When We First Met
Chapter 35
As soon as Alberto got off the phone to the incompetent idiot that had now failed getting the job done 3 times he scrolled through his cell phone and found the number that he was after and pressed the call button after a few rings he heard "yes boss" Alberto said "I need you to get three of your best men and get to Quantico Virginia" the goon said "boss what is in Quantico Virginia" Alberto replied "I need you to finish the job that the other idiots screwed up, if you don't take care of the girl and her aunt then I will take care of you, do you understand me" the goon nodded his head even though his boss couldn't see him as he said "yes boss, I will get my men together and we will be on the first flight to Virginia" and with that Alberto ended the call.
When the goon got off the phone with his boss he turned to the men that were sitting around the poker table and said "grab your shit and let's head out the boss wants us to clean up a mess in Quantico Virginia" they all dropped their cards on the table and grabbed their jackets and made their way out the door, they jumped into the car and headed for the airport, meanwhile at the hospital the goons were planning their escape they just had to get rid of the police guarding them, the goon that had stolen the guards phone checked to see where the guard was before pulling out the phone and texted Kevin so that he could cause some sort distraction.
After breakfast Derek and Penelope made their way out into the backyard and down to the tree swing they sat down and Derek pulled Penelope into his side and wrapped his arms around her as she turned slightly and lifted her legs and placed them over his and then leaned in and pressed her lips to his gently before saying "I love you so much Derek and I love our baby just as much" Derek bought his hand to her belly and said "I love you and our baby with all my heart Baby Girl and I will do my best to be the best father to our baby and to be the best husband I can to you" Penelope shifted herself so that she was now straddling Derek's legs as she once again pressed her lips to his but instead of a gentle kiss it was a heated and passionate kiss.
Kevin heard his phone beep with the message tone he picked it up and saw that it was a number that he didn't know so he contemplated on deleting it but something in him was telling him to read it so he opened the message and it read "Kevin I need you to create a distraction at Potomac Hospital so we can get outta here before the boss kills us, remember if you refuse to do this your family will be in danger" Kevin replied "I will come up with something and let you know" he put his phone down and moved over to his computer and began typing away his fingers flying over the keyboard he pulled up the blue print for the Potomac Hospital and then he hacked into the hospital servers so that he could gain access to the security systems, once he had gained access to the security systems he set the fire alarms off.
Carmen was standing at the kitchen window watching Derek and Penelope as they began walking back to the house hand in hand laughing and smiling and in that moment she knew that the connection between the young couple was real and she could tell with the way that Derek was with Penelope that there was no doubt in her mind that he was going to make a great father and that was all that she wished for, Derek and Penelope entered the house and walked into the kitchen Penelope sat down at the island bench while Derek got them something to drink, Carmen turned around to face Penelope and said "Penelope can we talk please" Penelope nodded her head and Carmen said "in private" Derek handed Penelope her glass of water as she got off her stool and headed into the living room with Carmen close behind
Penelope sat down on the couch as her aunt sat down next to her and reached out to take one of Penelope's hands as she said "Penelope I just want you to know that with everything that has happened over the past few months I have noticed that you and Derek have been there for each other in more ways than one and I know that I have to come to terms with you being pregnant and I will, I have also seen that you and Derek are in love so if you give me some time I promise that I will be there for you and help you through this" Penelope looked up at her aunt with a look of sadness on her face as she was a little hurt by some of the thing her aunt had said, she picked up the pillow and placed it in her lap and wrapped her arms around it before she said "auntie I know that me being pregnant is a big disappointment to you but I know why that is Mama told about what happened to you when you were my age and that is why you are being so hard on me."
Carmen looked at Penelope with tears in her eyes as it was still hard to come to grips with even after all these years, as she began to explain the whole story to Penelope "I was 15 years old when I met him he was of african american ethnicity and it wasn't long after we began dating that we first had sex and well once was just enough and I got pregnant and let's just say your grandma and grandpa weren't very please so they moved us to California so that no-one would know that I was pregnant and when I began to show your grandpa took me and left me at a unwed mothers shelter where I stayed until I gave birth and then once I was cleared to leave the shelter I made my way home only to be told that I was not welcome so I left and headed back to Chicago" Penelope couldn't believe that her grandparents would do that to their own daughter but now she knows why her aunt was very disappointed with her when she told them yesterday.