'Money'

Chapter 20 - the grandchild/Shotgun

Three days later.

Ana comes to me after breakfast, looking scared shitless of something.

- What is it, honey? You not feeling well? You can tell me if something is wrong, you know that right, i say.

- Mom...i'm...i'm pregnant and i don't know what to do, she says, sobbing against my shoulder when i hug her to me. What will dad say?!

- Ana, baby, it will be fine, if you want to get rid of it, i can book you the appointment and go with you, and your father...well, don't you worry about him, i know how to handle that old bull, i say.

- But what if i'd wanna keep the baby though? Ana says.

- Then you can do that, it's your call, i say. Do you know who the father is?

- It's...it's...oh god, dad's gonna kill me...it's Shotgun, Anthony, the new guy in dad's gang, Ana whimpers.

- Oh god, does Anthony know you're having his baby? i ask, carefully. And your dad won't do shit to you, Anthony should probably run to the hills, though.

- Yeah, he knows, he said he wanted me to keep the baby, he said he was gonna leave the gang and be with me, Ana says.

- That was what your father said to me too, i believed him, but he didn't leave the gang for me, and I'm sorry to say this but i doubt Shotgun will do that either, i say.

- You doubt Shotgun will do what? 'Money' says as he comes in to the kitchen, alongside said new guy, Shotgun.

- Dad, Antony, i have something to tell both of you...but dad, you have to promise not to go mental...Ana says.

- Alright...i promise, 'Money' says.

*don't make promises you can't keep* i sing under my breathe.

- Alright...here goes...Ana says and pulls the plug. I'm pregnant...Anthony is the father...

- You slept with my daughter?! 'Money' roars, staring at Shotgun.

- Yeah, i did, 'Money', i slept with your daughter, i love her, i wanna marry her, if she wants to and her dad doesn't kill me first, Shotgun says. I wanna have what you and Jackie have, and i know we will make it work just like you did.

- I don't know whether to hug you and call you my new son or to kill you for knocking up my daughter, 'Money' says.

Shotgun kneels in front of Ana and holds out a diamond ring to her.

- Ana, baby, be mine, marry me, Shotgun says.

- You're crazy, i love you, and yes i'll marry you, Ana says, jumping up in to Shotgun's arms and hugging him tightly.

- I thought you were still with...Taylor...i say.

- Na, we broke up, he found out about what dad had done and didn't want me no more, Ana says.

- How long has this... *nod at the two of them* been going on? i ask.

- Since he joined dad's gang...or, well, to be honest, we started going out about two weeks before that, Ana says, playing with the soft hair in Shotgun's neck.

- So you have been banging my daughter the whole time? 'Money' asks in disbelief.

- Not banging as in...banging, we only recently started doing that, Shotgun says.

- Enough, i don't wanna hear it, but I'm happy for you, idiot, just know...that if you hurt her in anyway, i'll kill you, 'Money' says.

- I wont hurt her, 'Money', Shotgun says.

- You better not... 'Money' says. It'd be sad to kill a son in-law.

- I wont hurt her, i promise you, and i promise Jackie, and i promise Ana too, Shotgun says.