Chapter 49: Chapter Forty Nine

*Gabriela*

Feeling a little despondent from Benny’s departed words I hear the faint sounds of both Brittney and Papi Gio returning home. Frowning, since Giovanni stated that once he discovered that she wasn’t pregnant he was going to fly her back to wherever she came from. So, why was she here now?

Leaving my room where I decided to hide for the time being, my thoughts all over the place, I race down the stairs and come face to face with a bright and sunny Brittney. Who was carrying a bunch of shopping bags and had a beaming smile on her face. I’ve never seen her so happy since she first arrived here.

“Excuse me.” She says chipperly as she walks past me up the stairs to her own room pushing me out of the way on purpose.

I scowl after her as she happily hops her way into the hall. I quickly look to Papi Gio to see a grim look on his face as he places his coat on the rack that was by the door. Rushing over to him I whisper softly,

“What happened? Did you not take her to the doctor’s?”

He takes a deep breath. “I did. She wasn’t too happy and first tried to talk us out of it. But I wouldn’t relent.” He whispers back, taking my arm and steering us into his study where he shut the door.

“What did the doctor say then?” I ask, wondering what the hell was going on.

“He performed an ultrasound and…” The look in his eyes became distant with sadness.

“And?” I pressed.

“She’s pregnant.”

I stare at him not comprehending what he just told me. She’s pregnant? How the hell could she be pregnant? According to her diary she shouldn’t be at all. I feel my body slowly turn cold.

“How far along?” I ask next, my voice sounding a bit off.

“According to the doctor she’s around twelve weeks.” He sounded defeated as he said the words.

I clench my fists tightly trying to understand this new situation. I was so sure that everything was going to be revealed today. That she wasn’t going to be coming back. But she was still here, still in this house and still in our lives. Pregnant? How could she be pregnant? How was she able to pull it off?

Wait. Twelve weeks?

Didn’t she state that she was thirteen when she first arrived? Its been nearly three weeks since then. She should be around fifteen or sixteen weeks by now. Twelve?

I was so lost into my own thoughts that I didn’t realize that I had started moving and left the room. I didn’t even notice that Giovanni had called my name believing I was in some state of mind of depression as I walk up the stairs and head straight for my room.

Closing the door and locking it I go straight for the diary that I still had in my possession. At this point I didn’t care if she caught me with it. Something wasn’t adding up. And I was going to figure out what that was.

Flipping through the pages until I found what I was looking for I stare at the date the entry was made. I was right. According to her calendar her and Enzo slept together nearly sixteen weeks ago. She went to her doctor to remove the IUD less than a week after that.

So, there was no possible way that the baby she’s carrying now belongs to Enzo. Which means she found someone else to impregnant her or she had gotten pregnant by another one night stand and is trying to pin it on my man.

That wasn’t going to happen. I won’t let it.

Snapping it shut I get up with anger flowing in my body, taking the book with me. I had to show this to Papi Gio so he could see what she was really trying to do. I could wait for the two weeks for the DNA test but why wait that long when I had the proof right here in my hands?

I open my door and jerk back immediately. My eyes going slightly wide seeing Brittney standing there on the other side like a creep. She didn’t look to happy even though she was giving me a sweet smile. A smile that spiked the hair on my neck up in awareness.

“What are you doing standing in front of my door like that?” I ask breathlessly since she frightened me for a moment there.

“Sneaking around where you don’t belong aren’t we Gabriela?” Her tone was a bit high pitched and strained, like she was trying hard to hold herself in check.

I clutch the book closer to me causing her eyes to shoot right at it. The smile disappears and her eyes pinpoint.

“You need to give that back. It doesn’t belong to you.” Her voice was low and menacing.

“Why? So you can destroy the evidence you have in here? That’s right, I read what you put, and I know for a fact that you’re a big fat liar. Enzo isn’t the father of that baby. You’re a scheming bitch looking for a chance to trap him so you can have all his fortune.” I snap.

“You are so naïve. Do you honestly believe they are going to allow the two of you together? Come on and think with that pretty little head of yours. Your families are rivals, enemies, hated each other with a passion for generations. His father won’t accept you and neither will yours accept him.” She taunts as she slowly progresses on me, pushing me back into my room.

I couldn’t deny what she was saying. But that old family feud had nothing to do with us. He didn’t want any part of it and neither did I. We planned to leave it all behind.

“Oh.” She says with understanding. “Tsk, tsk. Gabriela. Did you truly think it was going to be that easy? It must be true that you were sheltered from your reality since the moment you were born. Enzo’s father will hunt the two of you down to the ends of the earth if need be. Enzo is his only living heir, his only son. Of course, he isn’t just going to let him go without a fight.”

She leans in close to me and whispers, “A fight you will no doubt lose.”

I was starting to fume with building rage and fear of the unknown. “I know what you’re trying to do Brittney. You’re trying to get me to lose focus and start questioning everything. But the problem is I’ve already been doing that since he came back in my life and I’m willing to risk it, risk it all. With him. So whatever you say won’t matter to me.”

She pulls back and looks a bit livid. “Give me my book back. You had no right to take it or even snoop in my room without my permission. I could sue you for doing something like this. And I know very good lawyers.” She threatens.

I pull back from her reaching grasp. “Again, I’m not letting you have this. Not until I show it to Giovanni and expose the person you really are. Call the police, sue me, lets see who they’ll really arrest once the truth is revealed.” I spat.

I push her out of my way, but before I could take a second step she reaches over and tries to snatch the book right out of my hands. I clutch it tightly, not daring to let it go and allow her to get away with it. Because she knew once Giovanni sees the written words there was no way he was going to let her stay here a second longer. DNA testing be damned.

“I’m not going to let you ruin this for me, you fucking bitch!” She grabs my hair and pulls as hard as she could.

As I was about to topple over on the ground I grab her by her shirt and pull her down with me. We fall with a hard thud, my hip piercing with sharp pain. My scalp throbbing as I cry out, but as much as I was hurting and being attacked I didn’t let that little book go. I scramble to get her off me and go to get back up while rushing to the door.

“Hey, Gabby!” She growls out and I couldn’t help but look back.

Something flashes in my vision, then my head spears with immense pain and I instantly black out.