‘Hurt’

Marga

Before I could say anything I got interrupted by him

“Hi, it’s Alex from earlier, I got your number from Paul”, he answered abruptly

It felt odd, why did he have my number and why did he call me ?

I wanted to hang up so badly but being rude to someone who just gave me $12,000 not upto 2 hours ago is insane

“Oh, you again. Hi, why do you have my number?”, I asked in a firm tone

I wanted him to say what he wanted from me quickly.

I got up from my bed and starting pacing back and forth, not sure of how to feel. I was nervous and excited at the same time. His voice was the most soothing thing to hear and it made my heart flutter so much.

“Well I didn’t catch your name, so I got your number from Paul. I want to see you again. Tomorrow, 6:45 pm, Veta Plaza”, he said, sounding like a grumpy little kid

The hell?? What was that ? An order?. I mimicked him mockingly

Was he giving me orders because of the money he gave to me?

A hot flush of blood ran through my veins and I was starting to flare up. Who did he think he was to order me around like I was his maid or baby sister ?

“And what makes you think I’m just gonna wake up tomorrow and come see you? Who do you think you are?”, I bluffed, my voice creaking at the sound of the last word

This man was unbelievable. Alex Reynolds? Why did he want to hang out with someone like me?

“It’d be nice if you tone down your voice and not yell. There’s a lot we can benefit from each other. Just show up at 6:45 pm tomorrow. Send your address and my driver will pick you up to make sure you get here safe”, he responded and hung up on me before I could even utter my next sentence

This made me so mad. I paced back and forth my room till I finally came to a standstill with Denis in front of me standing like a brick wall. My hands were on my waist, my feet were sweating, and my eyes narrowed down to Denis’ torso and back up to his shoulders. I couldn’t see past his shoulders, he was 6’3, I was only 5’4.

He snapped me out of my twisted pouting face stretching out to hold my hands but I pulled away

“Hi Chum, what’s wrong? Why’re you pacing back and forth, looking restless?”, he asked taking a step further into my room

“Uh uh nothing, why are you here? I don’t need you here” , I said sternly, pulling away from his touch and taking a step backwards

I wasn’t on good terms with Denis, he left me and Mom when we needed him the most. He’s such an incapable man, always running away from his responsibilities and bringing so much pain to me and to our Mom. There’s so much I don’t fancy about Denis but that’s not a conversation I would love to have right now. I just needed him to leave my room and leave my life the hell alone.

“Please Chum, let’s talk about all of this, about everything, please”

“Kindly turn around, and leave my room, I don’t have anything to say to you or to discuss with you Denis, leave”, I spoke as I pointed towards to door, demanding that he gets out of my space.

He turned to leave, casually turning back to look at me with these sorry eyes. They couldn’t fool me anymore, I had been fooled once by these same eyes and I couldn’t let them get to me again.

He left and I shut the door. I broke down instantly into a pool of tears, as I remembered how cruel he and My Dad were to me and to Mom especially. How could anyone be so wicked?

How could anyone be so wicked to their own child? To their own wife? To their own mother??

Mom might have forgiven Denis , but I knew for sure I wasn’t going to forgive him anytime soon. I woke up everyday wishing that all

Those years didn’t happen, wishing that I wasn’t my dads daughter or Denis’ sister. I could easily blame them for half of my life’s problems, because I was always distracted at work, at school, at every single thing I set to do for myself.

It was a crazy feeling, I felt a lot of things and I had experienced a lot of things I didn’t know how to feel anymore. I just wish I could wake up one day to Denis gone, and my memory wiped. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone else not even my worst enemy.

It is true what they say, family will hurt you.