Antonio ordered champagne, having it delivered to the room. While waiting for the champagne to arrive, he pinned her down onto the bed. "I hope you've been enjoying yourself," he said.

"I have. Although, I do wish I learned Italian before coming here. It would be nice to understand what everyone is saying."

"I'll teach you sometime," he smiled. He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers, kissing her until there was a knock at the door.

Antonio got up, answered the door, then rolled the cart into the room. Harlow walked towards him, wanting to see what he ordered. "Wow, what's all this for?"

"I was hoping to have one romantic night while we're here," he said, looking at the girls.

"Well, we can somewhat have a romantic night," he chuckled. "Maybe just the two of us can come here another time."

"Who would watch the girls?"

He smiled. "Ethan."

"Yeah right," she giggled. "We would come home to two girls with warped minds. He's already been teaching them naughty stuff."

"He's their uncle. Of course, he'll teach them naughty stuff. He doesn't have to deal with them 24/7. To him, it's watch and play with them. Teach them whatever he wants to, then send them on their way, laughing at what he taught them," he laughed. He opened the champagne, pouring them each a glass. He looked at the strawberries, grabbed one and dipped it into chocolate, then into the whip cream and placed it in her mouth.

She was feeling worn out and was fighting with her eyes, trying to keep them open. They walked out onto the balcony and watched the world go by. He sat down on a chair, pulling her down onto his lap. She leaned her head back onto his shoulder and closed her eyes, enjoying the moment. "I can't believe how tired I've been lately," she whispered.

"We've had a busy week. I tried doing as much as we could, in the little time we have here." He wrapped his arm around her, and kissed on her cheek. "I'll try to keep it a short visit with my parents, that way we can get home at a decent time."

A sigh of relief exited her mouth and turned her head. "Thanks, I'd like that."

The next morning Harlow awoke, feeling stiff and sore. She slowly rolled out of bed and walked to the shower, taking a hot shower with hopes of taking the soreness away. She took a longer shower than normal and Antonio walked in to check on her. He opened the shower curtain and gave her a curious look. "Are you alright?"

"I'm okay, just feeling really sore... I must have slept funny," she said, shutting the water off.

Antonio handed her a towel, then pulled her wet body to him. "Do you need some Tylenol?"

"No, that's okay, hopefully the hot shower worked."

On the way to his parents, Antonio pointed out landmarks, explaining each one to her. "Paris, is just as beautiful as Italy. I can see why they moved out here."

"It is. But it's a tourist area. Another reason why I moved away from here."

Giorgia watched them pull into the driveway and met them outside with smiles. The girls recognized her and ran towards her, giving her hugs.

"Hello my two beautiful granddaughters," Giorgia said happily.

Giovanni walked outside and shook Antonio's hand. "I'm happy you came to visit. Your mother has been driving me nuts. Where's that Ethan at?"

Antonio looked over to his mom and chuckled. "It can't be that bad, can it?"

"That woman has been going nuts since you told her you were bringing the family here. She's been shopping and buying everything thing in sight. Acting like we're made of money."

"Buying what?"

"She wanted the house to look perfect for you and bought all new furniture, knickknacks, food, as well as toys and clothes for the girls."

Antonio shook his head. "For what? We're only going to be here for a few hours. Harlow isn't feeling well and we both have to be back to work in a couple days... besides, the girls have more than enough toys as it is." he sighed.

"I know, but this is your mother we're talking about. Between you and I, I think she may be losing it," Giovanni grinned.

Antonio laughed. "I'm sure she's not losing it. After giving Harlow a hard time about our home, I think she's trying to be a showoff."

Giorgia walked everyone inside, showing off their home. Being they were there, she brought out old photo albums, showing Harlow and the girls' pictures of Antonio when he was younger.

Hallow giggled after seeing Antonio with longer hair. "That's you?"

"Yes, that's me. I was a sexy young man there, wasn't I?"

Harlow continued looking through the albums then felt her heart drop after seeing him on a motorcycle. "Wow, you too?" she asked surprised.

Antonio glanced at the picture she was pointing at and smiled. "I rode that thing everywhere. That was my car for the longest time." he said happily. His smile quickly faded after seeing the look on her face, knowing she wasn't too thrilled about the bike. Especially after losing her parents on one.

"I forgot about that bike." Antonio said, taking the album from her hand and looking closer at the picture. He turned to his father, giving him a questionable look. "Do you still have it stored for me?"

