CHAPTER 37

Pablo

Me: Baby, I ...

Patricia: I knew you were hiding something from me. That you might be engaged or married, but I never imagined it would be ......

Me: I can explain everything to you. And that's what I was about to tell you.

Patricia is very calm, cold. I can't decipher what is going on inside her right now.

Patricia: I'm listening.

Me: I am the child that Adriana abandoned. When I came to the Monte Carlo Mafia, my only intention was to destroy Adriana. I'll tell you a story, my story. (I gasp) It's the story of a child that was unwanted at birth. Just hours after I was born, my mother Adriana threw me away like garbage. I never had anyone to rely on. I always felt unwanted, left out. When it came to being adopted, no family wanted me. I grew up for a while in foster homes. You have to live there to know what you're up against.

Recalling those bruised memories brought me back to a painful part of my life that left me heartbroken.