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After Mother Died, the Don Followed Her Chapter 12
Daddy finished watching the video I gave him.It was as if his spine had been pulled out of him. Inch by inch, he sank down into his chair.“I didn’t know.”His words fell from his lips like ash. “I didn’t know. I looked into it, but I found nothing.”With shaking hands he opened a drawer in his desk and took out a picture frame.I raised an eyebrow.It was a photo of Mommy.She was still young in it, her eyes not yet eaten away by grief.Daddy ran his fingers over the photo, and his tears fell, landing on the frame.After thirteen years, he finally wept for her, tears of regret.But through that thin pane of glass, she couldn’t feel them.Thank God she couldn’t.“Isa, I never imagined it would turn out this way.”“I was a fool back then, and I cheated on her, but I still had love for your mother.”“What Don doesn’t have a string of mistresses? I only made the mistake any ordinary man makes.”“Right, Isa? Otherwise, why would I have brought in the medical team?”“It’s all Benita’s faul
After Mother Died, the Don Followed Her Chapter 11
Over two years, I followed the plan and collected plenty of evidence of the Guerrero family’s crimes.It wasn’t hard. Marco Guerrero’s study had no defenses against me.He believed family doesn’t betray you.He didn’t know I never thought of him as family.On my eighteenth birthday, everything was ready.Grandpa and I were going to strike the killing blow.We waited until Benita went out alone, and Grandpa kidnapped her and took her to an abandoned factory.When Grandpa pulled the gag out of her mouth, she started cursing.“You old bastard, do you know who I am? I’m the Donna of the Guerrero family. You dare kidnap me?”Grandpa fired a shot into the air, and she went quiet instantly.Bullets really are more persuasive than reason.“I have good reason to believe you sent the gunman who killed Mommy.”I stepped out of the shadows, my voice cold.“That day, no one but you and Daddy knew we were going to the lawyer’s office.”“You were the first to react to the shot, and you held Daddy bac
After Mother Died, the Don Followed Her Chapter 10
Back at the beach house, Grandpa asked me to walk with him along the shore.We walked in silence for a long time before Grandpa finally spoke.“Everyone has the right to choose. But—”He turned his head, and his eyes seemed to see straight through me. “Are you certain?”I didn’t rush to answer. I thought about it, hard.Eleven years.The blind anger inside me had turned into clear, sharp hatred.In that estate, no one remembers Mommy anymore.She is like a raindrop soaked into the mud, with not a trace of her left.The maids, the cooks, the drivers, they forgot the old lady of the house long ago, and they all revolve around Benita now.Daddy kept Mommy’s room the way I asked.But it is only a specimen, with no life in it.Every time I see Benita strutting through the estate, my heart starts to ache.By what right? By what right does she get to have everything that should have been Mommy’s?And Daddy, except for today, has never once mentioned Mommy.Maybe he is afraid that mentioning h
After Mother Died, the Don Followed Her Chapter 9
Mommy has been dead eleven years, and I’m sixteen now.For eleven years, I have gone back to the estate every week.Every time, I shut myself in Mommy’s room and stay there all day long.The room is kept the way it was when she was alive.The clothes she wore still hang in the closet, like a silent forest.I like to open the closet door and curl up inside.Mommy’s clothes wrap around me, like her arms.Today I fell asleep in the closet and dreamed about when I was little.I dreamed about when Mommy was still alive, the two of us together.The dream started out golden like watered-down honey.Then it slowly turned pink, until it became blood red.In the end, a gunshot in the dream jolted me awake.Now I understand.My childhood died years ago, with Mommy, in that one gunshot.I wiped off a cold sweat and went to the bathroom to splash my face.“Isa, why are you so pale? Are you all right?”Daddy’s worried voice came from behind me.I didn’t look at him. “I’m fine. Just had a dream,” I s
After Mother Died, the Don Followed Her Chapter 8
On Saturday, Grandpa drove me to the estate for the first time.Daddy and Auntie Benita stood at the door, waiting for me.The estate was as beautiful as ever, but Mommy wasn’t there anymore.Now the estate was just an estate. It wasn’t home.Daddy was happy to see me and held out his arms to pick me up.I stepped back and shook my head.“I’ll walk by myself.”Daddy looked a little hurt. After a moment he managed a smile.“All right. That’s my girl.”I ignored him.I wasn’t his girl. I was only Mommy’s girl.Inside the estate, I went back to Mommy’s room.It was different now.There was a perfume smell in the room I didn’t like, and it wasn’t the perfume Mommy wore.The door opened, and Auntie Benita walked in.Seeing me look around, confused, she smiled.“Auntie lives in this room now. In a little while I’m going to redo it, too.”“Isa.” She looked at me. “Why don’t you move back in? Auntie can be your mommy.”I shook my head right away. “No.”I only had one mommy, and she didn’t dese
After Mother Died, the Don Followed Her Chapter 7
After the funeral, Grandpa took me to live at the beach house.It was one of the treasures Mommy left me.At night, Grandpa told me stories about Mommy, and stories about himself.It turned out Grandpa had been the Don once too.But after Grandma died, he didn’t want to be the Don anymore.He handed the seat to Daddy and went back to the countryside alone, to keep Grandma’s photo company.Grandpa said Daddy used to be good to Mommy, and gentle with her.But after he became the Don, everything changed.Does being the Don turn you bad?But Grandpa didn’t turn bad, so I didn’t understand.“Grandpa, why don’t you go back and be the Don again? I hate them. They got Mommy killed. I want to...”I tipped my face up, not knowing how to say it.I only knew I was angry, but I couldn’t get it out.Grandpa said, “Revenge. The word you’re looking for is revenge.”I nodded as hard as I could. “Yes. Revenge. I want revenge!”Grandpa looked at me, then looked out at the wide sea, and shook his head.“M
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