XIX: Motive
Seeing Beatrice in her puffy yellow dress brought a smile on my face. She was the cutest thing I'd ever seen. Mateo's mother was over and was joining us at the race. I laughed at the sight of Bea scrunching her face up in annoyance as Carla kissed her cheeks.
"Bea, you don't miss your nonna?" Carla faked a sad expression and continued to hug the life out of the bothered child.
Mateo walked into the living area and adjusted his tie. Bea retreated to her father and pulled on his pants legs catching his attention. He looked down on her and ruffled a hand through her dark waves as if she were a boy.
"Papa can I have lollipop?" She asks sweetly and he ponders for a moment before reaching into his inner jacket pocket and retrieving a sucker. My heart melted, he kept candy for her.
The sudden feeling of guilt came over me. I'd told him off about his secrets and I was keeping one of my own. After we had sex this morning he'd brought up that I'd end up pregnant if I didn't get on birth control soon.
I laughed it off to hide the sadness, I couldn't conceive. I'd had unexplained infertility according to my healthcare professional. Jonas had released in me consistently after ripping my virginity away and accused me of cheating if I brought up using a condom. That was a second authentication assuring that if I could get pregnant then I would have in that year of hell.
This was probably something that I should be telling Mateo even if I had no intentions of trying. It could be a dealbreaker for him.
"Let's head out." He says looking at his watch.
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I thought that Iris wouldn't come but much to my surprise she was already there and would be competing.Bianca was telling me about her fiancé being an "asshole", And I was watching Mateo speak with Iris. I wasn't close enough to hear their conversation but it looked intense.
"Are you listening to me?" Bianca posted and rolled her eyes at the realization that I tuned out.
"What did Iris mean in the kitchen the other week?" I ask, it's been pestering me since she brought it up. I didn't think Mateo would hurt a hair on my head, much less the mother of his child.
"I definitely shouldn't be telling you about anything going on before you came around but you're like my sister so I'll spill." She smiles and hooked my arm in hers.
"Mateo is more like my father than he'd ever like to accept. I don't say this to scare you but he's calmed down a lot more since Bea was born. When Iris got pregnant she was scared, she and everyone else knew Mateo wasn't in his right mind at the time. He was always drunk and lost his shit at the drop of a dime. After 4 months I'd noticed her being more sneaky and she'd stopped competing in the races. Mateo wasn't one for loosing out on money and Iris was a guaranteed win so they got into a fight about it." Bianca paused to sip her wine and looking around to make sure nobody was eavesdropping.
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