Lost In Darkness

Chapter - 3

Avalana’s POV

I put on a simple pastel pink t-shirt and a jeans. I was asked to get ready for my first proper appointment with the doctor by a maid. My hair was tied in a messy bun and I was in no mood to tie it properly. I took my phone and went down to the common area of the house. No one was in sight. I was glad. I didn’t really want to see anyone’s face in the house. What kind of person declares the woman you love guilty without asking her side of story?! I felt disgusting just by thinking I had s*x with that rotten man.

Thinking of devil and the devil passed me. he went ahead, completely ignoring my existence. I rolled my eyes and walked after him. There was no point in talking to him so kept silent and honestly, he was the last person I wanted to talk with.

It had been two days since we got back and I had a lot of time to think about everything. The more I thought, the angrier I became. Forget Vincenzo, my own f*****g cousin was being an asshole. that little b***h didn’t even try to ask about my side of story. I was glad I was asked to leave the country because I had no intentions of willingly seeing their faces.

I sat in and the car moved. Vincenzo’s head was in his phone. I looked outside the whole time, enjoying the passing scenery. Although the things were not in my favor at all, my pregnancy was enough to make me happy. I was overjoyed at the fact that I was going to become a mother. I grinned to myself and rubbed my flat tummy.

I felt a stare on the side of my face. My eyes snapped to Vincenzo who quickly averted his gaze. Again, I rolled my eyes. We reached the big ass hospital owned by the Morettis. A sea of guards escorted us inside to the hospital where doctor was already waiting for us.

“Don; Ms. Parker.” she acknowledged us as we sat down. “I was informed you are here for your first scan.” She said looking at me.

I nodded.

“Very well. If you will just lay down there.” She smiled, motioning to the examination bed.

She prepared the scanning machine and pushed my top up a bit. Then cold gel was applied to my abdomen. The doctor started to examine the screen.

“There.” She pointed out on the small dot. “that’s the baby.”

Fuzzy feeling took over my stomach. I smiled at the little dot. It was so amazing to know that you have a life growing inside you.

“Everything looks...good. the fetus is still forming so the scan wont be clear right now.” She said looking at me and Vincenzo who stood behind me.

We took a seat after my scan was completed.

“I will prescribe prenatal vitamins and a diet.” She said and looked at Vincenzo. “Please see that she follows the diet properly for a healthy pregnancy. Also, first trimester is very important stage as the fetus is in the initial development so, please see that the mother is not stressed or in negative emotional state.” She instructed him. I snorted loudly grabbing attention of both of them.

I could feel the hot glare of Vincenzo on my side. Doctor raised a brow.

“Sorry.” I fake coughed and flashed a grin to her.

Vincenzo entwined his fingers with me as we got up. I subtly tried to push his hand away but the beast had beastly grip. He took the prescription and dragged me out after him and let me go once we were out.

“What?” I rolled my eyes as he glared me down.

“I swear if you do something like that again...”

“Then what?! You will kill me?!” I mocked him with sass. “Tell me something which I already don’t know.” I walked ahead, leaving his sorry ass behind. Honestly, I didn’t need his toxicity in my life anymore.

I sat in the car and slammed the door extra hard as I saw him exit the hospital. He stopped for a moment and closed his eyes. He inhaled and exhaled a few times and then got in the car.

I looked his angry face and thought. If things were going to be like this for next nine months, why not enjoy the time on their expense?! After all, I knew no matter how much I grovel at their feet or beg for forgiveness for things I didn’t do, they weren’t going to forgive me. they were like bunch of morons with sticks far up their asses.

“I am hungry. I want some pan-fried noodles and a milkshake.” I said to Vincenzo.

“no.” he replied. Well, knew that since a million years.

“What happened to whole don’t stress a pregnant lady?!” I snorted. “Give me food right now.” I demanded.

“I will kill you.” He gritted out.

I laughed. “I swear you are so f*****g caring.”

He said something to the driver who stopped at an Asian restaurant. I was surprised he listened to me.

“I am only doing this for the bambino.” He narrowed his eyes.

“Yeah whatever.” I said nonchalantly. My attention was on the delicious food.

Vincenzo asked one of his men to get a take away. The smell of noodles made me drool, literally. Like a starved woman, I ripped the package open and ate the noodles like a pig. Vincenzo watched me in irritation and shook his head. My belly was stuffed as we got home.

Felix and Mia exited the house as we were climbing the stairs. Vincenzo began to converse with Felix in Italian while I just stood there awkwardly. I looked at Mia who wouldn’t even look at me. well that hurt but I already expected it. but still, my eyes tingled.

“Excuse me.” I said quietly and went past the couple and to the room.

I called a maid. “I need help with shifting my things.” I said to her, hoping she would understand.

“Does signor Vincenzo know about this?” she asked in a perfect English.

“Um, no? does he need to?” I asked back.

She nodded and left I assumed to tell Vincenzo. I rolled my eyes in irritation. I could practically feel a huge tantrum incoming. But there was no way I was going to stay with that insensitive asshole in the same damn room. I collected all the cloths I brought from back home and shoved them into my suitcase along with my accessories, ready to move out.

The loud sound of speedy footsteps reverberated from outside, indicating that pissed off Vincenzo was coming. I prepared myself for the argument.

The raging man stood in the doorway. “What the f**k you think you are doing?!” he asked.

“What does it look like?!” I questioned back.

“Avalana.” He spat. “Do not test my patience.” He warned.

I chuckled. “Are you for real? you just walked in like I did something extremely offensive and then you threaten me?!” I laughed for real this time. “don’t you have anything else to do other than getting angry and hating me? I am just moving to another room.” I said walked to him.

I stood on my toes and whispered in his ear mockingly. “I know you cannot live without me. all you have to do is accept what I want to say and then we wont have problems anymore.” I kissed his ear dramatically and smiled.

