Chapter 40
Maria Alice and Alexandra went to the office while Tom stayed with Luis and the children
Tom - Daughter, what do you think about taking Matteo to see the city? Don't you want to take him skating and get to know his friends better?
Luna - Can I dad?
Tom - Of course he can if he wants to and if there are no problems for his godfather.
Luis - Of course it's not good for Matteo to be distracted and make new friends. Here for him everything is new, his mother is going to take a while to come, so I think it's nice that he and Luna are good friends.
Matteo - Thank you godfather, I want to go, but I don't have any skates here.
Luna - Don't worry, there are skates for rent. Do you want to go together?
Luis - ah, I would love to more
Tom - but some other time, daddy wants to talk to Luis and he has to wait for grandma. You go ahead, the driver will take you and then he will take Matteo home. Are you staying at your mother's house? - looks at Luis who nods his head - great
Luna - I'll get ready and be right back -. I'll be right back.
Luis - your daughter is so cute
Tom - Yeah, I know. I love her
Luis - You are obviously a good father to her.
Tom - some have the gift to be fathers others to abandon their pregnant wife
Luis - have I missed something?
Tom - No, of course not, but there are a lot of guys out there who disappear when they get pregnant, aren't they?
Luis - Well, I guess so.
Matteo - Mr. Tom, is it true that you are a journalist? Luna told me
Tom - Yes I am, you don't have to call me Sir, you can call me Tom my son - strangely enough Tom had grown fond of the boy and felt that he reminded me of someone, but that's nonsense, the boy is Italian and there is no one from there
Matteo - ok. Then you know that my biggest dream is to be a journalist someday, I really want to know a newspaper
Tom - Look, I'm glad to hear that. If your dream is to meet a newspaper I can make that dream come true. Make an appointment with Luna and come by any day and I'll have the pleasure of presenting the whole newspaper.
Luna - I am ready shall we go?
Matteo - Luna your father said that he will show me his newspaper, isn't that great?
Luna - Really? Cool, any day we will go there so you will love it, dad is the director there, his room is huge and there are some very nice people there. But let's go soon. Bye daddy, bye uncle - kissing each other, Matteo says goodbye and leaves being pulled by Luna
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At the office Alice offers a drink to Ale who does not accept
Alexandra - Alice don't you have anything to tell me?
Alice - Me? What do you mean? - nervous
Alexandra - Well, let's make it easy for you. You know, I was talking to my son yesterday and I found it strange that he came home early on his first day and had a few scratches on his face, however he disguised them - I know you, Alice
Alice - I sincerely wish I could not talk about it
Alexandra - not talking is not an option, it is my company and he is my son. Yes I know he did wrong to you, but nothing justifies you assaulting him or does it?
Alice - I'm sorry, I lost control when I saw him. You have no idea but your son has disgraced my life
Alexandra - Disgraced?
Alice - He used me and deceived me, I was an innocent girl, loving and caring just like Luna, we were at a party and I met him, where in fact that day he saved me but then he abandoned me. He lied his name, never called or wrote to me again and I came to him with another, I saw him in magazines I stayed for years suffering for him
Alexandra - For years? But if I'm not mistaken you were very young when you moved here and you were already with Tom and pregnant with Luna. Maria Alice, is Luna by any chance my granddaughter? Is she Luis' daughter?
Alice: No, she's Tom's daughter, my husband's. My husband is my daughter's father. The best father in the world and he loves our daughter very much and she loves him
Alexandra - Are you sure?
Alice - Of course I am, why wouldn't I be sure?
Alexandra - I have known you for 15 years and I know when you lie Alice, why don't you want to tell me that Luna is my granddaughter?
Alice - what nonsense of course she is not your granddaughter, well she is from the heart as she always was
Alice was being thrown against the wall by Alexandra.
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Meanwhile in the living room Tom and Luis were in an unpleasant mood
Tom - How come I didn't recognize you that time? I would have avoided so much trouble and suffering. You were a bastard, you made Alice suffer, she kept waiting for you, waiting for a call or a message and nothing, she stayed for months suffering and the suffering was even greater when she saw you with a famous model in a magazine. Do you have any idea how much you made my Alice suffer?
Luis - I never intended to make her suffer, I swear I tried to find her. But I didn't.
Tom: Do you think I'm going to believe a liar who didn't even say the right name? I'll never forgive myself for not recognizing you that day. But listen here, I know that you two are going to work together. You dare make my wife suffer, I dare not see my wife shed a single tear because of you, I'll do anything for her and my daughter.