Facing reality

MIA'S POV

The news of my dad getting kicked out of his own company and going bankrupt was all over the news and blogs. There was so much chaos everywhere and finally my dad crumbled under the pressure and was hospitalized.

I sat by the hospital bed weeping silently as I looked at my dad’s frail body on the hospital bed. He no longer looked like the feared and respected Marcel Silverstein, he looked frail and small.

After getting the email they he had been swindled and kicked out of his own company, his heart gave out and he had been in a coma since then.

The bank had foreclosed all his accounts and we weren’t even allowed to sell the house. The hospital bills were piling up and I needed to do something to save my dad, he was all i had.

I picked up my phone to call Matt but he didn’t pick up. I called several times and the calls eventually went to voicemail.

After several tries and failure to reach him I drove up to his office.

I walked into the office and saw him flirting with his secretary. They both jumped when they saw me and the secretary scurried out of the office.

Matt’s smiling face dropped the moment he saw me and he looked at me with disgust.

“What are you doing here?”

Seeing him again since the end of our engagement made my heart break all over again. I loved him for ten years and that wouldn’t go away just because he decided to be an asshole. “I’ve been trying to call you.”

“Well me not picking up clearly states I do not want to fucking talk to you Mia!” He shouted and walked towards me menacingly, grabbing me by the hand and dragging me out of the office into the garage.

“Let me go Matt, you’re hurting me.” I cried and he finally releases my wrist that has been bruised red by his firm grip.

“What do you want and why are you here?”

He looked at me with so much hatred that I stumbled back a bit.

I bit my lip and shuffled my feet trying to stop my heart from further breaking. “Why are you being so mean to me?”

“Just tell me why you’re here so you can leave”

“ I need the 100 thousand dollars I lent you the other day, my dad is in the hospital and I need to pay the bills” I finally said while looking at his face get filled with disgust as I talked.

Matt laughed “ I guess the great Silverstein’s family is really going under. I’m sorry though, I don’t have that money to give you. So you can leave. I have to get back to work.”

“My dad got you this job Matt. Do you not care! He's going to die!”

He stopped in on his way back to the office and angrily walked towards me and poked me in my shoulder.

“And so what? Please spare me the story. I don’t have a hundred thousand to give you right now. Get out!”

He pushed me towards the door and I stumbled and grazed my knee. "Please Matt... please!" I cried as I tried to grab his hand but he pushed me away and I hit on my head on the floor. 

He ignored me bleeding on the floor and walked into the office.

I stayed on the floor crying for a few minutes and decided to go to Matt's family house, maybe Lucy and Clara could help me. I had been nothing but nice to them.

I picked up myself and drove over to Matt's family house. As soon as I walked into the foyer it seemed there was a party going on. 

I tried to find Clara as I walked through the crowd. And finally find her with a couple of her friends in the garden chatting and laughing. As soon as she sees me, she rolls her eyes and whispers something  to her group of friends and they all laugh while eyeing me.

I give a little wave and she walks towards me. "What are you doing her Mia."

"Hi Clara can I talk to you outside for a minute?"

"Yeah sure let me get my mom."

She pulls me outside and goes to get Lucy.  They walk me out of the party and into the dinning room. 

Lucy looks me up and down and says begrudgingly "say what you want Mia. We don't have all day."

I smile a little and study the both of them for a minute and wondered if what Matt said was true. Do they really hate me? I couldn't dwell on that too much as I just needed their help with my dad bills.

"I tried to get the money back that I gave Matt for my dad's hospital bills." I didn't need to go into much details as I knew they were aware of everything going on.

Lucy and Clara  exchanged glances and laughed.

"Mom. what does that have to do with us?" Clara asked smiling mischievously.

Lucy looked at me with so much visible disdain I recoiled a little in fear. "We don't know anything about that so why are you here crashing our party. Get out!"

"if you're here expecting some type of favors from us then I'm sorry to disappoint you. We no longer have anything to do with you and your bankrupt family. Thank Goodness your stupid dad  became broke before my dear brother married you." Clara added while laughing.

I looked up and noticed some people had followed us into the dinner hall and were pointing and laughing. They had obviously heard what Lucy and Clara said to me. 

I've always hated the spotlight and now to be mocked publicly for my family's predicament made my breath at hitch in my throat.

Seeing my discomfort, Clara's voice got louder. " My brother broke the engagement and you're here crying and begging for him to take you back and that's never going happen. Why are you here begging us for money. What did you actually do for us? How dare you?" She spoke louder and louder.

Out of the corner of my eyes I could see someone recording with their phone. I stood up and got ready to leave and before I could take a step, Lucy called the attention of the security and ordered them to throw me out.