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Neither Mom nor Dad laughed, but they looked relieved when they realized I said the truth.
“So he’s not yours,” Dad said.
“He’s not mine. Nevio asked me to take care of him.”
“Of course that’s what he did,” Dad gritted out. He paced the kitchen, the gun still in his hand as if he hoped Nevio might show up.
“Can you please calm down? You’re scaring Battista.”
Dad stopped abruptly, but he didn’t appear calm at all. His blue eyes burned with fury. Mom came toward me. “You’ve been taking care of him since you moved in here, right? That’s why you wanted to move in so quickly. Four weeks. That’s a long time for someone as young as yourself.”
“Many women in our circles aren’t much older when they give birth,” I said. Battista watched Mom open-mouthed.
“I know.” Mom nodded, regarding me with admiration which slowly morphed to reproach. “You’ve lied to us.”
Dad scoffed. “Nevio made her do it. That’s his special talent.” He came closer but stopped when Battista started bawling again.
“Shhh, it’s okay,” Mom whispered, but Battista pressed his face into my chest, and I rubbed his back until he quieted.
Dad fixed me with a hard look. “Answer me one question, why?”
I shrugged. Even I didn’t really have an answer to that question. “I suppose I wanted to help Nevio.”
“Has he touched you?”
“Dad—” I blushed.
“Don’t ‘Dad’ me now. Answer my question. Has he touched you?”
“Fabiano, I really don’t think that’s our business,” Mom said gently, but I bet she would have asked me the same question once it was just the two of us.
Dad moved closer, and this time, he didn’t stop when Battista started crying.
“Aurora, I want an answer. If you don’t answer me, I’m going to take your blushing as a fucking yes, and I’m going to hunt him down.”
“She’s probably blushing because that’s a very personal question.”
I swallowed. Mom defending me made me feel even worse, but she had a point. My sex life wasn’t Dad’s business. “Nothing happened against my will,” I said.
Dad let out a roar and kicked one of the chairs so it flew across the room and smashed against the wall, losing a leg. “I’m going to rip his balls off.”
“Fabiano!” Mom said, wide-eyed.
“No, you’re not. What happened between Nevio and me is only my business.”
Dad’s head was almost purple from fury. “It’s my business if he compels you to have sex with him!”
“You had sex with Mom before marriage, if this is about having sex out of wedlock.” My cheeks burned. Talking about sex with Dad was the absolute last thing I wanted, but he didn’t leave me a choice.
“It’s not about some conservative world views,” Dad gritted out. “This is about you being with Nevio fucking Falcone. He’s not someone you should be close to. And I had serious intentions with your mother. What about him?”
I didn’t say anything because I wasn’t sure of Nevio’s intentions. I doubted even he knew.
“You were unsure about us when you started pursuing me. Maybe it’s the same with Nevio,” Mom said, touching Dad’s upper arm in a calming gesture.
He met Mom’s gaze, and for once, she didn’t get through to him. “I sure hope not. I don’t want him with Aurora. I won’t allow it.”
“I’m here, you know. And I have no intention to be with Nevio,” I said. This was my life, and though I’d admitted I made some very bad decisions when it came to Nevio, I now had a new resolve to ban him from my life once and for all.
