Chapter 117

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