Chapter 14

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Matteo's POV
Everything is happening so fast. I've only known about Arloe, Weaver and Grace for a few days and yet all this is happening. My son is very, very sick and not for the first time either. Grace have been through this before, she knows what to expect but even when Dr. Hunt explains what is wrong with our son she breaks down and cries into Jackson's arms. That should be me she is crying on but i know that I wasn't here the first time. He was. When Jackson explained that their is a risk of him losing his ability to understand, to remember who his family is, to speak english all I felt was useless. I still feel completely and utterly useless, I don't know what to do... my son is facing major surgery, again, only this time instead of it being dangerous because the tumour wrapped around his blood supply it is dangerous because it is twice the size.

God won't take him away if I've only just found him... will he?

I am racing down the autopista (motorway) towards my father's hotel, i need to talk to him. I pull up outside the 5 star hotel and spa complex and throw my Porsche keys at the valet, or at least who i hope is a valet.

I walk hastily to my father's office to find him talking on the phone to my mother, he looks up and must be worried by my expression and appearance because he quickly interrupts my mother..

"Honey, I need to go, my 10am meeting arrived early..."
"Okay, I'll call you later, love you, bye" the line goes dead.

"Son, are you ok?"

"I have kids dad... twins.. and not babies either... 3 year olds... boy and girl... Arloe and Weaver... Grace is their mother... I've just left them at the hospital... my son" I gulp "has a brain tumour, this is the second time... he will need major surgery..."

My father is visibly shocked, he stands, walks around his desk and wraps his arm around me, and says... "well son, why are you here and not at the hospital?"

"I feel so useless, I've only just found them and now Arloe could die.. I'm Scared... i'm a terrible guy... for how i treated Grace when i found out about the kids and because I wasn't' there for them when they needed me when he was diagnosed first time over..."

"Who is his doctor?"

"Dr. Jackson Hunt"

"He is in the best hands, your child is in the best hands. Jackson is ranked best paediatric neurosurgeon in the world. Have faith my son, faith in his doctor, faith in god, faith in his mother and faith in your son... by the sounds of it he is a fighter. Go to them, I will explain everything to your mother, when this passes over we will come meet our grandchildren. Do they know you are their father yet?"

"No"

"Well, make sure he knows before his surgery, he will fight harder if he knows that their is something worth fighting for after surgery"

"Ok Papa... thank you" we hug again and he slaps me on the back, i walk to the door and before i leave he says

"One last question, what about grace?"

"I think I love her dad... I think i love her"

"Win her over son, look after your family... Grace included"

With that I head back to the hospital, to Arloe, to Weaver, to Grace.
My family.

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