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“it isn’t you, Antonio. it isn't us. I still want to be with you. My feelings for you are still the same. I'm just overwhelmed. I still can’t believe my father is alive. I don’t understand it. I'm trying to process how everything I have ever known is not real. I lived my whole life knowing things, only to find out it's not how it's.”
She sighs heavily, pressing her fingers against her eyes to try to ease them.
“I imagine that must be very difficult for you,” I say, wrapping my arm around her, relieved that she still wants this. She still wants us. “Is there anything I can do?”
She leans into me, shrugging slightly, as though she doesn’t know if there is anything anyone can do at this point.
“I'm really struggling with the pain of knowing that he was alive all of this time, and he never once tried to find me or contact me. Does he hate me that much?”
She cries, and I press her head against my chest, letting my shirt soak up her tears.
“Ah gung knew. He knew my father was alive. He never told me. Why do people hide things like this from me? Don't I deserve the truth?”
My heart pangs with guilt. I need to tell her I'mthe heir. Now is not the time, but I don’t want her to have the same thoughts about me. I thought she did not deserve to know the truth. I want to tell her. I have to.
I stroke her hair and kiss the top of her head.
“I'm here for you, beautiful girl. I'll always be here for you.”
We lay down on the bed together, my arms wrapped safely around her.
After a while, her breathing becomes even and slow. I know she has fallen asleep.
I carefully slip my arm out from beneath her and lift myself off the bed without disturbing her. I want to go down to Kalo’s hotel room. I have still not heard from him, and it's becoming a problem.
I'm silent when I leave the room and even quieter when I close the penthouse suite door behind me. She needs to rest. I'm only going to be a moment. I just need to see that he is ok.
The elevator beeps when it arrives on his floor, and the doors slide open. I walk down the wide passage until I see his room number, then knock lightly on the door.
I knock again.
And again.
I'm feeling sick to the stomach by the second.
I twist the door handle and push against the door, and it springs open.
Stepping inside, I half expect to see the place ransacked, but it isn't.
Nothing is out of place. Everything is neat, and there is no sign of foul play.
I look around to see if I can find his cell phone, but I can’t.
His wallet is not here either. What is going on?
Did that idiot go out drinking and forget to charge his phone? It's entirely possible.
I gave him the afternoon off. I told him I didn’t need him for anything.
I guess I'mgoing to wait until tomorrow when hopefully, he will come home, charge his phone and fucking respond to me.
I leave the door unlocked when I close it, just in case he has forgotten his keys inside.
“For fuck’s sake, Kalo. You can be an idiot sometimes.”
I make my way back upstairs into the penthouse, quietly sneaking back to the bedroom. Seraphina is still asleep. I strip out of my clothing and climb beneath the blankets with her.
I struggle to fall asleep, worried about where Kalo is. But I'm deeply grateful to have Seraphina in my arms. The woman I love.
