Todos los capítulos de The Don Gave Away Our Son, so I Took Him and Ran: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

I stood outside the door, listening to them, my lips pressed into a thin line. Memories of my seven years with Carlos flashed through my mind.For seven years, the Marchetti family had looked down on me because I couldn't get pregnant.One winter, the elders tried to strong-arm me into signing divorce papers.When Carlos found out, he stood between me and the elders and tore the papers to shreds."If you force me to divorce Emma, I swear I'll never marry again."Overwhelmed by how fiercely he'd defended me, I buried my face in his chest and sobbed.Later, after I lost the baby, I fell into severe depression.I locked myself in my room and smashed everything I could get my hands on.Carlos never gave up on me. He sat outside my door all day, trying to comfort me."Emma, losing the baby doesn't change anything for me. All that matters is that you're okay."All that devotion had been a lie. He'd given away the baby I'd fought so hard to bring into this world just to repay another woman fo

When I didn't say anything, Carlos thought I'd given in.He stood and came over, the old tenderness back in his eyes."I'm doing this because I owe Erica, and because I want us to have a future together."Once she's gone overseas, everything can go back to normal. You'll still be the Donna."My stomach turned. I'd lost all hope in Carlos. All that mattered to me now was getting my baby back.I closed my eyes, and tears slid down my cheeks.I pretended to accept his plan and pleaded with him."If you're sending him away, please let me see him one last time. I'm his mother. I'm begging you."The gentleness drained from Carlos's face, and he turned me down."No."The baby's doing fine with Erica. She'll treat him like her own son."If you see him now, it'll only make it harder for you to let go. That won't do anyone any good."He didn't say anything else. He turned to the bodyguards at the door and gave an order."Keep the Donna under watch. She's not to leave the estate without my permis

As soon as we took off, the medical team Arthur had brought took the baby from my arms and carefully placed him in an incubator."His heart rate keeps dropping!"Even that short time without oxygen caused serious brain damage, and the cold in that basement made it worse. He's in critical condition."There was blood on the attending doctor's gloves from putting a needle in the baby's arm.He turned to me, his face grim."Ms. Sinclair, the equipment on this plane can barely keep his vital signs stable. We need to land near the closest major medical center right away."I looked at the tiny body in the incubator. His breathing was faint, and I couldn't stop crying.The monitor's alarm kept going off, and every beep was torture."Land! Land right now!" My voice was hoarse."Whatever it takes, you have to save my baby."Arthur brought a blanket and put it over my shoulders."Ms. Sinclair, try to stay calm. Have something hot to drink first."We'll land in the next state over soon. There's a

The screen showed security footage from the hospital three hours earlier. Doctors were rushing a gurney down a long hallway.The baby was covered in tubes.A doctor was performing CPR on the baby as the gurney raced down the hallway.I ran barefoot alongside the gurney, nearly stumbling several times.When we reached the door of the emergency room, I collapsed onto the floor.A nurse came out with a critical condition notice and crouched in front of me, asking for my signature.According to the time stamp in the corner, the footage was from two minutes ago.Carlos watched my trembling hand as I signed. His chest tightened, and for a moment, he could barely breathe.He'd assumed I'd left in a fit of anger. He figured a little compensation and a few kind words would be enough to bring me and the baby back.But as he watched the baby hanging on by a thread, he finally realized how wrong he'd been."Get the car!"Carlos threw down the tablet and ran for the door."Get the jet ready! We're

I stood by the counter and looked at him calmly, feeling nothing at all. To me, he was just a stranger."Can I help you, sir? Are you looking for flowers?"I set the towel aside and put some trimmed roses into a vase."If not, I need to close up."Carlos's lips trembled. My calm reaction seemed to throw him off."Emma, don't do this to me."He stepped closer and gripped the edge of the counter with both hands, remorse written all over his face."I know I was wrong. I've been looking for you every single day for three years."I sent Erica to the most remote psychiatric hospital I could find. I had the whole estate redone the way you always liked it."Come back with me, okay? We never finalized the divorce. You're still my wife!"He was trying to sound steady, but his voice was shaking.The curtain leading to the backyard swung aside, and Andy ran out holding a little rubber ball. He wrapped his arms around my leg."Mommy, I'm hungry."Then he looked up curiously at the stranger in front