafia Clan, the Santelmo's. I thought I have all the evidence I got but then I found the most horifying revelation that sent shivers into my spine, it was the murder of his second fiance, Lucia Castello.'
My hands suddenly trembled. My heart started pounding so fast as I turned on the page of the old diary.