All Chapters of Exclusively Mine: The Mafia’s Bride: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

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EPILOGUE PART 1: MISSING

*10 YEARS LATER*Miriam’s POVThe kids had just come back from training and they asked me the question. The same one they had been asking me for days now.“Mom?” Amelia called.“Yeah?” I mumbled as I kept a laser focus on the pot of soup I was preparing.“You didn’t answer our question.”“That’s because I am so busy with the food I’m preparing. Go set the table, would you?”Amelia opened her mouth like she wanted to argue but she closed it back. I had taught my kids never to argue with me. They were very smart and listened to everything I told him. This one thing, however was making them very restless.Lazar had disappeared three weeks ago. I was acting as if everything was okay but it was not. This wasn’t what we had planned. He was supposed to go make a deal with the Australian family that he had been communicating with for the past few months. They were planning a business deal together. He was supposed to be away for a month before he came back.We had been in contact for the firs

EPILOGUE PART 2: TWIN TELEPATHY

Miriam’s POV“What?” She exclaimed when I told her the news. “I thought you’ve talked to him since then.”“No, I haven’t. I’ve been so worried, Serena but I didn’t want to bother you. I knew you and Lloyd were having a great time in Mykonos.”The kids had gone up to bed and I was out in the backyard making the call so they wouldn’t overhear my conversation.“We absolutely were but this is devastating.” I could hear the weight behind her voice. A part of me felt a sense of guilt for bringing this up but I had to. Rosodov was away and so was Elizabeth. I didn’t know who else to tell.“No wonder Mother kept asking of him from me and she said you were giving her vague answers.”“I didn’t just want everyone to panic. Even the kids keep asking me questions every day but I have no idea what to tell them.”“Just keep stalling them. We need to find a way to communicate with his unit. Did he tell you which one of them he took with him?” She asked and I realized that she was talking about his me

EPILOGUE PART 3: HELP

Miriam’s POVI sat the kids down and told them exactly what Serena had advised me to do. They listened and gradually, I brought up the sleepover. Just like we planned, I gave them all of the things I wouldn’t normally give it to them.“Mom, are you doing this because you’re trying to distract us?” Aiden perked up and I almost choked on my drink.“Of course not, silly. Your 10th birthday is next week. Of course I’m going to spoil you until then. Have you forgotten about our birth week tradition?”“No but we haven’t done that in a while. We thought we were too old for that.”“Nope. You’re not too old at all. In fact, this is an official reinstatement of the birth week tradition in the Sokolov household. How does that sound?” I asked and their faces broke out in wide grins.“It sounds amazing!” They said simultaneously and they shuddered.They were doing that thing again where they talked at the same time. Even after all this time, I still wasn’t used to it.“So, what do you say? Should

EPILOGUE PART 4: INFORMANT

Miriam’s POV“Look at this.” I showed the phone to Serena with shaking hands.I watched as her eyes tried to make sense of the three words in the text.“Is this a threat or a warning?” “I don’t know. I have no clue what was going on.” My heart rate increased when I realized that I hadn’t felt this way in a very long time.Of course, there had been a lot of issues over the years but nothing remotely close to this. Lazar always found a way to communicate with us, no matter what.“I’ll send this to Rosodov. Perhaps, he can decode the message.”I was no longer focusing on what was being said. I was numb and I didn’t realize when I sank to the chair slowly.“Miriam? Miriam, can you hear us?” Someone was tapping my shoulder. “Please, don’t panic. We’re going to get to the bottom of this.”“Mom? Are you alright?” “Your Mom is fine. She’s just feeling a bit under the weather.”“Well, does that mean we aren’t going anywhere today?”“Does she need to go see a doctor?”“She’s fine, okay? Just

EPILOGUE PART 5: THE CHANGERS

Lazar’s POVI was a new man here. Nobody knew who I was or what I came to do. The plan was simple. Go to Australia for a month, get my new shipment and return home just in time to celebrate my children’s birthday.Halfway through the mission, I encountered an unforeseen problem. Someone else had eyes on my package.“Why don’t you just have a word with them?” Rosodov suggested when I told him about the new development on the phone.“Who? You mean The Changers?” I asked him with a scoff.“Yes.”“They are not the type of people you reason with, Rosodov. I have been avoiding doing business with them for a while now for a reason.”“So, what’s the plan? Ignore them? This isn’t your territory. You need to be careful.”“I know I do but I need this shipment. There’s no two ways about it.”“Just be careful.”That was the last time we spoke. That was also the last time I had my phone with me. Somehow, I lost it on the beach. It was so unlike me to do something like that.It didn’t matter, though

