Page 52 of Remember That Time

"Of course,Niptino.What do you need?"

"The father of my baby is in a little trouble."

"What kind of trouble?"Nonnaasked.

"Someone is sending him threatening letters pretending to be pregnant with his kid and threatening to have an abortion if he doesn't give them ten million dollars. Janos has people investigating it, but I'm worried these people might be involved. I need to know if you can help. We need to find this person before they do something drastic."

"Of course, Gianni. Send me all the information you have and I'll make some calls. I'm sure we can find this person."

I breathed a sigh of relief. I knew she could help.Nonnahad contacts in some very interesting places. "Thank you,Nonna."

"Are you ready to talk about him now?"

I glanced at Janos. "Um, well, his name is Janos Kostas and he's a real estate developer. He's worked with the family business a few times, so Frank and Martino know who he is."

"And is he going to take responsibility?"

Even if she couldn't see it, I felt my cheeks flushing. Leave it to my grandmother to ask the embarrassing questions.

"He says he wants to marry me so we can be a family and raise our baby together." Janos nodded vigorously when I said that. "We actually started dating before we knew he was the biological father."

"Before?"

"We liked each other, but I was hesitant to start dating because I was pregnant and didn't know who the father was."

"You didn't know who the father was?"

I groaned, knowing I shouldn't have mentioned that part. It just kind of slipped out. "Long story. I'll explain that part later." I really didn't want to, but I doubted I'd get away with not explaining this whole sordid tale.

"All right."

"Sufficient to say, we had this paternity test done and found out that Janos is the father of my baby, but we had already started dating before the results came back." I smiled as I glanced at him. "He said he didn't care if it was someone else's baby. He still wanted to be a part of my life."

There had been a lot more to our conversation than that, but that was for him and me. I didn't need to share all the details with my grandmother.

"Now," I continued, "someone is threatening him and saying they will abort his baby if he doesn't pay them ten million dollars, except I'm pregnant with his baby. You can see why I'm worried, right?"

"Send me what you have so far,"Nonnasaid again. "I'll make some calls."

"Thank you,Nonna."

"Your parents are going to want to meet him."

"I already told him about the pre-nup, but I suspect he'll have one for me to sign as well." He might actually have more money than my parents.

Wouldn't that be a switch?

"I'll call you as soon as I hear anything,Nipotino."

"You're the best,Nonna," I said. "I knew I could count on you."

"Always, my dear boy." My grandmother let out a little laugh. "Don't forget to bring your young man home so I can meet him."

"Maybe this weekend,Nonna."

"I'll let Mrs. Rovito know so that she can plan dinner."

"Goodbye,Nonna." I hung up and then glanced at Janos again. "How do you feel about going back to the old house and meeting all the family this weekend?"

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