And the snake lost her baby...
Diablo:I frowned as I opened my eyes to find myself in a white room, a room that I knew was not mine.It was white and white duvet sheets covered my body. Bandages were everywhere, but I felt no pain. It was as if was floating on a cloud, one that I didn’t want to get up from. It was a lot peaceful here. Too surreal, a better feeling than I had in a long time. One that I did not aim to lose.The heart monitor beeped, and the one thing that I could remember was being at home with my wife, Sienna. I didn’t even understand how I ended up here to begin with. “Did we get into a fight? Did the woman shoot me?” I asked voicing out my question, looking around the place that I was in as my voice sounded as if it was coming from a distance. I was surprised to find myself holding a hand, well, to be more specific, the hand held onto mine as mine was loose around it before I wrapped my hand around it. The small hand let me know that the person was asleep. Her grip was soft, but the just the fee
Sienna:“What’s going on?” Netania asked, frowning when she saw me walking out of the room where Diablo was staying. Thankfully, he was out of the ER, but the fact that the first thing he did when he left the room was choose to kick me out scarred me deeply. I didn’t even know his reason, but I didn’t want to care about asking at this point.“Diablo is awake. I am going to get something to drink, he asked me to tell you that he woke up.” I said, choosing not to tell them about their son kicking me out of the room. The last thing that I needed or wanted was to give Maria that satisfaction. Though I knew that she might find out from Diablo, I would rather not have it coming from me.I walked toward the cafeteria, ignoring the pain that I felt in my chest as I stood in line to get myself a cup of coffee. The lack of sleep was getting to me, I had to admit that much, and I knew that the number of things that I had to deal with were not easy.I still couldn’t even reach Lexi. The woman was
Diablo:“Brother!” Maria said, running inside the room. Mom and dad followed close behind, and I smiled when she slowed down before throwing herself in my arms, hugging me tightly.Despite the pain that I was in, I hugged her back, pulling her to my chest. Alonzo smiled as he shook his head at me, crossing his arms over his chest as he looked me in the eye.“You worried all of us, Diablo.” He said, and I smiled at the man.“You don’t need to worry. I am as strong as a bull. I’ll be out of here in no time,” I said, and mom rolled her eyes at me.“Of course, you won’t. You lost more blood than you should have, and had it not been for Sienna donating her blood to you, God knows when we would have found a donor in time for you. It took us a long time to find it, thankfully…”“Sienna donated her blood?” I asked, and mom nodded.“The woman didn’t move from your side the second they opened the door, allowing us to see you. She wouldn’t even go home to sleep, she has been here for the past two
Maria:I walked to the cafeteria, knowing to get myself a cup of coffee and sitting there until I was allowed to leave. Or until I was allowed back inside Diablo’s room. Either way, I knew not to do anything stupid.The last thing that I was going to do was leave before a driver came to pick me up. I was already in enough trouble as it was. And knowing that my father was the one who gave me the silent order, I knew that he ONLY ever did that when he was angry, and I was sure that he was more than just angry with me at this point.“If you think of betraying the family for man that you are now calling a husband, and if you think that the Duraturo is going to welcome you as family, then you are wrong. Trust me when I say, that I am going to be sure that you take your last breath before you’re able to process what you a call a marriage being your life.” I heard a man say from behind the door. My heart dropped to my stomach when I saw a man holding a woman, Sienna, by her neck. He had a kni
Sienna:I was calm as the nurse pulled the knife out of my leg, doing my best not to scream.However, despite myself, I found myself squeezing my palm so hard that it bled, tears escaped my eyes before I could stop them, and I the metallic taste that I tasted from my lips told me that I bit through the process, drawing blood from it.“We are going to need to clean it, ma’am.” The nurse said, and I nodded, looking away from her and at the now worried Maria as she sat on the chair beside the door.“You know, you are not doing yourself a favor by sitting here. I am very much capable of dealing with this.” I said, and she shook her head at me.“I still don’t understand how things happened. Why…?”“Welcome to the world that we live in, Maria. Sometimes, things beyond us happen.” I said, my voice softening as I looked at her. “It is not out of the ordinary, but it is not something that I want Diablo finding out about just yet. He is too weak for me to be speaking to him about such a topic.
Diablo:“Alonzo, please check where my sister went, the last thing we need is for her to start causing trouble, and knowing her, she wouldn’t hesitate.” I said, and he nodded.He walked out of the room, leaving me, mom, and Arturo in the room, and I couldn’t help but find myself feeling off. Something was wrong, I just didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know what it was that I felt.“You are worried about her when you should be resting and we should be the ones worried about you.” Mama said, her voice softening as she took my hand in hers. “And I can’t help but notice that you didn’t even bother calling for your wife, even after finding out what she did.”“You are going to stick to that subject, mama.” I said, and she raised an eyebrow.“She deserves you to notice her. The woman has been by your side for days and she has done nothing but try to serve you and make sure that you are fine. Asleep or not, she was constantly wiping your lips with a cloth of water, making sure to keep them h
Sienna:“You really couldn’t go for five minutes without telling them?” I asked, shaking my head at the girl as I saw Alonzo and Netania rushing inside the room. She looked away from me, not saying a word, and Nathan rolled his eyes.“That is what we get when a teenager finds out about something.” He said, and she frowned.“The woman is my brother’s…”“Enough, Maria.” Netania said, stopping her daughter. “Alonzo, have the men take Maria home. We don’t know the danger that can be lurking around the hospital and the last thing that I am going to need is to find myself worrying about you right now.”“Mama…”“I said a word, Maria.” She said, stopping her daughter. She didn’t say another word to respond, and when the door opened, my eyes widened when I saw Arturo walking toward me. His eyes were filled with worry, and I smiled at the man, wanting to sit up properly. This was the last thing that I expected or needed.“What happened?” He asked, and I smiled.“Nothing happened. My brother and
Lexi:“I have been fucking calling you nonstop for days!” I snapped, fighting back the urge to yell at Maria as she answered the phone.“It is not very easy on me to actually answer the phone when everything is just messed up. Whether it is the woman that you called friend or the fact that she was hurt by her brother.” She said, making me frown in confusion.“What are you talking about?” I asked, lowering my voice a bit. “What happened to Sienna?”“A lot. But that doesn’t matter now. She is fine. Mom and dad are with her, she okay now.” She said, choosing not to give me an answer. “Diablo is awake, he is not willing to see her. I don’t know why, though, but he kicked her out of the room the second he woke up.”“Really?” I asked, now more interested to hear what she was going to tell me. “He kicked her out when the two of them were lovers the day before?”“They were lovers, I assume. But something must have happened for him to leave as angry as he is. The house is turning upside down wi