TMTLY-SEQUEL

CHAPTER 3 – Regretful Decisions

A/N: We are back in business. We left off with Fitz leaving for Italy to speak with Giulia, only to find out she has a child…a son with eyes like his. Fitz receives a call from his security leader Mark only to be told Giulia was gone. Olivia is upset because she didn't' want Fitz to go back to Italy…not because she didn't trust him but because she didn't trust the past he left behind in Italy. After catching a flight to visit her bestie and sister Abby, she finds herself even more upset with her husband not giving her a straight answer about when he would return home. I've read all of the reviews. I must say the excitement and anticipation is so overwhelming to me. The love of my writing is greatly felt and appreciated. I also want to make not that Giulia son is almost 2 years old. He is about 2 weeks older than the twins. I made a mistake in the timeline. This is not proofread so errors in spelling and grammar may be found. So let get to the story shall we!

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Fitz looked at his phone with pure frustration. "Find her." He states and the seriousness in his tone is loud and clear. "Yes sir." Mark responds before ending the call. Running his large hand over his face he leans back on the sofa as he tries to control the feeling of going back to his old mind set, the man he once was just three short years ago.

The following morning Fitz awakened finding himself conflicted. Liv had yet to answer his calls or text messages. He tried holding off on calling her but found it to be an impossible task. Staring at his phone like he lost his best friend, he decided he needed to utilize resources he no longer had…his uncle Tony. Once shower and dressed he tried calling Liv once again only to get the same results. He didn't want to call Stephen or Abby, so he decided to handle this Giulia situation as quickly as possible. The sooner he resolved this issue the sooner he could return home.

Tony is not surprised to see Fitz back in his home. He knew his nephew would not just let things go and would reach out to him again sooner than later. The news of Giulia having a son was a total shock to him. The memory of what he had done came rushing back soon after Fitz left his home following his earlier visit. Could he be the possible father of that said son?

Tony watched as Giulia pranced around Fitz home with a switch in her hips as if she ran the world…his world. Her long legs and plump behind was something Tony found himself attracted to. Knowing that his nephew had no heartfelt emotions for the women he entertained and treated them as sex objects he figured Fitz would have no problem if he tried out the help for himself. Now that Fitz found the love of his life, he knew Giulia and Fitz escapade was over. So, after dropping by Fitz's home one afternoon while Fitz was in the US chasing after Olivia he figured now was as good as time as any to test out his theory.

After letting himself into Fitz's villa he made his way around the home looking for Giulia. After not finding her in the kitchen or laundry room, he made his way upstairs. The first thing he noticed was Fitz private office door slightly ajar. As he made his way closer, he stopped just outside the door and listened. The sound of typing on a keyboard caught his ear, so he walks in.

"Hello Giulia."

Startled beyond belief Giulia slams Fitz laptop computer closed jumping up from the leather chair so fast she pushes it backwards with her legs causing it to slam into the wall behind her. "Mr. Grantello, I mean God Father! W...what are you doing here? Mr. Grant is not home." She explains scared shitless because she was not expecting anyone.

Tony enters the office closing the door behind him and approaches Giulia, he stops and opens the laptop computer. "Just call me Mr. Grantello. I know Fitz isn't here, which poses the question. What are you doing on your bosses' computer and how did you gain access?" He questions as he looks at the payroll account of staff for the many villas he owned.

"I…I am in charge of the staff budget. I was just umm…adjusting the numbers." She answered while her body shook with fear.

"Adjusting the numbers, huh? Looks to me like you were doing a bit more than that. It says here transfer complete. Are you transferring money to yourself Giulia?" Tony smirks while staring at her with deception in his eyes.

"No Mr. Grantello. The Boss put me in charge of paying the staff for the Villas he owns because I'm good with accounting. You…you can call him and ask him." She quickly confesses, realizing Tony had the wrong impression of what he walked in on.

Tony sits down in the leather chair and begins typing. Moving $10,000 from Fitz's account to one of his many over sea's accounts. "Well now it looks to me like you did just that. This account I can easily make trace back to you. What do you think Fitz will do to you if he sees this after finding out $10,000 of his hard-earned money is missing?" He threatens as he turns to look at her.

