Breathe
Realization Part 1
Nina’s P.O.V
“ If you could just give me one minute,” I flash him a sweet smile before shutting the door quickly.
I turn to Harry, his eyes wide, and a crease in his forehead “What do they want here?”
“ I don’t know, they wanted me to come to California next week” I start, rushing back into my room to change.
“ Why didn’t you tell me?” He asks, tone hard
“ I don’t know, we weren’t on good terms”
“ What is it they want from you, are you in trouble?” He snaps angrily
“ God no Harry, they found stuff on my parents, a will” I say quickly, pulling Harry’s shirt off me and walking around completely naked looking for a replacement.
I turn to see him gliding his eyes along my body I smirk.
“Harry, whatcha looking at?”
He laughs “ My beautiful girlfriend”
“ Well stop and get dressed” I throw his pants at him.
-
“ Do you want me to stay?” He grabs my wrist and spins me around before I open the front door.
“ Of course I want you to stay Harry” I step onto my tiptoes and peck him softly on the lips.
“ I love you,” He murmurs against my mouth
“ I know” I wink at him and open the front door
He stands there, completely straight. He’s a tough looking man, broad shoulders narrowing down to his hips. He’s bald and wears a pair of black sunglasses. He has a weird looking device attached to his ear and when I opened the door he pressed a small button on the side and muttered something we couldn’t here.
Harry puts his hand on the small of my back protectively
“ Come in please” I usher detective Millar in from the hall
We move into the living room and sit around the small coffee table, Harry and I on the couch, legs touching. The detective across the table on an armchair.
“ Can I get you anything sir?” I ask anxiously
“ No thank you, I’d like to get started” He replies, and places his brief case on the table.
“ Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci, born in San Jose California on May 10th 1993 at O’Conner hospital, to Vincent James Vinci and Maria Adelina Abelli, adoptive parent’s after death of birth parents, Sarah Rita and Dominic Fredrick Jones. Has no communication with other relatives of birth parents, is this all correct Nina?” He reads of a paper and stops to look up at me.
I blink three times he talked so fast. Seems like he knows more about me that I know about myself.
I nod “ Yes, I believe so”
“ Do you know why I am here Nina?”
I feel Harry’s arm tighten around me
“ You said you found some of their belongings, and a will,” I croak, I can feel my throat getting dry from my anxiety.
“ Yes, precisely. Also that this is an extremely rare occurrence, for evidence of murder to come up almost a decade after the incident”
My eyes widen
“ Murder? Mr. Millar my parents died in a swimming accident” I say it like I’m correcting him.
He looks down “ No, that is what you were told when it happened. We have reason to believe from the evidence that has appeared that this was murder”
I gulp down the ball forming in my throat
“ I can understand how this might feel to you” … No you don’t
“ Nina, your parents and grandparents and whole generation line was very wealthy, your parents inherited much from the death of your father’s parents – your grandparents, and after the passing of your mothers parents, they’ve inherited much, much more.”
I clear my throat as the lump grows bigger and bigger
“ Do you need water babe?” Harry asks in my ear
I shake my head.
He takes a large, large package out of his bag and many small packages with it. He takes up the whole table with manila parcels.
He picks up one and opens it
“ This is the will of your parents Nina”
He hands it to me and I start reading.
Last Will and Testament of
Vincent James Vinci and Maria Adelina Abelli
On the occurrence of our death we appoint the parents of Maria Adelina Abelli (Married Surname Vinci) care givers to our daughter Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci until the age of 18.
We leave our estates to Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci when she becomes the age of 18.
Estate 1) 348 Bulligner Point Sacramento California
Estate 2) 826 Bitterwater Road San Jose California
Estate 3) Suite 3 725 Abignale Crest London England
Estate 4) Suite 6 238 Grainger Ave Paris France
We leave our bank accounts, earnings and inheritance to Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci when she becomes the age 18.
Bank Account 1 Balance – $18,456,387.03
Checking Account 2 Balance – $10,875,287.09
Savings Account 3 Balance – $28,985,619.12
Business Income Account 4 Balance – $31,749,495.18
Total Earnings: $900,667,884.2
We leave all our belongings to Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci.
We leave Vincent James Vinci’s publishing company to Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci when she becomes the age of 18.
This will was appointed on Monday July 18th 2005
Witness: Nicole Julia Vinci
Witness: Tom Jackson Abelli
Signature: Vincent James Vinci
Signature Maria Adelina Abelli (Vinci)
I pause and look up and back to the paper several time, I look over to Harry who’s wide eyed from reading it over my shoulder.
“ It’s a very straight foreword will Nina,” He informs me
I set the paper down on the table and take a deep breath.
“ I know this must be hard for you, having no word about your parents for almost a decade and then all this coming up”
“ You must have many questions”
His voice rings through my ears as I zone out, I close my eyes and try to remember my first 12 years of life before my parents died.
