Sienna:I opened my eyes to find Diablo sitting on the edge of the bed.His back was to me, and he had his head in his hands as he massaged his temple, clearly lost in thought.It wasn’t until I put my right hand on his back that he jumped, snapping out of whatever it was that he was thinking of.He turned to look at me, and I ran my finger over his back, gently massaging it. He looked at me and I curled up before sitting beside him. He ran his finger over my hand as he pulled me to his chest, hugging me tightly. He didn’t say anything, and I nodded in assurance. Whatever it was, I didn’t know what he was going to say, but I was going to press on him more than necessary.“Do you want to talk to me?” I asked, and he looked away from me, not saying a word for a few seconds. He shook his head and I nodded, running my hand over his bicep, wanting to comfort him.“Did you get any sleep?” I asked, and he nodded.“I slept for two hours. I could barely doze off to begin with and in the end, I
Diablo:“You called for us, Diablo?” My mother asked, and though I smiled, I knew that she saw through my pain and anger. She always did that when she looked at me, saw and read my expressions long before I even said a word.“Do you want something to drink mama?” I asked, and she frowned.“You called us inside your office for a drink?” My father asked, raising an eyebrow at me. I looked down at my desk, and he shook head in question at me. “Diablo, you being quiet is not going to help solve anything. We both know that you wouldn’t call us here if it was not important, and judging by the way that you’re looking at us; the two of us can tell that something is wrong.”“It’s about Maria,” I said, looking at the two of them, knowing that this was something that they were going to have to know. I would rather that they hear it from me than from a stranger. And judging by my father’s expression, I knew that he understood that it seemed to be a serious matter. “Maria is playing us, has been p
Lexi:“What do you mean that you are going to allow her to die, Carlos? We need her alive, her dying and her being sent away is not something that we are going to need on our hands. Plus, if Diablo gets rid of her, he is going to find out that we might have someone else on the inside.” I said, glaring at the man who shook his head at me, being colder than ever.“I can’t understand how you manage to be as cold as you are when it comes to our plans breaking, one by fucking one, and you don’t even care for a second to try and fix things. Hell, you don’t even bother to try and talk about it. You just find it normal for things to be going the way that they are, and…”“You ever stop talking?” He asked, stopping me. “I am genuinely curious. You have said more words than I can ever think of in span of ten seconds. Therefore, I am curious, do you ever stop talking? And when you do, do you think of talking? What do you tell yourself?”“Carlos, now is not the time for you to be messing with words
Sienna:“You can’t be serious?” Yildez asked, “I wouldn’t have thought for a second that Lexi would be as manipulative as she was. The woman was playing all of us all along? And not only that, but she was always married?”“She is now a widow, unfortunately. The man passed away, they say that he had a heart attack.” I said, shaking my head.“And she didn’t even wait for a while before marrying? No wonder he didn’t reveal her to the public, I wouldn’t want my son to marry a woman like her. Poor thing must have suffered with her as a husband. Then again, he should have known when he chose her as his bride. The woman is not exactly the most sane of the bunch.” Yildez said, shaking her head. “What are you going to do? You know, with her marrying your brother and all? I hear that you and Carlos were never on the best terms to begin with.”“Carlos has his flaws, we all do, but you are right about the two of us not getting along well. He always did hate m presence by his side, saw is a threat
Diablo:“Your mother is right with being angry, Diablo. That girl is still your sister, regardless of her mistakes, she is going to be your responsibility, and that means, not even Sienna matters when it comes to her.” Father said, making me raise an eyebrow.“Do you really believe that I am going to be sending Maria away, a part of my heart and soul, away from this house, from my side, when I gave her my word that I wouldn’t?” I asked, looking at my father once the two of us have managed to calm down. “You know that anyone else in her place would have been long dead.”“But your sister is not anyone, is she? She is your sister. A small part of you, a part of this family, my daughter, your mother’s light.” He said, looking down at his drink. “Her speaking to Alexandra could have been stopped. But considering that she hasn’t told her anything that would jeopardize this family’s safety, why would you send her away? Don’t you think that it is a lot more dangerous for her to be away from th
Sienna:“You’re back away from the hell hole that you went to hide at?” Netania asked, raising an eyebrow at me as she watched me walk inside the house.“I am not sure whether to be concerned about the fact that you chose to wait for me by the door, or confused at the fact that you are throwing your anger at me over something that you know very well that I did not do.” I said, and she scoffed.“I am not Diablo. I am not going to fall for your games of innocence. A woman like yourself is not an innocent one and she never will be. If anything, you of all people are going to be waiting for whatever I am going to say to simply say otherwise.” She said, and I raised my head, shaking my head at her.“I have a lot of respect for you, I swear, I do. But my patience level runs a little low lately, and I am not going to tolerate anyone insulting me. I have had enough of that game with your daughter. She has pushed me to my limits on things that I neither did nor considered doing. Therefore…”“T
Diablo:“Why?” Maria asked, raising an eyebrow at me. “Your wife wants me around and you are choosing to follow her as you suddenly started submitting to every word that she keeps telling you?”“Do you really believe that you are going to get anywhere with this attitude, Maria? I am genuinely curious as to where you are going, how you plan on dealing with things, and facing your mistakes. You have done something that is wrong…”“Most of what you said, I did not do. Diablo, I tried to speak to you, but in the end, I am the bad person anyway. Sometimes, it is a lot easier pretending to be the bad person in this family. At least when you are accused of shit, you don’t bother. But if I am going to care about everything that you tell me, he tells me, she tells me, mom, dad, you, Alonzo, the way your wife looks at me. The number of tutors that have, the maids watching over me like hawks. For crying out loud, I am human, and I am not a child. You treat me like one, trust me when I say, I am
Alonzo:“I don’t understand?” I asked, frowning in confusion at the news as Diablo gave it to me. The news about his sister being free of whatever punishment that she was to be given. This was not something that I wanted, hell, it was not what I needed to hear right now.“I don’t want to send her away. I know that it might not make sense, but her being here is a lot safer for her, for the family. She is my sister and I am not going to risk her being away from me. She could get hurt and knowing her, she is going to do something that is stupid, that is not what I want.” He said, and I nodded, pretending to understand him.“But knowing her, do you believe that she is going to be stopping whatever it is that she is doing? This is Maria you are talking about. The girl got herself kidnapped…”“She got herself kidnapped and might not even stop, but what good am I going to do anyone if I send her away. It is neither going to be safe for her, nor is are we going to be at east here. The family i