Her Father's Expectations by Chevel Grant (classic children's novels .TXT) 📕

Here they all were on Christmas Day praying Reina and the twins survived.
About nine hours later the same doctor came back. Everyone stood. "They all survived" the doctor declared. The doctor called Demetrius over. "She broke four ribs, suffered a broken leg and she is currently in a coma- the doctor saw Demetrius's apprehension. "Don't worry, her pupils are dilating so we know there is some brain activity" the doctor informed him. "And what of the children?" Demetrius asked. "We had to do a C-section to take them out. They are a bit small and premature but they are breathing on their own". "Can I see, Reina?" he asked. The doctor shook his head. "Not yet. They are moving her to ICU. You can go see your daughter and son though" the doctor told him. "Thank you, doctor" Demetrius said as he shook the man's hand.
Demetrius and Lorenzo walked down to the ward where they kept the babies. Demetrius's heart swelled when he saw his babies in the incubator. "Can I hold them?" Demetrius asked the nurse. She nodded. "They are new to the world so you have to wash your hands and put this on over your clothes so they won't pick up any virus or infections" the nurse told him.
Demetrius nodded and did what she asked. He sat in a chair and the nurse brought his daughter and son to him. Demetrius felt as if he was going to cry. He and Reina created these little miracles. His daughter stared up at him with a certain awe while his son looked around the room. "Makes me want to have one of my own" Lorenzo smiled down at the babies. Demetrius would look with love in his eyes everytime one of them moved or sighed. His daughter was still staring up at him, she had all the features of her mother while his son looked more like him. The nurse watched what was taking place. That's true love -she thought to herself.
Demetrius felt as though he could hold them forever. "Mr. Vassaliadas, they have just informed me that you can go see your..." the nurse stopped. Of course she would, he was engaged to be married to Cybil Carter. Demetrius nodded. She took his son and daughter and placed them back in the incubator. "I am going to update the family" Lorenzo told him. Demetrius nodded and walked to the ICU.

Before he entered a nurse told him. "Mr. Vassaliadas, I must warn you that you might go in there and not recognize Reina. She has suffered a lot of trauma and she is swollen around the face. He nodded and opened the door. Even though the nurse had warned him he wasn't prepared for what he saw! His vibrant ever smiling Reina was so pale she looked dead and she had wires sticking out of her everywhere. It was then Demetrius cried. "None of this would have happened if Cybil hadn't tricked me into almost marrying her" Demetrius said as he held Reina's hand. "I will make it up to you. I promise you that, mi corazon. When this is all over, I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you. Te amo desde el fondo de mi corazón" Demetrius said as he kissed her hand.
Riven was sitting in the waiting room with the rest of the family when Lorenzo appeared. Riven had suspected Demetrius was the father of Reina's babies but he never asked her. "The babies are fine, a bit small but they are healthy" Lorenzo told the family. "What about Reina?" Gertrude asked. "She is in a coma. Demetrius is with her right now" Lorenzo sighed.

Two weeks later, Reina opened her eyes. She was in so much pain and she was having a horrible headache. She tried to look around her surroundings but it hurt too. She made a little sound at the back of her throat. "Reina?" Demetrius called. Tears slipped down Reina's face. "You are awake" Demetrius said as he came to her. "Where am I?" Reina asked but not a sound came out. Demetrius put a straw to her mouth and she drank the water. "What happened?" she managed to whisper. "You had an accident at the mansion. We don't know what happened but you called Lorenzo. He found you unconscious" Demetrius told her.
It was all coming back to her now, everything that happened. Reina's hand fell to her now flat stomach. Her tears started flowing then. Demetrius put his hand over her's. "It's ok, mi corazon. Our children are healthy and safe" he told her. He knew?-Reina asked as she slipped into unconsciousness again.
When Reina awoke the second time she thought she had dreamed seeing Demetrius there because it was Lorenzo there now and not Demetrius. "Was Demetrius here?" Reina whispered. Lorenzo who was reading a book looked up at her. "Hi, Reinabella" he smiled at her. "Hi, big brother" she sighed. "Was Demetrius here?" she asked again. He nodded. "He had to go to his office to clear his entire schedule for the rest of the month and all of January" Lorenzo told her. "Why?" Reina asked. "Because he wants to be with you and the twins" Lorenzo told her. "But his wedding... Cybil..." Reina trailed off. "Long story. When you are better I will tell you. What you need to know is that Demetrius is no longer engaged to that lying bitch. He has been here with you at your bedside from you came out of surgery. Gertrude and I had to force him to leave you to go home and take a shower. He never wanted to leave" Lorenzo told her. Reina looked shocked. "Why?" Reina asked. "Because my naive little sister, Demetrius loves you... desde el fondo de su corazón" Lorenzo told her.
Reina tried to sit up but the jarring of her ribs kept her from doing so. "He never said" Reina replied. "Demetrius is a man of few words, Reina. He didn't have to say it. His actions said it for him. When the doctor came into the room and told Demetrius that the twins were his and he had to choose between their lives and yours he couldn't make the choice. I had to make it. I told the doctor to save the twins' life because you would never live with yourself knowing you survived and they didn't" Lorenzo told her. She started then. "He did this to you didn't he?" Lorenzo asked. Reina nodded. "I went over there because he called. When I got there we got into an argument and he slapped me and I ran to the door of the study. I was about to run down the stairs when he kicked me from behind. I fell down the stairs" Reina told him as she cried. Lorenzo was so angry he was seeing red! That man, his father, was never getting anywhere near Reina again! "Don't tell him" Reina told Lorenzo. "He is going to find out sometime you know, Reina" Lorenzo told her. She shook her head. Lorenzo sighed. Reina drifted back into sleep.
When she woke up again Demetrius was holding her head while he slept.

Reina touched him and he stirred. "Hey" he said. "Hi". She lifted her left hand to touch a chord sticking out of her when something shiny on her hand reflected in light of the room. Reina looked at her hand to see the most beautiful ring she had ever seen on her finger. Tears slipped down her face silently. "Te amo Reina Elizabetha Cortes. I love you with all my heart and I want to spend the rest of my life with you raising our children. I want to wake up everyday to your beautiful face and fall asleep knowing you will be there in the morning. Will you marry me?" he asked. Reina's tears clouded her vision. She couldn't say a word, she only nodded. Demetrius leaned down and kissed her. She kissed him back and before none of them knew it the kiss became more intense. Demetrius pulled away. "I don't want to hurt you" Demetrius told her. He kissed her one last time before sitting back down. Reina's broken leg was giving her hell! She turned so she was lying down on her side, her back to Demetrius. He gasped. Demetrius was almost to tears when he saw what looked like a boot mark in Reina's back. She turned away from him. "I only fell down the stairs" Reina whispered, her voice cracking. "Like hell you did! Who did this to you?!" Demetrius said a tear slipping from his eye. When Reina didn't reply he got angry. SOmeone would hurt his Reina like this? "Who did this?" Demetrius asked. She was crying. She shook her head. "It was your father wasn't it? He did this" Demetrius said. Now it all made sense! Why she would come over to the house crying every time. Her father was abusing her. Did Loren know? Of course he knew! Now it made sense why Lorenzo would always evade the question when he asked about Reina. This ends now! He was filing a restraining order against her father.
He kissed her, this time pouring his heart and soul into it.

Three weeks later, Reina was strapping Alexia and Alexander into their car seats. She smiled at them. Demetrius had actually named them himself running the names by her first though. She loved them. "How are they?" Riven asked as he came into the room. "Ready to go home" Reina smiled. The twins had moved in a private room with Reina because she wanted them close to her. Demetrius's heart swelled every time he