CHAPTER 105

Rosa

I told my mother while Chaney and Donya left to buy a pregnancy test. My mom’s arms were exactly what I needed.

“Shh, mia cara,” she whispered.

“I love him. I want to have his babies. I want to spend the rest of my life with him,” I cried angrily. “This isn’t fair.”

“Life is not fair, mia cara.”

The pregnancy test was positive. And the next one and the next. I kept staring at the two lines.

My sister’s expression was pure freak-out. Chaney’s slightly better. My mother was the calmest of all of us and I knew she had to be so disappointed. We hadn’t used protection on the rooftop that day. I’d never gone on the pill. I’d messed this entire thing up completely.

I looked at my mother with tears running down my face. “He will do his duty to his family and marry Isabella. He can never know. If you’ll allow me to live here, I’ll raise the baby on my own.”

My mother, who rarely swore, let out the most foul word I’d ever heard her use.

“You are my daughter and my home will always be your