Chapter 7: Only Option
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Chapter 7
xxx some time later at Fortuna city xxx
Kyrie no longer could hide her swollen pregnant belly, even wearing tighter clothes and bandages around her waist to try and compress her belly was useless at that rate. Her pregnancy was far too obvious now. Not only because of her belly, but also because she now tried to avoid everybody and almost never left her room. It was crystal clear that there was something really wrong with her, as she was always wandering about Fortuna, be it at church for prayers, to help those in need or to simply talk to the inhabitants of the small island.
"Where is Miss Kyrie? I haven´t seen her in a while.", "Where is that young auburn lady that seems to always be around for prayers?". Everyone knew she was gone for too long.
Credo who was no fool, started to get suspicious and decided to enter her room and see her the moment she was on the shower, so she couldn't hide her body away from him. It was the last thing he wanted to do, but if invading her privacy was necessary to know what the heck was going on with her, then so be it!
Credo then entered her room and heard that the shower was running, he tiptoed and opened her bathroom's door at once, without announcing himself. It was painful. But necessary at that rate. Even his superiors were missing his sister and suspected something unusual was going on. He had to find out, even if that required unorthodox methods. As soon as she saw her bathroom curtain being slide open, Kyrie was so startled that her first move was to cover her body as much as she could in a foolish attempt. But Credo yanked the towel away so her body was fully exposed for him to see her round pregnant belly. It was over, for the both of them.
That moment he got so angry, so furious that his face went from tomato red to grape purple.
Shaking, and doing his best to maintain the last thin strand of composure, Credo asked her sternly: "Who is the father?", he asked trembling from so much anger, even though trying to suppress his thick voice. Keeping it down was proving to be harder than he imagined it to be.
Kyrie didn't answer, too startled to even form words. Her whole world froze.
"I'll ask only one more time WHO IS THE GOD DAMN FATHER?", he said holding his temples. He seemed to be in so much pain. He felt as if his brain was about to explode and leave his skull at any second.
"Nero", her voice barely above a whisper.
That was when he snapped, Credo's first reaction was to slap her right across the face and curse her with every swear word related to prostitute he could ever come up with. He was furious, throwing a tantrum that went beyond wrath. His only sister, his baby sister he saw grow up was forever tainted with the spawn of an unknown mutt.
He knew there was something up with her, but now he saw that his biggest nightmare was nothing more than reality.
"YOU HARLOT, THAT'S HOW YOU OBEY ME, SPREADING YOUR LEGS TO THAT LOW LIFE FILTHY SCUM! I'M GOING TO END YOU AND THIS BASTARD YOU ARE CARRYING! YOU WON'T TAINTG OUR FAMILY'S NAME!"
And he continued punching and punching her, she only could scream, the pain was too much to bear, she couldn't move nor defend herself. She was afraid of her brother´s reaction, but never in a million years she imagined it would be as bad as that. Never in a million years had she expected him to react in such a terrible manner. She did expect him to get angry and frustrated, but not to that extent!
"Credo please, stop! You are hurting me, please.", she pleaded, but her weak voice only faded in the middle of the mess she was torn into.
She only stopped feeling the blows when her sister-in-law, who heard her screaming, entered the room in a rush and dragged her husband away from Kyrie's limp body. She was still wet, trying to cover herself up with her now soaked blush pink towel.
"FOR CHRIST'S SAKE STOP DOING THAT! HAVE YOU GONE MAD?", Credo's wife retorted, not believing her eyes and ears.
"I'M GOING TO FINISH THIS WHORE! LOOK AT HER, SHE'S PREGNANT WITH THAT BASTARD'S MONSTER! SHE'S UNWEDED AND WITH CHILD", he screamed, too mad to even register his words.
"Credo, she's your sister, please stop this, she's bleeding a lot, God, you've hurt her, how could you?"
Adriane then helped Kyrie up and managed to get Credo out of the room.
"Kyrie honey, are you ok? Please tell me what you are feeling."
Kyrie couldn't form words to say anything at all, she only trembled and cried non-stop.
"Gosh, why did you hide it for so long, you could have told me, there let me help you with these cuts and bruises. It will sting.", she said while reaching for the first aid kit that was inside the vanity.
Kyrie sat still as Adriane helped with some medicine, her body was covered in bruises, but her mind was so numb she actually didn't even feel any of the pain.
xxxlater onxxx
"Kyrie you're not taking this to term, you are terminating this pregnancy, that's final.", Credo stated a little bit calmer now. He paced back and forth in her room. Now Kyrie was fully dressed and under her bed covers, still trying to hide herself as much as she possibly could. Her sister-in-law was also in the room, holding her hand and trying to soothe the poor girl. She looked at her husband, as if trying to warn him, but to no avail.
"No, I won't.", retorted Kyrie never having eye contact with her brother. All she could do was look down, to her plush blankets that covered her swollen belly.
"YOU'LL DO AS I SAY, GIRL!"
"NO, I'LL HAVE MY BABY WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!", screamed Kyrie to her brother for the very first time in her entire life.
Credo just prepared to pounce, when his wife made a signal for him to stop. So much time and effort he put into raising her, all to come to waste. She would become a joke, a stain in his career – not to mention in his personal life – he would lose the respect Fortuna had for him.
