Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2 

January 5, **** Aideen and his mother's life had been peaceful after her mother kicked Jolie out a month after Jolie gave birth to her dead brother, and the other pregnant mistress was not saying anything and remained silent.

Aideen's father, on the other hand, had been in Italy for less than 6 months. He told Aideen and his wife that he was staying for business, but he knew they wouldn't believe him. He was staying because he met a woman, a beautiful woman who is the heir to Italy's largest farm. Unfortunately, this woman already has a fiancée, and they are getting married in two weeks. 

He was sipping his coffee when he noticed Helena running towards the backyard. He quickly followed her and discovered that she was puking herself until she felt weak. 

            "Hey, are you okay?" he inquired. She nodded, knowing that she is erecting barriers between them. 

"It's just that I felt something in my stomach after tasting Mama's soup," she explained before rubbing her stomach. 

"Weirdly, I used to love that soup!" she exclaimed, puzzled. 

"When did you start hating that soup?" Edward asked, taking a hint as if he knows exactly what is going on. 

"A week after that incident"- she stopped talking and froze "(NO)"- she moved her head sideways Edward smiled and approached her, but she stepped back. "Senza interruzioni (NO, STOP!) Don't come near me! This is all your fault!" she cried, then ran away from Edward. 

...

Raphael was driving to the wedding hall on his wedding day when his phone rang. He looked at his phone. 

"Mr. Stone?" he asked, perplexed as to why he would address him as such. "Ciao?" (Hello?)” 

"Helena is pregnant with my child!" Edward exclaimed as he hung up the phone. Raphael was taken aback. 

"No, no, nonpu essere." He lost focus on the road and didn't notice the truck driving directly towards his car.

He was about to break but it was too late.

"AMORE MIO. (My love)" was the last thing he said before his vision faded. 

Someone called Helena to tell her what had happened. 

"Raphael, è molto Helena. Ha avuto un incidente, la sua macchina è stata investita da un camion, mi dispiace tanto"- She drops her phone and couldn't move an inch in her seat after hearing the news. A moment after processing the words in her mind, her tears immediately began to fall. 

"Noooooo!" she screams in agony. 

What could be more painful than her soon-to-be husband dying on her wedding day? Her best friend then entered the room where she was. 

" Quello Che è successo? Mio dio Helena perché piangi? 

(What happened? My god Helena why are you crying?)"- Allison asked then hugged her. 

"Raphael, Raphael. Ali Raphael is d-dead. He is dead!"- She cried painfully " He- he got into an accident Ali he was hit by a truck on the way here. My love. H-he's de-dead"- She said while sobbing her heart out. Allison gasped in disbelief.

"Sushi Helena, andrà tutto bene. Va bene? silenzio (Sushh Helena, everything's gonna is fine. Okay? Hushhh)"- Allison was shocked that it was all she can say. 

Helena, Helena's Family, and Raphael’s Family were all mourning Raphael's Death, while Edward was overjoyed because Helena could finally be with him. 

Edward walks towards Helena, who is sobbing beside Raphael's coffin. He was sorry for making Helena cry. He didn't intend to kill Raphael; he just wanted Raphael to despise Helena so the wedding wouldn't take place, but fate killed Raphael and he can't change that. He was about to touch Helena when her best friend appeared and directed her away from him. He went with them into their seats. 

" Cosa stai facendo qui? Va via (What are you doing here? Go away)" - Allison shoo him. 

"I'm here to take Helena with me," he stated emphatically. 

"Why would you take my daughter?" Helena's mother asked. 

"I will take her with me at any cost, ma'am." Helena shook her head at what he said. 

"And why would you do that?" Helena's mother asks again, raising her right brow. 

"That's because she's carrying my child," he explained, and everyone who heard him stopped what they were doing. Helena's mother looked at her, shocked, and Helena just sobbed. 

"È vero? Helena? (Is it true? Helena?)"- Raphael's mother asked her with teary eyes.

"Mi dispiace, mi dispiace mamma"- Helena reached for Raphael's mother's hand, but she fainted.

Raphael's older sister was the first to notice their mother's absence. Helena tried to help, but she was slapped, causing Helena to cry even more. Her best friend was sobbing beside her. 

" Non-toccare mia Madre! Mio Fratello ti amava così tanto Helena Che Cosa hai fatto? Sei andato a scopare con un Altro Uomo? (Don't touch my mother! My brother loved you so much Helena what have you done? You went to fvck with other men?)"- Raphael's sister is really mad. 

