Johnny – A few months later

Ever since I learned that I was going to be a father, I was over the moon. I have always dreamed of the day I would become one. I was a little bit afraid at first, yes, but deep down, I knew I wanted this. I never thought that I would have one with a woman I didn't love, or through a one-night stand, but I am glad it happened. I never knew that Cassie would be the love of my life until now.

I am falling for her.

When I first laid my eyes on her, all I thought about was how beautiful she was and that I wanted to sleep with her. When she got pregnant and moved in with me to Seville, everything changed. We bickered and fought a lot at first, but now we are completely different. We respect one another and speaking for myself, I am falling for her. I love how annoying, mean, lovely at times, and obnoxious she is to me. But also, she is amazing and kind. I love how she speaks with our baby and dances in front of the mirror to music.

But of course, I have not told her any of those things, and I do not think I can. She is vicious and would eat me if I confessed my undying love to her.

I knock on her door and wait for her to open it. I am anxious because my baby could come out of her any minute. She is in her last month and it is only a matter of days till she gives birth. The doctor said her due days should be on the 30th of March, which is four days from now, but I feel that she might give birth today or tomorrow.

The door opens and Cassie stood in her night dress. I am unable to look away from her body, as creepy as that sounds. Her bump is big and her boobs are huge.

I wish she would let me sleep beside her.

"Morning," she says, motioning for me to enter.

"Hey, how are you doing?" I ask, closing the door behind me and following her. Her bed is made and her room is clean.

She lies on the bed and sighs. "I don't know. It is getting hard to breathe," she replies, placing her hands on her bump and drawing circles.

I sit on the bed, near her legs. "Is there something I could do to make you feel better?" I ask, scared she might lash out at my stupid question.

"Well, if you could birth me now, it would help," she says and I chuckle.

"I wish I could. Do you want me to rub your legs?" I ask, pointing at her legs. She cocks her brows and looks at me with amusement in her eyes.

"If you want to..." she replies, unsure.

I place my hands on her legs and start rubbing, starting from her knee to her feet. She would occasionally make sounds that are considered erotic, but I try to think of it differently. I don't want to make her uncomfortable with my stares.

After a few minutes, she tells me to stop. "Thank you, Johnny."

"Of course, anytime."

I hesitantly stand up and turn to leave after nodding awkwardly. "Wait!" she yells, stopping me.

"Yeah?"

"Can you...tuck me in? I feel sleepy again."

I smile at her and nod. I walk to her and cover her with the duvet. She sighs in relief and smiles at me.

"If you need anything, call me, okay?" I say.

"Okay, thank you."

I lean in and kiss her forehead.

She doesn't say anything but looks at me in confusion. I ignore her stare and leave the bedroom.

I go back to mine and take a quick shower because I haven't taken one when I woke up. Once I am finished, I wrap a towel around my torso and look at myself in the mirror. My eyes land on the scar in my stomach from a few months ago when we caught Kilian.

Flashback

"What is the status?" Lorenzo asks as he paced in his office.

"His phone shows that he is in Seville," I reply.

"Okay, I want you and me, along with three men to go to his location. Sam, you stay here and guard Roberto," Lorenzo ordered. "And Johnny, I understand if you don't want to go, you don't have to."

"No, boss, I want to," I reply, earning a nod.

We called some guys to join us and we all left the warehouse. According to the tracking device we planted on Kilian's phone at the mafia event, he is at the Marca del Russo, a casino in a bad neighborhood, where no one goes unless they are criminals. I remember visiting it once back when I used to live in Seville, before going to New York. I was twenty years old at the time. My father was a policeman, I know, ironic. He went there to investigate a case of a criminal who killed fifteen women. I went with him only because I had been hiding in his trunk, and he couldn't take me back home. He died on that day when one of the criminal's men shot him. I was fortunate enough to say goodbye as he was still alive when he reached the hospital and only died a few hours later from heart failure.

Anyways, we reach the casino and park the truck. It was midnight and the roads were empty aside from two drunk men sitting on the side of the road.

Lorenzo, two men, and I walked inside. The rest of the two stayed out for lookout. The casino was packed with people, however. It is as if they had intentionally cleared out the outside area, so the police would not suspect anything.

We found Kilian on one of the poker tables, gambling his money, apparently forgetting that his brother is kidnapped.

We go to separate ways, not wanting to get noticed by him or his men. Luckily, Kilian doesn't know me, so I joined his table. I played with him and others for a few rounds until he lost. He left the table and walked to the bathroom. That is when we followed.

He was peeing when we entered. When he finished, he walked out, without washing his hands.

Gross.

Lorenzo took out the needle I made and struck it into his neck. Unfortunately, his men saw us and started shooting, while their boss is unconscious on the floor. I stayed with Kilian and took out my gun, while Lorenzo started shooting the bastards.

There were five of them in total, not sure if there were more at the time.

I took two down and Lorenzo two, while one of our men took the last one out. It was easy until we left the Casino and one of Kilian's men slashed my stomach with his thin knife. The wound wasn't deep or anything, but it left a nasty scar. He was dead before striking again.

