Ece's Secret (Fazilet Hanim ve Kizlari Fanfiction)

Chapter 15: Ece's Choice

***Sorry, long chapter. Just trying to move the plot along without sacrificing important events. Story will start to stray more from the show + more original plot line starting Chapter 17.***

Fazilet paced around the servants' quarters in the basement of the mansion. She had to find a solution quickly to Ece's plight. She was now 7-8 weeks along. She would start to show in a month or two. There was no way Yasin could take responsibility for this child in jail, so why even say its his? Why not take advantage of the mess he caused? Fazilet didn't care what it took, or who she had to hurt in the process, she had to provide the best of her daughter and grandchild. They deserve a life a thousand times better than hers.

Fazilet climbed up the stairs to Hazim bey's study. She warily knocked on the door seeking permission to enter. 

"Hazim bey, I have something important to discuss." Fazilet had to be strategic in how she worded this. 

"What is it?" 

"Two weeks ago, the incident in the backyard, I was ready to leave it in the past. I was going to chalk it up to the ramblings of love sick boy gone mad. But, Hazim bey, I can't do that now."

"What do you mean?"

"Everything that boy said...it's true. Your son was sneaking around with my daughter. He played with my sweet innocent girl and now she's ruined!"

"Ruined?"

"I just found out Ece's pregnant. Yagiz is the father. She's carrying your grandchild Hazim bey!"

Hazim recalled last week when he stopped Ece from jumping off the cliff. Was this why? He tried to ask her on the car ride home but she simply sat like a speechless zombie. Surely she wouldn't try to commit suicide because she was pregnant? Would she? Hazim grew up in a liberal bubble but he was well aware that in some more conservative circles if an unwed girl fell pregnant she might as well kill herself than reveal her shame to the community. Was that the pressure Ece was under? Was she really willing to end her life and her baby's life because she felt ashamed? At the same time, he could never imagine Yagiz approaching Ece in that way. Yagiz hadn't had a girlfriend since he moved back from America and he doubted his first choice to jump back into dating would be the family's high school aged maid. 

"Did Ece say he was the father?"

"Do you think she needs to even say it? Yagiz himself admitted she's been over to his apartment. I've seen them sneaking off in his car together on more than one occasion. The bottom line is your son needs to take responsibility for what he's done." Fazilet stared down the older man. At that moment Hazim had a mad throught.

"You're right. Someone needs to take responsibility for Ece." Hazim smiled at Fazilet. "Fazilet hanim, I would like your daughter."

"I'm glad you've come to reason. We need to get them married immediately."

"I don't mean for Yagiz."

"Then what do you mean?"

"I would like your daughter for myself. I will marry Ece."

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Ece went all around the mansion looking for her mother. She stopped outside Hazim bey's study after hearing her mother and him talking. Ece leaned in to catch their conversation. She was mortified by what she heard. She ran outside the mansion as quickly as she could.

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"What! How dare you? You disgusting old man! She's carrying your grandchild and is just 17! How could you even suggest such a vile thing?"