Will Protect Her

A While Later

MONALISA

"You are really pregnant" Mum whispered, holding the pregnancy test result in her hands.

"You are really pregnant " She said yet again and I bowed my head slightly, turning my gaze to the bed sheets.

How could I be pregnant?

No, I didn't want to believe that I was pregnant amidst all of these chaos. But it was clear I was. We just had an urine test and my blood has been drawn for a blood test too.

I don't know why I had lied to mum that I didn't have sex with Lucius when I had done so, countless times. Maybe it was because I believed I could not be pregnant.

"You told me you didn't.... You told me you didn't have sex with Mr. Devine! Then what is this?" Mum asked, her eyes frustrated and her facials tensed.

"Is this wrong too? Do I have to get the blood test results before you admit it?" Mum asked and pushed her fingers into her hair.

"I... I don't know what to do. I really don't know what to do" she leaned against the wall and slipped down slowly. She sat on the floor and palmed her face.

I took a step towards her and paused. I was pregnant for Devine. Pregnant for the man I loved. That would not have been so hard if that man wasn't the same man I was supposed to hate.

"Mum" I called and took the remaining steps to get to her.

I crouched down beside her and called her once more.

"Lisa" she grabbed me and pulled me into a tight hug.

"I don't know what to do" she cried, hugging me tightly.

"I am sorry. I am sorry, mum" I cried too.

"I am really sorry"

Three hours later.

"You are in love with him?" Mum asked, holding my hands gently and I slowly nodded, looking at her face and looking for her reaction.

I had told mum that we liked each other at first glance and we had fallen in love during the time she was absent from home. I had of course held a lot of information back.

"Lisa" she caressed my hands gently.

"Do you realize who he is? The man you say you are in love with. Do you understand the kind of man he is?" Mum asked and I slowly nodded.

It didn't make sense at all, even to me. The fact that I was still loving and wanting Devine after finding out all of these didn't make sense but I couldn't help it.

I could not stop wanting to see him. I could not stop wanting to be in his arms. And I couldn't see myself hiding from him the fact that I was pregnant for him.

"He is in the mafia. No, he is a mafia boss now. He killed your father. He has enemies. Dangerous enemies. You will not be safe with him. He killed your father...."

"I know, mum" I said softly, cutting her off.

"Then if you know all of these, how can you still want to be with him?"

"I don't know, mum. I just can't... I just can't let go of him and I am pregnant for him too. There's a child now"

"A child we can take care of ourselves. We haven't gotten the house. We have more than enough to leave this country and start afresh"

"Leave the country?"

"Yes, Lisa. I know... I understand that you fell in love with him and if I had found out about this relationship on better terms, I would have agreed to it. I don't really mind the fact that he... That he is much older than you are. But I will never see him like I once saw him. I will always and always hate him in my heart. You... You don't know how much I loved Sebastien. I loved him so much."

"Mum. Dad was also in the mafia just like Lucius and Lucius was lied to. He was deceived into killing Dad"

"The point here is that he killed him. No matter what he says, it doesn't change the fact that he killed Seb!" Mum took in a deep breath.

"You will get over him, I assure you. You still have your entire life ahead of you. You will find someone better, someone who will love you better and someone you will love better"

"It's been seventeen years since Dad died. You haven't found someone else to replace him, mum. How sure are you that it won't be the same for me too?" I asked and mum looked away from me.

"It won't be the same. You are still very young and this entire relationship hasn't been that long. You will get over it in no time."

"I..."

"Lisa, let's put it at that. No more on this. I won't let you get yourself entangled with all these mafia shit. Your safety is important. I will think about which decision we will make. Buying a house or leaving the country. I will decide on one" she said, getting up from the chair she was seated.

I watched with a sigh as she walked out of the room. I took my hand to my still flat stomach and felt it with my hand.

I could barely believe that I now had a human growing inside of me. I understood mum's hurt but I wished she would understand mine too.

DIANE SEBASTIEN

I pulled the bracelet out of my pocket and stared at it.

"Seb" I called and kissed the bracelet.

"This is hard on me. Please help me if you can hear me. I... It's been 17 years since you left but I am just finding out that you were in the... In the mafia. You were the perfect man for me and I thought you kept nothing from me. But this?"

I shut my eyes tightly and gripped the bracelet tighter.

"But don't worry, I am going to protect our daughter from all of these. I know the last thing you would have wanted was for Lisa to get into any dangerous situations so I am going to protect her from this situation. I will try my best, Seb. I will stay safe and keep Lisa safe. I am not going to lose her like I lost you. Never."

"We now have a grandchild on the way too. And I am going to make sure our grandchild too is happy and safe."