Please?
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“A ‘last resort’? Just how desperate were you to keep me out of this child's life.”
I closed my eyes tiredly as I replied. “Very desperate Alessio. Very desperate. Two years ago, when I found out I was pregnant, I swore I wouldn't let you know. This is because it was an emergency.”
“Two years? He's up to two?!
“He’ll be two in a few weeks.”
“Oh..”
I closed my eyes as soon as I realized he had nothing more to say and sleep came over me again. God I was going to kill Ali when I was wide awake.
***
“Ma'am! Ma'ammm”
“What? I'm up!”
The doctor frowned at Camilla due to her dilated eyes and drowsy state.
“Are you OK Miss Camilla?”
“Oh yea. Sorry I am. Just that Ali pulled one of her sleeping tricks but went a little bit overboard.”
“Oh. Well… We apologized as we may have had something to do with that but it was in your best interests.”
“Doc! How could–”
“So I just came to say that Aiden is doing completely fine and he is awake. We moved him to the next room and his erm… Father is with him.”
“Pfft. You gotta be kidding. Alessio hates babies. There is no way in the universe that he's with Aiden.”
“Well you should see for yourself then.”
Camilla quickly stood up and rushed to the next room and was stunned to see Alessio holding a peaceful and giggling baby so carefully in his arms. Alicia was sitting at the edge of the bed and glaring at him but smiled whenever she looked at the baby.
“What in the world is happening? Am I still sleeping?”
Both of them turned towards her as she moved closer to the bed.
“Ok! Could someone please tell me what's going on? How is Alessio still alive from holding my kid and Alicia, how come you can even stand being in the same room as him?”
“It's because I don't want to scare Aiden.”
“Ok, reasonable. Alessio? And don't give me crap. You absolutely hate kids.”
“Not mine. How old is he?”
“You asked that earlier today.”
“Humor me Camilla.”
“A year and eight months.”
“Why is he so small though? Is that even healthy Camilla?”
Camilla glared at Alessio at his thoughtless remark and it took all of her willpower not to snatch Aiden from his arms.
“He is very healthy thank you very much and have you ever heard of something called a ‘growth spurt?’ Apparently, kids have it when they're much older. Not like you'd understand though.”
“I see. Anyways, you should get ready. We'll be leaving soon.”
“Of course we wou– I'm so sorry… ‘we?’”
“Yes. You don't think I'm going to leave you here do you?”
“We are not going anywhere with you. Absolutely not! This is Aiden’s home and he's going to sta–”
“With me. His father and his mother at ‘my’ place.”
Camilla got upset and raised her voice. “There is no friggin way that I'm going to let–”
“Both of you, please shut up.” Alicia cut in as she collected the child from Alessio's arms.
“Ali, now is not the time to–”
“Could you please just keep quiet Can! You all want to do this in front of Aiden? Right now? Can't yall like… I don't know, take it outside? Without yelling?!”
Both Alessio and Camilla glared at each other as Alicia set the baby down and walked out of the room. They followed her till they got to Camilla’s room. She shut the doors and yelled at both of them.
“Are you crazy?! Aiden just got his operation. We are finally assured that he's going to be fine and the next thing you fight about is where he's going to live? Have you both lost it or are you just nuts?!”
“I'm sorry.”
“Oh, now she realizes. Cam, being stuck here with your ‘not so useful boyfriend’ is not the best course of action right now.”
“But I don't want to live with this man. Marcello is my boyfriend!”
“And I am Alessandro's father!”
“Call him Aiden. That name is just for formality sake.”
“Woman, don't test my patience with that–”
“Hold your patience Mr Alessio. Camilla and I need to talk for a moment. Please excuse us.”
Alicia drew her friend out of the room and went outside.
“What the f**k Cam? You want to tell me that you're more interested in staying here with your toxic and cheating boyfriend than being somewhere where you know you'll be fully taken care of? A place where Aiden can receive everything he wants and then some.”
“I didn't want to do it but when you put it like that…”
“You know that Aiden is a special child and needs special care.”
“What do you mean special care?” Alessio cut in.
“Aiden is sort of… Slow but it's been related to his IQ. If you noticed, he's almost two years old but he hasn't started talking properly. He has a speech therapist but that damn lady isn't helpful.
“Ali! She is hel–”
“Nuh uh Cam. You don't see the bad in people. That lady is a fuckin nutcase and I don't like her one bit. I tried getting another therapist but they were so damn expensive.”
They all stood there, contemplating till Alessio voice broke the silence.
“If you come with me, I'll hire the best therapists to help with his speech issues and provide everything he could possibly need.”
“What the heck?! Where did you come from Alessio?”
“I've been here. You just didn't notice. Come with me.”
“But Alessio, won't it just be asking for trouble if the woman who was dating you two years ago suddenly shows up with a baby? Aiden and I would suffer the whiplash from it. Heck, no one would even touch you but Aiden would be labeled a bastard and I a gold digging slut. I'm just being realistic here, ok?”
Alessio's expression hardened for a moment as he took in her words.
“No one would dare do that to my son or his mother. I'll make damn sure of it. Just come with me Camilla. Please…”
Camilla gasped in shock at the word ‘please’. Alessio never asked for anything from anyone. He demanded it.
“Fine. We will go with you.”
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