Third Person POV
***SIXTEEN YEARS AGO ***
Candice sat on the edge of the pool, soaking the sun into her chocolate skin. She was kid free, worry free, and soon she would be husband free, and that thought only was the reason for her carefree smile. However she was soon interrupted by the butler.
"Ms. Candice, Master Stephan wishes for your presences." He said in a low voice.
"Thank you Harvey." Candice says in a low voice, standing to her feet and grabbing her cover up from the pool chair. She slipped it on along with her designer flip flops before making her way into the house and up the stairs. She entered the office quietly, and there waiting for Stephan to address her presence. When he did he looked up at her over his glasses and went back to typing on his laptop.
"Sit Candice." He commanded without looking up again.
"Yes sir." She says doing as she was told.
"Are you happy here Candice?" The older Italian man asked.
"Yes sir I am." She answered honestly.
"I'm happy to her that Candice." Stephan says, standing from his chair. He slowly begins to walk over to her. Candice watched his every move as came up behind her. He pushed her hair to the side and bent down to lay kisses on her neck. "I'm happy you're here as well lover."
"You are?" Candice breathes as he continued to bite, kiss and suck on her neck.
"Very *kiss* very *kiss* happy pretty girl." He says in his deep Italian accent that always made Candice melt. "I love having someone to spoil and to everything that I say to do." He chuckles, "..... But everything comes with a price Candice."
"What would you like sir... I've done everything you've told me to do."
"That you have my dear... That you have, but this is something I'll need later down the line okay."
"Anything you want sir."
***PRESENT DAY***
Candice's POV
I watched my daughter sit in cry through the monitors in the security room. She cried out for her fiance and her son. I sat there trying to feel like a mother should for their child in distress but I couldn't. I didn't feel the feeling everyone said I should for my children. I tried, I really tried but I couldn't. However sitting here looking at Tiana dry her soul out tugged at my heart strings.
If I would've known that Stephan wanted to sell my daughter all those years ago I Would've never agreed to give whatever he wanted all those years ago. However here we are. My child about to be sold off to be someones sex slave and me having to live with the fact that I caused it. When I found out who Tiana was marrying I rejoiced because Stephan wouldn't dare go against the Delluccis, or at least I never thought he would go as far as to steal one of their women, expectually not the future Cappo. But again I was wrong.
He found his way in with that sick bitch Elaine and made sure I went along with everything, But what Stephan fails to realize is that he's playing a dangerous game. I've seen ow much Jason loves my daughter when they were teenagers and I know for a fact that he's not just going to let her go. And I know for fact that when word got to her crazy ass father all hell was gonna break loose and I know that I don't want to be around for that.
'Do right by your kid for once in your life Candice.' A voice scolded in the back of my head.
Finally listen to that voice for once in my life, I made way to the room where Tia was being held and barged in.
