Chapter 122
Kay.
I excitedly exit the kitchen with a bottle of champagne with three glasses. I like Mia, and I have always wanted to have a girlfriend. God brought just the right person through my brother-in-law. And to make it even better, she likes Theo and Theo likes her too.
It makes me so happy.
Nevertheless, my happiness is short-lived at his words.
I know Rico, and he will never cheat on Mia. Fuck! That guy sings her name like an old record, and there is no way in hell anyone will cheat on a girl like her.
She has beauty and class. Mia has manners too, and Mum already knows Rico found himself a wife.
When she clutches her head and falls backward, I hastily place the bottle and the glasses on the table and rush to them.
"What the fuck did you do? You want Rico to kill me? I told you I am here for Dante, what kind of a person are you?" The girl angrily yells, and I take that chance to teach the nosy bitch a lesson.
Theo takes Mia inside and I grab her gun from the floor and point it at Marcello.
"Why are you here?" I ask the girl, ignoring the crying baby.
" Dante is Rico's friend. I told him that, I swear" She fearfully answers, staring at the gun in my hands. I don't know any of Rico's friends but I nod for her to get inside.
I close the door and face Marcello who looks guilty and not his playful self.
"Look Kay, I didn't mean it, I was just teasing her" He lifts his hands and I pull the trigger, sending a bullet into his left thigh. Maybe this is my chance to finally get rid of him. Marcello drops to the floor clutching at his leg, and I quickly step on the wound before his hands can cover it.
"Teasing her huh? Do you know what she is going through right now?"I press my foot harder and he groans. I wish I had my heels on. I hate this guy. "She's depressed idiot, Why do you always assume everything is about teasing and laughing?"
"I am sorry, okay" He cries. I want to do more harm, but I stop myself.
"Tell that to Rico when he finds her unconscious" I quickly run to the house, and find them worriedly staring at her.
" She is burning up, what should we do?" The woman and Theo are kneeling in front of the couch she is lying on.
I reach her and take off the beanie on her head. Her forehead is so hot, and she is sweating profusely.
"Should I call the doctor?" Theo asks and I quickly nod before remembering I have his phone. If we call Rico, we will distract him, so I decide to call Mother.
" Watch her please, I will call mum" The girl eagerly nods as she sits beside Mia. Rushing to the guestroom where we spent the night, I grab my phone from the bedside table and dial Mum's number. I hope she is not busy.
Rico will never forgive me if anything happens to Mia. He said I should not let her out of my sight until he was back. Fuck! He trusted me.
" Kay?" her sound is muffled by the background noise. She must be working.
"Mother, Mia is sick" I go straight to the point and she gasps.
"Oh dear, the boys are not back, yet?"
"No, they haven't returned" What is taking them long anyway?
"Call the doctor, I am coming. It must be the stress, did she eat anything?''
"She just woke up" I murmur. Now I understand why she slept all morning.
"I am coming dear. Watch her till then" I cut the call and contemplate calling Rico but I ignore the intention.
" I didn't know she was sick" I find Theo and a limping Marcello in an argument. He managed to tie his wound to lessen the bleeding. He better pray Rico does not kill him.
"You don't joke with a person's heart like that, do you know the damage it can cause?" Theo shakes his head and walks back to the sleeping girl.
"She has a fever. She needs enough rest when she wakes up. Also, give her enough fluids'' The doctor instructs mother and she attentively nods.
He prescribes the medicines we should get her, and I grab the paper. I will bring them later.
"I keep telling that boy to normalize cooking and having food in this house. Rico doesn't listen to me" Mother complains going back to the kitchen. I won't tell her it's Carl and I who did the grocery shopping.
I had to learn how to cook when we moved. These men will never get in the kitchen.
"Take her to their room Theo, make sure she is fine, and come help me in the kitchen dear"
I was officially relieved of all duties the moment I declared that I was pregnant. I had to accept fate even if I didn't want to.
Theo lays Mia on the bed and stops to stare at her. He pushes her long hair behind her ear grinning widely at me.
"She is beautiful, isn't she?" I whisper sitting beside her and he does the same. I take Mia's hand in mine and her manicure catches my attention. I am going with her next time. They are better compared to mine.
"She is, I can't believe she is the queen, where did Rico find her?" Rico refused to tell us how they met. Carl knows and he proves to be more loyal to his brother than his wife.
"I don't know, we will ask her how they met when she wakes up" She stopped sweating and even though her temperature is still high, her breathing is even.
"We should hang out. I like her"
"I hope they find her mother. I should call Carl, they should be back already'' I dial my husband's number, and like I predicted it goes straight to voicemail. Rico is my next choice and he picks on the second ring.
Perfect.
"Kay, Is Mia okay? Did she wake up?" He immediately rushes with questions and I lowly gasp. What was I thinking calling him? I forgot his first question will be Mia and he can't know. I should have called Ed or Sam. I hate Carl for switching off his stupid phone.
"Did you find her, and where is Carlos?" I answer with a question instead and he cusses.
"Princess, where is Mia?" Rico insists and I sigh. Sorry Marcello.
"Some girl came looking for Dante and Marcello made a joke that she is your girlfriend, and the kid is yours. Mia fell unconscious, but the doctor said she had a fever. I am sorry Rico'' I whisper, staring at the sleeping form on his bed.
The line goes silent and I only hear deep breaths.
"Fuck Kay, why didn't you tell me?'' he grits out.
"I didn't want to distract you" I whisper and I hear a growl. " Can I talk to Carl, please?" Rico doesn't answer and the next voice is Carl's. Thank God.
"What did you tell him, princess, he is upset" Carl whispers and I guess he doesn't want Rico to overhear him.
"Mia is sick. She fell unconscious an hour ago and hasn't woken up"
"Shit, Kay.. You shouldn't have told him"
"The doctor is still here, mum too" I quickly add and he sighs." Did you find her?"
''We found her location, we are waiting for a perfect time to ambush them" Thank fully.
"Be careful, okay?" This man always gets me worried.
"I will baby, I love you" I end the call and approach Theo.
" Let's go help Mother" he nods standing up and follows me out of the room.
Around thirty minutes later, the front door forcefully bangs open, and a furious Rico marches in. He has a tight grip on the gun in his right hand and his whole body is shaking.
Rico's jaw is tightly clenched as well as the the other hand. He looks dangerous. His red eyes glance at us and I quickly take cover behind Mother. I drag Theo on my side too. I don't know where the girl and Marcello disappeared to.
Rico's eyes dart around the room and when he doesn't find Marcello, he looks back at us.
"Where is he?" He is breathing so hard like he just ran a marathon.
" Calm down son, put your gun away" Mother takes a step forward with stretched arms but he steps back shaking his head.
"No mum. He hurt her. You don't understand, I can't lose Mia" This is the second time I've witnessed his rage, and it's scary. It's like he turns into a completely different person.
"She is resting Son, come on" She was right when he said Rico doesn't listen. His brother is hard-headed too.
"I need to find him" Rico mutters heading for the door but a timid voice from the stairs stops him.
Thank God.