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
Sienna:“No,” I said, glaring at Diablo who looked away from me. “I am not going to leave the house and run away to some safe house where no one is going to find me. If something is to happen, then I am going to fight, Diablo.”“Sienna…”“I said no, Diablo. I am not going to leave. If it is Maria that you are concerned about, then I am going to know how to deal with her in my own way. But I am not going to run away like some coward, I am sorry.” I said, stopping him. “I am not the type to run away, I am going…”“I don’t want you to keep fighting with my family, Sienna.” He said, taking me off guard. I looked at him and he looked away from me, his eyes reading the pain that I had in my eyes at hearing his sentence. The fact that he didn’t consider me as part of that family, HIS family, pained me more than I could describe. “Look, I just want you to be safe. I am tired of you fighting them all the time, getting in conflict, and dealing with more than you should. They are pressing on you
Diablo:“Sienna, talk to me.” I said, looking at my wife who was sitting on the windowsill, staring out into space, not sparing me a second glance.She didn’t say a word nor did she bother looking at me. I walked toward her and put my hand on her shoulder. She looked at my hand over her shoulder before she got up, choosing not to respond to my touch.“Sienna…”“I’m going to shower.” She said, stopping me. “I hope that it doesn’t add up to the problems that you have. Or am I going to be annoying someone with my usage of water?”I didn’t respond as I looked away from her. I couldn’t respond if I wanted to. The anger that I knew she felt toward me, and the hate that I saw in her eyes. It was anger, I knew that, but I knew that I couldn’t blame her for it. I called it on for myself.“I am not punishing you by sending you to the safe house, Sienna.” I said, stopping her. “But I am going to need to keep you safe. I can’t have them using you against me, neonata. You have to understand me…”“I
Sienna:I walked to the front door where Alonzo was waiting for me.His eyes met mine, but I was quick to look away as I forced myself to keep my head high. Of course, he would be trusting his right hand to do the job. The man didn’t even bother leaving his office to come and see me before I left.“Your things are already in the house. The maids should be arranging them by now.” Alonzo said, and I nodded.“I told you, you were never going to come between my children. I wasn’t going to allow it. See, Maria stayed, and it was you who was chosen to leave.” Netania said from behind me. Alonzo opened his mouth to respond but I raised my hand, stopping him. I turned to face the woman, knowing that she wasn’t expecting that as a reaction from me. But I already told Diablo; I fought my own battles, I didn’t run away from them.“Well, now you can clap your hands and cheer for both your children. And one day, when things turn into reality, when you wake up from the fantasy that you’re living in,
Diablo:“I’m sorry, boss. She refused to call when I tried to get her to do so.” Alonzo said, making my heart drop. “She said that you chose to send her away. She doesn’t want to speak to you, nor does she want to see you. She signed the paper and told me that she would leave. She doesn’t even want to see us at court. She says her lawyers will be…”I broke the glass that was on the table, stopping Alonzo. His eyes widened in surprise and I could tell that he was taken back by my reaction. The man’s eyes widened in surprise and he looked away from me for a second before I shook my head as I got up from my chair and walked toward him.“And you just let her leave?” I asked, and he shook his head.“I didn’t. I tried to stop her, but you know how Sienna is when she doesn’t want to listen to something. She chose not to stay, she said that she no longer wanted to stay.” He said, and I shook my head as I took a step back. This was impossible, Sienna is not the type to just walk away. She would