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C H A P T E R 57

We got to the airport forty five minutes later and the escort helped us get to the private Jet I hired. I could've just taken my dad's Jet, but he doesn't even know I'm getting out of the country. He would never allow me to, knowing very well I have a death threat on me. Mayville is his turf, his territory, everyone knows not to mess with his daughter. But when I'm in a place he can't protect me in, it will be easier for them to strike. Plus he will question why I'm going to Italy, with two kids he doesn't know for that matter.

"Preparing for take-off, please put on your seatbelts we'll be boarding in five minutes."

"Are you guys scared ?" I asked as put on their seatbelts.

"Yes, listen to my heart." Kiara chuckled as she put my hand in her chest.

"Mine's also beating fast." Kai said and I put my other palm on his chest. I was also a little scared for them, it was their first time in a flight. But I was proud of how they were putting themselves together even with how scared they were feeling.

"Once we take off, you'll see that there's nothing to worry about." I smiled at them as I secured my seatbelt.

***

We arrived in Italy after the 23 hour flight. I booked us into a hotel closer to the hospital Dr Gordon was operating at. The kids were tired out that they immidietly fell asleep when we got here last night. Today we ordered room service for breakfast, we showered, got dressed and went to the park opposite to the hotel. Kiara and Kai played in the park for atleast four hours before it was time for the surgery.

Now it was 16:25, exactly five minutes before the surgery. I won't lie, I was scared, but I had to compose myself because Kai looked even more scared than me. The person who was undergoing the surgery seemed to be a lot more composed that us.

"Come on Kai, I'm gonna be fine." She said hugging her brother. "I'm not sick. When I'm done you won't be able to call me four eyes anymore."

"She's right Kai. Your sister will be completely fine." I reassured him, trying to assure myself too in the process.

"It's time." The middle aged man with grey hair in a doctor's uniform said as he walked inside the hospital room. "Hey my little pumpkin." Dr Gordon said as he hugged Kiara. "We're getting rid of these glasses today right ?"

"Yes. Then I won't have to see you anymore." Kiara replied and he chuckled.

"You don't wanna see me anymore ?" He said holding his chest, feigning to be hurt. "Ouch."

"No." Kiara laughed as she shaked her head. "I don't want to see you anymore."

"And I thought you loved me." He wiped a fake tear causing her to laugh again.

He asked to talk to me outside the room before he could take Kiara to the operation room, leaving both Kiara and Kai in the room.

"Blue you really should stop worrying. We're just removing the cloudy lenses, replacing them with clearer ones." He said and I nodded.

"This is one of the easiest surgeries. It's not like a cornea transplant surgery. 97% of cataracts surgery becomes a success." He reassuringly explained to me.

"So there's no way it will go wrong ? She'll be completely fine when all of this is over ?"

"I can assure you that, I've never gone wrong with a lense exchange surgery." He smiled at me.

"How long will it take ?"

"One to three hours." He said and saw my shoulders relax. "See ? It's not a high risk surgery."

"Cataracts are very rare in kids and in her case we're just lucky it's just poor vision." He fixed his glasses. "If she suffered from nystagmus or worse, squint. Then we would have been telling a different tale."

"Okay." I nodded. "I know she's in good hands."

"She is."

We both got inside the room and he took Kiara to the operation room. Kai ended up sleeping on the bed minutes later, I think he was just stressed out to do anything else. I heard noises in the hallway and got out of the door.

"I just wanna know where they are!" The man shouted at the nurse before he turned to me. I should've known.

Kenny rushed to me leaving the nurse standing there. "Blue what is going ?"

"Oh now you're interested ?" I closed Kai's door sitting on the bench of the empty hallway.

"What do you mean? My daughter's getting surgery and I didn't even know about it ?!"

"You're making noise, my son is sleeping." I calmy told him. "When you're ready to be a father. Call me." I stood up to get inside the room only to be stopped by his hand on my wrist.

I turned to him looking at his hand on my wrist, causing him to let go of it.

"What's going ? Why is Kiara getting surgery ?"

"You would've known why if you actually answered your phone call, or your fucking door bell for that matter."

I saw his eyes narrow in confusion as he took out his phone from his pocket. He tried switching it on with no success. I got inside the door and went to my bag, taking out a charger and threw it in his chest before getting out. I looked through the glass of the door as he charged his phone, kissed Kai's forehead as he waited for his phone to switch on. He cursed and ran his hand through his hair as the many notifications dinged in his phone. He got out of the room, gently closing the door.

"I'm sorry I didn't-"

"How did you know I was here ?" I asked him. If he just got my messages and missed calls, then there's no way he'd know I was in Italy.

"I got a call from my office. My men-"

"Your men ?! Kenny you have people following me ?!" My voice raised unintentionally as I widened my eyes.

"I don't have people following you, I have people for my kids security." He replied. "Then I find out you're in Italy ? Italy ?!"

"If you didn't put your whores before your kids then maybe, maybe you would've known that!"

"Which whores do you keep talking about ?!"  He thundered. "I was at work, I didn't get your calls or messages and I tried to apologize for that."

"Kenny I'm not stupid. At work ? Working who ? Jessica ?" I raised my eyebrow at him.

"What are you talking about ?" He narrowed his confusedly.

"I came to your house, and she told me how busy you two were. So don't give that work bullshit." I spat angrily.

His teeth clenched as he ran his hands through his hands. "Fuck." He whispered as he sat on the bench.

"Jessica had one of her episodes that night. I allowed her to spend the night because I didn't want her to harm herself." He explained. "I left early the next morning because I had an emergency at work. I'm not sleeping with her."

"I don't care who you fuck."

"Blue-"

I chuckled. "You know the funny part is how it actually felt like deja vu."

"What do you mean ?"

"What do I- the exact same thing happened five years ago when I came to tell you about my pregnancy!"