"She is pregnant, Mary," Anna listened from the door as the doctor confirmed her pregnancy.
"Are you sure?" Mary asked.
"I am one hundred percent sure. I did three different tests and they all came out positive," the doctor replied.
The door opened from the inside and Lady Mary walked out. She glanced at Anna before walking away. Anna considered going after her but thought against it.
What will happen to me now? Will they kill me or force me to abort the baby? Anna wondered in fear. For the past two weeks, she had refused all the food they served her, thinking it would help her, but she was still pregnant. Pregnant with another man's child, a man who wasn't her fiancé, who didn't know anything about her and didn't love her. How would she face Desmond when she saw him? He would be really mad at her, Anna thought as she paced in the hallway.
The door opened, and the doctor came out. "You know you shouldn't have that look on your face," he said, smiling at her.
"Are you sure that I'm pregnant?" Anna asked.
"You are. I would never make such a mistake. I'm the best doctor in this country if you haven't heard," Doc Remo bragged, trying to cheer Anna up.
Anna went up to the small room where she slept and sat down.
I need to think before they come for me," Anna thought to herself, I think they'll really kill me. Well, maybe I deserved to be killed. I didn't obey the rules, I broke the rules and should be punished for it. She got teary once again, crying a lot these past few days.
Upon reaching the small room, she entered, shut the door, and locked it before sitting down. What should I do? Anna wondered. I need to think of something. How do I save myself? How can I make them keep me alive? Begging them won't solve anything. Should I offer to work for them till the day I die in exchange for keeping me alive? Should I offer to leave the country? Should I tell them to abort the pregnancy? Wait, what if their only condition is that I abort the pregnancy? I don't know. I don't know. Anna ruffled her hair crazily. I can't think of anything meaningful. Lord, help me. What should I do in this condition? Forgive me and help me.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. "Anna?" Bay called out. "Open the door." But Anna ignored her. "Anna, are you in there?!" Bay continued knocking until she suddenly stopped. After a while, Anna heard Bay's voice again, and realized she had gone down to call the guards to open the door. Two guards followed Bay, and one of them opened the door with a spare key.
Bay immediately rushed in to find Anna lying on the bed.
"Anna?" Bay shook her harshly. When she confirmed that Anna was still breathing fine, she exhaled out in relief.
"Oh my goodness, Anna, you scared the shit out of me," Bay gasped.
"What on earth is going on?" Lady Mary shouted from outside. Bay's shouting had alerted her, so she had to rush up to check the situation.
"Nothing, ma'am. She's fine," Bay answered.
"What will happen to me now? Will you guys kill me?" Anna tearfully asked as she got up.
"Prepare yourself. Tomorrow morning, you are leaving the country. We have your passport and everything needed ready," Lady Mary announced.
"I don't understand. What do you mean by leaving the country?" Anna asked, getting up on her feet.
"It's what you heard, Anna. You are leaving the country tomorrow," Lady Mary stated.
"To where?"
"To America."
"Will you kill me... Will you kill me there?"
Bay burst out laughing, and Lady Mary scoffed at her but didn't answer her question. She left with the guards while Bay remained with Anna.
"Is it funny? Is my life funny to you?"
"Who told you we were going to kill you? Girl, you are thinking too far. You should be so grateful that you are pregnant."
"What does that mean? Explain to me," Anna moved closer to Bay and demanded.
"No dummy, no one is killing you. Haven't you noticed? Can't you tell? Can't you fucking tell that we are all delighted by this news?" Bay scoffed and sat down on the small bed.
"Delighted? Why? Why on earth?"
"Because you are the first, you are the first lady his seed has ever survived in. You are the first to get pregnant for the King of all criminals," Bay laughed.
"Gosh, stop laughing. I'm dying over here, okay?" Anna burst out in tears once more.
"Just tell me... Tell me what my fate will be."
"Okay, I'll tell you. You are going to live, you will survive. Okay? We need you to survive because you might become our next queen. If you successfully give birth to that baby, your life will totally change, Anna. We need that baby to survive, and in order for the baby to survive, you need to survive first."
"So that means you won't kill me, and you won't be aborting this baby either?"
"Never. Nothing of such will happen. Now that we have confirmed your pregnancy, we will protect you with all our might. We will die protecting you if it means you'll survive with the baby. That is how important you have become to us now," Bay explained with a smile.
Anna exhaled loudly and sat down on the bed. She took her hand to her chest and massaged it. It felt like a burden has been lifted off her chest, and yes, it has.
"So what will you eat now? You need to eat for the baby," Bay said.
"I... I..."
"See, don't worry. I got this. I'll get you something very healthy. You haven't been eating well, and we have been allowing that before, but we won't allow it again. You need to eat now, even if we have to force the food down your throat." Bay winked."
"Just kidding, but you have to eat," Bay added before she left.
** ** **
Ace left for his room after the conclusion of the meeting, and his Consigliere followed closely behind. "Tomorrow is the last day of the meeting, I can't wait. I'm already exhausted," Cosimo yawned as he followed but stopped walking because of Ace's sudden stop.
