Honoured with love novel Chapter 7

Sixteen years of age...

Seven months pregnant...

One week later... 

The police showed up at our front door last night intending to take me down to the police station. 

Papa urgently called out to me while I was in my room moping around. When I walked out of my room, his head dropped briefly before he looked back up at me than the front door. His eyes were vivid of any real emotion.

"Mr Giovanni Venturi." The police officer asked me when I stepped forward.

"Si," I answered with a sigh.

"There has been a complaint laid against you from The Maddisons regarding their eldest daughter." The cop looks at me rolling his eyes.

"The whole town knows about you and Celeste, Giovanni." He closes his note pad. 

"I've spoken to your father and I will delay the processing of the case as long as I can." He tucks the note pad back into the inside pocket of his jacket. "I just wanted Mrs Maddison to see that I acknowledged her complaint." He touches the tip of his hat and nods his head as he walks back to his patrol car. 

Papa closes the door. "Come Gio." He looks at me with an unreadable look on his face. 

I follow him to the living room and take a seat on the sofa across from him. 

" Mama and I spoke. We will stay as long as we can until your case goes to trial. Officer Wolfgang was kind enough to fill me in and told me Mrs Maddison is attempting to get the maximum."

"Of course she is," I mumble.

"Gio, this is serious. An allegation like this will follow you around for the rest of your life." Papa said in a worrisome tone. 

"I know papa," I reply meeting his gaze. "And I'm truly sorry." 

"I know you are. Sometimes our destiny chooses us and leads us down a difficult path. Our future is never forged in perfection. I see that now."