"We do," Giovanni said.

Antonio smiled. "Sweet, I'll have to show it to Harlow."

Antonio walked Harlow out to the garage, where Giovanni uncovered Antonio's bike. He knew Harlow wasn't interested to see it, but she wanted to show it to her. He was hoping to take it for a ride with hopes of getting Harlow on the back of it. Wanting to show her it wasn't as bad as she thought it was and thinking she might even enjoy it.

Antonio reached for her hand and smiled. "Come on, let's take it for a rip up and down the street."

Harlow's eyes widened and stepped away from Antonio, shaking her head. "No way... there's absolutely no way I'm getting on that, they're way too dangerous. Not to mention, I just lost my parents on one of those things."

"Come on Harlow, live a little. We'll just go up and down the street." He wrapped his arms around her waist and tilted his head to the side. "You'll be safe with me and I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize your life."

"No." she said firmly.

He lowered his hands to hers, held onto them tight and looked her in the eyes. "There's nothing around here. We're in the middle of nowhere. I'll bet we won't even see a vehicle on the road. You'll enjoy it, I promise."

After a little convincing, and begging. She got annoyed and finally agreed to go for one, small quick ride. He put some fresh gas in the bike, grabbed a couple helmets and handed her one. "Here, put this on."

She groaned while taking it from his hand and nervously put it on. Stepping back when he started the bike and pulled it out of the garage. He held out his arm and helped her on. "Hold on to me tight, lean with me and don't lean the opposite way of me," he instructed. "Just relax and enjoy the ride."

He took her down the road, feeling good about riding his bike again and hoping Harlow was enjoying it. He went up and down the road a few times before pulling back into the driveway. He took off his helmet and shifted his body towards her. "How was that? Did you enjoy it?"

She pulled off her helmet and smiled. "It wasn't so bad, but you wouldn't catch me riding on one again, unless, I knew there were no vehicles in the area, maybe then I would."

Antonio thought to himself, thinking she might change her mind if he talked her in for one more ride. He noticed the longer they rode, the more relaxed she became. "One more ride, then we'll say our goodbyes?"

"Fine. One more ride, then I'm done."

Antonio smiled. He put his helmet back on, taking her out for a longer ride and showing her how enjoyable it is.

They headed to the airport with the vehicle loaded full of gifts. Antonio was happy with how Giorgia was decent with Harlow, thrilled to see her talking normal to her for once. "My mom treated you much different this time. I wonder why?"

Harlow giggled. "Probably because she's scared of Ethan."

Antonio laughed.

During the flight, Harlow stood from her seat and placed her hand on Antonio's shoulder. "I'm going to go lay down. I'm still feeling sore and tired."

"Once the girls fall asleep, I'll lay down with you."

"Or, they can come back and lay with us right now," she winked.

Antonio and the girls awoke before Harlow and went out to the front of the plane. Antonio was starting to worry about Harlow and wondered if she was coming down with the flu, with having all the signs of the flu. He grabbed her a bottle of water and set it on the table next to her.

Once they got home, Antonio had Harlow take a pregnancy test, wanting to make sure she wasn't pregnant. The results came back negative, to be sure, he had her take another one, using a different brand. Again, the test was negative. "You must have the flu. I guess just rest and drink plenty of liquids."

The next few months, Harlow had her good and bad days. Her bad days included being sore, tired, as well as her breasts being sore. With her breasts being sore, she felt scared, thinking she was pregnant and would take a test, only to get another negative result.

Ethan and Antonio were flying out quite a bit with their growing business. When they were home, they were hitting the bars quite often, upsetting Harlow. She finally had enough and had a talk with them. Letting them know she didn't appreciate Antonio being gone all the time. She also let them know she was hating how Antonio was spending most of his time with Ethan and hanging out at the bars.

"What would you like me to do?" Ethan asked.

"I need you to step away, let us be a family. I haven't been feeling well, I'm stressed out and tired all the time. I need Antonio's help with the girls and he can't do it while he's drunk."

She hated asking Ethan to step away, especially since he was all she had left, but felt she needed Antonio to spend more time with her and the kids. She felt she was losing him and hated having that feeling.

Ethan felt bad and sighed. He knew she was right and knew they had been getting carried away for months, and felt she had every right to be upset. He gave her a hug and apologized. "Just so you know, you won't have to worry about us hanging out for a while, anyway."