"Do you have anything to say, Padrino?" Cosimo asked.
"I was with a girl, I was with a girl on our first day. Find out who she is," Ace said.
"A girl? A normal girl or a servant girl?" Cosimo ran to his front so he could see his face.
"Just find out who she is," Ace glared at him, went into his room, and then shut the door on Cosimo's face.
"How did I forget her?" Padrino wondered as he walked to the table. He opened the bottle of vodka that was already placed there for him and drank from it. A fresh memory of how he spent the night with this strange girl came to his mind.
"Fûck, it's been two weeks already. Why am I just recalling her face now?" Ace thought and pulled out a chair to sit down.
A knock came to the door, followed by an announcement. "Come in, Mary," Ace groaned, and Lady Mary walked in. She bowed before speaking.
"About the girl you were with, she got sick and left. Seeing her condition, I didn't think twice before letting her go."
"Which day? When did she leave this building?"
"She left on the 10th, sir. And in case you are wondering, sir, she has a fiancé, and they will be getting married next week as I've heard, so..."
Ace looked up at her in annoyance and asked, "What does that mean?"
Lady Mary bowed and said, "I'm sorry, sir. I just thought I should let you know."
"Get out and call Cosimo on your way out," Ace commanded.
Lady Mary left, and shortly after, Cosimo came in. "You called for me, Padrino, what's up?" he asked.
"Find out the location of the girl we talked about and where she lives by tomorrow. And do not tell or ask Mary about it," Ace instructed.
"Why is that, sir?" Cosimo asked, and Ace glared at him. "Do you like her? If you do, tell me, I'll be more interested in finding her," Ace sarcastically replied.
Cosimo rolled his eyes and walked towards the door. "Do not worry, I will find out where she lives."
** ** **
The two arrived in front of what was supposed to be Anna's place. Cosimo knocked on the door, but no one answered.
"Let's go in," he said and pushed open the door. From inside, they heard loud moans and groans.
Cosimo walked up to the room, pushed the door open, and saw a couple having sex. He said, "Oh my! Look at that!" The couple became alarmed, and the guy started cussing at Cosimo.
The lady ran out of the room and passed by Ace, who was standing behind Cosimo. Cosimo turned to Ace and asked, "Is she the lady you are looking for?"
Ace shook his head and said, "I doubt she is the one. This one is a whore," making a disgusted face.
"Yes, why are you in my home, gentlemen? It better be important because I might kill you both," Desmond yelled. He was covered in sweat.
"Are you Desmond?" Cosimo asked.
"Yes, why do you ask?"
"And is Anna your fiancée?" Cosimo asked again, and this made Desmond a little embarrassed.
"Oh, she is your fiancée, but you are bringing in whores to your house," Cosimo mocked.
"Where is she?" Ace questioned from behind.
"I don't know where she is. I haven't been able to reach her," Desmond replied.
"Give this to her when you see her," Cosimo dropped a bundle of money on the floor which Desmond quickly picked up.
Ace looked around the small house before whispering something to Cosimo. He left the house and got into the car as he awaited Cosimo.
Cosimo got into the car a few minutes later and sat down beside Ace.
"You should have let me kill him. It could have been better," Cosimo said.
"You said he is her fiancé. She'll return to him. So don't kill him," Ace mumbled. As they left the vicinity, he decided to forget her.
** Years later...**"Oh my goodness! There are six babies here! Six!!" Bay rushed into the examination room to check the ultrasound machine."Look at it. One, two, three, four, five, six.""Yes, yes! I see it! Oh my goodness! That's impossible!" Bay screamed with her eyes wide open."This is truly unbelievable; this rarely happens," Doctor Remo agreed as they both turned to look at Anna, who was sitting on the examination bed staring at them blankly."Anna! Anna!!" Bay rushed to touch her, and that was when she blinked."Huh? What?""You are carrying six babies in you, six!" Anna lifted her fingers and counted."Huh?" Anna frowned not understanding. She was already seven months pregnant."Yes, Anna, sextuplets," Bay tried explaining.Anna smiled at the memory and picked up one of her baby's pictures. She went over the pictures to remember how small her children were whenever she was free. Nothing gave her more joy than looking at the pictures of her children, who were no longer babies
"What can I get for you, miss?" The bartender asked."Just make me a bomb, please." Anna smiled at the bartender and he proceeded to make her drink. After receiving her glass, she downed the entire drink in one gulp and asked for another. As she sat watching men and women dance to the music, she noticed Bay and a stranger dancing closely and she smirked at her friend.The bartender then offered her another drink, but Anna declined, stating she had had enough. Despite her attempt to distract herself, she couldn't stop thinking about her conversation with Rico earlier about his discovery regarding his father.*Flashback*"I know he is a known criminal, he is a godfather.""What?? How did you find out?" Anna was taken aback."I just know, Mom," Rico replied casually.Anna pressed him further, asking how he found out and warning him not to tell his siblings."I overheard some of the guards talking about it and did my own investigation," Rico explained."You haven't told your siblings abo
