Sincerely, Yours

Chapter 16

Kassandra stirred in the bed and stretched. What a bad nightmare. Those pictures were so real. She looked around the room and saw German sleeping on the chair. Was it a nightmare or was it real? Did Damien really have Rogelio? She whimpered and it woke German up.

"Kass, are you okay? You've been out all night, I was about to call the doctor."

"German, were the... were the pictures real?"

"Yes, you fainted when you saw them. I guess it was too much of a shock. Your brother is here. He got here this morning. Do you know that boy?"

She looked at him with tears in her eyes and nodded. The door flew open and Robert stormed in. "Kassie."

"Robert!" She got up off the bed and ran to Robert's arms. They hugged while German stared at them. "He has him."

"Who is that boy, Kass?" German asked again, getting restless.

"You haven't told him?" Robert asked, pushing her away from him and shaking her. "Why haven't you told him? We need his help to get him back."

"Damien told me not to tell him."

"You spoke to Damien? Why didn't you tell me?" German asked, getting up from his chair.

"There you are." Anya said, walking into the room. "Don't tell me you spent the night here?"

"Anya, not now!"

Kassandra walked towards Anya and slapped her. "That's for what your brother is doing to us."

Anya held her cheek in shock. "What did Carlo do now?" She asked, looking around.

"Turns out her boyfriend was hired by your brother. You're going to go call your brother right now and tell him to come here, now!" Anya scrambled out of the room. "And now, who is going to tell me who that boy is that Damien has?"

"I'll leave you two alone. You have a lot to talk about." Robert said, leaving the room and closing the door behind him.

"So, Kass. Are you going to talk?"

"You might want to take a seat." She said as he sat down. "After I left seven years ago, I went and met with Robert. We got an apartment and I enrolled in school. A month an a half after I left, I found out I was pregnant. I had a son, Rogelio. He's our son, and Damien has him." She kneeled in front of him crying.

"I have a son, and that bastard Damien has him?"

"Yes."

He stood up and wicked her up. "Why did you keep this from me? How dare you? You should've told me as soon as you found out! I lost seven years of my son's life. This wouldn't have happened! You hear me, this is on you. I don't want to see you right now." He said, pushing her aside and leaving her crying in the room all alone.

"Mariano!" German yelled at Mariano in the study. "You knew this. You knew about the kid when you went to get her. Why didn't you tell me?"

"I'm sorry sir, I just thought it was her place to tell you, not mine."

"Everyone seems to think what is better for me. You better find Damien. Get out!"

Mariano walked out of the study as Renata and Anya walked in. "You called for us?" Anya asked.

"You two knew! That's the reason my father wanted me to find Kass, so I could know I had a son. Mother, you obviously knew, why else tell me the other day you wanted a legitimate grandkid, you knew I had a son already. And you, Anya, I'm sure your brother told you about him. Why keep all these secrets from me? Who do you think I am?" He screamed.

"German, son. You have to understand. We did it for you. You were married already. You had made a deal with another family. We knew you would go after her and a bigger war would have occurred." Renata tried to calm him down.

"Of course I would've gone after her. I love her! And she had my son. I don't care about this family or this business. This was thrown at me without consulting with me. I'm tired of all of you. Get out!"

"German, dear. Please forgive me. I don't know what is going on with Carlo. But I have nothing to do with this." Anya pleaded.

"Get out before I kill you."

Later that day, Robert walked into the study and found German passed out on his desk. He took a bottle of alcohol out of his hand. "German." He shook him.

"What do you want?" German asked, rubbing his eyes. "Where's my bottle?"

Robert dangled the bottle in front of him. "I think you've had enough."

"Don't tell me if I've had enough or not. You don't know what I'm going through."

"Really? Because that's my nephew that is missing too. And what are you doing? You are locked in this room drinking your pain away."

"What do you want me to do, Robert? I just found out I have a son, and my enemy has him."

"At least you could console the kid's mother, not treat her like crap. Remember, it was your father that kicked her out and made you marry that horrendous woman. It wasn't Kassandra's fault she had to go through that pregnancy by herself, while going to school. Talk to her. Ask about your son. You have all your men looking for them. Don't kill yourself drinking." Robert placed the bottle back on the desk while German stared at it and left.