The Brambilla's, The Beginning

If she thought Leone was overly protective of her when she was carrying Lazaro he was even more so now. Whenever she went somewhere he always made sure there were three bodyguards with her. The times they went out together he kept checking to see if she was getting tired. If she's so much as yawned he would immediately take her home.

When she was in her third month of pregnancy she was walking past his office and could hear him and Eddie talking. She wasn't eavesdropping but she heard him say that he couldn't leave her until after the baby was born. So being curious she walked into the office which caused both men to stop talking.

"If you have to go out and take care of something you don't have to worry about me. I'm perfectly fine."

Eddie walked over to her and kissed her on the cheek. "I'll leave the two of you to talk."

When he was gone she turned to Leone. "So what's going on?"

"There's a problem with one of my ships and Eddie thinks that I should go with him and the others to deal with it."

"What kind of problem?"

"It has been hijacked by one of my enemies and we know where it is and where the person who took it. It was full of copper that was being delivered." It was one of his legal business that made him a lot of money and copper was worth a fortune.

"Then you have to go and take care of it. It's too important to leave it to others, they need you there."

"I don't want to leave you."

She went up and got right in his face and stared him straight in the eyes. It was time she reminded him of when she was pregnant with their son and how frustrated she was with him then.

"The last time I was pregnant we fought a lot over how you were smothering me. Once again you are being too protective and always hoovering over me. I am fine and I need to have some time away from you every now and then. You know if anything happens or I don't feel well I will call you immediately."

"Okay, I guess I have been repeating history when it comes to you. I will go, but only if you promise to call me if anything is wrong."

"I promise, now go," she said in a demanding tone.

He put his arms around her waist and pulled her close and placed his lips on hers. "God I love you so much," he said when he broke the kiss.

"I love you too and be safe and come back home to me."

It was late when he came home and she was in bed reading. Just one look at his face and she knew that things did not go well. "You're awfully late. Are you okay?"

He started removing his clothes, he needed to take a shower to get the stink of smoke off of him. He gave her a quick kiss before removing his pants. "Just let me take a shower and I'll tell you about it when I come to bed."

She waited for him to return, never had she seen him look so upset. When he did return from showering and got into bed she waited patiently for him to talk.

"My ship and the copper were blown up. Just when we got close it blew up. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in copper gone, not to mention how much that ship cost me."

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry. Is everyone okay, is Eddie all right?"

"Yes everyone is alive. But the man responsible for this won't be for too long, not once we get our hands on him. Lucky for us the shipment was legal and when the cops got there they found everything above board."

"You have insurance on it don't you?"

"Yeah, I'll recover most of my money from it but that's not the point. The point is that some bastard thought he could do this and get away with it."

"You look so stressed, let me give you a back massage."

He looked at her and smiled, she was always so sweet and wanted to make him feel better so he laid down on his stomach while she straddled him and started rubbing his back. "That feels good baby, but you shouldn't be doing this in your condition."

"Oh for goodness sake, I'm not that far along and I'm more than capable of giving my sexy husband a back rub. Now just shut up and let me do it or I'll spank your ass hard."

"If you're trying to turn me on it's working," he said, turning his head to smile at her. "Do you want to know what would really help my stress?"

"I can imagine but why don't you go ahead and tell me?"

"Get naked and lay on your back and spread those beautiful legs of yours for me."

She let out a giggle and pulling the nightgown up over her head through it on the floor. "Well, if it will help." She got off him and laid down and when he rolled over onto his side she could see how turned on he was. It didn't take much for this man to get turned on.

An hour later he rolled over onto his side, propping his head up with his hand he ran his free hand over her belly. "That did the trick, I feel so much better now."

She reached over and touched his chin, scratching the stubble. "Now that we are adding an addition to our family I want you to be more careful when you go out on certain jobs. If anything were to happen to you I don't know how I would cope."

"I've been thinking about making some changes, I no longer am going to continue with anything illegal. I have enough businesses and enough money to last us and even our grandchildren a lifetime of comfort. But I am not quitting being a Mafia Boss, there are still people out there that need to know they cannot cross me. And I will not stop trying to shut down anyone who is involved with human trafficking."

"I'm so glad to hear that, now give me a kiss and let's go to sleep."

As time went by her pregnancy was going well except for the occasional morning sickness and mood swings. They as a family along with Eddie would spend a lot of time by the pool, both men teaching Lazaro how to swim. She was very happy with her life. Right from the beginning she taught her son to be polite and to pick up after himself. Every night before taking him upstairs to get ready for bed she would have him pick up his toys and put them into the toy box. To the household staff he would say please and thank you, even at such a young age. Every member of their staff loved the little boy and always watched out for him.

Eddie did go away for weeks at a time but always returned, saying he wanted to be here for the birth of his second godchild.

One afternoon she was laying on the couch with Lazaro, reading him a story from one of his favorite books when Leone walked in. He stood at the doorway and watched them for a while before walking in and squatting down in front of them. He gave her a kiss on the cheek and ruffled Lazaro's hair.

"Mommy said you were bringing ice cream home."

