Chapter 16 Federico

• Past
• I'm anxious. I don't get anxious. Ever. But since I let Regina into my life, I've found that I'm always anxious. First, it was because I thought her father sent her to spy on me. It would have been foolish of me to trust that she had completely fallen out with Vincelli. Even if it was true, she could have approached me to get information so she could get back on his good graces. But then the bigger her stomach got, the more I worried. What if something happened to her or the baby? What if complications arose while she was giving birth? If anything happened to them, Vincelli could use that as an excuse to start a war. Also, who would want the death of a young woman and a baby on his conscience? And now I'm anxious because I don't want to let her and Ophelia go. She's so small, so vulnerable. What if that bastard Vincelli kills her? He's not above murdering children. Hell, if Regina wasn't useful to him, he would have already killed her. But she insists on going back.
• After she gave birth, she let herself feel the anger she'd been keeping at bay. She wants revenge against her father for killing her lover and attempting to kill her child. He'd bribed my mother's latest boyfriend and gave him abortion pills. But luckily, the baby had survived. I was worried that Regina was depressed but it turns out she was silently planning revenge. While I might not be able to stop her, I'm hoping I will convince her to leave the baby here until the dust settles. Why I care so much about a child that isn't mine is beyond me.