Chương 24: mediation and three options

At night, the Lopez family is already at the McCartney family's mansion. they came as soon as Camille told them about Georgina's pregnancy. Of course, Leonardo immediately received criticism from his father or Danilo, and they immediately mediated to make the best decision for them.

"We have three solutions!" said Danilo with a serious look, glancing at Georgina and Leonardo who were sitting on the couch while he was sitting on the other couch with his wife, Regina.

Jake was silent, waiting for Danilo's explanation. he sat with Camille on another couch, occasionally resentful of Leonardo. He felt like he wanted to beat him up again And again, for humiliating him, even making him feel very guilty towards Danilo. Hmmm, maybe Leonardo didn't say that Georgina got pregnant not because he raped her but because they wanted to have fun that night.

"First of all, get an abortion and the problem will be solved, but who bears the sin?" said Danilo, glancing at Georgina. "We can't be indifferent, we have religion, we have guidelines, and I think you know how to be humane human... maybe If you do that you will be free from this problem and can carry on with your daily life as normal, but you will never happy life because you will feel guilty... that baby will always come to you in your dreams in your mind... because this way is unfair for it," he continued.

Georgina looked down, suddenly afraid to decide to have an abortion.

"It's like you killed your child," Camille said worriedly.

"And I never agreed... I'm the father of the baby and I have the right to refuse!" replied Leonardo curtly and glanced at Georgina. "I was wrong but that doesn't mean my baby should be killed... it will make you a bad woman for the rest of your life... whoever you are, people will judge you very badly when they find out that you aborted your baby for no reason which makes sense,' he continued.

"don't judge her!" Danilo exclaimed pointing at Leonardo. "she is the one who has the right to make decisions here, not you!" he continued firmly and his eyes showed hatred.

"You better shut up," Jake whispered.

Leonardo exhaled harshly, forcing himself to remain silent.

"The second option is adoption," said Danilo, while Leonardo looked at him worriedly. "Let Georgina stop studying for a while. She will go to Canada, she will be accompanied by our maid until she gives birth... and the baby will be adopted by another family," he continued.

"That's the worst plan, I'm even willing to take care of the baby instead of being adopted by another family!" Leonardo replied furiously. "Why was my child adopted by someone else while I was able to take care of it, able to give it whatever it needed?"

"That's better than you taking care of

it while you don't have a wife. it will feel less affection... Every child needs a father and mother, not just a father. I don't want the child to feel unfair!" said Danillo.

"but letting it be adopted by another family is also an injustice!" Leonardo grew increasingly furious. "if it being with you then finds out the mother is Georgina whereas you two are not together...it will lead to a situation like a broken home...he or she will feel like a kid from a broken home...that's bad..." Danilo emphasized. "It's better to be adopted by a family who wants to have children... of course, he will get complete affection like children in general!" he continued.

"No!" Leonardo immediately stood up with emotion. ."I disagree with that way. It's so crazy it's as if I think I'm incompetent to take care of it! And I will never be willing for it to be loved by someone else while I can't give it affection!"

"Leonardos..." Jake glanced at Leonardo who immediately glanced at him with hatred. "Georgina made the decisions... it's useless for you to argue here."

Leonardo paused and sat back down, glancing at the downcast Georgina.

Danilo glanced at the atmosphere that had calmed down and felt ready to say about the third option.

"The third option is the best option but you have to stop thinking about your ego," he said.

"What's that?" Georgina asked, narrowing her eyes.

"You have to get married, live together forever... because the child will need you not while it is still in the womb until born, but until grows up. .so if there is a marriage between you, it is not only because of it but because you have to be together and learn from each other, love and accept each other, and forget about your relationship with your respective partner," explained Danilo with a focused gaze on Georgina. "options first and second is very cruel for the baby, but the third option is very good for it and also good for you if you can respect each other," he continued.

"Oh my god…" Georgina shook her head, looking up at her father with teary eyes. "Why aren't there better options? Why not co-parenting?"

"It's not fair to your child... one day he will miss the love of complete parents... don't make him feel like he was born in a broken home," said Danilo.

"But if I have to marry him but I continue to hate him, like it or not we have to end the marriage and eventually we will also do co-parenting. Then why get married?"

"Why did you say that when you saw that Leonardo wanted to take responsibility….you shouldn't always hate him... he wasn't always bad," Camille said disappointedly. "Maybe he had made a mistake by raping you back then...I'm sorry ... but I'm sure he can treat you well as his wife ... I educated him, I told him about how to respect women, whoever it is ... he's not as bad as you think," she continued teary-eyed.

"Besides you know he did that because drunk," Jake said worriedly. "I regret this incident... but it's really hard to deny that the influence of alcohol is bad... it can cause things like this or even accidents...I hope you guys stop consuming alcohol after this…"

Danilo was silent as if he didn't want to take sides with anyone.

Georgina was silent, feeling that what Camille said was not wrong. Leonardo has been very good so far, never done anything bad to her, but only often irritated her about trivial matters, and that night it was she who had recklessly seduced him so they had fun together.

."I hope you will decide to choose the third option," Leonardo whispered, feeling very dizzy and also a bit embarrassed and humiliated because Georgina always rejected him as if he was really bad even though Georgina knew that he had tried to cover up her mistakes.

"Georgina?" Danilo called, making Georgina look directly at him. "give me an answer... better make a decision ASAP before your stomach grows big or you want to let it grow."

"Can Leonardo and I talk alone?" asked Georgina fearfully.

Daniel nodded his head. "I give you 1 hour."

"Ok..."

Georgina immediately stood up and glanced at Leonardo as a signal to follow her. she immediately left the living room, headed for the bedroom and Leonardo followed her.

Camille breathed a sigh of relief. "I hope they come to the fairest decision for the baby."

Danilo was just silent leaning his back on the sofa. he daydreamed, hoping that Georgina would take the third option as his choice because, after all, he didn't want to be away from his grandchild. Moreover, it was his first grandchild.

"if indeed she chooses to marry Leonardo or whatever her choice ... she can continue her education," said Jake worriedly. "Leonardo will help her," he continued.

"You don't need to think about that ... we just need to find a way so that many people don't know about this matter because it could damage our family's reputation, especially your family's reputation because it was Leonardo who made Georgina pregnant," Danilo replied curtly. "And if they do..married, after marriage they have to stay here so you can watch over your son not to be rude to my daughter!" he continued firmly.

"That's not a problem..."

Jake was silent again and did not know what to say. he was very ashamed of Danilo because he couldn't take care of his daughter but instead, his son hurt her. hmm, If Georgina had been honest from the start, maybe Leonardo wouldn't have been hated by all of them.

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