We lived in a simple home, nothing extravagant. My mother told me my dad did publishing but I never noticed that she never worked and we always had everything. Looking back I remember my mother dressing wealthy, at the age I was I would have no idea but now, it’s all hitting me. I had no idea we had other estates and more than 900 million dollars in the bank.
Why would they keep this from me…
“ Nina” He snaps me out of my thoughts “ Nina you must have questions”
“ You said you found more than a will?” I look up
“Yes” He frowns “ We found” He pauses and his mouth turns into a line “ letters”
“ Nina, I can’t disclose any information on the investigation yet, but we found things that prove that this was a kidnapping and potentially a murder”
“ Potentially?” I raise my voice
He shuffles around the mount of papers and hands me a heavy large envelope.
I open it and take out a letter, its water stained, brown marks all over it, there’s stains scattered along it as if someone was crying.
“ This is an emotional, hard time Nina, we can leave while you read them if you like” He stands and looks at Harry.
“ Do you want me to go?” Harry asks.
I shake my head and look at him “ Please stay” my voice is no louder than a whisper.
“ I’m going to step outside for a cigarette and I’ll be back in a few minutes” The detective strides out.
“ There has to be at least 80 letters here” I look in the envelope, they’re all marked up by the sea, I notice sand residue at the bottom of the package.
I stare at the one in his hand and flip it over 5 times
“ Are you going to read it?” Harry puts his head against mine.
I nod and open the non-sealed flap.
Dear Nina
I can’t contain the tears over flowing from my eyes, dry heaves kick in and they get worse.
“ Nina” Harry engulfs me in his arms and I break down worse sobbing loudly into his neck. I look to the envolope, and can't bring myself to read anymore just yet.
I remember everything my mom talked about in the letter, I think back to all the nights we spent on the beach together when I was young and more tears flow out of my eyes like a running river.
“ Baby, please stop crying” Harry pleads with me, but I can’t. I hold onto him tighter and sob harder.
“ I’m going to tell the detective you’ve had enough for today”
He lets go of me and stands I grab his hand
“ No” my voice breaks and the tears renew “ don’t leave me”
-
There’s a knock at the door and Harry stands up to get it.
He walks back in with the detective.
“ Nina, this is allot for you to process”
“ I have two final things for you”
He picks up a box and hands it to me
“ We found the boat your mother talks about in her letters, that’s how we came in possession of them and this,” He points to the box.
I open in and see lots of fabric, along with a necklace and a ring placed on the top. I quickly shut it.
“ These are the clothes my parents were wearing the last day I saw them” I feel the tears pushing though my eyes. I blink them back.
“ I understand if you don’t want to see that, but they are your property”
“ The last thing I have for you” He says while handing me another box, smaller.
“ I think she’s had enough today” Harry intervenes, face hard and impassive towards the detective.
“ Harry, I’m fine”
“ No you’re not, do you know the emotional toll she’s going to have from all this” He raises his voice
“ We understand fully how you may feel about all this Miss Vinci” He talks to me, ignoring Harry.
I open the small box and it reveals 7 sets of keys, a piece of paper and four bankcards.
I look up confused.
“ 4 sets of keys for each estate, the estate is labeled on the sets. 3 sets of keys for the automobiles of Maria Adelina Abelli and Vincent James Vinci and the bankcards of Maria Adelina Abelli and Vincent James Vinci, giving you full access to the $900,667,884.2” He says quietly, standing.
“ Thank you for your cooperation Nina, I would like to see you again soon” He hands me his business card.
-
As soon as the door shuts I fall onto the floor, bellowing cries escape from my throat, cries that I tried so hard to hold in.
“ If you could just give me one minute,” I flash him a sweet smile before shutting the door quickly.
I turn to Harry, his eyes wide, and a crease in his forehead “What do they want here?”
“ I don’t know, they wanted me to come to California next week” I start, rushing back into my room to change.
“ Why didn’t you tell me?” He asks, tone hard
“ I don’t know, we weren’t on good terms”
“ What is it they want from you, are you in trouble?” He snaps angrily
“ God no Harry, they found stuff on my parents, a will” I say quickly, pulling Harry’s shirt off me and walking around completely naked looking for a replacement.
I turn to see him gliding his eyes along my body I smirk.
“Harry, whatcha looking at?”
He laughs “ My beautiful girlfriend”
“ Well stop and get dressed” I throw his pants at him.
-
“ Do you want me to stay?” He grabs my wrist and spins me around before I open the front door.
“ Of course I want you to stay Harry” I step onto my tiptoes and peck him softly on the lips.
