Lahat ng Kabanata ng Ex and Son Beg, But I Never Turn Back: Kabanata 441 - Kabanata 450

Luigi’s POVSitting down at the long table in the cafeteria, I looked for Logan. We’d been in jail for three days, with two more to go before our hearing. Mostly, we just stayed in our cells. We were allowed to leave during free time, but we both figured it was safer to just keep to ourselves.There were plenty of very dangerous men in the jail alongside us. These men glared at us when we saw them, black tattoos snaking up their arms, onto their necks and faces. They were menacing, and it was obvious that Logan and I were not one of them.Logan and I sat side by side during all our meals, although calling the food they served us ‘meals’ was a far stretch. It was more like slop. We kept our heads down, literally, not even daring to glance up and look around the room for fear of catching the wrong the eye.But this particular morning, Logan was nowhere to be seen. This was cause for concern, since yesterday, during our free time, Logan and I had ventured outside to the pathetic green spa

Willow’s POV“Ready?” Adonis asked, opening the car door for me. Nodding, I inhaled a deep breath. I’d never been to a bail hearing before, so I didn’t know what to expect. According to Stewart, it would be short though.Adonis took my arm in his as I stepped out of the car. The moment I did though, I was blinded by the flashing of a camera.The front steps leading up to the courthouse were covered in news reporters. They all had their cameras poised at us.“Oh my god,” I whispered. The last thing I wanted was to work my way through this mess of news reporters. Biting back my anger, Jay appeared on the other side of me.They had a lot of audacity, I thought to myself. Showing up here to profit from Luigi and Logan’s misfortune.“Is every media outlet here?” I asked out loud. “Don’t they have anything better to report on?”“Don’t say anything,” Adonis hissed in my ear. “Remember what Stewart said. Just ignore them.”Stewart had more or less prepared us for the fact that the bail hearing

Luigi’s POV“You contest?” the judge asked. Fear prickled through me. This wasn’t supposed to be happening. The prosecutor was supposed to agree to a bail amount.Stunned, I looked at Stewart. But he looked just as surprised as I was.“What’s happening?” I asked, but he waved his hand at me to silence me. Behind me, I heard Willow gasp.“On what grounds?” Stewart asked, rising to his feet. “Your honor,” the prosecutor said. “We deem Luigi and Logan to be a flight risk.”A flight risk? As in, they thought I was going to jump bail and leave the country? I would never do that. Willow was going to post our bail. If we left the country, then she would be on the hook for the money. Not to mention we had kids here. A life. And I wasn’t a criminal! I had nothing to run from.“How so?” the judge asked, raising his eyebrow.“Luigi has a family estate in Italy,” the prosecutor said, approaching the bench. “Both he and Logan visited there recently. And due to the negative media attention,” she

Luigi’s POV“What?” I gasped. Glancing backwards, I looked at Willow. Her face was pale. Beside me, Logan’s eyes remained locked on his hands. Looking at them both, my heart hurt. Willow was putting up a strong front, but the judge’s denial of our bail was causing her to reel.Logan too. Knowing now that he had to go back to jail, his hands started to shake. “Your honor, a moment with my council?” Stewart said.“Request granted,” the judge sighed.Stewart turned to us. My eyes were wide as I tried to register what was transpiring.“Okay, look. This isn’t the outcome we wanted,” Stewart said. “I will appeal this. We can ask for another judge. A second bail hearing. Sort of like a second opinion. But in the meantime, you are both going to have to go back to jail.”“No,” I said. “This isn’t right. We’d never jump bail.”“I know,” Stewart said. “Like I said, we’ll appeal this decision. We’ll fight it. You’re not a flight risk and I’ll make a case to show the judge that.”“What happens no

Willow’s POVPacing around the kitchen, I was an utter wreck. I was furious with Luigi for pleading guilty and leaving me all alone. But I was also proud of him. He’d taken the fall for Logan, and I knew Luigi. In his heart, he believed he was doing the right thing.But still.Biting my fingernails, I served the kids their dinner.“Aren’t you going to eat, Mommy?” Mira asked.Shaking my head, I wandered over the sink. I couldn’t eat anything. Not only was I sick to my stomach over what had happened at the courthouse, but I was also struggling with really bad morning sickness.It had started about a week ago, and it was getting progressively worse.The children wanted to know where Luigi and Logan were, since I’d told them we’d all be having dinner together tonight. I didn’t have it in me to tell them that Luigi wasn’t going to be home for a while.But Logan would be.And that’s what I was waiting for. Any moment now, Logan would come through the doors, freshly released from jail. Ther