CHAPTER 60

In the court on leaving Antonni joined Jenna to speak to her.

"My child I would like to take care of all your wedding expenses, you are my great granddaughter and you deserve the best."

Jenna hearing this smiled answering cheerfully "It's ok grandpa can I call you grandpa?"

Antonni smiled saying.

"Of course, yes because you are my little girl, you are my great granddaughter and I have come to love you very much, you have every right to call me grandpa not like... Luiggi who with his actions made us look bad as a family, that's why I took away my support and... I denied being my grandson".

Carlo listening to him said very close to his ear.

"Grandfather I am afraid for Luiggi."

Antonni looked at him and answered.

"I know what you are thinking, but he earned it with his actions, he denigrated the family so he must pay for his bad deeds."

Carlo sobbed a little and with a trembling voice inquired.

"Grandfather they are going to rape him in there, he told me that the most cursed one promised him that he was going to do it his bitch, grandfather let me help him please".

Antonni enraged alarmed everyone when in a loud voice he shouted to his grandson threateningly.

"Luiggi is no longer my fucking grandson, I forbid you to lift a finger to help him, if you do I am no longer your grandfather, Carlo you have been warned and I don't want to hear that name anymore".

Carlo just walked away until he got into his car, the guards saw him bending down holding the steering wheel only his assistant who was inside the car listened to his pitiful sobs and who said.

"They are going to rape him, they are going to hurt him... forgive me, Luiggi, I can't help you" he banged the steering wheel "damn it grandpa you tied my hands".

Marck's parents invited everyone to the Black patriarchs' house to eat some appetizers and drink wine to calm down from what happened, Carlo excused himself from going and went in his car to a bar to get drunk.

Marck and Jenna went alone in the car until Alice left with the others, the couple being alone looked at each other every moment and Jenna commented.

"Marck wanted to ask you something can I?"

He nodded and parked to listen to her as she looked at him and blurted out the question.

"Marck what would you have done if we were face to face in the mall just the two of us?"

He looked at her all smitten and answered without hesitation.

"I would have thrown myself at your feet to ask your forgiveness my love, I missed you so much I was going crazy not knowing where you were, I was getting drunk I wasn't interested in anything anymore I just wanted to know about you and my son, well there I still didn't know there were two of you, my dad told me that Commander Harrison was looking for you that I shouldn't worry, but I..."

She wiped a little of the tears that were already coming out of her eyes to continue saying.

"My God Jenna I was going to die if I didn't hear from you, I even dreamed you came to see me that... you put my hands on your belly to feel our child, I even heard your voice talking to me."

Jenna listened to him silently and without mediating commented.

"I... yes I was in the house Mark, it wasn't a dream of yours."

Hearing her he was startled out of his wits and exclaimed in a loud voice.

"You were there? You mean... I didn't dream it, Jenna did you? But everyone told me it was a warning dream that it was because you were coming back to me, but..."

"That's right I asked them not to tell you because I was hiding and I found out about your fight and that you were asleep at home, I called my grandparents and they gave me permission to come visit you."

She blurted out those words without imagining Mark's reaction as inside his head those words echoed 'my grandparents gave me permission to visit you' he looked at her in surprise and spoke.

"So... they knew where you were, they hid you from me, they..." he shouted hitting the steering wheel of the car. "They saw my stupid face, they made me suffer... they were making fun of me, Jenna my love they saw me suffering and they kept quiet, damn it they all kept quiet, I was dying in my fucking life and they didn't say anything, I will never forgive them for this, you know what? Let's face them, I won't let this go unnoticed, no sir".

Jenna at that moment regretted having told him, she didn't expect that reaction, she tried to calm him down.

"Wait love, I don't think it was to make fun, I think it was to punish you for your harsh words against me, you were very cruel to me, I forgave you that same day, also for me it was a punishment not seeing you, not knowing about you, that's why I went to visit you, I found out about your fight and that you were asleep at home, please understand them love".

Marck sobbed as he spoke.

"It's not fair you know what it's like to find out they were looking at your silly face, I was suffering because I didn't know where you were and they kept quiet everyone... they kept quiet."

She hugged him and pulled him in for a kiss to which he reciprocated as he truly loved her while Jenna asked.

"Calm down please and let's go, but please love, be calm."

"I can't promise you anything my love just... I'm going to calm down until I get there."

He drove back to his parents' house, he was driving thoughtfully without uttering a word, only slight tears rolling down his face, when they arrived he helped her get off and they went inside when they got to the living room there was everyone there, his family, his friends he tried to hold it together, but his mother noticed immediately that he was very tense and asked.

"Mark, what's wrong? You look like something is bothering you."

Jenna squeezed his hand to keep him from bursting, but he was in so much pain he felt betrayed he looked around at everyone there he let go of Jenna's hand and shouted angrily.

"I never thought that my own family, my parents would see my foolish face, they didn't care at all to see me cry to see me suffer."

Dereck stood up to ask doubtfully.

"Mark what are you talking about?" receiving the haughty reply from his son.

"That you knew Jenna's whereabouts that you planned to make me suffer that you saw my stupid face, aren't you ashamed to see the face of your son who ignored everything, I was falling apart I was becoming an outcast an idiot."

Carla went over to try to calm him down while Alice hugged her little girl Jenna who was absorbed to see the reaction of her love, her mother spoke.

"So I'm sorry, but it was because you were so harsh to say those cruel words to Jenna and..."

