Chapter 54

Mia Pov
 
"Ethan, we need to take them out of this house, and that's my word," my voice filled with malice and anger already.
 
"Why?" he asked.
 
"Why what?" 
 
"Why do you always support Amanda over me, that your wife?" I asked curiously.
 
"I don't support her," he exclaimed.
 
"Then what do you do?" I exclaimed.
 
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"I don't really support her, Mia," Ethan said, his voice rising in defense for himself. 
 
"I'm just trying to keep the peace in the family." He exclaimed.
 
"Keep the peace?" I repeated, my voice dripping with sarcasm and malice. 
 
"By always taking her own side? By always believing her lies because of her innocent look." I exclaimed.
 
"I'm not taking her side, Mia," Ethan said, his face reddening with frustration from defending himself. 
 
"I'm just trying to understand her perspectives and also understand yours."
 
"Her perspective?" I laughed, a cold, mirthless sound from me.
 
"Her perspective is twisted and manipulative like that of a witch. She's using you, Ethan. She's using you against me. Can't you just see it?"
 
"That's totally not true, Mia," Ethan said, his voice firm and calm. "Amanda's is totally not like that."
 
"Oh, really?" I exclaimed, my eyes narrowing.
 
"Then why does she always seem to get what she wants from you? Why does she always seem to manipulate you into doing what she wants every time, and you still fall for it?" I kept the tension boiling within him.
 
Ethan sighed, his shoulders sagging in defeat already. 
 
"Mia, I don't know what you actually want me to say now. since I'm trying to stay neutral here with no words again."
 
"Neutral?" I spat to his words. 
 
"You call all this neutral? You're always defending her every time, always making excuses for her. That's not totally neutral, Ethan. That's taking her side, and it's bad." I said
 
"I'm not taking her side, Mia, for the last time," Ethan repeated, his voice weary and tired.
 
"I'm just trying to keep our family together to be in peace."
 
"By sacrificing me, your wife to them?" I asked, my voice bitter already.
 
"By sacrificing our own marriage?"
 
Ethan's eyes flashed with boiling anger.
 
"That's totally not fair, Mia. I'm not sacrificing anything here, and you know it. I'm just trying to make things work for everyone."
 
"Make things work for everyone?" I laughed again, the sound cold and mocking to him.
 
"You're not even trying that, Ethan. You're just giving in to Amanda's demands, and you hate that. You're just letting her walk all over you as if you both have something you are hiding away from me." I exclaimed.
 
Ethan's face turned pale and reddened with anger, and for a moment, with his look to Mr., I thought he was going to lash out at me.
 
. But then he seemed to rein himself in and stopped that by taking a deep breath before speaking to me.
 
"Mia, I think we need to take a break from all this conversation," he said, his voice tight with control from within himself. 
 
"We're not getting anywhere with all this fight."
 
"Oh, I think we're getting somewhere with all this," I said, my voice sweet and deadly to him.
 
"I think we're finally seeing the truth here. You're finally seeing Amanda for what she is already. A manipulative, toxic person who's ruining our family's joy." 
 
"You're not totally being fair, Mia," Ethan said, his voice rising again with the past tone.
 
"Amanda's not that toxic. She's just a complicated being."
 
"Complicated being?" I repeated, my voice incredulous this time.
 
"Complicated? That's just another nice way of saying manipulative and toxic, Ethan."
 
"No, it's totally not," Ethan said, his face reddening again with anger. 
 
"You're just not ready and willing to see things from her perspective as a senior sister."
 
"Her perspective stinks?" I laughed again, the sound cold and mocking.
 
"Her perspective is totally all about her, Ethan. It's all about what she wants as a human and what she needs as a human. She doesn't care about anyone else; she's a slewfish."
 
"That's totally not true Mia," Ethan said, his voice firm.
 
. "Amanda cares about us totally. She cares about our family since she's a member of it."
 
"Oh, really, she  cares?" I said, my eyes narrowing.
 
. "Then why is she always causing so much drama in this house? Why is she always manipulating us every single time?"
 
Ethan sighed, his shoulders sagging in defeat once more. 
 
"I totally don't know, Mia. Maybe she's just... lost... lost in something personal." He said.
 
"What lost?" I repeated, my voice incredulous again. "Lost? That's just another nice way of saying she's a master manipulator, Ethan."
 
"No, it's totally not," Ethan said, his voice rising again with anger. "You're just not willing to give her a chance like a normal sister would do."
 
"A chance for a sister who's like a devil?" I laughed again, the sound cold and mocking.
 
"A chance to destroy this family? No, thank you, Ethan."