The New Student

Chapter 43

Naomi's POV

6 months later 

My eyes scan over the pages of the parenting books and pregnancy stages as the babies date approaches. Yes, babies. I'm having twins, which is something I never expected. After we found out it was twins, I began to cry, and Dylan followed closely behind. He hugged me so tight I thought the babies would be crushed, but he quickly realized it as he released me like I was carrying the plague. 

Ever since then, he's never left my side. I don't even have to call his name for him to be right next to me. He feeds me, rubs my feet. Even goes as far as to bathe me. I tell him at times that it's too much, but he shrugs off my comment while mumbling something in Chinese. Which follows with me quickly slapping him upside the head, kind of knowing what he saying since he's been teaching me. 

He wants our children to speak Chinese when they're born and I completely agreed with him. I want our children growing up bilingual; knowing even more languages when they get older. I've begun to learn Chinese extremely slowly but surely. It's harder than it looks and usually nothing makes sense to me, but I'm learning it somehow.

I never understood why Dylan called the whole situation with Salo a war, when it was really anything but. Secrets were revealed and two people died but that's it. I expected more. You know, like bullets flying left and right while hundreds of bodies dropped. Not arguments between family and lies being told. It was disappointing to be honest. At least I got one kill in. 

Once we returned home and got a lot of rest after the 'war', I told AJ the full story behind our relation. The more I told him, the more shock spread across his face. But at the same time, he was happy we weren't just closer by friendship, but closer by blood. 

He's been visiting us a lot more than he used to as well. Not just because we realized we're related or because I'm pregnant, more like because Maria is staying with us. Whenever he comes over, he talks with us and asks about how I'm feeling and how the babies are doing before darting off to wherever Maria is. She's so shy around him, but if she realized how tight she has that boy wrapped around her finger, I guarantee she would be acting different. 

But unfortunately, Maria is leaving today. Dylan and I were walking down the stairs, his hands on my back and across my stomach, making sure I make my way down safely. He wants me to move downstairs but  told him I won't feel comfortable sleeping anywhere else if it's not our room. 

Once we reached the bottom, we walked to Maria, who was waiting patiently at the front door, all of her suitcases and bags sitting at her feet. 

"Are you sure you have to go?" I ask her, not wanting her to leave. When AJ or Dylan weren't around, it would be just us two. And it was amazing. She would take care of me no matter how many times I protested that I could take care of myself. She's like a sister to me, and seeing her go was heart breaking even though she was a call away. 

"As much as it pains me to say it, yes I have to. I need to fix my father's mistakes and rebuild the mafia. I also need to find Mateo," she says with a bit of sadness. 

"There's still no sightings of him anywhere?" Dylan asks with barely any concern. Even though he doesn't care for Mateo, he knows Maria does. So, he's been helping her find him; using all of his men to search up and down, even involving allies in far away places. But still, there's no sign of him. It's like he's disappeared off the face of the Earth. 

"Not a single one. He's just gone." Maria clutches her arm with her hand, worry swirling through her eyes. I come up to her and lay a hand on her shoulder.