"OUT, GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE, I DON'T WANT TO EVER SEE YOUR SORRY SELF HERE, I HOPE YOU TWO ROTTEN ON THE STREETS THEN."
"Credo she's your sister you can't kick her out, be reasonable! It is your nephew or niece that is in there!"
"Reasonable! She let herself be fucked by the first trash she sees, and you want ME TO BE RESONABLE?!"
"You can't be serious, Credo!"
"I am downright serious Adrienne! Tomorrow, she will have it done tomorrow morning, either that or the street!"
Kyrie only cried and cried, till she saw she had nowhere to go now, she had to live by herself, and so she gathered the little that could fit into her small suitcase and left her house that very same night, after everyone went to bed.
She was lost now, she had nowhere to go, or did she?
xxx
She remembered Dante, an acquaintance of Nero's , perhaps he would know where to find Nero, or at least how to contact him. She didn't really know the man herself or even if he would be willing to help her. As soon as her brother and sister in law left the room she managed to pack her belongings and left in the middle of the night. It was the or never forgiving herself for letting them harm her unborn child.
She could give him some of her money so that she could stay at his place for a little while, just until she found a job and a place of her own.
The trip was long and it was past midnight, but she would reach that place, Devil May Cry was it, eventually.
xxx At Devil May Cry xxx
ding don, ding don, ding don (It's supposed to be the doorbell, I know it's so lame hehehhe :D)
"Who would that be at this hour?", asked Anne to herself, as she got up from bed and went straight to the front door to check who it was. It was not exactly uncommon to have someone knocking that late, as per her bosses line of work – whatever it was – so she really had to check the door regardless of the time in the watch.
Opening the door, she saw a petite girl, no more than 18, with a large and very pregnant belly, pale skin, brown tired eyes and auburn hair, suitcase in hand.
"Must be one of Dante's former girlfriends.", she wondered.
"Miss, how can I help you?"
"I'm Kyrie, Dante's, umn...friend, could I please talk to him, I know it's late, but I'm desperate."
As she said this, Anne could see all the bruises that covered her face and arms along with the tears that now run freely down her face. Her swollen eyes, lips and nose did not deny she had been in a messy situation not that long ago. Was that baby Dante's?
"Please come on in, miss. Please just wait a minute, may I serve you anything, tea, water?"
"No, I am alright, thanks."
Anne climbed the stairs and opened Dante's door only to find him clad only on his old red boxers, sound asleep. She could not help but wake him up, there was nothing else she could do. She had to sort that weird situation with that girl. She was in the house already and there was not much she could do apart from have Dante talk to her.
"Mr. Dante, there's a… pregnant girl downstairs who claims to be your friend, she's all bruised."
"I'm not the father.", he stated groggily from sleep, not even flinching from the bed.
"Please Sir, she says she's desperate."
"Ohh come on doesn't she know what time it is...shit, just gimme five minutes." He said that while ruffing his head and lifting his covers. It was hard for a man to catch some well-deserved sleep these days. It was one thing or another at Devil May Cry.
"Yes", she went to calm the girl down as she seemed to be in the verge of a breakdown. Her sobs were clear, and her tear stricken face was hard to hide.
"Dante was sleeping, so he'll be with you in five minutes."
"Thanks, and sorry for being here at this hour, I know it is pretty late."
"No problem, if you need anything, I'm Anne, nice to meet you.", Anne said, trying to distract the pregnant girl.
"Nice to meet you too, I'm Kyrie.", she said giving the unknown woman a soft smile.
Then Anne went to the kitchen to make some tea for the girl and herself, she was so sad... Anne felt sorry for the girl.
Kyrie sat there wondering if Dante, who was her only option at that time, would accept her in, she was praying to God for him to take her in, at least for a little while. It was when Dante finally descended from the upper level of the house.
"So you wanna talk to me, I'm not the father, just to inform you", he said before even looking at the girl in a satisfactory way.
"Indeed you're not. I'm sorry for coming at this hour, but it was the only place I knew, do forgive me for the intrusion, please."
"Ohh, now I remember, you're Nero's girl...Fortuna's girl."
"Yes, that's me. I came here because my brother kicked me out because…well, as you can notice I'm pregnant with Nero's child, and we were not supposed to be together, let alone have children.", it all came in a rushed burst of words.
"And where exactly is the father of your child? Did he dump you as well?", (let's understand that Dante's not the one to beat around the bush.)
"He doesn't even know yet, he went to fight some demons off, he's not supposed to be back yet...I just don't have anywhere to go...", and then she broke off crying her heart out.
Dante really did not want to be caught anywhere in between any of that drama, especially knowing that it involved dirty diapers and crying. But one thing was for sure: Nero had it coming, oh he sure did.
"You can stay here, no problem...I just warn you it's a bit messy, but you can settle down whenever you want."
"I have some money saved up, I can pay you, and..."
"No need for making payments, save it to the child.",
"Thank you so much Dante, I have no words to express how relieved I am!", then she jumped on Dante's neck and hugged him really tight, she only stopped due to the pain caused by the bruises.
"I'll ask Anne to help you settle in and take care of your bruises, see ya tomorrow then.", he said right before turning on his heels and hoping back to his room. He was dead tired.
"Yes, thank you and goodnight."
"I am dying to see the kid's face when he finds out…oh he is in for some trouble that one…"
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