Brother in-law
Brother in-law
"You've ruined my life yet you act all cocky and talk to me like you are something. Who the hell do you think you are? And you had an affair with Mr Bill? Haven't you done enough? Why did you come back here? For years, I did a lot of jobs just to make sure I paid your fucking debt. Do you know I even considered selling my body because of you? But what were you doing? It would have been better to know you died somewhere than showing your ugly face in front of me."
Mia said between tears and charged at Mary again but Leo dragged her back by her waist while Linda knelt down in front of Mia to beg her.
"Please stop... you are going to kill her. Please Mia... hit me instead."
"You think I can't hit you? You think I won't? Do you know how many times you hit me for a crime Mary committed? Do you know all I went through because of you? The depressions... the suicidal thoughts. I fucking loved you. But you are terrible and horrible and an ingrate and I hate you. So move away before I really take my anger out on you. Because right now, I am helping you discipline your little princess. Maybe I may end up beating some sense into her."
Mia couldn't stop the anger she felt. She thought by now, Leo would probably know the kind of person she was and the type of anger she had then he would stay away from her or even end up hating her.
She wanted to stop, at least for Leo. But all the pent up anger, sadness and frustration for many years could not let her stop. Her hatred for Mary and the disgust she felt towards her mother now, could not let her stop.
"Mia... please. You don't have to do this." Linda begged as she hugged Mia's leg and cried.
Mary was wailing from so much pain and needed to be treated quickly. They could see some blood stains on her but didn't know where exactly it came from.
"Have you ever considered me your daughter? What did I ever do to you? Did you pick me up from the slums?" Mia asked Linda as she tried to kick her away.
Leo remembered Mia had said she didn't want to ever know that answer so he turned her around to look at him.
"Mia.. I'm not sure you want to do this right now you aren't in a good mood." He advised Mia who was beginning to cry uncontrollably seeing Leo still being gentle with her.
"Those... people.." She said pointing her finger backwards.
"They are bad people. They ruined my life" She said in between sobs.
"I know." Leo cupped her cheeks to look at her face.
"But if you continue like this, they are going to be badly injured and you would end up in prison. You have to control your temper okay?" Leo said quietly while she continued to cry.
"Please?" He begged.
As tears continued to roll down her cheeks, she nodded reluctantly while he smiled a bit.
He tilted his head to the side and planted a soft kiss on her lips before pulling her into a hug. She melted in his arms and cried uncontrollably while he gently patted her head.
He had called for an ambulance to take Mary to the hospital even though Mia hadn't wanted that and Linda had followed to watch over her daughter while he returned with Mia to the house when it was past midnight already. She hadn't gone to bed until it was past 6 in the morning after crying for a long time. He knew going to school wasn't an option for her today.
His phone soon began to ring and he quickly reached for it so it wouldn't wake Mia up. His eyes were heavy and he needed to sleep but he couldn't leave her there.
It was from an unknown number so he left the room to go answer the call while he head towards the kitchen for a bottle of water.
"You are Chloe's brother with the messy hair right?" Jeremy's curious voice asked immediately the call connected.
Leo didn't need anyone to tell him who that was. It was the weird guy who liked his sister and was jealous of him for being closer to his sister than he was.
"Chloe's brother with the messy hair?" He asked raising a brow.
"I guess it's you then. The other one would have said no. Where is Mia? Is she okay? Why isn't she in class?" He asked. "Answer quickly the lecturer is already in the class." He urged Leo impatiently.
Leo couldn't get angry at his rudeness because Jeremy obviously cared about Mia.
"She is sick. You don't have to worry too much."
"How can I not worry too much when she is sick!?" Jeremy snapped at him which caused Leo to frown deeply. Firstly, he was older than Jeremy. Secondly, Jeremy liked his sister so he was supposed to be respectful to him, yea?
"Do you like my sister or you like Mia?" Leo asked quietly. "I could just tell Chloe you have a thing for Mia—"
"What are you talking about? Mia is just a friend—"
"And Chloe?" Leo asked patiently. It was suddenly fun riling this guy up, he thought to himself as he reached a bottle of water to have a gulp.
"Well... she is... the girl I want to marry–"
*Pffffftt...*
Leo almost choked and spat out the water he had been planning to drink.
There was no way he was ever looking forward to being a brother in-law to this weird guy.
But he thought he shouldn't be worried. He was sure Chloe would never fall for someone like him.
"What are you doing here when you are supposed to be inside the class?"
Leo suddenly heard his sister's familiar voice at the background talking to Jeremy and frowned. Maybe he had to be worried?