I'll leave this little cliffhanger for the night, no?
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
Sienna:“Leave,” I said, glaring at my brother who raised an eyebrow at me.“I am surprised that you have yet to say a word…”“I said leave.” I said, snapping at Carlos who frowned at my reaction. “You were very fond of taking me away from my peace, I doubt that you think that I am going to fucking give you yours.”“Is that a threat?” He asked, and I scoffed before grabbing the glass that I had on the table in front of me. I grabbed it and threw it at him. His eyes widened as the glass shattered and I grabbed the knife that was on the tray before walking toward him. I pinned him against the wall behind him and held the knife to his neck, making him gulp at the sight of it.“This is my threat,” I said, looking at the broken glass around us. I cut his skin, and though I could tell that he wanted to move, he wasn’t dumb, he knew not to. “And this was my warning,”I took a step back and threw the knife on the floor in front of him, and I couldn’t help but notice that he let out a breath th
Diablo:“What do you mean by you’re not going to sign the papers, Diablo? She clearly chose to…”“I know my wife enough to know that she wouldn’t be filing a divorce without talking to me. It is something that I would do. Not to hurt her, I would file for it and send it to her, but I know her enough to know that she would fight me before she does. She would have to reach final resolves before she’s decided to file such a paper.” I said, stopping my father, recalling how she was warned by her father on our wedding day, how she was sent here a spy. The note was clear, but I knew her enough to know that she wouldn’t turn her back on me.“You never know someone well enough to know their intentions, Diablo. She married you a year ago for a certain peace, do you really believe, that within this year, she really did fall in love with you? Do you believe, in this year, that she chose not to turn her back on you?” He asked, making my chest ache. “Diablo, I know that it is hard to accept, but t
Sienna:“You are going to need to get something to eat,” mom said, walking inside the room. Her eyes met mine and I looked away from my mother before I sat on the edge of the bed, making my chest ache.She looked down at the glass that was shattered on the floor and shook her head before she nodded at the two maids to walk toward the glass to clean the mess that I made. I glared at the women and shook my head.“I don’t want to eat anything, mother.”“You are going to need to eat, and you are going to need to leave this room. You can’t keep fighting your brother whatever chance that you get. The man is trying to make amends with you but it seems to me that it is you…”“Do you really believe that of all people, Carlos is trying to make amends with me? The man has done nothing but ruin my life, and he has done nothing but try to break me, mother. I was always his challenge and I am surprised that you are pretending not to know your son.” I said, looking at her. “I don’t even understand ho
Alonzo:“Neither one of them is willing to sign the damn paper. Diablo wants to speak to Sienna, and my beloved bitch of a sister is being a bitch about everything that concerns that stupid thing.” Carlos said, and I scoffed as I looked out the window, taking a whiff of my cigarette.“We are going to need to make sure that they do. Them being divorced is not going to be finalized without their signatures. But it is doing something when it comes to breaking things on the inside. I am not sure about Sienna, but I know that Maria and Diablo are not talking. Netania knows not to approach Diablo, and the man is barely talking to me. Things here and whatever peace the man thinks he had is being disrupted.” I said, keing my eyes on the garden.I had to admit, I didn’t think that it would be this easy to shake the ground of this family. But if my mother was right about something long ago, it was the fact that love did weaken the strongest of men. It amazed me how much of an effect it had on Di
Diablo:“Has anyone seen Maria?” I heard my mother ask, taking me off guard as she did.“What’s going on?” I asked, and she shook her head as she gave me the best smile that she could muster, clearly wanting to hide what I just heard from her. “What is it about Maria?”“Nothing gets past you, does it, son?” She asked, and I crossed my arms over my chest. Mom sighed and looked away from me, I knew that she clearly wanted to hide what she felt was going on with Maria. Her leaving the house without permission was something that I didn’t want to deal with, and the idea of the two of us not talking must have been the reason behind that.“I couldn’t find her in her room. The maids said that she went out of the room. The last they saw her was in the kitchen. I know that she wouldn’t leave the house without your permission, Diablo. She knows not to be too foolish to do so.” Mom said, and I raised an eyebrow.“Knowing your daughter, do you really believe that what you said was true? Maria serio
Sienna:I walked out of the room for the first time in days. And I knew that this was going to come off as a surprise to everyone.“Sienna?” Alexandra asked, her eyes widening in surprise when she took sight of me.The child in her arms whimpered, but she paid no attention to that as she gave the baby to the maid.“Go and take care of your child. You know that being a first time mom can be hard,” I said, turning my attention from her. She was the least of my concerns right now. First, I was going to need to deal with my brother. If he was the one who brought me here, if Alonzo was working with him, which I hoped wasn’t true, then I was going to have to know how to deal with that. I was going to deal Alexandra later. My parents were the least of my concerns right now. If anything, my father’s presence was a threat to Carlos, and unless he managed to get rid of me, I knew that my brother feared my presence.“Look who we have here,” it was father who spoke. I turned to face him, surprised
Diablo:“Why is she not waking up? She’s been in that room for hours, why is she still asleep?” Mom asked, looking at Maria who was laying in the ER with an oxygen tube in her mouth.Her chest rose and fell with each breath that she took, and the idea of her being in that room, her saying that it was Alonzo, and everything that happened in a span of a day just took me off guard.The last person that I expected to be playing dirty was my right hand, and though I knew that I should have expected anyone considering me doubting my own sister, this was beyond what I imagined.“Diablo, why is your sister not moving. Please let them make her wake up.” Mom begged. I knew that she was well aware that it was impossible for me to do so, but the pain that she was reflecting made my chest ache.All this time, it was Alonzo? God knew how much time this was, and how much damage did he make. Who was he working with? And for how long? All these were questions that played through my head made my heart a