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I walk back over to her. “We’ll talk more when I get home,” I whisper in her ear as I hold the back of her head in my palm and kiss her temple. “Until then,angelo,know that I love you. More than anything.”
She gasps as she looks up into my eyes, her tears now slipping freely past her lids.
I don’t wait for her to speak. I release her as I lean down to grab my bag and leave without looking back.
* * *
“Katie didn’t say she had your child, but I’m confident she knows where your baby is,” Leo informs me as we buckle in on the jet. “Hey, fucker, I’m talking to you. Did you hear what I just said?” he growls as he kicks my foot opposite him.
“Yeah, I heard,” I grunt.
“So… that’s a good thing. Once we get your child, you can start to put some of your fuck ups behind you.” He shrugs as he takes his scotch from Becca, our flight attendant.
“And then what? I go home with a baby that I had with my dead ex-whore? Yeah, I’m sure Cam will fucking jump at the chance to raise my child I fathered with another woman.” I grit my teeth.
This whole situation is so fucked up.
“She’ll leave me for this, I’ve fucking destroyed her life,” I say somberly.
“You don’t know that, she’s a little spitfire, your wife. That’s what you find so appealing about her.” Leo shrugs.
“That’s how I know I’ve fucked up. I’ve fucking broken her Leo, and I’m going to lose her for it. Dante will want my head for this.” I down the contents of my glass and hold it up to Becca.
“You know I would never let anyone kill you, Alessandro. You’re as much a brother to me as Enzo. But if Dante demands it, or Carmella wants to walk away, I won’t stop her. Fuck, I would if I could, but you know I can’t. It’ll gut Beatrice to see Carmella hurt.”
“I know.” I put my head between my knees as I drag my fingers through my hair. “Thank you for your honesty, but just so you know, I’ll be fighting to keep her. She’s come to mean too fucking much to me, and I’m not losing my son over this either.”
“He’s a De Luca, if Carmella chooses to leave. When Andrea turns thirteen and is inducted, it’ll be under you as his father and underboss.” Leo nods as if his words should fill me with relief.
They don’t.
I don’t want to be a part-time father. How am I supposed to raise this child alone that I’m yet to meet? He or she will be a bastard, never truly accepted in our world.
“Let’s find your child, and then we’ll deal with this when we get home, Alessandro. We need your head in the game. I don’t think this is a setup, but Maximus already has orders to slaughter Jackson and his sons if he’s betrayed us,” Leo confirms as he looks down at his phone.
Time drags painfully as the jet makes its way across the entire country.
All I can think about is the sight of Cam with tears in her eyes and in shock at my declaration of love.
