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"I dont know what were you thinking Domenic, but my answer is no." Richard said determinedly. "Give me a chance to explain, I wasn't expecting this either. Autumn was the one who suggested it." Nice, I was putting the blame on her. "You're telling me my daughter who up until a few weeks ago didn't want anything to do with you wants to marry you? She doesn't remember her life, she is in no state to make that kind of decision for herself." I don't know why was I upset by his reaction, I knew perfectly well that this was going to be his reaction. "It seems Adam was right, I shouldn't have allowed you to stay so close to Autumn." I have to fight the urge to roll my eyes at the mention of Adam's name. I'm not even surprised he didn't want me near Autumn so he could step in. "Autumn may not remember our past but she feels the same way she did before. It's not for nothing that she is so drawn to me. She said it herself, even widout the past she wants to have a future with me, and the baby
"But what does she have to do with Autumn since she hasn't even met her?" I ask, not understanding the situation. "Rachel doesn't need reasons to hate, she just does. And now my daughter represents the fixation of that hatred." That still doesn't explain anything about who that woman was. "I'm sorry Richard but I don't understand." There has to be something that she wants, she came here for a reason, at first I thought it was money but now it seems like so much more. "Rachel is my father's daughter, one he had out of wedlock with his secretary. He never gave her our name or our position in the society. She grew up away from us and over time she came to resent Eloise and me. After her mother died I offered her my help and my brotherly love but all she took was the money." Well I have to give it out for the Cromwell family, usually people don't get to hide a secret like that for so long. It comes out one way or another. The truth comes out whether we like it or not, and thank God it
One month later "I hope this time we get to know the baby's gender, I want to start cooling our baby by its name." Autumn said as she lay on the hospital bed waiting for the doctor to come in. "As long as the doctor says the baby is okay and everything is moving on great I'm more than happy." There shouldn't be any bad news, Autumn has been feeling good this past month, taking her medications and resting a lot. We spent our days together reading and talking, laughing and entertaining the best we could. Playing cards and memory. Summer came by every once in a while when she could catch a break from the restaurant. Father said he would come by today for a visit, we haven't seen each other in a month but he would often call to check up on us. There was no news from Alice, and I don't know if that silence is a good sign. I avoided going out and practically stayed in all the time so she wouldn't get a chance to follow me again. Adam however came by every other day, saying he came for bu
Alice was here, just a few feet from me. Autumn was so close to the person who hurt her without even realizing it. I had to steady myself, I couldn't react in front of Autumn otherwise she would suspect something."Why don't we go to the front desk, there was a computer glitch so I didn't get the appointment date." I say as I dig into my pocket as Autumn moves in front of me."Go ahead, I'm going to give Miguel the keys to bring the car up front." She nods her head as she slowly makes her way to the nurse's desk while I stand so I can see her waiting for Miguel to come stand next to me."Alice is here, in the hospital. She had the nerve to speak to Autumn in the restroom." I say as my blood boils."The restroom is connected from both ends of the hallway, she is probably gone by now." Miguel says as he points to the hallway leading left where there is another door into the restroom."Go to the hospital security and get the security cameras tapes. We need to look over them." I say as I
"It seems we have a lot of guests today." Autumn says as we pull into the driveway where the other cars are parked at. I recognized my father's and Summer's car, the other one I didn't recognize. "I didn't know Summer was coming." I say as I unbuckle her seatbelt."Neither did I, but it's nice she did. This way we can share the news with the entire family at once." Autumn was so excited to tell everyone the news, as was I. If only I didn't have to think about Alice at a time like this."Well let's go inside then." I got out of the car and met Autumn on the other side and walked slowly by her side.We went into the house where we heard people talking in the living room so went in to join them."Autumn, hey. How are you? What did the doctor say? Do we know the baby's gender?" Summer bombarded us with questions as soon as we stepped foot into the living room."Summer at least let her sit down first, then start the questioning." I tease Summer as I help Autumn take a sit in the middle of
"Aunt Rachel? I thought I only had one aunt." Autumn said confused as Rachel walked further into the hallway. "Ohh sweety, that's okay, I don't visit much." Rachel said as she walked passed Richard and stood in front of Autumn and me. "It's so nice to meet you." Rachel says with a laugh as Autumn looks at her confused. "You're my aunt, and you haven't met me before?" Autumn questioned her as Richard looked at me in panic. "Ohh I have, it's just as you lost your memory I thought I would reintroduce myself to you. We are going to have plenty of time to get to know each other again." She knew what she was doing. She figured Autumn didn't know things from her past and it's only pretending in front of Richard. "So nice to see your boyfriend again." Rachel said before directing herself to me. "How are you Domenic?" She asked as she offered me her hand and I had no other choice but to take it. "Good, and you?" I ask as the man who came in with Rachel clears his throat. "I'm sorry darli
"Richard, are you sure about this?" I ask him as I follow him out of the living room. "No, Domenic. But right now I have no other choice." He says as he doesn't stop walking until he gets to his office. "They have been here for five minutes and already managed to upset Autumn, making her ask a lot of questions." Questions I don't want to answer. None of us do. "How is she now?" He asks as he paces around the room. "She is upstairs with Summer, she's fine now." And I want it to stay that way, but with the new house guests, I don't know for how much longer she will stay like that. "You have a house near here, don't you? Summer mentioned something before." He asks me as an idea comes to his head. "Yes, we have a house by the beach not far from here. Why?" I ask him. "Could you take Autumn there, at least for today? Until I try to get things under control here." The last thing I want is to take Autumn away from the safest place she could possibly be right now when Alice is lurking
"Where are we going?" Autumn asked as Mrs.Hendricks finished packing her beg and left it on the floor next to the door before leaving."Not far. Summer thought we could spend some time at our house by the beach and I thought you would love a change of scenery even for a little bit." I told Summer that Richard wanted us to take Autumn away until he deals with some things here, and she was delighted. It's been a long time since we all got together again. Like the old times."Are you sure it has nothing to do with Aunt Rachel and her son? I feel like you want to keep me away from them." She wasn't wrong. "I'm not stupid, I felt the tension between her and my dad." That much was obvious, they came here at the worst moment possible. Strangers that we have no idea what intentions they have by being here. This wasn't about the money anymore, Rachel wants to get in the middle of our lives and she knows things we'd all rather hide. "There are some issues between them but you don't have to worr