Giulia to afraid to move just stares at Tony with disbelief and worry. "Why would you do that? Why did you do that!? Fitz will kill me." She questions trembling in shock and fear

He doesn't answer her immediately, but instead waits a moment then gives her a way out. "It can all go away if you're willing to play nice with big Tony here." He alludes "I find you extremely attractive Giulia, but because you are sleeping with your boss, and he doesn't like to share, you have to give yourself to me of your own free will."

The thought of what Fitz would do to her made her decision easy. It's not as if she hasn't slept with a mob boss before. Sex was a give and take for her. Fitz called her to his bed at will and she allowed him to have his way with her. The pay was good but so was that big monster between his legs, and he only gave her the pleasure of feeling it here and there. Most times he just needed her for oral. As her fear dissipates, she finds her balance and stands upright "You want me to sleep with you?"

"Only if you want to." He stares never taking his eyes off her

She pauses before speaking again "If I do this will you promise to put the money back and never speak of this exchange? I don't want him to feel as if I betrayed him. He's a good boss."

"You have my word." He quickly answers as he walks over to the liquor cabinet and pours himself a drink.

Giulia slowly walks to him, invading his personal space. Stopping directly in front of him as she looks him in his steel blue eyes. She softly kisses him. Her scent penetrates his nostrils and for the next hour they indulged in raw, uninterrupted, steamy unprotected sex. The soundproof walls of Fitz's office blocked out all the lust filled moans and groans that bounced from wall to wall.

Giulia was surprised at how much she enjoyed the feel of Tony. He was quit the lover. As much as she didn't want to like this predicament, she found herself in, the way he made love to her removed all her worries and doubt about what she was doing. He did things to her body that she always wanted Fitz to do. Her mind told her: It beats her boss killing her for a theft she didn't commit. She vowed to never speak of any of this to anyone, especially after Tony threatened to kill her himself if she ever spoke a word. She quickly agreed as she watched him reverse the money transfer, replacing the money he removed from Fitz account.

Giulia seeing Fitz return with Olivia was her escape away from Tony and Fitz. If only she had known she would be taking a little something extra with her. Sleeping with Fitz and Tony only days apart left her unsure of who her child's father was. If only the morning after pill had worked. Something told her it didn't work because either Fitz didn't pull out fast enough or the morning after pill simply didn't work. She was betting on the pill theory because Fitz pullout game was two years strong the few times, he did have full on sexual intercourse. Regret is now setting in.

"Nephew what brings you back? Have you spoken to your wife or are you still chasing Giulia?" Tony questions when he's suddenly hit with pain in his stomach that causes him to stumble.

"Godfather…unc- you okay?" Fitz questions swiftly moving towards him to catch his fall.

Tony stands upright, pushing through the pain. "I'm fine Fitz, and stop calling me godfather, now answer my question?"

"I've called, but she's not picking up. She's hanging with her best friend. I'm sure she'll call me back." Tony lifts a brow as Fitz continue speaking "I need some of your resources to find Giulia."

"No! I will not help you ruin your family for some…some woman! How old is this boy?"

"He's two and it's not about her, it's about a child that could possibly be mine. I can't just let this go unc. I need to know if Franky is my son."

"Have you spoken to Olivia about this maybe baby?" Tony spits with a touch of malice hating that Fitz wanted to pursue finding Giulia and her child.

"Are you going to help me out with the resources or not?" Fitz presses

"Fitz, son you are no longer a part of this organization…." "But you are." Fitz interrupts quickly cutting him off.

"Fine Fitz." He lied "I'll use my resources to find her. Until then think about the family you already have."

Tony walks off thinking about the possibility of Giulia's son being his kid. He didn't want kids. He couldn't give his enemy leverage over him. Children were leverage. His wife he could protect and if not, he could replace but not a child. He didn't want to take things there and preferred for Giulia to disappear on her own, then for him having to make her disappear. Regret of what he did to Giulia yet again setting in. Fitz leaves calling Liv again in hopes that she answers.

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Liv and the twins finally made it back to Vermont as she put then down in the play area while she prepared lunch. Upon her arrival home she turned her phone back on to send Abby a message to inform her that she and the children were home safe. Placing the phone on the counter it begins to rings. She picks it back up and sees "Hubby" flash on the screen. She inhales a deep breath before answering.

"Hello."

"Hi, pretty lady. I've been calling you."

"I don't like being hung up on, so I didn't want to speak with you."

"I'm sorry for that pretty lady. I was in the middle of a meeting with my uncle and needed to speak with you later."

