Delicate situation

Salvatore closed his eyes in despair and took a deep breath to calm himself down. He was such an incompetent brother. But what was the benefit of self-blaming now? 

"Mr. Marino, Persephone had been under a lot of stress. And pregnancy always tends to make emotions more unstable. You must understand her condition. It was quite lucky that my brother was there. If he wasn't there, not only one but two lives would have lost the chance to live a peaceful and beautiful life," Valencia told Salvatore, who much to her disbelief looked at her in utter horror. 

"Pregnancy?" Sophia caught the word. 

"Yeah, Persephone is pregnant," Valencia announced. 

Everyone fell silent all of a sudden after hearing the good news. 

"I take it you were not aware," Valencia said. 

"We sure were not," Nico whispered. 

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