The Italian's proposal

Chapter 20

Chapter Twenty

Timothy

Timothy was on his way to Melody’s parents’ house; it was the only place he hadn’t looked for. He had called her countless times on her cell phone, wasting time dialing, knowing she wasn’t going to answer.

She was tired of him and his attitude and he knew it.

“Sir,” it was Clark, he was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he hadn’t realized they were already in front of Melody’s parents’ house.

The detective had done the job right.

She was there, she hasn’t been out all afternoon, not even to the porch.

“Shall I wait for you or come back for you later?” he didn’t know what the answer to that question would be either.

“Wait for me,” how about Melody refused to see him, she had her reasons. He screwed up big time. And Equilay Thompson’s Bahamas account confirmed it. He has been stupid, blinded by Gia’s infidelity and betrayal, he judged Melody without listening to her.

Now she was gone.

An innocent in a world full of bullets in the air.

She was hit by one, and unfortunately, Timothy was the one who pulled the trigger and sentenced.

“No,” he regretted. “Go. I’ll call you when we’re done.” He wasn’t going to leave without her.

He always had been known for being a confident man, but at that moment, with the documents the detective handed him half an hour earlier, he didn’t even know how to walk safely and calmly.

Regret and guilt were two things he never felt before, at least not to this magnitude.

He called Hamlet, asking for Devina’s number, which his cousin didn’t like, as he knew they didn’t get along, but in the end, Timothy was forced to confess that he screwed up big time.

Big and deep.

“Did you find her yet?” was the first thing she said when Hamlet put her on the phone.

“No. But you were right.”

“I usually am,” he imagined her smiling complacently, she was tremendous, that woman.

“I don’t know what to do.”

Admitting it hadn’t cost him as much as he imagined.

The truth was, if he was responsible for hurting Melody, it was appropriate to be just as responsible for apologizing and begging for her forgiveness.

He did not see himself as a man who would kneel before anyone, but neither did he see himself as one who would mistreat and hurt.

The last one already did.

It cost him nothing to kneel if necessary.

“The first thing is to talk to her, go over to her and tell her that you know she wasn’t the one who stole the money,” she told him after a while with the line silent.

“You make it too easy; don’t you remember how she beat you up for thinking I sent you?” she didn’t want to imagine what it would do to him if he didn’t tread lightly.

“It’s not that I forgot, it’s that she acted out of how we conditioned her. I realize this now.”

“What the fuck do you mean?” Devina seemed to have all the time in the world, whereas he, needed to figure everything out now. He was a pragmatic man of action, not one to make a mess and walk away without sorting it out.

“You accused her of stealing from you, of planning something as ugly as a three-million-dollar embezzlement, I tried to help her by giving her the money,” she sighed and continued. “I influenced her to believe you were trying to blame her even more. Melody didn’t see it as help, she saw it as a ploy to prove her dignity and her sincerity. Not as an escape, which was what I was looking for.”

“You wanted her to leave me?” he didn’t understand why Devina had stepped in where no one called her.

only managed to feel like Satan himself, like a deplorable being. He thought of the restaurant and how he gave her Equilay Thompson’s statement and how he smiled at her all smug and wild. “She hardly realizes what the world is like. Did you ever stop to think how hard it must be to be pregnant and exiled by your own parents? I

didn’t know that about you, I’m sorry that...” he didn’t even know what

Hamlet and then went back to him. “I know you like her, if you weren’t attracted to her, you wouldn’t be screwing

thanks,” he

her you’re sorry and hopefully, hopefully, you’ll get her to forgive you,”

as he stood in front of the

she wanted to hit him with a broom,

of him wanted to leave with him, take refuge in his penthouse and carry

the door for him. He recognized her,

the woman’s face, she knew who he

said and stepped aside, making way for him, which he was curious about. He hadn’t expected such a simple and cordial

banging with frying pans

coffee or wine?” she asked after

Redford’s cordiality surprised him to the extreme, he tried to behave as affable as possible, but it

sister as children, all the way up to their teenage years. He focused on Melody automatically, her face hadn’t changed a bit. She was smiling at the camera with all her teeth, even though she wore braces and her bangs on her forehead messed up in almost every picture. She was a

grew up as the son of influential people, both, in Italy and in Manhattan and most of the world. His last name opened doors for him, but it also made everyone see him as a

And he was.

now how petulant he

he lost his

so harshly. Because in

how he let himself

out of everything,”

found it unnecessary to

thing. It’s not a

something else, but

meet you Mr. Redford,” he

father would cut him down with a razor. The report said he

him question why Melody left her parents’ house, even more, because being pregnant she did not

a second and released him as he looked at his wife. “Did you offer Timothy something

had been more amused, spreading uncertainty in him, than trying to be a good

fine,” he said as he agreed to sit down. “Where’s Melody? I need to talk

husband, the least we can do is invite you to dinner, so we can get to

that Melody hadn’t rant at him or told him what kind of relationship they were starting to

detail that made him feel even

wasn’t looking to sow hatred in others at the thought of him, though it was

could talk to

I can get my...?” the question died on her lips at the sight of him. Her

beautiful. She wore a flowered long-sleeved dress a little below her thighs, her white skin stood out attractively. Her black hair fell loose on either side of her face and down to her breasts. She was wearing white tights, which came down to her knees, with a bunny face on her knees. He noticed her eyes; they were

the room grew heavy

looked at him and the threat was implied in

and he meant it from the

to me, none of my family members

walked up to them and put a hand on her father’s back. “Leave us alone

front of Melody’s parents, when

didn’t look at her mother, but it didn’t take it for him to realize something was going on there. Melody looked at him without fear and walked to

a relatively low wall, made of brick, Melody sat there and looked at him with

next to her and leaving the envelope on top of the wall, with the documents that contained all the family information of Equilay and Melody herself, bank accounts of both and the proof that her brother-in-law kept the money in an account in the Bahamas.

taking care of a child alone, never minding that the father was absent, shouldn’t be easy. He didn’t know the root of her

“What?”

“Look at me Melody, look me in the eyes and believe me when I say I’m sorry. I’m sorry for judging you lightly and not listening to

struggling and

“You...”

you had nothing to do with the

let out a sob and covered her mouth with

I don’t care what you ask, I’ll give you anything, but I want you to know that I know I was

head and turned away as

Have you seen everything they say about me? That I’m a freeloader and a slut? You did that!” she began to draw in a forced breath, and Timothy worried about her well-being. “You feel good, telling me you’re willing

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