The news hit the internet like a shockwave: He was dead. I was one of the first to see it, and I showed everyone else. For years, I'd imagined how I'd feel when this day came. I always thought it would be the best day of my life, a celebration. But it wasn't.
I spent years with that monster. He violated me in every way possible. He changed my life, both for the better and the worst. I'm not the person I was eight years ago. Sometimes, I miss that carefree, happy girl who knew nothing of the darkness in the world, the simple life I had before. I've never been able to get my innocence back.
He might be gone, but he'll still haunt us. Eliana will always be a part of him. She belongs to Luciano now in every way that matters, but he will always be her biological father, and one day, she'll ha
