(NFTMB)Chapter 38
Alessandro
(I’ve Had Enough)
My mother was staring a very tired and drained Victoria down as she stood rigid in the presence of us all.
Valentino looked at her from head to toe as I’m sure that he was thoroughly assessing her. She didn’t look like what he expected or imagined.
“Good afternoon, ma. I’m Victoria”. She said politely.
If there was something I knew about my mother it was that she wouldn’t stop until she wanted to stop.
“You’re the one who is trying to pin my son down with that pregnancy?”. She yelled at Victoria, wagging a finger at her.
“Mother, you’re scaring the girl. She’s pregnant for Christ’s sake”. Valentino said.
“Well, if she knows she doesn’t need to be scared, then why not answer the damn question”. Niccolo’s bitch whined.
I hate that stupid girl with everything in me. If not that Niccolo was my brother, I would have made sure that she spends her nights and days out in the street and not in my house.
“Shut the fuck up whore! I wasn’t speaking to you”. Valentino said while throwing a disgusted look her way.
“Woah, watch your words, Valentino. That’s my girl you’re talking about”. Niccolo said, defending her while she smiled in triumph.
I just felt like wrapping my hands around her neck and squeezing till there was no more life left in her.
Well, I’ll still have the chance for that later.
“Then I suggest you restrain your animal, Nic, else I’ll be forced to do it for you. And I guarantee that you wouldn’t like my methods. Victoria is my wife and the mother of my unborn child, that alone should warrant a certain level of respect for her from your girlfriend”.
“You’re really marrying her?”.
Mother and Valentino were very surprised at this news.
“Yes, I am”. I said boldly.
“Young lady, I demand you tell me immediately what you have on my son that makes him lose his reasoning and thoughtfulness when it comes to you!”. Mother tried to bully Victoria by approaching her in slow predatory steps and looking her in the eyes.
Valentino tried to pull mother back but I signaled him to stop.
I want to see how this will play out.
Victoria has been having a very bad day and I can see the sheer frustration and exhaustion painted colorfully over her once bright features.
I knew sooner rather than later that she was going to reach her breaking point because mother had been pushing her buttons.
We all have if I’m being truthful.
She’s been poked and probed and picked apart and interrogated coupled with the fact that she overheard me and Amara having sex last night.
Nothing gets past me.
I knew the very moment she walked down the stairs and into the kitchen.
Why would I stop because of her? She’s free to be a spectator or rather a voyeur if she so wishes.
I don’t mind.
She was stressed and tired and right now mother was doing the one thing that wasn’t ideal for someone like Victoria who has been bottling up a lot of things lately.
She was yelling at her. Directly in her face.
My mother is actually a very kind and nice woman. She doesn’t know Victoria that’s why she’s being this way.
She thinks she’s one of those gold diggers that run in my circle or one of the whores I have casual sexual relations with.
If she gets to know her, I’m sure they’ll both get along.
“I’m talking to you, girl!”. Mother yelled in her face.
That was the breaking point for Victoria.
It was like something snapped inside her.
“I’ve had enough of all of you talking down on me!”. Victoria yelled with tears in her eyes.
Mother seemed shocked at her outburst as she shrunk back in surprise at Victoria’s sharp tone.
“I’m sick and tired of all of you treating me like garbage! Like I’m a prostitute! Like I have no value! Like I’m gum stuck under your luxury shoes!”. She said looking at all of us.
They all watched her in surprise as I folded my arms and looked at her with a blank expression.
I expected this.
“I’m a human being! I have feelings too! Nobody deserves to be treated the way I have been treated! I go through shit as well! I am not a specimen under a microscope that you all can come and give your views on!”.
“Victoria, please calm down. Remember the baby”. Bianca said gently, trying to calm her down.
“No! It’s all about the baby! Well, I don’t care anymore! I’ve had enough of you all! And all because of what? Because I got pregnant by your mafia boss? Is that reason enough for me to be miserable?! For me not to experience happiness and freedom anymore? For me to be harassed like this?
I’ve gone through more shit in the last couple of months than I have been through in my whole life. I’ve been insulted! I’ve been hit! I’ve been abused! I’ve been sworn at! I’ve been shamed and disrespected! I’ve been humiliated and degraded, treated less than an animal! I’ve had my rights taken away from me!”. She said as she furiously wiped her tears.
Mother had a look of pity and regret on her face as the whole house was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Valentino shot me a glare no doubt because of what Victoria said, that I hit her.
“I’m sorry for everything you’ve been through”. Valentino apologized like a man, an adult and the bigger person.
Valentino is ever so honorable.
“It’s kind of you to apologize for something that you didn’t have a hand in, but that apology still wouldn’t be able to bring back what I’ve lost. I’ve been called a pregnant whore, branded a slut and a gold digger.
I’ve been referred to as an ambitious and treacherous woman who intends to trap Alessandro with a pregnancy. Do you honestly think that anyone can have that kind of power over a man like him?
Do you all honestly think that if I wasn’t threatened that I’d still be here? Do you think I’m here because I want to? No, I’m here because your brother and your son wouldn’t let me go! He destroyed my life and my relationship! He is the one to blame here, not me!”. She yelled at everybody.
“I’m sorry”. Bianca said in a small apologetic voice.
Victoria wiped her tears but more tears spilled from her eyes.
“Next time try to learn people’s names and don’t refer to them as whore on your first meeting. It doesn’t speak well about you or your upbringing”.
“That’s enough, Victoria! She has already apologized, hasn’t she? Why the fuck are you so hung up on yourself? You think you’re so innocent, don’t you?”. I asked her, grabbing her arm tightly.
Why does she have to constantly harass Bianca over a mistake she has already apologized for.
“Alessandro, stop! You’re hurting her”. Valentino stepped in.
“Stay out of this, Valentino, this is between my wife and I”. I said to him,
“Alessandro, you’re hurting me”. She mumbled as her tears seemed unending.
“And I’ll do much worse if you don’t shut up”. I threatened her.
Her tear filled eyes looked at me as she bobbed her head up and down obediently.
“Alessandro, let her go. You’re hurting the poor girl. She’s carrying your child, don’t forget that”. Mother said.
“All of you stay out of this. Let’s go!”. I said dragging her with me to my room.
Someone started clapping immediately.
Who the fuck is that?
“Wow, so intense and captivating. Elena, you didn’t inform me that there was going to be an interesting show like this. I would have brought some popcorn with me”.
Ugh! You have got to be fucking kidding me.