Anna reluctantly opened her eyes and the events of the previous night trickled into her head. She gasped and made to sit up, but she felt something holding her down. She looked around carefully and noticed that she was still in his room and on his bed. Her heart dropped into her stomach at the realization of what had truly happened. His right hand was carefully wrapped around her small waist as he slept peacefully.
I need to leave here, but he must not wake up. I'll die if he wakes up and sees me here, Anna thought fearfully.
She went ahead and lifted his hand. She came down from the bed and carefully placed his hand back on the bed. She readjusted her clothes and once she was sure that no part of her body was on display, she tiptoed to the door and opened it. She sneaked out of the room and gently closed the door back.
Anna placed her hand on her chest in relief, glad that she made it out of his room without waking him up. She looked around, but she did not find a single soul. Happy, she decided to go to the kitchen and join anyone she found there in doing a chore.
I can't let anyone find out. I'll just pretend I slept off somewhere if I'm asked, Anna concluded within herself. But as she took her first step, she saw different men clothed in black rush to her.
"What..." she started to ask, but she wasn't given the chance as she was immediately knocked unconscious.
Anna struggled to open her eyes after being unconscious for hours. She looked around but didn't know where she was. She was locked up in a small room with only a single bed and a window. She stood up and tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge. "Anyone there? Hello!" she called out, but there was no response. She continued pulling and pushing the door, hoping to open it, but to no avail. Tired, she went to sit on the bed and wondered what could have happened.
"Why did those men bring me here? Who were they? Do they know?" she thought to herself before pleading, "Oh, please, I hope they don't kill me. I don't want to die. I can't die." Tears welled up in her eyes as she muttered these words. "Please spare me. I swear I won't tell a soul."
As she cried, the doorknob began to turn, and Anna opened her eyes, the door opened to reveal a hefty man. She wondered if he had come to kill her.
"Please..." Anna begged as the hefty man lifted her and threw her over his shoulder. He carried her out and went down a long flight of stairs before reaching the sitting room of the building. He dropped her on the floor, and she jumped to her feet.
"Come closer," she heard a familiar voice say and turned to find Lady Mary standing there. Anna looked up to see Bay, a lady from the kitchen, also standing behind Lady Mary.
Fear gripped Anna as she realized that her deeds must have been exposed. She moved closer to Lady Mary and stood there.
Lady Mary is a woman in her late thirties to early forties. She looked scary because of the kind of expression she always had on her face. She didn't smile at anyone and was always serious.
"What happened?" Lady Mary questioned, but Anna didn't utter a word. She kept her gaze on the floor, embarrassed and uncomfortable.
"Remind me of your name," she demanded after a long silence.
"I'm Anna, ma'am," Anna responded.
"Now tell me what happened after I sent you back to check on him," Lady Mary demanded.
"I don't think I can lie in this situation. I think she already knows what happened. Lying won't help me; it'll only put me in a more difficult condition. But how do I tell her what happened? I can't bring myself to tell her," Anna thought.
"Anna," Lady Mary called, standing up to her full height. "Nothing will happen to you. I can assure you of that. We just need to check something," Lady Mary said, sounding more humane than usual.
Anna gulped as Lady Mary held her shoulder. She didn't say anything else; she just returned the output.
"Did he sleep with you? That's all I want to know, actually. I want to confirm that he slept with you," Lady Mary said as she took hold of Anna's chin and lifted her face.
"Look at me and tell me, did he sleep with you?" Lady Mary questioned again.
Anna's heart raced as she stared at Lady Mary's face, torn between responding and staying silent.
"Anna, I promise you, I swear on my life that you'll be safe. Nothing will happen. I just need to confirm if he slept with you," Lady Mary repeated.
"You swear?" Anna muttered.
"I swear. It's a promise. I just need confirmation."
With tears in her eyes, Anna nodded in affirmation.
"He slept with you?" Lady Mary asked.
"Yes, ma'am, but..." Anna began.
"That's okay. It's not a crime. I don't need to hear the full story. It's none of my business," Lady Mary interrupted.
Anna looked down at the floor, feeling embarrassed and ashamed of what she had done.
I shouldn't have done that. I should have resisted him against all odds. I should have left his room. I'm a fool. I'm a big fool, Anna cried as she blamed herself.
"Bay, you know what happens next, I'm busy," Lady Mary said before disappearing the next minute.
Bay walked over to Anna and stopped. "Why are you crying?" she asked, but Anna continued to cry.
"It's a privilege to share a bed with the Don if you ask me, a lot of ladies could kill to be in your shoe and you are crying? Don't you know who he is?
He is the father of all fathers. The king on top of kings. You shared a bed with him, you should be too excited to even move. Or are those tears of joy?" Bay looked at her.
Anna slowly sat down on the floor beside a sofa and continued to cry. Bay watched her for a while before speaking up again.
"I guess he must have slept with you because of how pretty and innocent you look. The Don rarely shares a bed with anyone. You are one lucky lady," Bay said as she sat on the sofa beside Anna.
"When can I leave?" Anna looked up and asked.
"Are you done crying?" Bay asked.
"Please, I'm sorry. Just tell me when I can leave. I need to leave. I can't go back there. I need to go home," Anna begged.
"Well, you can't leave. You need to stay here for two weeks," Bay replied.
"What? Why?"
"We need to be sure that you are not pregnant before we can let you leave," Bay replied.
"Pregnant?" Anna stammered as she thought of it.
"Or did he use any sort of protection with you? Are you on the prevention pill?" Bay asked.
"N...no."
"That's what I mean. Even if you were on pills or he used protection, we would still need to confirm that you are not pregnant before letting you go. If you are indeed pregnant, we won't let you leave."
"No, I'm not pregnant. I won't be. I can't get pregnant. I won't." Anna shook her head.
Bay shook her head as she stared at Anna.
"Who are you? Other girls would be praying to be pregnant, but you are praying against it? Are you kidding me?"
"No, I can't get pregnant. I have... I have a fiance. I can't..." Anna cried.
"Oh, look at that! I thought you were innocent, but you cheated on your man? Well, too bad. Or too good. You cheated with a worthy man. I don't think he'll get mad if he finds out the kind of man you cheated on him with; I think he will get happy instead. I mean, he has to. Not every girl gets this opportunity, and the Don doesn't sleep with just anyone. He doesn't sleep around, so it's rare and crazy that he got horny around you. You are lucky," Bay said.
"Do you want to drink anything? Do you want water or anything solid?" Bay asked.
"No, I'm not hungry, thank you," Anna responded. She had stopped crying, and her tears had dried up on her face, leaving some stains.
She concluded in her mind that she was going to reveal the truth to Desmond and beg him to call off their marriage.
I don't deserve him. I cheated on him. I'll ask him, no, I'll beg him to call off the marriage. As soon as I leave here, I'll go to him and kneel and apologize to him. I'll accept anything he says to me; I'll accept his punishment. I don't deserve him, she thought.
"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 pre
** 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