He pulled me back harshly and glowered. “I have nothing to do with you. You are just a woman who is possibly pregnant with my child. that’s all.” He said venomously.

The smile on my face vanished and my eyes stung. I acted I was strong, but I couldn’t control my tears when he said those words.

“Please tell me you didn’t mean it.” I whispered in a broken voice.

“We both wish kitten.” He said clenching his jaw and looked away. “For the sake of my child and its health, I will not allow you to move to another room. This is hard on both of us but try to adjust for few months.”

I kept silent. He looked at me with sudden helpless and softened expression. “I still can’t believe that the woman that I love back stabbed me like that. I want nothing more than to kiss your tears away but I am helpless. My sister is fighting for her life at the moment Avalana because of you. I am sorry but I need to choose my family this time.”

I stepped back. “This time?!” I looked him incredulously. “When have you ever chosen me over them Vincenzo?” I asked. “I told you this was going to happen one day. I told you to let me go. But no, you had to act like an ass and drag me back into your sad f*****g life again.” I screamed at him.

The anger returned in his eyes and his face hardened. “Drag YOU back? I never asked you to return Avalana. You came by your own will with your own f*****g legs. Don’t act like I dragged you back here.” He argued back.

“Because you acted like a heartbroken schoolgirl. We both know you were a bloody mess when I left. How do you expect me to not come back? Isn’t that classified as emotional blackmail?!” I scoffed.

“I am sorry Ms. Parker that you felt obligated to come back but rest assured I do not need you to have a stable life. That part of me, those days are long gone. It will be better if you forget the past and move ahead. The love we had, hell I don’t even know if your feelings were even real! whatever we had is over now. You will be out of my life in nine months that’s all there is to it.” he said emotionlessly.

“I am mother of the child that is growing in MY belly. Believe it or not Vincenzo, I will always be in your life because of my child. whether you like it or not. You may get rid of me but I share my genes with the child too, don’t f*****g forget that.” I scowled at him.

He took a step forward and leaned down at me with cold eyes. “You are not moving out. As long as you in this mansion I will be watching your every move. I am sorry to say this but no one in this house trusts you one bit and it will in your best interest if you don’t piss anyone off even more. You have done enough damage Avalana, don’t add to the s**t pile that you created.”

With those words, he left. I hauled my shoe at him as he exited the closet, barely missing by few centimeters.

“Heartless motherfuckers!” I mumbled to myself.

I didn’t let his words get me. I understood it was bad for my health and pregnancy. I had accepted a long ago that I wasn’t going to be showered with love and care in my pregnancy. It was better to keep minimal contact with people in this house.

I left the suitcase as it was and left the room.

My head was starting to pain and my mood was sour. Talking with Vincenzo made me lose braincells meaninglessly. I decided that a nap was a good plan. The plan worked well until someone rudely shook me awake.

“Can’t you see a pregnant lady is napping?!” I growled sleepily.

“I can very well see that. Now get up.” The person said.

Irritated, I opened my eyes and rubbed them and yawned. Anthony looked at me with annoyed expression on his face.

“It would be nice if you smiled a bit you know.” I scowled. “I am tired of seeing frowning faces.”

“Funny.” He snorted. “Boss has called you down in the office urgently.” He told me.

I sighed and got out of the bed. I tied my hair up and yawned again. Honestly if given a choice, I would hibernate for next nine months and wake up at the time of the birth.

I dragged my feet down the hall to Vince’s office. To my worse luck, all the men were present in the room. The atmosphere went tense as I entered the room. I sat on the chair quietly, waiting for someone to speak up.

Vincenzo opened his desk drawer and slammed a brown envelope in front of me. with raised brows, I took the envelope and opened it to find bunch of pictures. I took them out and scanned each picture one by one. All of them included Lucan.

“Who is this man Avalana?” Vincenzo asked in his ‘boss’ tone.

“that’s Lucan Fitzgerald.” I said.

“And you know him how?” he continued with ‘the voice’.

“Met at the ball mafia. Came up as a creep to be to honest and turned out to be one.” I shrugged.

“You get real cozy with someone you label as creep.” He taunted.

I blinked.

Vincenzo turned his laptop to me and played a video. Video of me in the grocery store with Lucan on my tail.

I saw the whole thing and looked at him. “He approached me and wouldn’t leave.” I defended.

“Really? So why didn’t you call me? asked Paulo or Francis to drive him away? Threaten him?” Vincenzo asked looking intensely at me.

“I didn’t think he was an enemy at the time. That’s why.” I glared at him. “How was I supposed to know he is related to the Irish mafia?”

He chuckled. More like he chuckled mockingly. “You meet a stranger. At the MAFIA BALL. You see him again ‘coincidently’. Avalana, are you really that naïve to believe anyone who talks to you?! not even for a second you thought that I should stay away from this man?!” his voice rose by each word.

“I had no reason to!” I stood up.

“YOU IGNORANT WOMAN! THAT PERSON MET YOU IN THE CRIMINAL MEET FIESTA. DO YOU REALLY THINK A MAN LIKE HIM WILL MEET YOU COINCIDENTLY?! EITHER HE PLAYED YOU LIKE FOOL AND YOU LET HIM OR YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH HIM FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!!” he screamed my ear down.

“don’t f*****g yell at me! yes I was ignorant and naïve, but I was not involved with him. Do you really think I would want to make a scene in a market full of people where there was a big fat chance of it turning into a gun fight?!” I yelled back. “Yes, maybe he followed me. it was his f*****g plan from the start, to break us apart by brewing doubts between us and by the looks of it, it is clearly f*****g working.” I scoffed. My face was hot with fury.

Vincenzo looked at me with murderous eyes.