EPISODE SIXTY-TWO
“Why should you care about that?”I asked glaring at him and he was taken aback but he composed himself almost immediately.
“Why shouldn’t I care?, You’re my step daughter now”
“I never accepted you as my step father, Stpp trying to be friendly, I know what you did to Enea in my presence”I blurted, Angrily and he took some steps closer to me.
“I’m so glad that you’re here, At least, I won’t have any reasons to be worried about your safety”He said, lovingly and I almost puked at his sly attitude.
Batista is nothing but a sly man, He surely knows how to use the right words to capture you at the right time, Maybe that’s how he got my mom too.
I knew he’s goin to talk bad about Enea, Not like he’s a saint too but there are things he could never do.
“Take me to my room”I said, referring to mom and she nodded sbefore leading the stairs.
“Don’t try to do anything funny, I will report everything to my mom”I warned him before hand, He has shown lots of interest in me ever since I met him with Enea.
His dirty words made me puke, How do mom even end up with him?
“Of course, I won’t, But trust me, You won’t be safe either when your mom leaves”
“You better not do that”I glared at him before walkinf out of him.
I followed mom as he led the stairs and soon, we got to the room.
My bags were in the wardrobe already, The roomis nice and clean too.
“This will he you’re temporary room until I clean your room, I promise to make you feel comfortable”
“I’m not planning to stay”I scoffed before walking towards the bed, She held my hand and bow, sadly.
After a while, she raised her head an stare at me.
“I never planned this, We shouldn’t be here, But I had no choice, I had to protect you, So, you won’t end up like your dad too, Please, make sure you put on your best behaviors while you’re here, Batista won’t tolerate any disrespect, It will be at my own expense if you disrespect him and I will be at the receiving point, Please, Just help me, this once”She begged, sincerely and I stare at her for a while before nodding.
Trust me, Mom is no longer putting on her fake character, This time around, She seems sincere and pleading too, I tried to fathom what could make her say something like this but I couldn’t.
“I promise, I will be leaving my next week, I have exams”I mumbled before sitting on the soft comfy bed and and nodded.
“Goodnight then”She waved at me before leavong the room.
But, what if Batista actually threatened mom?, And tried to use my Dad to defame us?
AUTHOR POV
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In a garden, Filled with red hibiscus flower and beautiful yellow flowers too, was a woman, With her daughter, Sitting on the long chair, A boy in his fourteens run towards the older woman and the little girl smiled.
“You’re back from school already?”She asked patting his head and he nodded.
“Won’t Ariana resume school already?”He asked, staring at the deaf littke girl, holding onto her mom hands, Emotionally and the woman smiled.
“Dad promised to take her to the states for surgery, I want her to stay with me for sometimes before she leaves with him”
“Will she be able to hear what we are saying, By then?”He asked, enthusiastically and the woman nodded, smiling and grinning.
She looks so eager to see her little princess hear and talk again.
It would be a dream come through for them.
“Your sister draw a house, She wants us to live together in the future”She said, handing over a piece of paper to him and the boy collected it, smiling.
“Will Dad build it for us?”He asked smiling and she moved uneasily, Her mood changed instantly but she covered it up with a smile and nodded.
“Of course, But she wants you to build the house for us, Then, we can live there together, Happily”
“Of course mom, Will the yellow and red flowers be there too?, Ariana seems to love them ”
“Yes, I will plant them there”she smiled heartily and watched the two lads playing together, In the garden.
She wished for this to continue for a very long time, if wishes were horses.
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ENEA POV
I woke up with a banging headache the next morning, After having a nightmare.
They aren’t a nightmare but these days, they were slowly haunting me and depriving me off my sleep.
I rose from the bed to take my bath, After having a cold shower, I wore a casual outfit since I won’t be going out early that morning.
The house seems so dry without Alessia, I could have woke up with her beside me, Her fragrance lingering around the whole room, She really helps me sleep at night before she left, I hope I could bring her back but I will be too selfish.
She deserves a good man, not a di*ck like me.
I walked out of the room and met Tyler, just coming on my way with a tray of food in his hands.
“Food is ready”He mumbled smiling and I scoffed.
“You except me to eat that disaster?”I brushed past him and he rush up to me.
“Hey, You should be appreciative at least, I woke up very early to prepare breakfast for you”
“I’m not eating”
“Do you have plans for today?, You look like you haven’t sleep in ages”He asked touching my neck and I move away from him.
“I’m fine, I planned to go out later in the evening, you?”
“That little witch insisted that I take her to the hospital for check up, She’s hoping that she will be pregnant again”He scoffed and I chuckled before walking down the stairs.
There, I met Gray in the living room, pacing to and fro.
“What’s wrong?”I asked walking up to him and he bow slightly.
“You told me to keep tabs on Sia”
“To the point”I muttered, impatiently and he took a gulp.
“Yesterday, I tried checking the devics installed in her bags, wigs and phone, But they aren’t connecting, I waited till night even though, I kept on checking, Later at night, I was able to connect it back again but her location was giving me wrong information”
“Wrong information or she went somewhere?”I asked, curiously and he sigh.
“She traveled out to the states”
“For what?”
“To meet her mom”
“Where?”
“In her matrimonial home, Batista house, She’s presently there”