The Italian's proposal

Chapter 32

Chapter Thirty-two

Melody

Melody woke up in a hospital bed, hours after finding herself in the parking lot of the building where she lived with Timothy.

She immediately felt his hand in hers. She blinked, still numb from the painkillers she imagined she received.

She only remembered feeling a very intense pain in her lower abdomen.

Instinctively, she put her hands on her abdomen.

“Hello princess,” she heard Timothy speak to her, moving closer and placing a kiss on her forehead. “You scared the hell out of me.”

“What happened? Is the baby okay?” fear began to take hold of her, and the tears immediately came down. “Please tell me my baby is okay,” she begged him.

“It’s okay,” he smiled slowly at her and she sighed in relief.

“Then why do you have that look on your face? If everything is fine, why are you looking at me like that?” she didn’t understand the reason for his stare.

She knew him long enough to know all the reactions he had, the way he behaved when he was scared or angry, and right now, something was bothering him, something was making him unsettled, and if everything was fine with her son, she couldn’t find any reason for him to feel and behave so strangely.

“You scared me...” he said to her again. “You passed out from the pain. In front of me. I almost didn’t manage to hold you up in time.”

“But you did,” she tried to reassure him, as she squeezed his hand and entwined his fingers with hers.

Her mouth felt numb and tasteless.

“I did.”

“So, what’s wrong?” she asked confused, her head was starting to hurt a little, and the light was bothering her.

“The girl’s fine,” she heard him say.

The girl, the baby? The girl was fine?

Did he say that?

Did he mean she was going to have a girl? They were going to be parents to a beautiful girl, a female, her traveling companion, a gift from heaven.

She didn’t have time to think about what she wished to have, any gender was going to be well received, and she was going to care for her as her very own life, if not more so.

“Are we having a girl?” she asked slowly.

“It’s a girl,” Timothy smiled, and she let out a happy cry.

“Oh, don’t cry!”

“It’s from happiness, I swear it’s from happiness,” she sighed contentedly, “I’m excited. We can officially start getting the room ready.”

Timothy was smiling, but the gesture, didn’t quite reach his eyes.

That worried her.

Even though she was quite numb from the painkillers, she couldn’t help but notice that something was wrong with him.

“My love, what’s wrong? It makes me sad to see you like this. You look like someone died.”

“I panicked as I was lifting you in my arms and Clark was bringing us to the hospital. I was dying of anguish. You were unresponsive,” Timothy let out a lone tear and looked at her with his eyes wider than usual. “I thought I was going to lose you! You wouldn’t move, you didn’t respond when I called you. I.... I didn’t know what to do...”

“You brought me to the hospital. You saved me. You did what you had to do and so much more.”

“Forgive me,” he whispered.

“For what? Because you take care of me? For holding me when I needed you the most?”

Slowly she began to remember the whole situation with Richard and how bad she felt when she heard what he said to her, about her child was just a means to get money.

He didn’t want her baby.

He never had and uselessly, she thought he might be interested that when the baby was born, he would want to be a part of her life.

But she was wrong.

Richard just wanted to take advantage of them.

“I got so scared I called your family.” Timothy then said.

She looked at him in confusion. Was her father there?

Had they gone to see her? She didn’t know how long she slept.

laid his head on her chest, not letting his full weight fall off her body. “I’ll die if

him suffer. “I’m here. We’re together. What did the doctors tell you?

better. Today’s impression, what happened with Richard... it was probably

she repeated

don’t go to any of the offices, I’ll see that you’re fed

smiled at the

always like that

everything with his heart. And that fascinated

been selfish. I’ve seen you through difficult weeks, I’ve contributed to that difficulty myself, I haven’t

him. “Don’t fall into that vicious circle. You want to carry all

I hadn’t hit

would have gouged his eyes out myself. My child is not a trading toy. And let me tell you my

at

You, and only you, will be the father of my daughter and any others we have. We

you,”

and Allegra

neck, his eyebrows crossed, a gesture he made when he didn’t know how to

you? I think I should talk to them to let them know I’m

Allegra and your father that are here,” he let out a regretful sigh and continued, “your mother came too. She wants to see you and talk to

Lydia was outside.

the thought of it flooded her eyes with tears and

understand, I’ll tell her you’re not ready to see her,” Timothy

felt all over his face and

she asked in a daze. “Did my mother come? Did she worry about

all worry. You came here

at me...” she asked grabbing his hand. “I’m fine and you already told me the baby is

anemia,” he corrected. “If you had been alone, I don’t even want to think

smiled openly at him, but then gave way to uncertainty. “Did my mom say anything to you? Didn’t she want to come? Did you really see her

got there before your father and Allegra. She was devastated,” he confessed, “it broke my soul to see her like that. She reminded me of you. You cry the same way. You cry with real

not sure she has them,” she said in a scathing tone,

you. She was the first to arrive, she asked Troy directly because she thought I was hiding information from her,” Timothy shook his head as if he didn’t believe what he

taken care

she got

she was a

in truth, her mother was the one who insisted that she aborted

a daughter with Timothy, to be happy, to

know if she wanted to risk that joy being

understand you, I know what you have suffered, but I also think she

think I should see her? Do

know, your mother is your mother, and she will remain your mother until the day

he was right. Worse yet, it hurt at the thought of seeing

and wellness, to love them without the fear of losing them in a few months,” she knew he spoke for his own situation. His father was a constant worry, his health was going to

one condition, that if things didn’t work out, she wasn’t going to

already was

“You decide when to listen to her, when to see her, and most importantly, it’s

her to come

a kiss to her lips, and she closed her eyes

door closed, and he walked

looked around the hospital room, she was in a place that must have been bigger than Lucy’s entire apartment. She still wasn’t digesting the fact that she was the future wife of someone

rambling, the bedroom door opened again and through

mother stared at her from the doorway, not

lot to talk,” she tried to sound confident and

sounded

mother acted like an automaton and closed the door behind

word. Melody struggled to sit up, the numbing effect on her

of the room, looking at her with compunction and a little embarrassed, which Melody could tell

white vertical striped dress with wine red, teacher’s shoes and her

had to make the first move, if they didn’t start

mom,” Melody said, taking charge of

to do was to

almost murdered someone because they wouldn’t give you enough information about my

was worried,” she said

for your

to see me after the way I treated you? I don’t deserve your attention, or your words.... Not to mention your love. I’m the worst mother in the

her that she wasn’t the worst

slowly walked over to the bed where she counted herself and hugged the wallet to her chest. “I don’t deserve your forgiveness; I don’t deserve even your look. But it’s just that when Allegra called me and told me what happened to you, I didn’t

in her throat. One that was

couldn’t stay at home quietly anymore,

was just anemia,” she explained to take the

complicated thing about being human was

words did

guilt remained

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