Chapter 94: Chapter 94

“You’ve been in prison too, dad. You too, Grandma. It’s a family record” I say. “I’ve been there just two days” My grandma replies. “Well, two days is two days, you still in prison though” I shrug, my eyes point her. “This is not a joke, Maia” My mom responds. “Oh God, come on! Don’t you think that I don’t know what this family has done? You all are liars” I state. “Watch your mouth, Maia!” My mom exclaims.

My dad suddenly comes and he just talked on the phone with our family lawyer. I crossed my arm and sigh, landing my back on the couch. He sits and he gives me a look “Look, you have four offenses here” My dad starts. “One, you violated public safety. Two, you damaged the company’s property. Three, you attacked someone. And the last, you brought a gun, illegally!” He ends. “Are you fucking kidding me? I shoot the casino’s lamp, not people!” I shout.

“Well, you have to think carefully before you do all those things” My dad says. “Can we just give them what they wanted? The new lamp!” I scoff. “Oh God…” My mom groans. “They don’t fucking want that!” My mom says. “They wanted your responsibility” She ends. “But thank God, our lawyer says he will contact the casino and give them compensation” My dad says. “50.000 dollars, of course that from my pocket, not yours” My dad ends, he raised an eyebrow, pissed off.

“Thank God…” My grandma says in relief, she now can sleep in peace. “Don’t too tough at her, she just made few little mistakes” My grandma says. “You spoiled her too much, mom” My mom replies, she pissed off. “She’s my granddaughter and I will always protect her” My grandma states. “Don’t let her go there… she not belong in that place” She shouts. “Do something, Dominic!” She ends.

“I'll try mom, don’t worry… now we have to wait for our lawyer” My dad says. My grandma loves me a lot, I’ve always be her priority since I was a kid and she loves me more than Rosa. My mom's favorite is Rosa, and that always be. When we were a kid, Rosa always got home with trophies every month, after she back from school and it made my mom proud of her. And me, don’t ask, because I’ve always got home with nothing, I don’t like school, and I don’t care.

But my grandma, she's always supported me and helped me. She helped my chemistry, she did my homework, my math cause I’m not into those subjects at all because I like arts. Rosa is older than me and in my family rules, the first child is the family's pride. My dad loves me same as my grandma, he helped me a lot but Rosa still my parents' favorite. I spent my childhood with my grandma more than my parents and of course with my grandfather when he’s alive.

My dad’s phone rings, the lawyer calls him. “Yes, alright… thank you” My dad ends the conversation. All of us sit in tense, and my grandma is really worried about me. “How was it?” My grandma asks. My dad heavily sighs, he places his hand on his head. “The casino is willing to take the compensation from us, but…” He sighs. “The man you shoot, he rejected our offer. So yeah, you’re going to prison” He ends. “I didn’t shoot him, I shoot the fucking lamp” I say.

“That’s same!” My dad responds. “See, you received what you plant” My mom says. “How can she live there?!” My grandma asks. “Ah, don’t worry mom… our family has many connection” My dad responds. “And you’ll get what you deserve, Mija…” My dad stares at me with a raised brow. “W-what do you mean?” I ask in stutters. “If you place my granddaughter with criminals, I swear to your father's grave, I won’t let you sleep in peace Dominic!” My grandma says.

“Don’t worry mom, she’ll sleep in peace” My dad says. “She’ll have her own cell, a private VIP room” My dad ends. “W-what, seriously?” I shook, my eyes bulged. “Yes” My dad answers. “And the paper says you have to surrender in less than five months. And in my opinion, you have to surrender as soon as possible” My dad says. “How about next month?” I respond. “Well, I’ll call our lawyer and told him you ready to go” My dad replies.

“How long she’ll be there?” My mom asks my dad. “I have no idea, our lawyer says, our problem is only with the guy, the casino and the public safety is nothing, the illegal gun, either” He states. “He says she’ll be there for three or six months” My dad ends. “Six months? It’s a long time” My grandma responds. “Yes… it’s a long time” My dad sighs. “It’s not a long time, I’ll be fine and I have my own cell” I say.