EPILOGUE PART 6: NEW PLAN

Miriam’s POVI told them everything that happened. About how I got a call from Anita, explaining what was going on to me.“I don’t understand. How did Anita know that you were the one calling?” Serena asked“Apparently, she saw that my number kept calling him over and over so she decided to steal the phone and check who was calling.”“So your number wasn’t saved on his phone?”“No it was but with an alias. It’s something he did to protect his friends and loved ones. Anyway, she checked the number on her phone and found out it was mine. That was when she decided to call me.”“I don’t get it… she decided to just casually check? Is this how close she is to the syndicate?” Sara looked confused.“I don’t totally get it either but it seems so.”I was feeling less sad and more energized now that I had rested and also gotten a new lead on the situation at hand.“You’ve relayed everything to Rosodov right?”“Yes, but he couldn’t talk much.”“It’s been like that these days,” Sara said before si

EPILOGUE PART 7: LOOK BEHIND

Lazar’s POVLilian kept switching up on me and it was starting to get exhausting trying to keep up. One night, I decided it was time to leave.After being unable to call anyone or leave the house for a long time, I was starting to have hallucinations of my family. What if something had happened to them while I was hiding out here?What if the people who wanted the drugs have already traveled down to torture my family? The thought of it alone was what pushed me out of my hiding place despite the high risk attached to it.The last time I went out at night, I had gotten jumped, on top of the excruciating, painful, infected wound on my shoulder.It was going to be even more dangerous this time because I had the package on me. I couldn’t leave it at Lilian’s place so it was my only other option. The journey back to civilization was a stressful one to say the least. Everything hurts. It had been yes, as my body has experienced this amount of pain. I wasn’t getting any younger so it wasn’t

EPILOGUE PART 8: HEIRLOOMS

Miriam’s POVEverything was going normally. The party planner had sent out the invites and started decorating our backyard in preparation for the party tomorrow.The twins had been informed of the new development and they squealed in excitement. I told them to write a wishlist of whatever they wanted for their birthday.“Anything?” They asked simultaneously with huge smiles on their faces.“Yes, anything for the both of you!”“Oh my God! Thank you mummy.” Amelia hugged me and I tried to pick her up but she was just too heavy.“You babies are getting too big for me to carry.”“Aww. Mom! Please don’t call us babies anymore. Our friends are going to be here tomorrow. If you call us babies, they won’t stop teasing us about it.”“You guys are my babies,” I said with emphasis on the word ‘are’. “But since you guys insist, I won’t say anything like that in front of your friends.”“Thank you, Mom.”“Now, go ahead and write your lists before I change my mind,” I teased them and they scampered

EPILOGUE PART 9: WAY TOO LONG

Miriam’s POV“Lazar, you’re back?” I asked in shock. “When did you arrive?”I was still in shock so it felt completely unreal when he enveloped me in a tight hug. Even though this was exactly what I had been praying for, it seemed unreal seeing it unfold right in front of my eyes.“Yes, I am, baby. I have missed you so much,” he said out loud but in my ears he whispered, “I’m so sorry, babe. I will explain everything to you later.”Without any further hesitation, I grabbed his face and kissed him deeply. The kids yelled and giggled but I ignored them.“Eww, mom and dad! Kissing is so gross!”“Well, I have missed your father so much. Don’t judge me if I want to kiss him.”“You can kiss him but not in front of us.” They said before running off to play with their iPads.“Come on, let’s go upstairs so we can talk privately.”***The next couple of minutes were spent calling our family and friends that knew about his absence to tell them that he was back. They were all relieved and happy t

EPILOGUE PART 10: THE FINAL LAP

Lazar’s POVMy children’s tenth birthday made me realize that there was nothing I wouldn’t do for my family. There was no sacrifice too big.“Daddy, this is so amazing! Thank you!” Aiden yelled when he opened the video game I got him.“There’s more where that came from, honey.” I smiled at him.Amelia opened her dollhouse and gasped. She was a real feminine girl. Even at ten, she was still obsessed with dolls and I didn’t discourage her at all. I would always support my children no matter what they did. As long as it wasn’t something that wouldn’t harm them.“Thank you so much.” She gave me a hug and I lifted her up in the air.We posed for pictures and Miriam kept smiling really widely.“You look like the birthday girl,” I whispered in her ear at some point and she giggled.“Mock me all you want but nothing can stop my excitement today.”Our friends were all present and it felt amazing. Too good to be true. Just at that very moment, there was a loud gunshot in the air and almost ever

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