He couldn't help chuckling at his son that was growing so fast right in front of him. He loved his ice cream, just like his mother. "Yes but it's too close to dinner time and if you're a good boy and eat all your vegetables we will let you have a big bowl of it for dessert."

Eleonora smiled at them. "The baby's kicking, do you want to feel?" she asked Lazaro.

He shook his head, declining.

Leone placed his hand over her belly and looked at his son. "You know you're going to be a big brother and you will have to look out for him when mommy and daddy's not around."

"I'd rather have a puppy than a brother," he replied nonchalantly.

"Lazaro, a baby brother is so much better than a puppy. You will be able to do so much with him and I promise you he will end up being your best friend and will always have your back. How about you go tidy up your playroom before we go in for dinner."

When he was gone she turned to Leone. "I'm sure that once the baby's born he'll be more excited. I know you said that he couldn't have any ice cream before dinner, but that doesn't include me does it?"

He sat beside her, pushing her hair behind her ears. "Since you've been a good girl I'll go get you a bowl." He came back a moment later with the ice cream and watched while she ate it. "I hope this isn't going to spoil your dinner."

She shoved another spoonful of ice cream into her mouth, winking at him. "Are you kidding me. I could eat twice the size of this bowl of ice cream and still be hungry for dinner. I am eating for two after all."

As time went by and it was now just two weeks until her due date Leone made a point of not going out at night to conduct any type of business. But he was kept busy in his office with paperwork for some of his businesses. His head was buried deep in work when the butler came to his office.

"Sir, Mrs. Brambilla has asked me to come get you."

He looked up at the man. "Is there anything wrong?"

"She's laid down on the couch and she seems to be in some type of distress. I think it has something to do with the baby so you must come right away."

Jumping from his chair he reached the family room and ran over to her. She was covered in sweat and breathing heavily as she clutched her stomach. "Oh my God, what is going on?"

She was laying there and looked up at him and reached for his hand. "The baby's coming."

"I'll get you to the hospital."

"There's no time, it's coming now."

"What now, here? You can't have the baby here. I'll have to get you to the hospital."

She grabbed his collar and pulled him close to her face. "I'm telling you the baby's coming right now. You are going to have to deliver our son."

"Me! I have no idea how to deliver a baby." He was in a right panic and was glad when Grace came running into the living room. "Thank God you're here Grace. My wife is about to give birth any minute and I don't know what to do."

"It's okay sir, take her up to your bedroom and I'll get some towels and warm water. I have had experience delivering a baby. Now get her upstairs and lay some towels down on the bed underneath her."

Picking her up in his arms he carried her upstairs, laying her down on the bed he went and grabbed some towels. Then Grace appeared along with her husband. She started shouting orders.

Grace got Eleonora into position and raised her nightgown up so that she could see how far along the baby was coming. It was crowning and she knew it would only be a matter of minutes before the baby made his way into the world.

Leone sat beside her on the bed holding her hand. "It's going to be okay baby, Grace knows what she's doing."

"Okay Mrs. Brambilla, I'm going to need you to start pushing and remember to breathe. This little fella is so anxious to enter the world. That's it, you're doing great. He's almost here, just one more big push."

Moments later their baby entered the world, and boy did he ever make a lot of noise. Grace did what was needed and wrapped the baby in one of the towels and handed him to her.

While Grace was busy taking care of her and cleaning her up Eleonora and Leone couldn't help staring at their newborn son.

"He's beautiful," Leone said, giving her a kiss on the lips.

She had tears in her eyes as she looked down into the face of her beautiful baby boy. "He is and I think we should name him Anthony." It was one of the names that she and Leone had picked, but this was her favorite.

Grace had her husband, who was the butler call for an ambulance. "Everything seems to be okay but you must go to the hospital so that the doctor can check you and the baby out."

Leone rode with her and the baby to the hospital and once she and the baby were taken in to get checked out he called Eddie to let him know what had happened. He showed up an hour later and entering Eleonora's room he went right over to see his newest godson. Grace of course kept an eye on Lazaro, it was something she did whenever the young couple went out.

The baby was placed in Eddie's arms, he smiled brightly as he looked down at the infant. "What a handsome boy and just look at this smile on his face. Who says babies can't smile?" He looked over at Eleonora. "He has your eyes and your smile. He takes after you."

"Leone was standing beside Eddie. "I can't believe I have two amazing boys."

She cleared her throat, getting their attention. "I would like to hold my son please. Between you two hogging him I've barely had a chance to hold him."

As she was holding him Leone went and sat beside her, putting his one arm around her shoulders. "I'm so glad everything went okay but you scared the hell out of me when you said we had to deliver the baby back home. But why didn't you let me know something was going on and we could have gotten to the hospital in time?"

"I had no idea. One minute I was sleeping and the next thing I knew I woke up and realized that I was in labor and that the baby was coming. But unlike Lazaro, this little guy did not take his sweet time coming."

Eddie chuckled and looked at the two of them. "I guess he was just anxious to be born. I have a feeling that this little guy here is going to be quite the lady's man. You're going to have to keep a close eye on this one."

After talking for a while he left the two of them alone and went back to the house to check on everything.