His Promise: The Mafia’s Babies

Chapter 3

“Are you sick again?” Faith nagged me. She came over to watch a movie, but there was only one issue. I I ran to the bathroom for what would’ve been the fourth time today and reached the sink just in time beagain.

I felt like this for about three months now, and my body was close to giving up on me. It was probably beoverworked myself, but I had no choice.

“Don’t worry. It’s nothing!” I yelled back and gargled some mouthwash while I attempted to remove thefrom my mouth. No matter what happened, even if I was on the verge of dying, I had to do whatever I coleast pay my rent this month, so calling in sick was not an option.

While everyone had a family to turn to, I didn’t and was all on my own like I had always been. Of course,harm in asking Faith or Luna for money because I knew they would gladly offer it, but I felt too embarrasalready at the age where I should’ve been able to take care of myself, but I couldn’t.

“I told you not to eat that bread with Cheetos. You always eat the most disgusting things.” Faith complaiher way over to the bathroom. I quickly put away the mouthwash and put on my best act. “It’s not disgua Colombian cooking channel, it’s safe!”

Faith scrunched up her nose and shook her head in disapproval. “Baby, I know you’re desperate to learn want to know more about your culture and all, but maybe we should leave the recipes for when you actuthey’re saying.”

“Alright, I’ll ask Luna next time.” I pouted to get her off my back and went back to my bedroom, so we cthe movie. A few hours later the movie ended and Faith finally left. I didn’t know how fast to run to the tknow one thing and that was that it was time to throw up again.

I was known to be google’s best friend and looked up my symptoms, but it didn’t do me any good. It enof diseases, so I decided to stop.

The day after I felt even worse but went to work either way, because I was too determined to not miss a probably took in every type of medicine I could, but it didn’t really do much and only made it worse.

Just the same as every single night, I took a look in the mirror and turned around to look at my body. Thusually hugged my curves, but not today. It looked different and so did my body.

and looked over at her while she was applying her lipstick. She stopped whdoing and turned her head to my direction to take a good look at my stomach and shrugged

unaware of the impact her words had left, went back to whatever she was doing while mydoing turns. I knew my body and knew there was no reason for me to look like that. I was on

Luna laughed at me and wadressing room. My legs felt

could not be

could not

these symptoms. There was no

overreacting, you are

tried

pregnant. I felt a tear roll down my cheek, and

of his day, the man who wouldn’t even give me as much as a ghe walked past me and acted as if nothing

to get an abortion. Yes, percent. What else would he say when he still had his entire life ahead of him, which could not

and wiped away my last tears before I forced a smile on my face. “Serena are

confused expression on her face. Unfortunately, she could seeme like she

quickly shook my head and grabbed her hand. “I’m not, there was sommy eye let’s

were so deep into some useless conversaconversation came to an end when I bumped into someone as hard as

beating out of my chest as I was secretly anticipating what his next move was goingtook a step aside and ignored my existence while he kept on walking. He completely ignored me. Wouldthe same way

fine and rude all at once.” Faith admired him and looked back one more time while I pullarm. All I wanted was for this night to end as soon as possible and it already started as badly as it could. expected to happen was to bump into Christian, the exact person I

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