Chapter FIVE

 
When Tylan was two years old Anella was sitting at the breakfast table feeding him and the doorbell rang.
She strapped her son into his feeding chair and went to the door. If she knew he heart would free fall into her stomach and lodge itself there, she would have never opened the door.
Standing there was Fernando. He looked tired and not his usual sexy self.
Anella stepped back from the door and waited for him to pass. Fernando stepped in and turned to face her. When he opened his mouth to speak she stopped him.
“Follow me.”
When Fernando cane face to face with his son, he felt a rush of emotions. Guilt, desperation, love, happiness, fear. What made him sit down was when his son looked up at him, cocked his head to one side and said,
“Papa!”
“What did he just call me?”
“Oh Fernando, did you think I would not tell our son who his father was? I have been showing him your photos the first time he opened his eyes. How you must have hated me.”
“Hate you Anella? I am the one who failed you. I ran because I didn’t want to let you down but I did anyway and I was scared I would not make a good father because of the life I lived. I have every video, every message and every photograph you sent via email and post. I didn’t know what I did to deserve you but the efforts you put into letting me know I had responsibilities told me you never gave up.
“You gave me my son Fernando, a child that I love with all my heart. I have loved you from the morning we had breakfast. I didn’t have the heart to give up. I knew someday you would come back to me so we could be a proper family. Please tell me you want to be a part of our son’s life, I can handle you not wanting me but don’t stay away from him. I don’t want that for him or you.”
“Before I answer that I need to tell you something before you find out from someone else. I have another son, he is just a two months old. I got drunk one night and a friend took me home. She told me I said your name over and over but she took advantage of the situation as I never talked about her like I did you. When she told me she was pregnant and what she did, I was so angry. She doesn’t want anything to do with the baby so I brought him home and I knew what I had to do. I had to try to make up for all the wrong things I did to you and try to beg for your forgiveness.
“I don’t want anyone else Fernando, only you but you can’t up and leave when you feel the pressure is too much, I won’t have the boys’ lives disrupted.”
“Boys?”
“Do you think I would let you abandon your son to be raised by a nanny? How he got here doesn’t matter and Tylan will have a brother to grow with. No, we will buy a house, get married and raise our two children together.”
“I promise on my life Anella, I will never hurt you again and I will love you until the day I die.”
“I will hold you to that. Now let’s go house hunting.”
 
Fernando decided he had to make up for abandoning the only woman he loved. He held a press conference because people were beginning to talk again when they saw them together with two children. Anella wanted to stay out of the spotlight but Fernando insisted.
“Anella, I know I have not given you much reason to trust me but let us do this as a family. I promise you it will turn out okay.”
 
On the day of the press conference, every single reporter was seated in the grand foyer of M-Studios. When Fernando, Anella and the children appeared the cameras started flashing. Anella shielded Cenzino but Tylan giggled and waved to the crowd. He was a natural.
Fernando had Tylan in his arms and when he stepped up to the microphone Tylan grabbed it and said “Buongiorno!” The cameras flashed and people laughed.
 
“Well I guess he said it all. Now before you start to ask questions I will squash many of the rumours surrounding me. I would first like to introduce you to Anella Vincenzo, the love of my life and mother of my two boys. Tylan here is two years old as you already know and Cenzino is just a few months old but Anella is not his biological mother. He is the result of my carelessness and this beautiful woman has taken it upon herself to make sure he is raised in a good family home. I have never loved a woman more than I love her and in time I hope all the hurt I have caused her will fade and I will do my best to make her happy every single day that we are together. Anella will you marry me?”
 
Fernando nudged Tylan and he fidgeted in his pocket for something. When Tylan pulled it out.......... Anella squealed.
“Yes!” They all hugged as the cameras flashed incesssantly.
 
“We will answer a few questions then we have a wedding to plan.”
 
“Anella, why didn’t you tell people who Tylan’s father was?”
“Honestly I wanted to but I realised that if he wasn’t ready to be a father, shaming him would only make it worse. Being rich and famous is one thing but being a father is something a man needs to feel deep down in his bones and I knew that someday he would come home and share the joy that I have found in our son.”
 
“Does it bother you that he abandoned you and had a child with another woman who you now have to raise as yours?”
“It bothers me that you asked that question but I will say this. None of us are perfect, we are all prone to make mistakes and Fernando was honest with me from the day he came back. I do not have to raise Cenzino, I choose to. If I want to be a good mother and set an example for Tylan, I could not leave his brother out in the cold while the rest of us lived our lives, he is Fernando’s so he is also mine and if his mother decided she wants to see him that is up to her.”
 
“Now that you are getting married, how will that affect your reputation as a sex God?”
“It won’t because now I have my sex Goddess, I mean look at her, why would I want anyone else?”
 
“Will Tylan be modelling any baby lines anytime soon?”
“I thought about it but his father and I will decide how that goes, I want our boys to be have a childhood before they become famous.”
“Okay enough questions for now, I will take my family home.”
 
They all made their way to the car, strapped the boys in and left.
Anella and Fernando got married on Tylan’s 3rd birthday. Between the two of them they didnt have many relatives but they invited all their close friends, and the staff of M-Studios.
On the night of their honey moon, they had hired a personal nanny to travel with them and they were staying at the Belmond Villa Sant'Andrea. Anella put the children to bed as she always did and made her way to her husband.
 
“Honey, are you happy? I know we aren’t the typical family and we are spending our honeymoon with our children, I will understand if you have doubts.”
“Nothing about us is typical my love and no matter what we went through, we have each other and two wonderful children, I cannot ask for anything better but more children of yours to love.”
 
“Oh that I can do, thank you for not giving up on us, you have no idea how much that means to me.”
 
A year and six months after they got married, Anabella Marcello was born. Unfortunately Anella had complications and she could no longer have children. She feared her husband would want more and find someone else.
 
“Anella honey, what’s wrong?”
 
“The doctor says I can’t have any more children.”
“I know my love I was there when he said it.”
“He said I, he didn’t say you.”
“What are you telling me Anella?”
“What’s going to happen when you decide you want another baby?”
“I see and you think that I will just go and have one?”
“I don’t know!”
“This coming from the woman who waited for me to come back to her, is raising a son who she didn’t give birth to and gave me another beautiful baby. Have you lost faith in us?”
 
“I feel so miserable Fernando, I feel ike I have failed you as a wife.”
Fernando got up and made his way over to her. When he hugged her she burst into tears.
 
“Ah caro come on now, there is no need for this. What can I do to to make you understand that I am never leaving you unless I die. You make me happier each day I get to look into the eyes of my family and know that we did good. Please please, don’t let your fears destroy us now.”
 
“I’m sorry I just...... oh Fernando make love to me please.”
 
Pain and doubts forgotten Fernando made love to his wife and when they were finished she cried again and again. He didnt know what to do other than hold on to her as tight as he could.