#Chapter 142 - Mending Bridges

Layla Eva and Stasia were called away from the estate rather abruptly, leaving me alone to contemplate their offer. “While you’re away with us, you can bring Eli to stay with Dmitri and Irena. You know they will take care of him.” I did trust them to properly look after Eli if I were to decide to go away with the twins. Of course, I knew I could Eli in Aldo’s care as well...It’s just that...Maybe we both needed a break from the Marcello family. This choice would be his to make. Eli was getting older and I didn’t want him to feel as though he didn’t have a say in the matter. But, in order for anything of that to be set into place, I was going to need to reach out to my son. The pain that engulfed my heart whenever I thought of him recently, has become too much to bear. I had to fix things with Eli. If I had any chance of getting better then I was going to have to face my fears head-on. “No more hiding away and feeling sorry for ourselves,” I said. I turned to glance