Chapter 33: Chapter 33

MEL:

Seconds, minutes, hours, maybe years had passed since I heard that, my heart was beating wildly, time seemed to have stopped, and everything that was repeated in my mind was what the Cow had said.

(If this is a nightmare please someone wake me up!)— I mentally wished

That couldn't be true, there must be a mistake or whatever, it just can't be true!

I get even closer to the door, without going in, I'm not an idiot to go out and have them deceive me with cheap lies, I'll listen as long as my cold blood can take it.

— Don't yell Valkyrie— I said a silent prayer that he would deny what that bitch said— you know Elisabete can't know that— my world came crashing down

So what she said is true? And even worse... My mother doesn't know!

— What the hell! I'm tired of hiding in the shadows, playing the niece of the Ultimates, you know very well that I'm more than that— says the slut wryly

(I can't take it anymore, I need more concrete answers than that)— I think and without wasting time I enter the office.

The look of the two fell on me the moment I'm already inside, I close the door locking it right after.

I'm trying my best to control myself, trying to stay calm, I need to act like someone in charge now, not like a spoiled little girl.

— Explain to me what the fuck, NOW!— I snarl the last part, I'm not kidding.

— F — f — daughter? — asks Christian scared.

I run my hands through my hair trying not to lose control completely, my mind is racing.

— The same, in flesh and blood— I say sarcastically— now that's enough stalling I want to know the whole truth about this one— I point to the slut— be my sister— I speak with contempt.

— It's not at all what you're thinking...— is interrupted by an angry Valkyrie

— It's true everything you've heard so far, I'm the eldest daughter of Christian Collins— she says with apparent pride.

I look at my father, trying to see in his eyes the last hope that this is a lie, but what I find there is regret and shame.

I bite my lower lip with a force that was able to pierce the skin and make it bleed, that didn't matter to me, what mattered to me now was how much my mother was going to suffer with all that.

— How did this happen and why doesn't my mother know about it yet?— I whisper feeling an immense urge to jump on their necks.

— Mel, please let it go?— he begs with the biggest face, but if he thinks I'm going to leave this shit aside he's very mistaken

— Speak soon Christian— I order making a point of calling him by his name, instead of "father", and that made him look sad and disgusted.

— I wasn't that young anymore, physically yes, but God only knows how long I had lived, my hopes of finding my mate were almost gone, I felt defeated— he pauses and lowers his head taking a deep breath — it was a friend's birthday, I had had a lot to drink, I was trying to drown everything I felt in every sip I took— another pause— that's when a girl appeared, she was young and very pretty, she attracted me, her appearance attracted me, I didn't know if it was some effect of the drink...— he didn't have time to finish because he was interrupted by me.

— Are you blaming the fucking drink? Are you going to tell me you didn't enjoy fucking the slut? Who didn't even have the decency to use the fucking condom?— I ask loudly, indignant with that shit

The problem wasn't even that he had fucked some slut before meeting my mother, the big problem was that he had omitted to her the existence of another daughter, years of living together and even so there was no trust or decency on his part.

— Mel looks respectful I'm still your father!— he says getting up from the armchair behind his desk and hitting his hands hard on it.

— I don't doubt that, I know that my mother would be incapable of acting the same way as you do— I speak without being intimidated by her outburst, on the contrary, I raise my head even more in a sign of defiance— if there's one thing I I'm proud of her and her sincere way of being, I may have spent a few days in her presence, but that's something you can tell with just one look.

I see that he was visibly shaken, Cow just looked at it as if it were the greatest of fun, his mocking face was already irritating me, in a little while I'll grab that bitch and rub that face on the asphalt.

Christian takes a long breath and stares into space.

— I stayed away from her the entire party, I wouldn't betray my mate, even if I didn't know her. But there was a time when the girl approached me, she started to insinuate herself to me, I didn't pay any attention, the only interesting thing about this girl was her appearance, by her attitude, you could tell that she wasn't a very respectable person, I had that conclusion the moment he opened his mouth— says Christian continuing the "story", now without my interruption— I don't remember much of that night, I just know that at one moment I was drinking peacefully and at another waking up in an unfamiliar room.

It takes me some time to assimilate all this, my head wouldn't stop working, trying somehow to understand what was happening, or simply pretending it wasn't true.

— You still haven't answered my other question, why didn't you tell my mother? Why didn't you trust her? You know damn well she wouldn't ask you to disown that one— I say pointing back at the bitch.

— I know she wouldn't ask for such a thing, but the situation is more complex than it appears to be— she says sitting down again in her big armchair, she doesn't look once into my eyes, her face is sad, lonely or even destroyed.

— So explain to me— I beg or beg, I don't know what I'm doing anymore, it seems I've turned on automatic— what for God's sake can be worse than hiding a daughter?— I finally ask what troubled me so much.

— You will never forgive me, daughter! Neither you nor your mother! I'm going to lose the two women in my life— I'm startled when I see a tear running from his eyes, he's not one to cry over any silly thing.

— This is already getting pathetic, the repentant dad and the perfect little girl disagreeing— the slut who silently decided to open her damn mouth— how exciting— gives a hysterical laugh.

I wouldn't lose my head, I need to deal with more important things than this insignificant one, I swear if I wasn't a princess and trying to act like one, I would have already set up a shack and smashed everything, including the bitch's face.

— Tell her to leave, please?— I ask without much patience

— Leave Valkyrie, I need to talk to Mel— orders without even looking in the direction of the rat.

— But...

— Now!— speak loud and clear, I see the slut get her tail between her legs and almost run out of the office.

(If the situation wasn't tragic it would be comic, but we're not here to joke, are we?)— I think to myself, really finding the situation ridiculous.

We sat in visibly uncomfortable silence until I decided to speak up.

— One of the worst things a woman can go through in life is betrayal, whether big or small, we must be respected— I say and give a bitter smile— not only us women but men too, equal rights remember? — I'm sarcastic.

— It was necessary, I can't lose your mother, I would do it all over again as long as she hadn't abandoned me, I'm too selfish to live without her, without her smile, her smell...

— You know that if you don't tell her I will, right?— I ask and by the look on his face, he knows yes.

— I know and understand, I'm just asking for a little more time— he begs and I feel sorry for him just imagining my mother's reaction.

— three days maximum!— I state.

One thing comes to my mind and I can't help but get even more indignant.

— I keep thinking how you could use mom's sister in your plans because for everyone the cow is her daughter, a poor girl who died and unknowingly is included in these dirty plans— I revolt, there's no respect for the dead.

— That's the big problem!— he says closing his eyes tightly

— What? Mommy be mad that you guys used your DEAD sister in this dirty plan?— I ask sarcastically.

He runs his hands nervously through his hair.

— May Valkyrie's mother be her mother's sister— he says in defeat.

We heard a small hiccup and looked towards the door that was ajar, there was my mother with her hands over her mouth and her eyes full of tears, next to her the bitch Valkyrie had one of her mocking smiles on her face.

The bitch had taken the chance to call my mother! Ah, but this devil dies today.