The Italian's proposal

Chapter Thirty

Melody

Melody decided to put on some clothes and got dressed in a hurry. She put on a dress that came down a little past her ankles, flowered and strappy, threw on a coat over it and slipped on a pair of heelless sandals. Timothy had taken it upon himself to warn her about all the harm that wearing high shoes while pregnant could cause. He cared about her much more than anyone else. He aside from having his father’s illness on his shoulders, locating any kind of medical answers, surgeries, or treatments, he took the time to look out for her, her health and her child’s. He was the best man she could have in her life.

She began to feel her heart racing a little, she didn’t want to see Richard, she didn’t even know why he was there. It had been almost four months since she saw him, she remembered the day perfectly, when he said to get rid of her baby.

She began to feel her heart racing a little, she didn’t want to see Richard, she didn’t even know why he was there. It had been almost four months since she had last seen him, she remembered the day perfectly, when he said to get rid of her baby, to him, he was more than a burden.

She was going to comply with going to see him because she owed him nothing. She didn’t owe anything to anyone.

The only one she would be eternally grateful to would be Timothy.

“Ready?”

Though he was angry for some reason she couldn’t quite figure it out, she hadn’t given him any reason to doubt her love for him. She spared herself the questions and simply answered him by nodding her head.

He stared at her for a moment, he didn’t even notice her and perhaps he did notice that she was looking at him, he ignored her completely. Her coldness began to annoy him. If he had something to say to her, she had better do it before they met with Richard. She was sure of one thing, that man would not come up to their apartment, to their home, to the house she had built with Timothy that week. That family she built up, for Timothy was her family and nothing would change that.

“Are you going to tell me what the hell is wrong with you? You’ve been acting like an idiot ever since Paula said he was down there.”

“Am I acting like an idiot? Me, Melody? Are you listening to yourself? You’ve put on a dress that fits you like a dream. You’ve done your hair, you’ve brushed it, you’ve even applied cream, I really don’t understand how it’s possible that I didn’t notice.”

“You’ re going crazy! Have you lost your mind, Timothy? Don’t fuck with me! Don’t come to me with this scene of misplaced jealousy, because I have never given you a hint that I might have feelings for him, and I told you that it was a one-night thing, a one-time thing, and as a result I have my baby.”

She walked towards him with a confident step, her fragility had only brought her trouble, and she had already understood that. The more clarity, the better she could carry her relationship with Timothy. So, she walked over to him and hugged him, though he didn’t put his arms around her.

if you want it, if you allow it, will always be more your child than his. For you have always been with

of your life, because you can’t erase his DNA from the baby’s system. That baby will always be a

he wrapped his arms around her and dropped his chin a tiny bit on her head, he was a hell

if I could

you that if you could turn back time, things between you and me wouldn’t have been the same. maybe

trying to be realistic, trying to be rational for their sake, but the truth was, that same idea crossed her mind as well. It would have made her a fully happy woman if the child she carried in her womb

“You don’t know that.”

he found me, and that’s it. Because I swear, I’ve never spoken to him again, because he was never interested in my son, he doesn’t care about my son, he won’t be a part of my life because where my son isn’t

now he really wants to be part of your life? In less than

for one reason or another, either wanting

he didn’t even help you, you had to live in that uncomfortable little studio apartment with your friend, it’s not fair that now

in a glass of water. Let’s just go downstairs, period,” she pulled out of his arms and walked to

on, he pulled a flannel over it, and spread his arms wide

with you, I understand. If you want to talk to him alone, I’m going to let you do that, no problem, I’m not...”

on her hips about to start fighting him like she was a teacher to a student. “What are you not being? Jealous?” she smiled wryly at

locking the room and going downstairs and beating the shit out of that stupid fucker for turning his back on you when you needed him the most?”

of grudge and anger towards Richard, he never made any kind of mention or reference to the father of her son, at no time he had asked her about him or what his situation had been, he gave her space, which she

was hurt, hurt and Melody

asked him.

make you look at me like I’m

to her lips, and planted a resounding kiss, then a more

you’ve been with another man, I can’t think and be at ease knowing that down there is the man who laid his

told him when their lips parted. “That was a long time ago, a long time before I even thought about working in the coffee shop where we met. You can’t torture yourself thinking about a past you didn’t

for myself. Wanting you all to myself. To be the only