Metanoia (n.) the journey of changing one's mind, heart, self or way of life.
Part one
Darcy Russo a nine year old girl living in a run down orphanage on the outskirts of Athens, Greece has had to fend for herself for the majority of her life. Bei...
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"She's pregnant," Angelo calls out to the nurse who just nods and continues walking. We all stand in the empty hallway, silent and unmoving.
She's pregnant? impossible.
"Why would you say that?" Arlo asks him. "Why do you think? she's pregnant," Angelo replies.
"No she's not." Lorenzo states.
"Yes she is."
'No she's not." Gabriele repeats.
"Look we could go on like this for hours but it's true," Angelo sighs. "Trust me I reacted the same way when I found out and I know this isn't the way she wanted to tell you but it is what it is."
"What- I mean how- when," I stutter, all the questions in my head causing me to not be able to get out a coherent thought.
"How and when did you find out," Dante asks though gritted teeth.
"Remember that day when we both came into the office during your meeting, screaming and arguing," Angelo recalls. "Well I found out then and I immediately took her to a doctor's appointment where we actually found out she was having twins," He says, actually sounding excited.
How could anyone be excited to find out their seventeen year old sister is having twins.
"Twins!" Luca exclaims in disbelief. "You've known for that long!" Dante shouts out Angelo.
All their arguing is drowned out and muffled by my racing thoughts as I start putting pieces together.
That day in the office Angelo was enraged and punched Santiago. Why? Him and the fact that she's pregnant has to be linked somehow.
I slowly turn to him as my brothers mindlessly argue and scream at each other, only to find that he's already looking at me. We hold unflinching eye contact as I stare into his guilty looking face.
I immediately advance towards him, putting all my strength into the right hook I land into his face.
"How could you!" I roar. "You're supposed to be my best friend, my best fucking friend," I shout as I land punch after punch.
He's more built than me and taller so I know if he wanted to he could get me off of him but he doesn't fight back, he just takes the hits.
"Rome what the fuck," Luca yells, pulling me off him.
My hand drips with blood as I look at my idiotic brothers, shocked that they haven't figured it out already.
"He got her fucking pregnant," I point out the obvious, motioning towards Santiago who's now standing up with blood dripping from his head.
They all stare at him, not quite believing what I had revealed.
"Santiago is this true?" Lorenzo asks in his deathly calm voice.