“Only God can help you” My mom mumbles. “I don’t believe him, either” I scoff. “Oh God, see… this is the woman you raised” My mom says to my grandma. My heart broken when she says that, how dare she judged me because I made a few mistakes in my life, she doesn’t even by my side when I needed her most. I quickly grab my bag and leave my parents' house, I walk out and slams the door before I leave.

I don’t care if my mom doesn’t love me like she loves Rosa, but the only thing in my mind is how do I live with those women in prison. This shit is not gonna happens if I’m not drunk that night, I didn’t mean to hurt people, I don’t wanna make any trouble in my life, but that night I’m out of control. I’ve been walking for ten minutes and I booked a cap after. I keep thinking about what my mom just said on my way home, and I can’t believe she blames everything on me.

Why don’t she blame herself for not raising this child well and too busy raising the other one, why don’t she blame herself for not be by my side, instead of blaming my grandma for everything terrible thing I've done in my life. My grandma is more likely a mother to me, she reads me a story before I sleep, she takes care of me when I was sick, she bought me everything I asked when I was a kid, she bought me ice cream on a hot day in summer.

I love her so much, more than anything in my life. Anything that happens in my life is no one’s fault, I’m going to prison is no one’s fault, It’s only three or six months, that’s not a long time, I’ve been a lot. I maybe have my own cell, but I don’t know if I can survive in that place. It’s a private cell, they may have famous people in that prison or politicians, who knows. I think the universe is playing with me, or she safe me.

She safe me from my wedding, well, it’s good news for me because I have three or six months living on my own. No Ben, no work, no parents, what a piece of great news, I maybe can bring my phone in there and wasting my time watching YouTube or reads a lot of fun stories every single day. “Please, pull over next to the grey house, Sir” I say to the driver. “Alright Miss” He replies. We pull in and I off of the cap, I make my way into my house.

My grandma gave this house to me a couple of years ago. She says this house is my grandfather’s legacy for me before he passed away ten years ago. This house is a massive place for me to live alone. My grandfather builds this house in a first-year after he got married to my grandma. This house has a swimming pool and a garden in the backyard, this house is a family house, this house is a house for a family who has three or five kids and I don’t think this house fits me.

I get into the house and lean myself on my cozy red velvet couch. “Ughh… I’ll leave you for six months honey, I’ll be right back and lean on you” I groan, placing my head on the couch handle. “You know what, I don’t feel sad or guilty, or sorry for myself” I chuckle, I literally talk to a couch. “I better live with Lena for the rest of my life than have to deal with my parents” I chuckle. “W-wait…” I quickly up from the couch.

I make my way to the kitchen and grab a bottle of champagne with me. I back to the couch and lean on it. I open the champagne and drink it “Where is she?” I wonder. “Does she still travel around and smuggling drugs? What do you think?” I ask the couch and I feel I start to lose my mind. “Hmmm… I have no idea too” I sigh. I point my gaze to the ceiling with a sweet smile on my face “I miss her…” I heavily sigh as I drink the champagne little by little.

The doorbell rings and that must be Ben. “Come in!” I yell from the couch, my gaze keeps pointing the ceiling. I keep drinking the champagne and it’s almost three minutes after the bell rings. “Where is he?” I sigh. “Don’t fuck with me, I have no mood to messing around” I say. “Ben?” I call him from the couch, I still lay on the couch. I point my gaze to the front door and no one coming. “Ughh… come on” I groan.

I up from the couch and slowly make my way to the front door. “I have no mood to play or something, Ben” I say as I making my way to the front door. “Hello?” I shout. I open the door and looking around the spot, there’s no one here. “Shit! This is just another prank from the universe to my pathetic life” I sigh. I held the champagne in my hand, and I lean on the door for minutes and drink the champagne, looking around the place and relaxing.

“Okay honey, it’s time for us to relax in bathtub with warm water and candles” I smile and literally talk to the bottle of champagne in my hand. I’m about to go and shut the door, today is a nice day to bathe and me time with my Spotify playlist. One of them is Hayley Kiyoko – Sleepover. When I feel alone, I’ve always listened to that song, listening to music is the only way to keep me sane. But before that, I have no idea what happened to me because I blackout.