Daddy!!"Yes there, take the table to that angle. Yes yes! Everything must be perfect, nothing must go wrong this year, nothing." Lady Mary yelled as the maids work tirelessly to get the room ready for the special gathering of the mafia organization. This year's gathering is quite special because the Mafia bosses are coming with their girlfriends, wives or even side chick to the gathering but of course, no Mafia boss will love to come with a side chick, they always come with their wives or the most elegant looking lady they lay their eyes on. Everything for them is competition.The bosses will always buy the best outfits for their wives/girlfriends so they can outshine other bosses' women. In a normal world, men might not care much about how their women look when coming to a gathering but this is a criminal world, it's far from normal so they do get their women the best stuff."I can see how much work you are doing this year," Bambina, godfather's underboss came to stand beside Lady
My children?"What do you mean by they are my children Mary?" Ace turned to face Mary."Padrino I'll explain everything that happened, please give me a chance.""Explain everything that happened right now, I'm losing my patience." Ace snapped and Lady Mary started from the night Anna served him.Ace took his hand to his forehead in total disappointment. "Did Father ask you to do this? Tell me!!" Ace barked clearly angry."Yes... Yes, Padrino." Mary answered fearfully.Ace scoffed and muttered something under his breath."Padrino can...""Get out Mary, I don't want to see you." Ace groaned and Lady Mary shut her mouth before quietly leaving the room.The door opened and Cosimo came in."I heard everything, I listened from the door, I was getting angry thinking you hid your kids from me but I'm glad it's not the case," Cosimo said and took a sit."What are you going to do now, Ace? Seems like your father caught on, he has ruined your plans." Cosimo said as he watched Ace ruffle his hai
At the poolNext day at the pool party.The bosses could be seen having the best time of their life with their women after the meeting was concluded. Light romantic music played in the background and some of the women danced to it while others stayed with their men.Ace was just about to retire to his room when one of his guards rushed to him and whispered something into his ear. Ace left for his room at once, from afar he could see Anna standing in front of his door with her head lowered.He walked faster until he got to her, she lifted her head and Ace immediately recognized her. "Come in," he muttered and opened the door to his room. Anna walked in and Ace followed, he shut the door and walked to the sofa to sit."Have your sit," Ace pointed and Anna walked to the sofa opposite his. She glanced around the room once and took her gaze down again."You are Anna.""Yes," Anna said."Do you also work for my father?" Ace questioned and confused Anna looked up at him."Your father? No,
In his room"Is he... Is he dead?" Anna tried to look at the lifeless man but Ace blocked her."Let's go," he said. Ace led Anna to his room."You can have your sit," he said as he went in search of something she could wear in his closet, Anna took a sit, still startled by what happened."Try not to think of it," Ace advised as soon as he came out from the closet. He dropped the shirt he brought with him on the bed and asked her to change into it."Huh?" Anna looked at him, confused by his request."Aren't you spending the night here? Or do you have a dress to change into?" Ace questioned staring back at her."Oh-oh, I could ask Bay to...""Just change into it, I'll be outside." Ace interrupted before leaving her alone in the room.Anna stood up and walked to the bed, she took the shirt and examined it, the shirt was quite long and could get to her thigh if she wears it.But it's his shirt, I've never worn a man's shirt. Not even Desmond's, Anna thought.Anna gently dropped the shirt
Bambina's trouble"Is it true that Padrino has a woman? That he has children with her too? Is it true?" Bambina asked as she tried to hold back her tears."Calm down Bambina, calm down. Here, wipe your tears first," Cosimo found some tissue and gave it to her. Bambina slapped the tissue away angrily. "Answer me!! Just answer me!" Bambina yelled."It is true, yes, he has a woman. Yes, he has children with her," Cosimo walked to his bed and sat down, he was no longer feeling so sleepy."When? How? When did it all happen? How did it happen? Explain to me." Bambina walked to him."You will have to calm down before I say a word Bambina, the last thing I need is someone yelling out their lungs so early." "Just spill it Cosimo, just tell me," Bambina demanded."Do you prefer I go back to sleep? I still feel sleepy, maybe you should wake me up when you are calm, or better still go yell at the Don."Cosimo laid down on the bed and did as if he was going to sleep."Just tell me, I'm calm tel
A gift "It's time, it's officially time to meet your kids," Cosimo said in excitement as he held the car door open for Ace.Ace shook his head at his Consigliere's childish attitude and got into the car, the meeting got concluded last night and he was finally returning to his mansion.Cosimo sat down beside the driver and instructed him to leave, the driver started the vehicle and drove out of the compound."What about the results I asked for?" Ace asked."Oh the results, I forgot to give you the result but they all came out positive, all six of them," Cosimo informed and Ace relaxed against his sit."Are you nervous? Don't tell me you are nervous.""I'm not, shut it!"Ace scoffed."But why do you have that look on your face? And is that a sweat I see there?" Cosimo said teasingly.The driver cleared his voice and Cosimo gawked at him."What? Do you have something to say?" Cosimo glared at him."No sir, forgive me, sir.""Just focus on what you are doing, I'll have your head if you li