"I'd rather you have not answered and called me later than hang up the phone on me Fitz. You know how I hate that."

"I'm sorry baby, I do know. I wasn't thinking straight at that moment."

"So did you fire her?" Liv quickly changes the subject and ask the question that been pondering her thoughts.

"No, not yet I'm waiting to speak with her again…"

"Again, about what Fitz?" She questions "You're a no nonsense, impatient man."

"Look Livvie, I will explain everything when I get home. I just need to check out her story…"

She interrupts him again "What's her story?" Frustration setting in as Liv can sense her husband is hiding something from her and she needed to get to the bottom of it. "You hung up on me last time without sharing why she took the money."

Fitz had to think fast and explain without actually lying. "She has a child Liv. She said she needed it for him, to help with medical bills. I just want to be sure that's all it is and figure out if it's justifies her stealing from me."

"It still doesn't justify you having to fly out there to meet in person, but okay. Hopefully when you return, you'll have a justifiable answer."

Fitz sighs deciding to change the subject. "How are the twins?"

"They're find. I was about to prepare their lunch. Actually, we just arrived back home."

"Can I speak with them?"

Liv walks over to the twins and allow them to speak with their dad before expressing her love and ending the call. Her frustration heightened as she prepared the children's lunch. Fitz still could not estimate when he would return home. Her gut was churning. It told her something wasn't quit right. She hated when her gut told her something wasn't right concerning the man she loved. After feeding the children and putting them down for a nap she set in the large quiet home with nothing to do but think.

She loved their home in Vermont but felt isolated at times. She missed her parents and her new mother-in-law Anna who not to long after they married moved to California to be closer to her new in laws. Even though she had just left Abby, she missed her too, but her husband being home was what she missed most. Without giving it a second thought, she added more clothing to the twins' suitcases as well as hers in preparation to fly back home to spend time with her parents. She couldn't take staying in Vermont without Fitz there with her. She could only hope she doesn't regret her decision to fall in love with and a mob boss.

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It was now almost two weeks and still there was no sign of Giulia. Fitz felt better knowing Liv was visiting their parents. She was a bit more patient once he told her Giulia disappeared even though she questioned his motive for continuing to look for her. Liv decided to set up a system that required her or Fitz's signature before any money was to be paid out or released for payroll. It added more work on her part but being a stay-at-home mom allowed her time to do it. Since payday was always on the 1st and 15th of each month most times, it made payouts easier.

Fitz also knew he needed to find Giulia soon because Olivia had given him and ultimatum. He only had 3 more days to return home with a full explanation on why he needed to be in Italy so long. She expressed to him that she would no longer ask him about his extended stay with a promise he tell her everything once he was home.

Fitz knew something was not right. His uncle Tony had a very long reach as he once did and could find anyone at anytime, so why had he not yet found Giulia? Fitz called decided to put Diego on it had Tom watch over his family, and Mark on Tony since Mark was now in Italy with him. Diego had capabilities beyond belief, but sometimes it brought out a darker side of him. He could only hope this was not one of those times.

Less than 5 hours later after putting Diego in place he received the call. "I found her." Diego's voice echoed through the phone.

"Where is she now?" Fitz questions

"She's in Aspen."

"Where the hell is that?"

"Colorado." Diego continues "Do you want me to go get her?"

"No. Send me her location. My plane is here. I'll go to her." He states thinking to himself …she will regret ever playing these games with me.

"Check your phone." Diego states before hanging up.

Just as Fitz begins to check his phone it rings "Yeah."

"Boss the god fa…your uncle has been rushed to the hospital." Mark informs

An hour later Fitz walked into the hospital room of his uncle. His wife Victoria was present sitting at his bedside. "Hey Victoria, how is he? What happened?" Fitz questions kissing Victoria on the cheek

"He has cancer Fitz." Victoria shares. Fitz looks over at his uncle with regret on his heart for the thoughts running through his mind on why he hadn't found Giulia in all this time.

A/N: See I wanted to make this a 10,000 pager, but you guys have been waiting for so long I have to gives you all something. Remember I work in the NICU at a Children's Hospital. My shifts are long. So please be patient with me as I have now taking back to writing. I will try to push out a chapter a week. Let me know if you all like quick shorter chapters or long maybe two week wait chapters. Chime in.

Until next time…..Keke