Chapter 7

~ Lillian's Pov ~

I wasn't expecting that from him.

"It hasn't come to this David." Uncle William barked coming over to my side.

" How dare you touch my daughter?!" My mother yelled.

"She deserves it." Sandra snapped, laughing.

Adrenaline rushed through me.

I stood up, and my chair scraped against the floor with a harsh scrrrrrt sound.

I picked up some plates of dishes, throwing them at my father...no... he's not my father... David, Julia and Sandra.

Their clothes were stained and It gave me so much joy seeing the expressions on their faces.

"You mannerless... "Julia tried to hit me but this time My mother stopped her.

"Enough!"

"You're such a mannerless daughter, what kind of a daughter attacks her own father?!" Julia yelled.

"Couldn't you just get through the evening without asking for trouble?" My mother asked Julia.

"I can't believe I have a daughter like you." David vomited.

I rolled my eyes immediately.

I can't believe I have a father like him either.

Julia is talking about manners she should lecture herself first .

"If you had manners, you wouldn't have turned my father against us. I snapped.

Grace and my sister pulled me to the side.

I was very pleased with how dirty David and his family looked right now.

But then, embarrassment flooded through me not just because of the scene, but because I noticed Javier was still sitting there, watching the drama going on.

I wish he didn't have to see how messed up my family was.

I couldn’t take it anymore.

So I whispered to my mother.

“I’m leaving,”

This time, no one stopped me.

I hurriedly left the hall.

The cool evening air hit my face,but at least I was out of there.

out of the humiliation.

I exhaled.

I crossed my arms and started walking trying to board any taxi that drove by but unfortunately for me I found none.

My vision blurred as tears filled my eyes.

I blinked quickly, trying to stop the tears from dropping.

I'm glad I put them in their place but I couldn't stop feeling sad at the same time.

I wish my family was different.

I wish my life was different.

And the tears dropped.

I sniffed...

And maybe, for the first time, I realized something important.

Sometimes, leaving isn’t weakness.

Sometimes, it’s the only way to protect yourself.

My feet started to hurt as well.

When would life go my way?

A car suddenly pulled up beside me.

I looked sideways to see the glass window rolled down and it was Javier.

I quickly wiped my tears.

I frowned at him.

"Get in." He commanded

Get in?

We're not in his company neither I'm I his employee and we're clearly not at the bar so, I do not have to take orders from him.

And besides, how do I face him after what happened tonight.

"It's not easy to get a taxi here." He pressed on.

I ignored him and continued walking.

Then he started driving slowly after me.

Seriously?

What is his problem?

“I don't think your current with the news. If you are, you would know that severa cases of murder and rape had occurred lately on this street and the murderer is making it impossible for the police to arrest him.”

Fear hugged me.

“ Enjoy your walk back home.” With that, he drove off.

Oh lord!

I should have swallowed my pride and just gotten into his car.

I just stood where I was, too afraid to take another step.

Even if life hasn't been fair to me… I'm still too young to die…

Life is beautiful however you see it.

Oh God. Please save me.

I saw Javier's car stopped upfront and then he drove backwards and stopped right beside me again.

He didn't even have to say a word this time.

I ran around the car and quickly opened the door of the passenger's seat.

The moment I sat down, I fastened my seat belt.

Of course I purposely avoided looking at his face. I didn't even say a word to him, I'm very sure he has a cocky expression on.

I rested my chin on my palms and stared out of the window.

I can't believe my father slapped me because his wife urged him to.The thought alone made my chest hurt.

I felt tears slowly filling my eyes.

No. I can't cry.

Not here.

Especially not in front of Javier.

I quickly forced my mind to think of something else. I watched the cars passing by and started counting them in my head.

Anything to keep my mind busy.

I don't want Javier to think I'm weak.

Javier's car suddenly slowed down.

“We're here,” he announced.

Oh, I didn't realize we were at my house already.

“Thank you,” Mr Blanca. I unfastened my seat belt.

“It's nothing, I just couldn't let my soon to be employee meet her possible death when I could have saved her.”

I looked at him.

Was that supposed to be his way of showing concern?

Soon to be what?

The nerve of him to even think about it. I would rather eat dust than be his employee.

I honestly don't understand this man.

What kind of man is he?

His features and perfect hair makes him look like he had stepped out of a magazine but his attitude could make anyone want to scream.

I rolled my eyes and opened the door.

“Goodbye, Mr Blanca.”

I stepped out of his car and slammed the door harder than necessary.

I could hear the car drive away behind me.

“Oh Lilly, I was worried sick. Where were you?” My mother asked, hurrying towards me as I walked into the living room.

“Who dropped you off?... Was it Paul?”

“Oh goodness… mum let me breath.”

I had more important things to worry about.

Tomorrow, I was going to start working for Javier Blanca!

And something told me that working that arrogant man was going to be anything but easy.