I watched the trial from the safety of my home, true to her word Rain and Luciano had got it taken to court and the press exploded with the story. It was the biggest story Bridgeport had had in years. Nobody had lied Kai Leiko was a popular celebrity, not a big one but a popular one and Lola Belle a celebrity with a similar status to both Luciano and Vincenzo jumped in to support him. The public didn't know who to support they loved Luciano and they loved Lola, however when Vincenzo stood in as a key witness Kai's fate was decided. The public flocked to Luciano side, Vincenzo may be an unconfirmed criminal but the famous Luciano/Vincenzo rivalry had been going on for years. If they were working together, Kai had to be guilty. My name was never mentioned, it wasn't even required that I give a witness and for that I was glad. I didn't want anything to do with the trial but somehow whenever I flicked the tv on their it was. I had taken to staying away from the tv at all costs.
Since Rain was so busy with work again it leave me struggling to teach Leviticus how to talk, walk and use the potty with a mountain for a stomach.
I was tired none stop and sometimes I felt myself falling asleep on my feet. It was during one of these times that I fell asleep on the couch and woke up frantically searching for Leviticus.
I found him happily playing with his toys, picking him up I cuddled into him.
Leviticus cling onto me tightly as if trying to tell me that he was fine. "What would I do without you?" I murmured looking into his glowing eyes.
It was also something else that bothered me, I had noticed a glow in Luciano's eyes and even a faint one in Rain's but Leviticus's eyes glowed fully. Every so often I would walk into his room and catch him biting his toys like some sort of an animal.
I shook it off as toddler antics, but I was sure it was something more. Not just that I received a special formula for him as I always had but everyone refused to tell me what was in it and why it was slightly red.
I was determined to get him on solids as soon as possible, who knew what I was giving my son.
The last day of the trial was around my due date and Rain had come over for the first time in ages the night before.
"The win's ours," she promised me.
I smiled but a gut feeling every time I watched a interview with Kai and the press told me something was off.
"Rain are we sure it was him?" I asked nervously.
"Of course it is," Rain exploded, "and you can get a paternity test to prove it."
I held up my hands, "He just doesn't seem guilty," I said quietly.
Rain snorted, "Like you can tell, you think Vincenzo great and he's a bad as they get."
"Geez Rain, I'm sorry but I don't have the patience to hear you talk about him like that in my house. He's been good to me," I told her standing up for myself for the first time against Rain. I don't know what compelled me to do it, I never had before.
Rain looked as shocked as me before her eyes narrowed, "Luciano's been good to you and you don't act like the sun's comes out of his head," she yelled at me.
"I don't need to because you do that perfectly fine," I argued my voice raised.
"That's because he's done everything for me and he wouldn't of had to if Vincenzo hadn't ruined everything."
"What did he do to you?" I shouted at her.
"He's the reason Kai got you pregnant," Rain yelled angrily.
I stared at her unsure how to react, "What?" I questioned quietly.
Rain shook her head, "No just forget I said anything," she told me before leaving.
The day of Kai's trial came and I was still in complete confusion over Rain's words they made no sense to me. Turning on the news later that night I saw as Rain had been sure that Kai was found guilty. I didn't want to believe Rain's words, if she truly believed that she wouldn't allow an innocent man to go to jail. Rain wouldn't answer any of my phone calls and neither would Luciano and Vincenzo my irritation was on an all time high. My labor pains started at eight o clock that night and I was lucky enough to be able to get Leviticus into bed.
I tried calling Rain to babysit so I could get to an hospital but it was all to no avail, she wouldn't answer. So I had to deal alone, and have a home birth something I never imagined or wanted. I don't know what I said as the contractions drew closer together but I knew it was something to the effect of having my tubes tied. I must be crazy fertile to get pregnant on my first two times of being intimate. Finally in the early hours of the morning my newest addition was born, a tiny boy named Greyson Butler. I held him to me tightly, any worries that I had of not loving him as much as Leviticus were washed out the window.
Luckily the second nursery had finished being furnished so I gently put Grayson in his cot, before making towards my bed for a well-earned sleep.
I loved my boys, but still my last thoughts before sleep took its hold were never again.
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