Billy slammed the empty whiskey glass down, frustrated. It had been two weeks since the incident and Gionna had not talked to him at all, she flat out refused to talk to him.
It wasn't the first time he had screwed things up. But he started thinking of how Gionna used to be… yes, she always had a strong personality and a fiery temper but she was innocent, even after the attack four years ago that left her with the scar on her neck and mental scars that would stick with her for life.
Billy had gotten a bit overprotective at that point… to the point where he went a bit crazy if Gionna hung around boys that were her age or a bit older, thinking they would hurt her.
"Billy, what's going on?" Terry asks after walking over to him.
"Gionna's still not talking to me." Billy mutters.
"Well, can you blame her?! You stabbed her boyfriend to death and threw him into the Humboldt River, Billy!" Terry says, Billy losing it then and slamming the glass onto the bar, Terry jumping back and covering his face with his arms as the glass flew in his direction. "Hey, I was just being honest! You're never going to get Gionna's trust back, not after how you betrayed her!" He shouts before leaving.
Terry decided to dial Gionna's number to check on her.
"Hey, Terry. What's going on?" Gionna says after answering, almost screaming as the needle went into her arm as the doctor was drawing some blood.
"Billy's flipped out, gone crazy… are you alright?" Terry says.
"Yeah, just… at the hospital out in Saint Marks, Sweeney General… look, I think I better explain this in person, Terry." Gionna says.
"Alright, I'll meet you there." Terry says before they hang up, Terry getting onto his Diabolus and driving towards Saint Marks.
The entire drive there, Terry could tell something was off from how Gionna sounded. She was in a serious mood, her demeanor wasn't playful or feisty like it usually was or sad like she had been for the past two weeks… he was worried about her.
Terry eventually reached Sweeney General Hospital, shut his bike's engine off and got off it, putting his keys in his pocket and walking into the E.R, finding Gionna, Midnight and Johnny.
"Is Billy still being an asshole?" Midnight asks.
"He's seriously expecting Gionna to forgive him and move on." Terry says.
"No chance of that happening." Gionna says before handing Terry the paper that had the results of her blood work, Terry completely shocked. "He's gonna flip out, which is why we don't have any intentions of telling him." She says, her phone ringing and her seeing it was Billy, snapping and answering it. "Would you take a fucking hint and leave me alone, you murderous son of a bitch?!" She yells, Billy a bit startled that she yelled at him and Johnny taking the phone from her before walking into the hallway.
"Johnny, what the hell's gotten into her now?!" Billy asks.
"You have no idea just how badly you fucked things up, Billy!" Johnny says angrily.
"I fucked things up?! Gionna was the one screwing Dominic!" Billy says.
"She was in love with him! And you couldn't stand that she was growing up!" Johnny shouts, hanging up on Billy before going to check on Gionna.
"That was bad, wasn't it?" Gionna asks as Johnny sits next to her.
"He still thinks he didn't do anything wrong. What's on your mind?" Johnny says.
"How I'm going to tell my mom… and hoping she doesn't freak out." Gionna says, Johnny rubbing his hand up and down her back.
It was back at the house later that Gionna was looking for something in her room when she heard the front door open.
"Johnny?" Gionna called out before walking out of her room and downstairs. "Did you forget…" She says, stopping when she saw Billy. "Get the hell out of here, now!" She says, angry that Billy just walked into the house.
"Hey, there's no need to be hostile-" Billy says.
"Hostile?! After what you did, I'm beyond being hostile, Billy!" Gionna yells, Billy walking over to her. He saw the corner of the paper sticking out of her jeans pocket and yanked it out, unfolding it and realising why she was angrier at him… but he was angry too and slapped her across the face, Gionna screaming out in pain and shock.
"Back the fuck off of her!" Johnny yells after running in and pulling Billy away from Gionna before checking on Gionna. "The hell has got you that pissed off that you'd resort to hitting her?!" He demands, standing protectively in front of Gionna as Billy's rage boiled over, him flipping a table over now.
"Me?! What's gotten into her, getting pregnant?!" Billy shouts.
"Take it as proof that she loved Dominic, and that you fucked up by killing him! I do hope you realise that you've lost any tiniest chance to ever be forgiven for this now!" Johnny shouts.
"I want it gone!" Billy yells.
"My body, my baby, my choice, Billy! You lost any influence in my life a long fucking time ago!" Gionna yells, louder than Billy and Johnny thought that someone so tiny could yell.
Billy stormed out, slamming the door behind him as Johnny helped Gionna sit down.
"Did he hit you anywhere else, kiddo?" Johnny asks.
"Just my face… it's when he acts like this that he really scares me." Gionna says as Johnny lightly rubbed her shoulders. The house phone rang, Gionna answering it as she recognised her mom's cell phone number. "Hey, Mom. How's Nan doing, is she getting any better?" She says, Florence a bit taken aback at how upset Gionna sounded.
"I'm sorry, Gionna… she's gone." Florence says, hearing Gionna starting to cry. "Sweetheart, you sounded upset earlier, what's wrong?" She asks.
"I really messed up… and because of that, Billy slapped me. I'm scared that he's gonna kill me… he hates that I'm pregnant." Gionna says through her tears, Florence turning shocked but trying to comfort her daughter.
At the same time, Billy was speeding recklessly through Staunton Island and crashed into a police cruiser… which turned out to be Francis's.
"Are you trying to kill me, Billy?!" Francis yells after getting out of the cruiser and slamming the door.
"Fuck off, Francis! I'm having a bad fucking day!" Billy growls, driving on.
Billy eventually reached Alderney and stormed into The Lost MC's clubhouse, yelling for Midnight.
"She's not here, she went to go see Packie! What's your problem now?!" Jim says after walking over to Billy and seeing a cut on the palm of Billy's right hand. "Oh no, don't tell me you slapped Gionna! What the hell is wrong with you?! She's half your size!" He says, Billy looking at him.
"I went and hit Gionna." Billy says before leaving.
A while later...
At the Cipriani house, Gionna was covering up the bruise on her face after putting ice on it to take the pain away. Her mom had said that she was on her way back from Sicily and to not stress herself out even more. Gionna looked behind her as Johnny walked in, calming down.
"Sorry… still a bit wound up." Gionna says, Johnny pulling her into his arms and the two hugging.
Another motorcycle was heard outside, Johnny and Gionna letting go and Johnny going to answer the door, letting Jim in.
"Billy told me what happened… when Midnight finds out what happened, she's gonna kill him." Jim says, Gionna having heard them.
'And she'd have good reason to.' Gionna thought while still upstairs, resting her left hand on her stomach.
"Don't worry, little one… no one's never going to hurt you. Mommy won't let them." Gionna says, lowering her hand and lying down on her bed, readjusting her black lounge pants and dark red long sleeved shirt.