WHERE IT ENDS

The smug on his ugly face tops this whole saga. It's like he was anticipating seeing me torn by this. He is relishing doing this to me. But why, after every damn thing I have done for this useless fool? How dare he repay me in this manner? What did I do to deserve this?

"Come on, Bella! I know you are dying inside, and you want to kill me right now, so come on! I will do you the favor of answering all of your damn questions! I at the very least owe you that."

At the very least, huh?

This dog owes me everything he has. Everything he is made of. How dare he?

Joe's fists clench into tight balls, and he actually charged at this moron, but I stand in the middle, blocking him. He hisses some curses, shutting his eyes tight for a moment.

His eyes are red, smoking fire as he peels them. "This man needs to know who he just messed with, B! Just let me teach him how to be a man!" Joe pleads, his lips trembling as he speaks. They always shake like this when he is pissed to the core.

"Ooh, I see you found some savior to fight for you, huh! Who is he, by the way?" Leon mocks behind me.

"You have no reason to know me, but if there is anything you should get into your thick skull, it is that I am not a motherfucker like you, dude!" Joe fires before I can speak. His eyes are firing death-screaming glances at Leon. He is pushing me as he aims at this son of a bitch.

"No, Joe! Joe!" I scream his name, and he stops, his questioning eyes locking mine. I shake my head. "This trash is not worth it, Joe! Cut it out!" I plead, and he steps back.

"Trash, huh? Is he better than I am?" Leon hisses coldly.

Ooh, my! What was that again?

I turn to him, a smirk plastered on my face. "Better than you? Don't insult yourself, Leon! Even a street dog is a million times better than you, you know!" I fire, and he furrows his brows, trying to perhaps scour where I am getting the courage to handle this so freaking well.

He takes another step, and Joe takes one closer to me while I maintain my stand. "How dare you call me names? Were you dating a trash? Were you dreaming of marrying trash?"

"Sadly, I didn't smell the stinking aura around you until now to know that you were indeed a disgusting trash. But now I know, and I don’t understand how I bore with you all this time," I respond calmly.

He discharges a bittersweet smirk. "That must be the pain in you speaking! You can try to fake it all you want, but I know this is pain speaking. You are broken."

"Broken?" I laugh out loud like a maniac, my laughter reverberating throughout the entire room, confusing everyone.

Who would afford a smile, not to mention laughter, in such a situation? Even I don't know how I am able to fake this.

I lock my cold eyes with this jerk when the laughter fades. "For a filthy, worthless nobody like you, Leon, someone for the streets, it will take much more than fucking another bitch to break someone like Belladine Montana! But I don't expect much from such a filthy piece of trash like you, Leon. You two enjoy this while it lasts because, I assure you, you both will either marry in the streets where I took you from or in your invalid dreams! You should have known better than messing with someone who made you!"

I was about to hike outside before I betrayed the boldness that I am faking, but his bitch chose to come to Leon's rescue, stopping me in my tracks! "You can't do anything! Accept the fact that it didn't work between you and Leon! He found someone better, so the best you can do is to move on and let him be happy. Empty threats won't tie him down to you."

Huh? Who said I would a shit to tie such a worthless, pitiful soul to me? I am Belladine Montana! I deserve much, much more than this trash! And I will make him know that. I will make him know that I made him. My efforts and the precious time that I spent on him will not go to waste.

"I don't need a pathetic, useless loser like this one for myself, Rina! I am a Montana. I know my worth, and Leon does not deserve to even walk on the same ground that I do. I hope he enjoyed the honor while it lasted. You can have him all to yourself, but that is after I reduce him to the nobody that he was before I made him who he is now! When he is back to nothing, then I will leave you two losers be! Until then, prepare for the wrath of Belladine Montana, and I swear, you will wish you didn’t cross this line!" I shoot back.

The bimbo looks thunderstruck! She seems to be floating. She looks at Leon, who is averting everyone's gaze. "Hun? What is this woman talking about?"

"Ooh, I thought he loved you, so why do you look so lost? Didn't he tell you that I gave him everything that he has except his pathetic empty name and ugly face? Everything from the house he lives in to the company that he runs, the cars, the clothes, the money... He is a worthless dog without me, bitch!” She looks really clueless, but too bad I can't enjoy this show anymore.

The pain is stinging so bad. I feel like I am about to break down any minute from now. I need to head out, and before I know it, Joe is howling my name as I hike outside.

I don't even try to turn back, and his long strides are too slow to catch up with me. That is great because he shouldn't see me like this broken.

Getting outside, I hail the first cab on the road. By sheer luck, the only luck that I happened to have today was that the cab was so near. By the time Joe reaches where I am, I have already hopped in and locked the doors.

"Step on it!" I order, avoiding even looking through the window.

My face is drenched in tears. My heart is shattered and bleeding. I don’t want Joe or anyone to see me this way.

"B? Bella!" He howls as the car speeds off.

"Where to, miss?" The driver asks after a moment.

I wipe away your tears. "I don't know. To where people drown their sorrows."