“ I love you,” He murmurs against my mouth
“ I know” I wink at him and open the front door
He stands there, completely straight. He’s a tough looking man, broad shoulders narrowing down to his hips. He’s bald and wears a pair of black sunglasses. He has a weird looking device attached to his ear and when I opened the door he pressed a small button on the side and muttered something we couldn’t here.
Harry puts his hand on the small of my back protectively
“ Come in please” I usher detective Millar in from the hall
We move into the living room and sit around the small coffee table, Harry and I on the couch, legs touching. The detective across the table on an armchair.
“ Can I get you anything sir?” I ask anxiously
“ No thank you, I’d like to get started” He replies, and places his brief case on the table.
“ Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci, born in San Jose California on May 10th 1993 at O’Conner hospital, to Vincent James Vinci and Maria Adelina Abelli, adoptive parent’s after death of birth parents, Sarah Rita and Dominic Fredrick Jones. Has no communication with other relatives of birth parents, is this all correct Nina?” He reads of a paper and stops to look up at me.
I blink three times he talked so fast. Seems like he knows more about me that I know about myself.
I nod “ Yes, I believe so”
“ Do you know why I am here Nina?”
I feel Harry’s arm tighten around me
“ You said you found some of their belongings, and a will,” I croak, I can feel my throat getting dry from my anxiety.
“ Yes, precisely. Also that this is an extremely rare occurrence, for evidence of murder to come up almost a decade after the incident”
My eyes widen
“ Murder? Mr. Millar my parents died in a swimming accident” I say it like I’m correcting him.
He looks down “ No, that is what you were told when it happened. We have reason to believe from the evidence that has appeared that this was murder”
I gulp down the ball forming in my throat
“ I can understand how this might feel to you” … No you don’t
“ Nina, your parents and grandparents and whole generation line was very wealthy, your parents inherited much from the death of your father’s parents – your grandparents, and after the passing of your mothers parents, they’ve inherited much, much more.”
I clear my throat as the lump grows bigger and bigger
“ Do you need water babe?” Harry asks in my ear
I shake my head.
He takes a large, large package out of his bag and many small packages with it. He takes up the whole table with manila parcels.
He picks up one and opens it
“ This is the will of your parents Nina”
He hands it to me and I start reading.
Last Will and Testament of
Vincent James Vinci and Maria Adelina Abelli
On the occurrence of our death we appoint the parents of Maria Adelina Abelli (Married Surname Vinci) care givers to our daughter Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci until the age of 18.
We leave our estates to Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci when she becomes the age of 18.
Estate 1) 348 Bulligner Point Sacramento California
Estate 2) 826 Bitterwater Road San Jose California
Estate 3) Suite 3 725 Abignale Crest London England
Estate 4) Suite 6 238 Grainger Ave Paris France
We leave our bank accounts, earnings and inheritance to Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci when she becomes the age 18.
Bank Account 1 Balance – $18,456,387.03
Checking Account 2 Balance – $10,875,287.09
Savings Account 3 Balance – $28,985,619.12
Business Income Account 4 Balance – $31,749,495.18
Total Earnings: $900,667,884.2
We leave all our belongings to Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci.
We leave Vincent James Vinci’s publishing company to Nina Antoinette Adelina Vinci when she becomes the age of 18.
This will was appointed on Monday July 18th 2005
Witness: Nicole Julia Vinci
Witness: Tom Jackson Abelli
Signature: Vincent James Vinci
Signature Maria Adelina Abelli (Vinci)
I pause and look up and back to the paper several time, I look over to Harry who’s wide eyed from reading it over my shoulder.
“ It’s a very straight foreword will Nina,” He informs me
I set the paper down on the table and take a deep breath.
“ I know this must be hard for you, having no word about your parents for almost a decade and then all this coming up”
“ You must have many questions”
His voice rings through my ears as I zone out, I close my eyes and try to remember my first 12 years of life before my parents died.
We lived in a simple home, nothing extravagant. My mother told me my dad did publishing but I never noticed that she never worked and we always had everything. Looking back I remember my mother dressing wealthy, at the age I was I would have no idea but now, it’s all hitting me. I had no idea we had other estates and more than 900 million dollars in the bank.
Why would they keep this from me…
“ Nina” He snaps me out of my thoughts “ Nina you must have questions”
“ You said you found more than a will?” I look up
“Yes” He frowns “ We found” He pauses and his mouth turns into a line “ letters”
“ Nina, I can’t disclose any information on the investigation yet, but we found things that prove that this was a kidnapping and potentially a murder”
“ Potentially?” I raise my voice
He shuffles around the mount of papers and hands me a heavy large envelope.
I open it and take out a letter, its water stained, brown marks all over it, there’s stains scattered along it as if someone was crying.
“ This is an emotional, hard time Nina, we can leave while you read them if you like” He stands and looks at Harry.
“ Do you want me to go?” Harry asks.
I shake my head and look at him “ Please stay” my voice is no louder than a whisper.
