you married Caesar because he made you feel safe like maybe, life was giving you something good he never talked about his family and you didn’t push he gentle warm his world clean—until now one morning, while holding your baby he said softly

"I want you to meet them my family they’ll love you" so you hesitated and answer him "Are you sure about that?"

"With you? always" he's a honest and you believed him after you both get out home and on estate massive beautiful but cold like walls had stories they refused to tell his father barely looked at you and when he did…it wasn’t with curiosity It recognition A of something ugly

you told yourself it in your head until that night baby been fussy you paced halls rocking him as voices—muffled behind door

“She’s one who lived girl from bloodline”

“he married her?”

“She never supposed to survive”

your knees almost gave out clutched your baby like he only keeping alive as you felt sick Flashback in burning house screaming mother clinging to silence—married into family destroyed yours it so much and now you heard footsteps

Turned Caesar stood there was frozen your voice shook "you knew..didn’t you?"

he didn’t answer just looked at you, like he couldn’t breathe "Tell me!"

"No" he whispered "not even until now..I swear to you! I didn’t know please don't leave me this simple..with our newborn" damage alive between you started as baby cry your arms