Son of the Boss

Heartbreak

O L I V I A

"I can't do this, Olivia. I just can't!"

"Kimberly, get a grip. You can't just NOT find out and possibly pop a mini you in 8 or 9 months."

She shakes her head, "My parents will kill me! Graduation will suck and Joe might hate me!"

I watch her as she dramatically falls backwards on her bed and tosses her hand over her face.

"You both agreed to have sex, so it's his responsibility as well." I point out.

"Thanks mom." She groans and rolls into the pillow."Just end my misery if you love me."

I laugh and slap her butt. "Let's just go get a test and figure this out."

"If Joe backs out will you be the dad?" She looks up with sad eyes. "I can't do this alone."

I smile softly, "Kimberly, I would love to be your baby daddy."

"Okay, fine. I'll do it, BUT you need to spill the news between you and Italian boy."

"What do you mean?" I ask and try to act confused.

"Don't lie. I know you have something going on now."

"I thought we did but I don't know anymore." I shrug.

"I'm your best friend, you can tell me." Kim says and moves to curl up into my side. "I'm here for you, Liv."

I smile and settle into her. Ready to spill out as much as I know I can.

"We were dating."

"Were?" She questions.

"Well...let's just say this girl I met from a party his family had showed up at the cafe and dropped a major news bomb."

What Monica said in the cafe stayed engraved in my mind. I couldn't get what she said out of my head all night.

None of it made sense. Alessio had seemed so disgusted by her.

Why would he be in an intimate relationship with her? Is that why he went to Italy?

Thinking about it hurt so much.

"What do you mean?" Kim asks.

"She said she's engaged to him and pregnant." I blink back tears.

I look back towards Kim who is staring at me wide eyed. "What in the fuck? Engaged to Alessio Romano? I honestly didn't think he had an interest in anybody until you showed up."

"Yeah...tell me about it." I sigh loudly.

"Is she from here?Or somewhere else?"

"No, pretty sure her family is a friend of the Romano's from Italy."

"And...you believe her?" She eyes me.

"How would you feel if someone said the same about Joe?"

She looks away," You never know..."

"He's not cheating," I argue."I told you he is crazy about you."

"I just can't shake the feeling."

"So ask, silly."

She glares, "Why don't you just ask Alessio about his alleged baby mama and fiance."

"Alessio and I don't have the same relationship like you and Joe have," I frown to myself. "It's...different."

"Just make sure you confront him at some point," Kimberly says. "You guys have something special...don't let that just slip away."