“ I’m going to step outside for a cigarette and I’ll be back in a few minutes” The detective strides out.
“ There has to be at least 80 letters here” I look in the envelope, they’re all marked up by the sea, I notice sand residue at the bottom of the package.
I stare at the one in his hand and flip it over 5 times
“ Are you going to read it?” Harry puts his head against mine.
I nod and open the non-sealed flap.
Dear Nina
My beautiful, beautiful daughter. I’m so sorry we left you so early, you mean everything to us, and you were everything we could have asked for. We’ve been at sea for a couple days now, I don’t know who these people are or what they want with us but I dream and pray for the day where I can hold you in my arms again. Nina sometimes parents do things to protect their children and one day when you have children you’ll understand why. I’m writing these letters in hopes one day if I never see you again that you get these. I love you Nina, I love you more than anything. None of this is your fault. We will see each other again one day I promise you, but until then I need you to be strong for us, I want you to treat Grandma and Grandpa nicely okay? I know how they can be sometimes but this is a hard time for them to.
The one thing about being on this boat is how amazing the stars are at night, remember when we would lay on the beach in San Jose and stare at the stars together, your father would always wait in the car for us because he didn’t like laying on the sand, but we would lay there, you and I wrapped up in a blanket together staring at the stars until you’d fall asleep, I’d carry you to the car and your father would laugh because every night you’d fall asleep in my arms.
When you were a baby, you’d cry and cry and we didn’t know why, you weren’t hungry or in need of a diaper change, I’d be at my breaking point and you’d be screaming your head off. One night your father went into your room and picked you up, he held you close to his heart, cradling you, rocking you back and forth. Humming the tune of a Van Morrison song in your ear while standing beside the window, which showed the stars beautifully. You stopped crying because all you wanted was to be held by the stars.
You’re all we think about.
We love you Nina, and we will always love you. No matter what happens out here, just look to the stars and know that I’m looking too.
Love, Mom
I can’t contain the tears over flowing from my eyes, dry heaves kick in and they get worse.
“ Nina” Harry engulfs me in his arms and I break down worse sobbing loudly into his neck. I look to the envolope, and can't bring myself to read anymore just yet.
I remember everything my mom talked about in the letter, I think back to all the nights we spent on the beach together when I was young and more tears flow out of my eyes like a running river.
“ Baby, please stop crying” Harry pleads with me, but I can’t. I hold onto him tighter and sob harder.
“ I’m going to tell the detective you’ve had enough for today”
He lets go of me and stands I grab his hand
“ No” my voice breaks and the tears renew “ don’t leave me”
-
There’s a knock at the door and Harry stands up to get it.
He walks back in with the detective.
“ Nina, this is allot for you to process”
“ I have two final things for you”
He picks up a box and hands it to me
“ We found the boat your mother talks about in her letters, that’s how we came in possession of them and this,” He points to the box.
I open in and see lots of fabric, along with a necklace and a ring placed on the top. I quickly shut it.
“ These are the clothes my parents were wearing the last day I saw them” I feel the tears pushing though my eyes. I blink them back.
“ I understand if you don’t want to see that, but they are your property”
“ The last thing I have for you” He says while handing me another box, smaller.
“ I think she’s had enough today” Harry intervenes, face hard and impassive towards the detective.
“ Harry, I’m fine”
“ No you’re not, do you know the emotional toll she’s going to have from all this” He raises his voice
“ We understand fully how you may feel about all this Miss Vinci” He talks to me, ignoring Harry.
I open the small box and it reveals 7 sets of keys, a piece of paper and four bankcards.
I look up confused.
“ 4 sets of keys for each estate, the estate is labeled on the sets. 3 sets of keys for the automobiles of Maria Adelina Abelli and Vincent James Vinci and the bankcards of Maria Adelina Abelli and Vincent James Vinci, giving you full access to the $900,667,884.2” He says quietly, standing.
“ Thank you for your cooperation Nina, I would like to see you again soon” He hands me his business card.
-
As soon as the door shuts I fall onto the floor, bellowing cries escape from my throat, cries that I tried so hard to hold in.
Notes
I'm doing a three part special for you wonderful people, this special will include lots of drama with Harry and Nina (ugh I know) but I promise you guys I wont break them up. In this special you will get to learn more about the loss of Nina's parents, also how she is going to cope with the emotional trama from all the events taking place. How will Harry take it?
Tia and Niall - I'm going to start writing more about them, cause I want to devolop more of a relationship between them.
SO lots of you are asking about Dani and Liam, well I plan the baby to be born soon ;) note that Dani is only about 6 months pregnant right now. I will start writing more about the baby as well.
I do not mean to offend anyone who has lost their parents in a tragic event, losing a parent is very hard and if this chapter hits close to home I apoligize.
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