" Per favore, per favore ascoltami (Please, please hear me out)"- Helena begs them " I love Raphael much more than I love myself trust me. It. It was an accident"- Helena was shaking as she held Raphael's older sister's hand. 

Raphael's older sister's husband Carried Raphael's mom inside their house. 

" Per favore Helena esci di qui! Rispetta Mio Fratello, per favore, rispettalo 

(Please Helena just get out of here! Respect my brother please just Respect him)"- Raphael's older sister said then turn around and apologize to the people who witness. 

Edward and her best friend led Helena out. 

" Madre (Mother)"- Helena reaches out for her mother, but she ignores her, and He father walks away with a disappointed expression. 

"If you want to get her, go ahead, and you two leave this place right now," her mother said before leaving. Helena is furious at Edward. 

" Cosa ti ho mai fatto? (What did I ever do to you?)"- Helena cried 

"Just come with me and no one else will be hurt."- said Edward making Helena cry more 

" Ti odio, ti odio, ti odio così tanto (I hate you, I hate you, I hate you so much)"- Helena said while punching him 

"Come with me."- He said with a final tone. Allison sighed. 

"Vieni con lui Helena, lascerò di nuovo il paese. Verrò a trovarti e a prenderti te lo prometto (Just come with him Helena, I'll be leaving the country again. I'll come to find you and get you I promise)"- Allison said Helena look at her best friend "You have no choice I can't get you away for now"- her best friend looks at her sadly. 

"I'll be in my car; don't bring anything, even clothes; I'll just buy you a new one," Edward said as he walked away to his car. 

"No, I'll bring my clothes," she said, making Edward smile. She's finally leaving. 

"Go on!"- he said 

Helena exclaimed as they arrived at Stone's mansion after a few hours. It was three times the size of their house; she let Edward walk first, then followed him. 

"Father," a boy said formally as he looked at her. 

'He had a family already. 'I became a mistress because of that accident,' she thought. 

"Aideen, meet your Aunt Helena," Edward said to the young boy. She was about to smile when the young boy spoke to her. 

"A new mistress? Well, the current one is due to give birth any day now, so of course, there's another one," the boy said, making her look down. 

"AIDEEN DREW! Your mouth!" Edward warns his son. 

"Aideen?"- a woman appears. 

"Mother, father is back, and he bought another mistress," he said to his mother as if he were an 18-year-old boy. 

"Aideen baby, go to your room now, okay? Mother will bring your milk there"- the woman in her mid-30s looked at her, but she looked down. Again. 

"Welcome to the family!" exclaimed the woman, Edward's wife, drawing Helena's attention to her. 

"I'm Veronica, Edwards's Wife!" she introduced herself as if Helena were merely a visitor. 

"You're making her nervous, Veronica," Edward pointed out. Veronica sighed and rolled her eyes. 

"Your room will be on the second floor, third room from the right; help yourself," Veronica said as she exited the kitchen. 

Helena walks upstairs with the assistance of Edward.

When she arrived at her room, she locked the door and went to sit on the bed, where she began crying again until she fell asleep from exhaustion from the trip and from crying. 

When his mother entered the room, Aideen was already in his bed, reading a book. 

"Hey baby, milk is here," his mother said, smiling. 

Aideen then drinks it all at once. 

"Can mommy sleep beside you again?" his mother inquired. 

"Why? I mean, I like to sleep with you mother, but dad is here, so why?" he finally asks, like a child. 

"Mother just wants to sleep with you baby," she explained as she lay beside him. 

"I know you’re lying mother," Aider says, "but I'll take it." Then he hugged his mother. 

When his son told her she was lying, Veronica burst into tears and hugged him back. 

"Wow, my baby is so smart, what can I do with that?" she exclaimed as she hugged him tightly. 

She is envious, anxious, and hurt. 

Edward is concerned about that woman. She knows because what she sees in his husband's eyes is love and care for that woman. 'She's so lucky,' she thinks. 

Aideen can hear and feel her mother's sob, but he chooses to remain silent and embrace his mother as much as he can. He gives his mother a tight hug that his father cannot. He was hurt to feel his mother was weak and hurt for the first time he heard and felt her crying in front of him.

His mother is a perfectionist who never lets her standards slip so that everyone sees her as a well-mannered and strong woman. That's why his father didn't care because he knows his mother will not suffer. However, as he listens to his mother's sobs right now, he has promised himself that no matter what, he will make his father pay.