Via"You didn't make us any food?" Kol gasps, placing a hand on his chest. "What did we do to be brutally punished in such a fucking way?" I can't help but let out a laugh. "You guys really rely on me to cook for you, huh?" I say, shaking my head."Well yeah. We—" Aiden cuts off, scratching his head nervously."You guys can take it if you'd fucking like," I hear Alexander's deep voice say from the entryway of the kitchen, crossing his arms."Really?" Ethan beams like a child on Christmas, bouncing on his feet."Yeah, we don't fucking mind," Sebastian adds to what Alexander said, shrugging. "We're taking Via somewhere anyways."That's news to me. They never fucking mentioned anything to me about today."Where?" I ask as I turn to them, raising an eyebrow."You'll see," Maximilian says as he extends a hand to me, smiling. "Let's go, Rosie." I nod and take his hand."Can I at least fucking know what we're doing?" I ask nobody in particular, folding my arms."No. It's a complete fucking s
Via"No," he shakes his head again, crossing his arms. "We'd never last that long with a girl." He stops talking and clears his throat as he mumbles, "Not that we were shitty ass guys that constantly went from girl to girl, but because we were too busy. Then when we'd try to date, girls would say that we wouldn't give them enough gifts and attention, so we started giving up.""Wait, then—" I trail off, looking away. "In your journal—" I trail off yet again. "How did you all end up with—"I don't finish my sentences because I don't want to say their names. I don't think I'll ever be okay with acknowledging their existence.We suddenly pull into a gated community. "I can't speak for others, but I can speak for myself." He punches buttons into a small machine and the gates begin to slowly open. "I didn't meet Amanda first. I met her sister first because of my mom. Since my mom was her doctor and she was treating her."The gates finally open, and the bar that would spike anyone's car for
ViaMrs. Honey rushes to me and takes me away from Maximilian. "I thought they'd never bring you," she says, guiding me into her house.Before I go inside the house, I turn back to the car in search of my men, but none of them are there anymore."They went to the back house. Elijah and Emerson needed them to help with their man cave," she shakes her head. "Men will be men."Wait, did she just say Elijah? As in the guy that my men basically said raised them? No, it has to be a coincidence or I'm hearing things."Elijah?" I ask as I watch her close the door behind us."Yeah," she nods. "My husband, Elijah De La Cruz," she tilts her head, probably realizing that I'm both lost and confused. "Did they really not tell you anything before bringing you here?""No. I agreed to clear things up with them a few days ago, and yesterday they told me they were going to take me somewhere," I look around. "I'm honestly very lost.""Sometimes I wish—" she mumbles the rest as she shakes her head. "I bla
Via"You got an invitation to Sebastian and Nichole's wedding?" Ms. Honey says as she tilts her head at me. "A physical or digital one?""Physical. Why?" I ask her."Because me and my family didn't receive an invitation, period," she mutters to herself. "We heard about Sebastian's engagement from a friend.""I found it in my dad's mailbox," I say, causing her to tilt her head at me."But that—" She cuts herself off and stays silent for a bit. "Never mind, the point is that you need to carve out responses from them or they'll keep things secret regardless of the toll they'd have on someone." She points to a picture of Elijah with many boys around him, my men included. "Elijah was like that until I forced him to change.""I don't want to force them to do anything. It doesn't sit well with me," I say, trying to push away the knot in my stomach. "Their other girls forced them to do things, and I don't want to be like them.""Via, their previous girls forced them to shower them with gifts.
SebastianI mean for it to sound like a humorous joke, but it doesn't come out that way. Probably because the jealousy within me takes over my tone of voice."No." I hear Via say as I hear the click on her belt. "Far from it.""Stop it, both of you" Maximilian says as he puts his window down. "Did you get some questions answered?""Yeah, some." She says with a small nod."Good." I nod in return as I follow after Nathaniel."So, can you finally tell me what split you and your brother up?" I hear Via ask."Are you talking to me or him?" Maximilian asks as I hear him tapping on his phone."Both." She says but then she shakes her head. "Mainly you though." She says as she turns to him. "Mrs. Honey said she believes your brother is marrying Scarlett as a form of payback. She said it had something to do with the girl you guys had in your group. Everlee? Therefore, I want you to explain.""Oh, that." Maximilian sighs. "Dustin stupidly thinks that I slept with Everlee after she graduated."He
Sebastian"Your presence never bothered me. You don't understand how badly I became dependent on it." I finally see our location coming up. "Even after you burned me with that cup of coffee." I say as I switch gears again and slowly pull into an empty space beside Nathaniels car."You're still mad about the cup of coffee?" Via asks me as she runs her hand softly up my forearm."Yeah, firefly. I am." I sarcastically shoot at her. "And I have yet to fully get payback."In my mind I still want payback, but I just don't know in what form I wanted to give it to her. All I knew is that I wanted to finish what I stopped in the restroom a few months back. I simply don't like incomplete tasks."Finally!" I suddenly hear Sergio's voice in the distance. "I've only been waiting half of an eternity here."I hear Maximilian laugh as I hear a back door open then close."That's not true. Micah said-" I roll the windows up which causes the voices outside to become muffled and causes the car to darken
ViaSebastian suddenly clears his throat. "You said that you hated the gifts, and you hated the fact that you felt as if you knew nothing about us. You said you wanted us to be honest with you in every aspect." He takes a slight small step towards me. "So, this is us doing just that."Nathaniel is the next to talk. "Via, we'll never be perfect." He puts one of his hands in his pocket. "We'll fuck up and we'll fix it in any form you'll like us to. As long as we never do this again. " He motions to the distance between all of us. "We can't stay away from you, and you can't put distance between us anymore."Alexander is the next one to speak. "We're sure Melanie and possibly even Luz told you some things about us. However, there's still much more for us to tell you. At the end of the day, we'll tell you anything you want to know at any time." I see him look at the floor for a second then back at me. "If it all becomes too much then just tell us and we'll understand. We'll go through it,
ViaThey share a look then Sebastian slightly shakes his head back and forth.Nathaniel turns back to me. "Eat your food." He says before he grabs his own plate."I am, I am." I roll my eyes.It's silent for a bit till I swallow what I have in my mouth and clear my throat. "Tomorrow is family golf with the Hawthorne's." I say as I look between each of them. "Would you guys like to join?"They stay silent for a bit."Since when did your dad start coming up with all these family events?" Alexander asks as he puts his plate down. "Because you guys used to not do these sorts of things.""I don't know, it just suddenly became a thing." I answer truthfully. "Well, it became a thing since my dad and brothers all have their happy endings and all of that."Sebastian studies me for a few seconds. "Do you want us to go golfing with you and your family? Yes." I nod. "I like you all being with me. I really also would like you guys to be with me.""Then of course we'll go." Maximilian nods. "I can'