A Bad Way To End The Night

GIOVANNI’S POV The silence was oppressive. Just me and the ghost of what could have been. Enzo was going to be a father and he was going to live a life with the woman he loved. While I was sitting in an empty room, talking to shadows. "Hey, baby," I whispered to the silence. The words felt foolish but I said them anyway. "I don't know if you can hear me. I don't even know if you exist yet, or if…." I stopped, unable to voice the fear that Arya might have lost the pregnancy. "I'm sorry," I continued, my voice rough. "I'm sorry I wasn't there. I’m sorry for everything I did that drove you both away." The room offered no response. Just silence and the faint scent of jasmine that might have been my imagination. "Your uncle Enzo is having a baby," I said, because the silence was too heavy to bear. "You'll have a cousin soon. And aunt Jasmine is going to spoil you rotten and if….” I paused releasing a weary sigh and leaned my head back against the chair. "I'm looking for you," I promised t