Chapter 4

"You must be out of your mind,Aurora!" boomed Matteo.He looked perplexed.

"What exactly are you playing at!"

"Play??" questioned Aurora with a weak smile on her face "I am pregnant,Matteo! And you're the f*cking father!"

Matteo repeatedly shook his head.

"Stop lieing to me!" he bellowed and then grabbed her arm, walking towards the door.

"Get out of here,Aurora! I'm not stupid to fall for your nonsensical games!" he declared

Before he could pull the door open,she snatched her arm away

"I am not playing any games! Instead I see this as your pathetic way of protecting yourself! How could you pretend that we never had it?!" screamed Aurora,every part of her body aching.

"So what?" came his quick reply "Do you think I don't know how you f*ck around with the doctors at the hospital?!"

Aurora's mouth dropped open.

"Don't act surprise! C'mon I still have a future to look up to and I cannot let you force this piece of shit on me!" he said pointing at her two months old pregnancy.

"Future to look up to??" her lips trembled "When you took me to your bed with the most sweetest words weren't you thinking of your future?!"

She points at her belly.

"You call this a piece of shit?? Your flesh and blo-"

"Enough! Not another word from that filthy mouth of yours,Aurora!" he cut her short

"That thing isn't mine!" he argued "If you can't find the owner there's no harm in getting it off"

Aurora gritted her teeth.His words and lackadaisical attitude made her wonder if he ever loved her.

She took a deep breath and stared at him.

"We can go for a DNA." she suggested "After all there's no harm in finding out the truth"

"No!" he refused "You are leaving my house this instant and you're never coming back!" her grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the house.

"Again,get it off before the Don comes for you! At least you'd be the to kill your child rather than his brutal hands!"

He slammed the door on her face.

....

There was Amber Hill,who had just left Matteo's place.

She was supposed to be at her best friend's wedding but she didn't want any problem at all.

Especially with the fact that it was a Mafia's wedding.For this reason she had stayed away.

She picked up her phone to call Aurora when another call came through.

It was Mr Tate.

She was surprised as she swiped the answer button.

"Mr Tate?"

"Amber." his voice was weak and barely audible "I know Aurora is at your place."

He paused and added "Please,please ask her to return here.Her family is in great trouble!"

"Mr Tate.." began Amber "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Again,why should Aurora be here? Isn't today her wedding?"

She heard him cough violently coupled with different noises in the background.

"Aurora..ran away"

Amber got up on her feet abruptly.

"What??!" she exclaimed.

However before she could say another word,the line went dead.

Considering his weak and low voice and also the heavy noise in the background it was more than obvious that the family are indeed in deep trouble.

She called the number again to understand the situation better,however the call didn't go through

She immediately dialed Aurora's number,with a thousand thoughts in her head.

"Crazy bitch! How could you do this without informing me!"

The call went through, fortunately.

"Aurora!!" she instantly screamed into the phone. "Where are you! How could you!! Your father-"

"I am in front of your door." came Aurora's quiet reply.

Amber went over and pulled it open after tossing her phone on the couch.She was glad that her mother wasn't home.

"Aurora!" she exclaimed as she pulled her in.

After which she began to shut the windows and the doors.

"What are you doing?" Aurora looked puzzled.

Amber didn't answer until she had locked everywhere properly and turned on the air conditioner.

"I can't believe you're asking that, Aurora!" she blurted "Don't you realize what you've just done?"

"Tch!" she hissed "You just embarrassed the whole Genovese's family!"

"Oh please.." Aurora really didn't think it that way "Y'all are making it seem like I'm the first girl to run away from her wedding!"

"Aurora,you don't understand the situation at hand! Don't you see that I have locked all the windows and doors in case the Mafia comes!"

"Even if he comes what would he do?? Pull me down to the cathedral and force me to marry him??!" retorted Aurora.

Amber was surprised.

"You should at least call your father" she suggested "He looked frightened when he called me"

Aurora sighed as she leaned on the chair.

"Not now Amber.I don't want to deal with anyone now.You..you wouldn't believe what happened"

Amber lowered on the couch.

"Aurora,are you okay?"

"Mateo..Mateo broke up with me" Aurora confessed.

Amber's mouth dropped open.

"I understand that I'd be getting married to the Don and that he wouldn't want anything to do with me..but-"

"I am pregnant" declared Aurora.

The shock of such news sent Amber on her feet.

"Oh my God, Aurora" she exclaimed silently "Didn't you tell your father before he staged your wedding with the Don?"

She shook her head as she wiped her tears.

"If I had, he'd have probably forced me to..to abort it"

"Besides, Mateo didn't accept it.He..he denied it"

"Shit!" exclaimed a furious Amber "I will kill him when next I meet him! How could he do this to you?!"

She lowered herself to a distraught Aurora.

"I had been to his place earlier today.If I had known I'd have hit him so hard he would only see stars for a minute!"

"Don't cry anymore,Aurora." Amber sympathized "What are you going to do now?"

"Anything but marrying the-" the sound of her ringtone interrupted her.

It was her father.Aurora refused to pick however Amber urged her to.

She swiped the answer button.

The background was utterly quiet in contrast to what Amber had earlier heard.

Aurora refused to talk first.Truth was she couldn't find the right words to say.

"Aurora Tate" came the voice that sent shivers down the spines of both women seated closely together.

"I have your devastated father here with me along with your sick mother" his voice was deep and enchanting.

"You have no less than ten minutes to get to the address I have sent to you."

"Anything later than that..and you will meet the corpses of your beloved parent."

"You bastard!" screamed Aurora

"I'm worse than that"