"How come?"

"Because. I'll be spending quite a bit of time down in Texas. I'm going to run the hotel for a while and get it back to where it was when we first bought the place. Once it's back to where it should be, I'll be carefully hiring someone again, then, I'll be back here for good."

"When are you leaving?" she asked sadly, feeling bad for yelling at him.

"In a couple days. It was one of the reasons why we were hanging out as much as we were," Ethan explained.

"I'm sorry." she said, hugging him back. "I still have never seen that place."

"You'll have to come and visit."

"I will, for sure."

******

Months later, Harlow was missing Ethan and wanted to see him. Antonio and Harlow flew down to Houston to surprise him. Once they arrived, Antonio drove around showing her the area, then took her to see the ocean.

When they walked into the hotel, the employees recognized Antonio. He placed his finger to his mouth, letting them know to be quiet and walked over to the counter. He saw Ethan walking by and cleared his throat. Ahem... Ethan turned around, smiled and laughed, happy to see who was there. He walked around the corner, looking for his nieces. "Where are the girls?"

"Gemma has them," Harlow said.

"Sweet, now we can party!" Ethan laughed.

Ethan looked to make sure the honeymoon suite was available and gave them the key. "How long are you two staying?"

"Just for tonight, possibly tomorrow, we're not sure," he said looking at Harlow then back to Ethan. "Harlow still isn't feeling well and has been feeling worse than ever. She has a doctor's appointment that she must be at in a couple days. She just wanted to get away and to come see her annoying brother," he chuckled.

Ethan looked at Harlow worried and walked them into a quieter area, away from everyone. "What's going on?"

She shrugged her shoulders and sighed. "I don't know. I've been tired and sore for months. And my breasts have been extremely sore-" she paused, looked away and took a deep breath. "And, about a week ago, I felt some lumps in my breasts."

Ethan's heart dropped and felt a lump form in his throat. Something he wasn't expecting to hear. "Lumps?" he asked shocked.

She shook her head and looked at Antonio. "So, tonight I'm feeling is the night I let loose and get drunk with my brother."

Later that night, all three went to the bar in the hotel. It was ladies night and Ethan did whatever he could, to get her drunk. They did shots, danced, sang karaoke and made complete fools of themselves. Antonio didn't care, this was all for Harlow to have fun and to help take everything off her mind, wanting all her problems to disappear for the night. He knew it wasn't business like to get drunk and wasted in front of his employees, but it was the one time in his life he said, fuck it...

Antonio and Ethan were talking and looked over to Harlow, both chuckling when they saw her passed out at the bar. "She still cannot handle her alcohol," Ethan laughed.

Antonio picked her up, placed her over his shoulder and carried her out of the bar. Ethan stayed in the room for a while, talking to Antonio about her and to let him know what the doctor finds. "Hopefully it's nothing serious," Ethan said sounding scared. "She's had nothing but bad luck these last four years and this is the last thing she needs."

"I know... believe me, I know."

******

A week had gone by after Harlow saw the doctor and her results were in. Harlow nervously sat in the chair, holding Antonio's hand while they waited for the doctor. Their heads turned when the door opened and both stood.

The doctor walked into his office, shaking Antonio and Harlow's hand, then walked around his desk and sat down holding onto Harlow's mammogram, MRI and biopsy results. "Please, sit down." the doctor said, holding his hand out to the chairs across from him. Harlow sat down crossing her legs, nervous to hear what he has to say. Antonio sat down reaching for Harlow's hand, holding onto her hand tightly while waiting for the doctor to read them her results.

She heard the four words she never thought she would ever hear. "You have breast cancer."

TO BE CONTINUED........ (The Unexpected Nanny)

(For those who never read it, the story continues to: (The Unexpected Nanny), those who have read it, you all know what happens.)

I'm sorry I shortened the story by a few chapters, I just haven't had time to write, and I didn't want to leave you all hanging, so I quickly wrote this chapter before going to bed.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter!! And most of all I hope you enjoyed the story!!!!!!

(For those who never read it, the story continues to: (The Unexpected Nanny), those who have read it, you all know what happens.)

I'm sorry I shortened the story by a few chapters, I just haven't had time to write, and I didn't want to leave you all hanging, so I quickly wrote this chapter before going to bed.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter!! And most of all I hope you enjoyed the story!!!!!!