We loaded Kilian into the truck and drove back to the warehouse, hoping we never come back to this place.

Kilian was a stupid leader. He didn't care about his people and was reckless when it came to business. I am very grateful that Lorenzo is wiser and smarter.

And don't let me talk about his kindness because he is very kind.

When we reached the warehouse, we put Kilian in the same room as his brother, but he was chained to the ceiling. When Roberto woke up, he was shocked and angry to see his brother, and the first thing he said when he saw him was, "How stupid can you be!"

I for once agree with him.

"Are you okay, Johnny?" Lorenzo asked, eyeing my stomach.

"Yeah, it is nothing. I will go stitch it up."

"Okay, Sam and I will take it from here," Lorenzo replies.

I nod and leave the room.

The next day I learned that Roberto was let go and Lorenzo handed Kilian to the authorities, proving that Kilian sent someone to murder him through an audio he took when he was torturing him.

But of course, Sam edited some of it so the sounds of Kilian's screams would not be there.

End of Flashback

I wear my clothes and walk out to my room. As soon as I step out of my room, I hear a scream coming from Cassie's.

I knew it!

I run to her room and push the door open. I found her on the bed breathing hard.

"JOHNNY!" she yells, clutching her belly. "It is coming! The baby is coming."

I stand there in shock, trying to wrap my thoughts around it. My baby, our baby, is coming to this world.

"I-It's coming?" I stutter.

"Well, it won't if you kept standing there and daydreaming about it!" she screams.

I snap out of it and help her get up. Luckily, I bought her a wheelchair for a day like this, so I help her sit on it and I quickly take her to the elevator that barely anyone uses.

We reached the ground floor and everyone look worriedly at us.

"Oh my god, did her water broke?" Valentina asks.

"What water? The baby is coming!" I say, earning a glare from all the women present, including Cassie.

We quickly drive to the hospital and take Cassie to the ER. The doctors take it from there. I paid for a private delivery room and a private room.

The rest followed me and we all waited. The doctor comes out and asks who the father is.

"Me," I say, standing up.

"Your wife is 7cm dilated, she will soon give birth when she reached 10cm, so do you want to go inside to support her?" she asks, making my heart beat fast.

Without hesitation, I agree.

I follow the doctor inside and I see Cassie lying on the bed, holding the side of the bed as contractions hit her. I only knew that because the nurse in the room informed me.

"Are you okay?" I ask.

She glares at me and says, "Of course, not! Look what have you done to me."

"What?"

"You got me pregnant, you psycho!" she yells, making me laugh.

"Don't laugh!" she yells and then laughs.

"Darling, we are going to have a baby together very soon," I say, holding her hand.

"Yea, we are," she squeaks.

"Cassie..."

"Yes, Johnny?"

"I am feeling weird."

"Good weird or bad weird, and about what?"

"Good weird and about you."

"Me too, Johnny," she says before she screams bloody Mary.

"Doctor, nurse!" I yell.

The nurse quickly checks how much dilated Cassie is and confirms that she could give birth now. She called the doctor and when he came, they started.

"Push!" the doctor says and Cassie complies.

"More!"

I keep holding her hands, but not daring to look at where the action is down there. I am a doctor, but I am a coward as well, especially when it comes to giving birth. I don't do well in that department and I failed my exam twice before I passed at the university.

"Push!"

"Ahhhh!!!!!!"

"I am here, Cassie."

"Shut up!" she yells at me. I try hard not to laugh at her and remain neutral. "I will kill you when I am done with this shit!"

"One last push, Cassie!" the doctor says.

Soon enough, we hear a baby cry and there, we knew that the baby is out and healthy.

"Congratulations, it is a girl!" the doctor announces, making me tear up.

I will have a daughter.

"Cassie, we are having a girl!" I squeal like a girl as Cassie ignores me.

"Doctor! Why are her eyes closed?" I panic.

"Don't worry, she is fine. She is just tired and needs to sleep," the doctor replies, making me sigh in relief.

The doctor hands me my girl and the feeling I got when I held her in my arms is indescribable.

I turn to take her out to show the rest when the doctor stops me.

"Johnny! You can't take her now."

"What? Why?"

"Aren't you a doctor? You should know!"

"I am a doctor, but I know nothing of female pregnancy and giving birth, and I would like to keep it that way."

"Give her to me," the doctor says, shaking her head in disappointment.

I go out to tell everyone that I am having a girl, but the nurse was already out and ruined the moment for me.

"Congratulations, Johnny!" Everyone yell.

"Thank you," I grumbled, glaring at the nurse, who avoided looking at me.

"Sorry...I was so excited," she says.

I roll my eyes and hug everyone. A grin finally stretches on my face when the doctor brings my girl out for everyone to see.

"We will take her to the newborn nursery here at the hospital. We will bring her back shortly."

"Go with them Johnny and make sure you stay with her," Valentina tells me and I nod.

Fuck, I can't believe I am a father to a girl.