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“You let him act to you and don’t even try to see his real feelings. Why don’t you push him to show what’s inside? Why did you always let him hide?”
Mia’s dark brows came together, and from my peripheral vision, I was able to see Bella was no different. “He doesn’t have emotions,” Mia answered.
I flinched.
“I mean,” she mumbled at my reaction, probably realizing what she said was not something simple. It was hurtful. “I mean, you know how he is, Priscilla.”
I nodded. “I do.” I really did. “But I don’t think you know him at all. I don’t think you are good for him at all. All these years, you always let him close himself off. You never even tried to help him, and now that I do, it only amuses you. You don’t even believe it. Did you even know what he has been through? Do you know his struggles?”
Mis’s posture got taller. She was in a defensive mode, but I was able to see the insecurity in her blue eyes. “He never had any struggles.”
“Have you ever asked him?” A joyless laugh escaped me. “Of course, you didn’t. None of you did because you preferred it that way. It was easier to let him be the strong one. You always let him do that. You let him take care of you, but none of you ever took care of him.”
“What is going on here?” I heard a hard voice ask. I could tell it was Salvatore. I knew he came down because I was too loud. Yet I couldn’t care about his presence. My eyes remained on Mia. Her chest was moving fast. She knew I was right, but she didn’t want to accept it.
She shook her head. Her jaw was close to breaking. “You are wrong,” she said, trying to convince herself. “He is my brother, and I love him. I never do anything to hurt him.”
My eyes were glassy, but I didn’t let any tears fall. “You love him,” I accepted, and she looked relieved just for a second. Just before my following words. “But you love yourself more.”
“Priscilla!” Salvatore said with a harsh, warning tone.
I didn’t care. I kept looking at Mia as her eyes filled with tears. “You made him feelinhuman.You made him miserable because it was just easier for you.”
A tear fell to Mia’s cheek. And then another. “No,” she whispered. “I would never…” she couldn’t continue because of a sob.
At that exact moment, Salvatore’s face appeared in front of me, between Mia and me. He looked angrier than I had ever seen him. Just like his nickname. Crazy Eyes. “It is not our fault,” he said with a voice that could make a grown man piss himself.
I opened my mouth to answer.
He cut me off, “It is not our fault that you married a man who is never going to love you or your children.”
“Sal!” Mia and Bella shrieked at the same time.
He didn’t touch me, but his words cut so deep. I could feel a dagger through my chest. I could feel my heart being ripped apart. I didn’t believe those words.
I didn’t.
I didn’t at all.
Yet they hurt so much.
I didn’t have the strength to speak, but Salvatore did. “If you ever make my wife cry again. I willkillyou.”
His threat didn’t compare to his previous words. They were all empty. Death would hurt me less.
I just shook my head. “You are all bad people.” And then I turned on my heel to leave. I didn’t care my car was not here. There was no way for me to stay here, even for a minute.
Salvatore yelled behind my back, “Don’t ever come to my house again.” He didn’t follow me. He was probably busy consoling Mia. He would probably really kill me if I was not Antonio’s wife.
I walked outside of the gates and walked to the road just so I could take a cab. I didn’t want to call Antonio. I didn’t want to call Dario. I felt too numb.
Once I thought confronting them about Antonio would make me feel good. I thought it would make me feel relieved.
I was wrong. I only felt numb. After such a good morning with Antonio, I didn’t think my day could be ruined.
I was wrong.
Chapter 31
