All Chapters of IN BED WITH THE FATHER: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

The room was silent but heavy with words. Renata and Domingo sat opposite each other. No one said anything to the other, it was just total silence.Domingo picked up the bag of ice which the servant had brought earlier, he winced as he pressed it on his head which was still bleeding from the fight with Santiago earlier. He dropped it back on the bowl, leaned back on the sofa with his eyes shut.Renata stood up from where she sat. She picked up the bag of ice and carefully placed it on the areas where Domingo sustained the injuries.“You need to rest. You don’t have to,” he tried to take the bag of ice from her, but she threw it back into the bowl with a loud noise.“All this is happening because of you,” she cried out in frustration.On Domingo’s face was written frustration, but he understood what she was trying to say. He pulled her closer as he got up from the sofa.“I warned you that this won’t end well. I was married to Santiago… your son. And even if the marriage was not a ro

“Are you guys not going to say anything?” She picked up a napkin and wiped her hands with it.Constanza pulled the chair back in anger, making it screech loudly across the polished marble floor.They watched her leave the dining room, which was even a breather for them because she might spill something they dreaded in Renata's presence.“Nina?” Renata called her friend, arching her brow.“It’s nothing. I was asking Domingo to convince you to put up a small get-together for friends from college,” she lied with a smile on her face.“Hell no,” Renata walked back to her seat.Nina’s eyes fluttered shut as she muttered some prayers under her breath. “But why?” Domingo helped her to pour wine into her glass.Renata remembered Wendy… she knew Wendy was the last person she wanted to see.She shook her head. “Nothing. I just don’t want to bore them with my life. First it was Santiago’s and now…”She bit her lips, finding the words hard to say. “Now… It’s his father,” she rolled her eyes as sh

“Where did you get this?” Beads of perspiration formed on Santiago’s forehead as he grabbed Domingo’s arm tightly.“Get your hands off me,” Domingo pushed him away, but Santiago wasn’t ready to budge.“Where the fuck did you get it from?” He growled, his fingernails digging deep into Domingo’s skin.“You really don’t know?” Domingo let out a dry laugh.Santiago’s heartbeat accelerated. The air he breathed out was hot, and his eyes darted back and forth between Domingo and the laptop.“Fuck you,” he muttered under his breath, releasing his grip from Domingo and pushing him away.Santiago reached for the flash drive in the laptop port. He pulled it out and threw it on the floor.He wasted no time in stomping on the flash drive repeatedly. He gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath as the heels of his neatly polished brown shoes did the work.“You are pathetic,” Domingo shook his head. He was unable to believe how much of a shadow Santiago had become of himself.“No… no, you are th

Renata sat on the bed with her back against the headboard. The morning sun glistened on the engagement ring on her finger as she twisted it with a warm smile on her face.“You’ve been staring at that since I went to take a shower,” Domingo said, dabbing his wet hair with a towel.Renata shrugged without looking at him. “I don’t know… I feel like…”She raised her eyes to look at him, but she met a pair of sad eyes.“Rena, you know it’s okay if you don’t…”She didn’t wait for him to finish his sentence. She jumped out of the bed, walked up to where he was standing. “I really do want to be your wife, Dom,” she cupped his face in her hands.“Are you sure?” He whispered.She only smiled, leaned over to kiss him on the lips. Domingo didn’t hesitate to claim her lower lip, he wrapped his arms around her waist as they both kissed passionately.“I have a meeting in five minutes,” he said, kissing her forehead, as they both gasped for breath.“A meeting?” She frowned.“Yeah… It’s just,” his e

“Can… cancer?” Santiago stuttered. He placed his hands on her while his eyes darted over her body, trying to make sense of what she had just said.“You… you have cancer, Nina?” His voice cracked as he staggered backward till he met the wall, then leaned back there, staring at her weakly.“I’m dying… I’m dying and all you can think of is yourself, it’s always about you, Santiago.” She couldn’t control the tears anymore.A deep cough erupted from her throat. She coughed intensely till blood began to drool from the corner of her mouth like a vampire that had just fed from its prey.Santiago, shocked to see the red liquid spilling from the corner of her mouth, launched forward to help her. “Get your hands off me, you weak scumbag.” She shoved him away, her teeth gritting in rage.“Nina, you are bleeding,” he still came forward to help her.“Yes… That’s because I’m dying Santiago. All you think about is just yourself and how to make everyone around you suffer,” she managed to stand erect