Vanessa's point of view"I don't want to ever see that man again"The silence in the room felt suffocating in a way and I looked towards Victoria for help. She was holding unto one of the twins, Jordan I think while Justin clinged to her leg."I understand you feel that way because of what happened at the wedding but it was because of the drugs baby," Victoria started and I moved closer to him, my hands in front of me so he wouldn't get mad at me."He said such hurtful words to Elizabeth, to Daniel and then finally to me. I could not believe I longed to meet that man for so long," Victor choked on the words and he turned to the side.I stood behind him now and reached my hands tentatively to touch the small of his back but when he turned towards me and hugged me back, I felt a piece I have never felt before in my life.My baby brother had been scared of the drugs induced man our father was and he wasn't in the right frame of mind to meet him.I held his hand, stroking it gently and ab

Vanessa's point of viewAnthony had been gone for an entire day now and the only thing he could send to me was a text saying he was still with Ronald.He didn't even acknowledge the pictures I had sent.He wasn't acknowledging anything I sent even now that he was back. He just went straight to the bathroom and he had been there for the past thirty minutes.Longer than the usual time he normally spent there.I looked at the time for the upteenth time, trying to decide if I should go through with the plan I had concocted in my mind.It wasn't the most rational thing to do but perhaps it would make me understand him a bit better.The sound of the shower being turned off prompted me into action. I turned the handle of the door slowly, opened the door and entered into the bathroom. Everywhere was hot and steamy from the boiling hot water that Anthony seemed to be bathing.Did he want to boil his skin off?I waited a few minutes thinking he would leave the protection of the shower. He did n

Anthony's point of viewThe desire to go back to the bathroom and finish what I started was so overwhelming. The way I evaded her questions and refused to touch her was enough to hurt her and I couldn't handle it.I kept having random flashbacks from my time with Josephine and honestly it was making my entire head burn with anger. I couldn't even touch my wife anymore so it was honestly annoying.I did not think I could handle staying away from her if she came out of the bathroom at that moment so I picked up any of the shirt I could lay my hands on, dressed up and got ready to leave the place. Into the waiting arms of my mother."How did you enter?" I asked the moment she saw me.My mother rolled her eyes like she couldn't believe I was asking such a question. Normal moms would get up from the couch and at least attempt to hug their sons, mine sat adamantly on the couch pretending to read some sort of magazine."What are you doing here?" I asked. I walked into the kitchen to get mys

Vanessa's point of viewMary's text came an hour after I left the diner. "Let's go clubbing this night. It'll be fun." The text read."Don't say no, I'll see you by six." Another one arrived shortly after.She didn't even give me the opportunity to deny her request, she just assumed I would go through with it.And honestly, I would. I needed some time to unwind after the less than perfect events of the day.I sent her back a thumbs up and made myself busy by watching videos of famous designers while trying to come up with some designs of my own. I started dreaming of owning a design brand for clothes, shoes, bags and other fashion asessories when my dad invited one of his friends to our house. He was a designer and he wore one of his masterpieces.Victoria hadn't liked it of course. She thought it was extravagant and showed too much colour. Plus he wore a scarf which she really hated.I loved the splash of colour and spent hours watching him discuss business with my dad. He finally

Anthony's point of viewThere was no way I had gotten into a fight in front of Vanessa. She had also gotten injured because of my brash behavior. And she wanted to know about this situation with Dominic.Dominic and Ronald were a package deal that came some months after I lost the Ives family and had no way to contact them. I was in college and already in some sort of depression, I wasn't doing well in my classes and my mom was on my neck.Dad wasn't much help in that case, he just continued to motivate me but he was never around. He didn't care if I was failing or if I was sad.I met them in this party some girl in my class had invited me to. Freshmen like me who had nothing to do. We bonded over our shared dislike for the song the dj was playing, laughing over beer and talking about the girls we liked.It was silly but it was a bonding moment.We stayed together over the years, my grades gradually rose up and I was no longer in a sad mood all the time. It was almost perfect.We tal