“Wow” Richard exclaimed, I turned around to see who he was staring at.
Jenna was walking down the stairs, she was wearing a dark emerald dress with thin straps, it easy above knee length and it was semi skin tight.
Her hair was let down and they still carried their natural waves. She was beautiful. Her eyes stayed on me for a moment and I loved the fact that she acknowledged me first, she saw me first before any other thing, then they turned to Richard.
“Beautiful as always” Marcellino coming from the kitchen with a bottle of wine sitting in a bucket filled with ice.
I stood up and pulled out her chair only to find out that Richard had stood up and pulled the chair beside him.
“Look at this” Elisa said laughing heartily at the both of us. “Christian I’ll take your chair, Jenna take the chair beside Richard” Elisa said. I had calculated this, Jenna was supposed to be side me out but Elisa had fucked everything up.
Jenna turned to me, my baby wanted sit beside me as much as I wanted to sit beside her. Elisa sat in the chair I pulled out and Jenna went to sit beside Richard.
“Richard got you flowers” Marcellino said to Jenna.
“Oh, thank you” Jenna said to him, he could not keep his mouth shut, he was staring at her as if she was a big bowl of ice cream.
He closed his mouth and swallowed hard only for him to part it again and stare and stare at her. I grabbed the wine and pulled out the cork, if I needed to sit still herer and keep myself in check, I needed alcohol to help me.
“Please ring the chef ” my brother said to Elisa and she picked up the bell.
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Jenna
I dropped my hand on the table and once agay Richard’s fingers accidentally grazed mine.
“I love your perfume” he told me.
“Actually it’s not mine, it’s my mum” o told him.
He took a cut out piece from his stake and put it into his mouth, he had thin lips and dark brown eyes that sparkled with charisma, as he chewed I watched his dimple appear and disappear.
“Jenna!” Christian yelled my name, my body trembled out of instant shock and I turned to him.
“You’re not eating your food, don’t you like it?” He asked me dropping his fork on the table.
I stared at him for a new seconds, it was enough to know he was angry with me, he caught me staring at Richard but those dimples had me transfixed I didn’t have any other choice.
“I like the food” I said returning my eyes back to my plate.
“I think your uncle has anger issues” Richard whispered in my ear, he was so close to me our skin touched.
I moved away from him and he smiled.
“Sorry for coming so close”
“No, It’s not a problem, just don’t do it again” I told him and he nodded.
“I want to make a confession” my stepdad said.
“I know that Richard is too shy to say this but he’s a big fan of Jenna and he actually asked us if we would like dinner at his house, but I wanted him to feel at home here since he might be getting acquainted with our lovely daughter”
“Getting acquainted, what does that mean” Christian asked dropping his fork again.
I knew why he was dropping it , any moment he could grab the fork so tight and drive it into Richard’s throat, he didn’t want that. I didn’t want that either.
“Jenna is single, the both of them have a possibility of being in a relationship” my stepdad said.
“Honey, I think you’re taking this too far” mum said.
“Yes dad, I think you’re taking it too too far” I said.
“What… You’re single, he already likes you, I mean he’s been staring at you all through this dinner and he’s successful, you’re successful, you two make a power couple. You two could even get married” my stepdad said.
Christian stood up and pushed his chair away, his movements were rough. He walked away from the living room, he didn’t climb the stairs, he entered into the hallway, he was obviously mad.
My mum turned around, there was a puzzled look on her face.
“Let me go check up on him” my mum said pulling her napkin from the table to wipe her lips.
“Forget about Chris, he might be jealous of Richard ” my stepdad said.
“Why would he be jealous of Richard?” My mum asked hysterically.
“He might be jealous because he had never had someone to share me with. I always focus all my attention on him and I’m like his father figure, now that Richard showed up all of a sudden and I can’t stop talking about all the great things he had done Christian is jealous ” my stepdad said.
I turned to look at everyone sitting on the table, no one caught up on the truth.
“Jenna, I know that this might feel weird but I love Richard as if he’s my son, it would not be a bad thing if he’s my son in law”
My mouth fell open, I turned to Richard, his face was red with embarrassment but his eyes were pleading. What the actual fuck was wrong with these two.
Christian walked back to the living room carrying a gun. I gripped the table hard and moved back so quickly I knocked my chair over.
“Jesus!” My stepdad yelled running away too, my mum scramble away and ran out of the way as Christian pointed the gun at Richard who sat still on his chair.
It wasn’t a small pistol, it was an automatic gun, so fucking big.
“Christian, what the fuck do you think you’re doing, put that gun down!” His brother yelled but Christian’s eyes were cold and dead.
He didn’t even act like he was being addressed, he pressed the gun against Richard’s forehead.
“I’m going to put a bullet in your head Richard, this is the last day of your life, but before I do it, I want you to take your flowers back” he said and turned to his brother.
“Get the flowers from you where kept them” he said.
He was not joking, he was really going to do it.