He didn't let her finish to yell at her.

"And you mom, my mother also involved in this mockery of her son, it hurts me what they did it fucking hurts me, I admit I was wrong, but I didn't deserve such a punishment most of all from my parents, they betrayed me they took me away from the woman I love."

Dereck looked at his granddaughter and asked.

"Jenna why did you tell him?" she was sobbing and commented.

"It just came out grandpa we were having a conversation and I told him I didn't dream you guys gave me permission to visit him."

"Son you must understand us, we were hurt by your attitude towards Jenna, that's why we did it and..." Marcus stood up very angry and exclaimed.

"Well it was my idea Marck I proposed it you were very cruel to Jenna, you should have learned that no one knows what they have until they lose it."

Marck looked at him angrily and claimed.

"Of course I know, I lost Judith damn it, of course I know what it's like to lose, I loved your daughter with all my being now I love Jenna with all my soul, I suffered when I lost her and that's why it hurts me that you hid her from me."

He looked at his parents to say indignantly.

"From anyone I would expect this, but from you? do you know what I suffered? do you know that I even wanted to commit suicide? Well, I want to tell you that I will not forgive you".

Antonni, who had remained silent up to that moment, spoke.

"Excuse me Mark, but I must tell you that I would have done the same to punish you for the affront to my great-granddaughter, you had to react and realize what a terrible offense you did to the woman you love".

Marck just looked at him and rolled his tongue he didn't know Antonni that well besides he was the great grandfather of his beloved and he wasn't going to discuss anything with him, he turned his gaze to his parents and commiserated.

"I... I am so hurt with you, it hurt so much not to hear from Jenna, she is my life my reason for living, I don't want to see you anymore, I'm out of here!"

Jenna hugged him and spoke.

"Marck wait don't do it please, do it for me, forgive them like I forgave you, they did it for me for our children."

He was staring at her something that Jenna found strange and she immediately asked him in fear.

"Marck? Marck? can you hear me? My love please react, Grandpa."

She shook him only to see him collapse with his eyes wide open, Dereck who was close by reached out to catch him in his fall saying in fright.

"Son what's wrong with you? Mark, for God's sake, answer me, tell me something".

Everyone was frightened to see him fall, Carla screamed.

"My son help him please what's wrong my love? Marck, son."

Loretta called the ambulance then the voice of the Lombardi patriarch was heard and he said.

"This is a consequence of the gunshot to the temple, strong emotions caused it, I've been through this before".

Oliver helped to lift him up and lay him down on the couch, he was still with his eyes open without reacting anything, Jenna's desperation was increasing until she felt a sharp pain in her belly, and she spoke trembling.

" Oh, it hurts me it hurts me grandma," Juliet, who was closer, took her by the hand and asked.

"Jenna where does it hurt?" she pointed to her belly saying.

"I don't want to lose my children I don't want to lose my children I don't want to lose my children I don't want to lose my children please help me".

Carla left her son for a moment to accompany Juliet to the kitchen to make her some herbal tea and the other some hot rags.

"They are spasms my child it is because of the worry that Mr. Marck is like this, you must calm down my child please, do it for him and for the babies" Alice commented.

Mark's voice was heard in the room saying.

"Judith my love here I am here I love you, but I don't want to go with you, I love Jenna, she is... my love now, let me go I don't want to go with you no, I don't want to let go".

They saw that he was shaking as if someone was grabbing him, at that the ambulance arrived, the paramedics observed the dantesque scene where some were holding a man who was stirring on a couch violently and screaming loudly.

"Let me go don't take me I don't want to go with you no, Jenna helps me don't let him take me love Jenna".

They approached and one of the paramedics asked.

"Can you tell me what is going on here?"

To which Dereck replied agitated.

"It's my son, first he stood there staring into the void and passed out then he reacted, just as you see him."

He seemed to recognize him as the paramedic commented.

"It's Mr. Black who arrived with a gunshot to the head, right? My God, this is a sequel, we must take him immediately to the clinic, permission please".

They settled him on the stretcher, but they had to tie him down because he was screaming that they wanted to take him away and he didn't want to leave, they heard Jenna complaining and she asked.

"Is something wrong miss?" she was sweating and moaning and exclaimed.

"My belly hurts I'm pregnant with twins."

He examined her and spoke calmly.

"Don't worry they are fine it must be the excitement of what is going on with Mr. Black is he their father right?"

Everyone watched waiting for Jenna's response and she said.

"Yes it is my dad, I was scared to see him like that."

"Don't worry I'm going to give him a tranquilizer."

But the two grandmothers were quick to comment.

"No please, here we calm her down with this herbal tea and this". I show the hot towels, don't worry, we will take care of her.

The paramedic nodded and got into the ambulance and Dereck left with them.

The two grandmothers helped their granddaughter feel better, while the others waited for news in the living room.

Jenna spoke with concern.

"Why did she get like that? Grandma, ask the doctor, please, did you see him? He looked like he was disconnected from reality, he was like he was gone."

"Dereck left with him, we have to wait for him to call my love, we are leaving one to enter something else".

At the clinic he was rushed in, leaving his father in the waiting room until he was auscultated and a diagnosis was reached.

It seemed that happiness reigned in the Black family, Jenna committed an imprudence when she told Mark that his grandparents had something to do with his disappearance, which made him furious and it seemed that something happened to him because his body and mind collapsed.