After a month, James announced her pregnancy. Paolo seemed unhappy about it and would beat her every time he got annoyed with her. James didn't know about it at first, but when it started to get more intense, she started having visible bruises.
Nina suffered from Paolo's hands for two years. She didn't even know how she and the baby in her womb survived his beatings. James couldn't do anything about it, but when he had enough, he took all her punishments.
Paolo stopped the beatings when he was diagnosed with cancer. He became weak and bedridden, then James started acting the Clan's head on behalf of his father.
Brie grew up close to James, but she knew that he wasn't his father. She understood that no one should know that his father wasn't James because the truth would put their lives in danger.
Sometimes Brie would ask her about his father and why he wasn't around. Nina told her that she will tell her the truth someday and she should not feel any anger towards her real dad.
