The Secret Between Us
Chapter 51

The next day

It’s only a couple of hours since the plane landed in Palermo Italy as Agent Fernandez had assured us and here we are in an office where we are being given everything we need to start a new life. When I made the agreement with Mateo to help him capture my father and my brother, he never told me that he would do something like what is happening now… and in front of us is opened a briefcase with an amount of money that I never thought I would see in my life, one that makes Mia and I look at each other -And this?

-It’s part of the money that was seized from your family, he made an agreement with the CIA so they could give it to you and you could have a quiet life, after all you lost your lifestyle to help them” He explains and smiled.

-How nice,” he commented sarcastically.

-The property where you will be living is according to your standard of living, you can be very quiet, no one will bother you, but as you know, you can’t get in touch with your past, you understand?

-We have it very clear,” says Mia.

-Having said all that, here you have the title deeds, the keys, and all the documents with your new identities including the girl’s and your marriage certificate. You have just moved from Rome, where our contact has already made sure that you two are real people so that no one suspects,” he says as he hands us some envelopes.

-And what do we do for a living? asks Mia.

-And what do we do?” asks Mia.

-You are businessmen, you have a real estate company,” she informs us.

-And we’re still doing that,” I ask, confused.

He denies -They told me that they wanted to have a restaurant together… here they have the keys of their place, it’s located in one of the best areas of the place, someone has given them this money so they could fulfil their dream and they wouldn’t have to worry about anything- He explains and gives us another briefcase.

-Really? asks my wife and he smiles.

-He says that they have already gone through a lot of suffering and that it’s time for them to be happy,” he says and winks at us, “Well, I’ve done my part, now all that remains is for you to take care of yourselves, take care of that little girl and be very happy, all right?

-That’s what we’ll do,” I answer very confidently.

-Thank you very much for everything,” says Mia before he leaves.

-And remember to use your new names and surnames. It’s very important,” he repeats as we get up from our chairs to leave this office as well as he does.

-We will do it, although it will take some getting used to our new names,” we admit.

-I know, but it’s for your own good, remember that what you have done is not easy, your life will always be in danger,” he explains and we know perfectly well that this is so.

-I guess it’s time for us to be happy, isn’t it? He says to me as we leave our things on the sunny side of this beautiful place and both our children or our son.

-The time has come for us, my beautiful one,” I assure him and before we continue to walk through our new home, I give him a tender k**s that covers his glorious face.

After a few minutes and having received some last instructions from him, we leave the building where we were and with great care not to be followed by anyone, Mia, whom I now call Alessia, myself, and Zaria, we leave towards our new home, one that as agent Fernandez told us, is located in one of the most exclusive areas of the coastal area of Palermo and it is practically a mansion.

I honestly thought that our new lifestyle would be a very austere one given everything that has happened, but apparently Mia’s uncle has interceded in all this and has made sure that despite all the bad things his niece could have the best possible under the circumstances and I thank him for that, I really want to give her and my daughter the best I can despite the situation we are going through and I never imagined that our love would be this way… I never imagined that a love like ours would have to be our best secret just because of who we are.

-I guess it’s time for us to be happy, isn’t it?” she says to me as we leave our things in the living room of this beautiful house and we both look at our daughter.

-Our time has come, my beauty,” I assure her and before we continue our tour of our new home, I give her a tender k**s that tastes like glory.