The Mafia Boss Kissed Her Sister and Swore His Pregnant Wife Could Never Leave Him, but By Sunrise She Was Gone
\nHis face hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re upset.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n
That stopped him.<\/p>\n
For one second, she saw genuine surprise.<\/p>\n
Then Gabriel smiled.<\/p>\n
It was not the smile he used with her.<\/p>\n
It was the smile other men feared.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beatrice stared at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re seven months pregnant.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know how pregnant I am.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re emotional.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ll sleep.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll talk tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cI am leaving tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are not walking out into January in the middle of the night.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWatch me.\u201d<\/p>\n
She turned toward the bedroom wing.<\/p>\n
Gabriel stepped in front of her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t understand what you\u2019re saying.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy name protects you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour name just humiliated me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy enemies know what you mean to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beatrice\u2019s eyes filled.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo I?\u201d<\/p>\n
His expression flickered.<\/p>\n
She continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo I mean something to you, Gabriel? Or do you just like owning something soft to come home to?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEnough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou kissed my sister.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI said enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I said I\u2019m leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice dropped.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n
Something about the certainty in it frightened her more than shouting would have.<\/p>\n
Gabriel leaned closer.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have no idea what exists outside these gates.<\/p>\n
People would use you to get to me.<\/p>\n
They would use the baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll take that chance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t your choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
His eyes became still.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything involving my child is my choice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beatrice recoiled.<\/p>\n
There it was.<\/p>\n
Not husband.<\/p>\n
Not father.<\/p>\n
Owner.<\/p>\n
Gabriel took her back to the master suite.<\/p>\n
He told himself he was protecting her from making a reckless decision.<\/p>\n
Beatrice knew the truth.<\/p>\n
He locked the door.<\/p>\n
The deadbolt clicked from the hallway.<\/p>\n
She stood completely still.<\/p>\n
Then she heard his footsteps disappear.<\/p>\n
Downstairs, the crowd began counting.<\/p>\n
Ten.<\/p>\n
Nine.<\/p>\n
Eight.<\/p>\n
Beatrice sat on the edge of the bed.<\/p>\n
Seven.<\/p>\n
She looked at her wedding ring.<\/p>\n
Six.<\/p>\n
She remembered Gabriel crying when she told him she was pregnant.<\/p>\n
Five.<\/p>\n
She remembered Chloe sleeping beside her after their mother\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n
Four.<\/p>\n
She remembered the bakery.<\/p>\n
Three.<\/p>\n
She remembered herself.<\/p>\n
Two.<\/p>\n
One.<\/p>\n
Fireworks exploded outside.<\/p>\n
Everyone downstairs cheered.<\/p>\n
Beatrice removed her wedding ring.<\/p>\n
Then she stood.<\/p>\n
Gabriel believed he had married a woman incapable of surviving his world.<\/p>\n
He was wrong about that too.<\/p>\n
For almost a year, Beatrice had quietly prepared for the possibility that she might someday need to leave.<\/p>\n
Not because she expected infidelity.<\/p>\n
Because she had started understanding the man she married.<\/p>\n
She had seen what happened when employees disappointed him.<\/p>\n
She had heard doors slam in rooms she was never allowed to enter.<\/p>\n
She had noticed financial records arriving at the house under false company names.<\/p>\n
Gabriel had never hidden his darkness completely.<\/p>\n
He had simply convinced Beatrice it would never turn toward her.<\/p>\n
She crossed the bedroom and entered the walk-in closet.<\/p>\n
Behind boxes of winter shoes sat an old canvas duffel bag.<\/p>\n
Inside were clothes, cash, medication, copies of identification documents, a cheap phone that had never been activated, and a folder containing records she hoped she would never need.<\/p>\n
Beatrice changed into leggings, sneakers, a sweatshirt, and Gabriel\u2019s oldest black winter coat.<\/p>\n
Then she went to the sitting room.<\/p>\n
The Alpine estate had been built in the 1920s and renovated so many times that portions of the old servants\u2019 layout remained hidden behind modern walls.<\/p>\n
Beatrice knew because she had supervised the final renovation herself.<\/p>\n
Behind decorative paneling near the laundry alcove was a narrow service passage.<\/p>\n
Gabriel had forgotten it existed.<\/p>\n
Beatrice had not.<\/p>\n
It took nearly fifteen minutes to work the old interior latch loose.<\/p>\n
Her arms trembled.<\/p>\n
Her back ached.<\/p>\n
Twice, she had to stop because the baby shifted painfully.<\/p>\n
Finally, the panel opened.<\/p>\n
Cold darkness waited behind it.<\/p>\n
Beatrice looked once toward the locked bedroom door.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d she whispered to the child inside her.<\/p>\n
Then she corrected herself.<\/p>\n
She entered the passage.<\/p>\n
The stairs were narrow.<\/p>\n
She descended slowly, one hand on the railing, one protecting her stomach.<\/p>\n
Every creak sounded enormous.<\/p>\n
When she reached the basement, she was sweating despite the cold.<\/p>\n
The main garage contained Gabriel\u2019s spotless collection of luxury vehicles.<\/p>\n
She ignored all of them.<\/p>\n
Too obvious.<\/p>\n
In the rear maintenance bay sat an old Ford pickup belonging to Hector Morales, the estate\u2019s sixty-eight-year-old groundskeeper.<\/p>\n
Two days earlier, Hector had complained during breakfast that the truck needed a new alternator.<\/p>\n
He had left the spare key in the maintenance drawer.<\/p>\n
Beatrice found it.<\/p>\n
Her hands shook as she opened the driver\u2019s door.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease,\u201d she whispered.<\/p>\n
The engine coughed.<\/p>\n
Stopped.<\/p>\n
She closed her eyes.<\/p>\n
Tried again.<\/p>\n
The Ford started.<\/p>\n
Beatrice almost cried.<\/p>\n
Instead, she put it in gear.<\/p>\n
The rear service exit was open because catering trucks had been moving through it all night.<\/p>\n
No guard stopped an old groundskeeping pickup leaving a New Year\u2019s party.<\/p>\n
At 12:49 a.m., Beatrice Rossi drove through the gates of the estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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