Chapter Seventy one
“Um than…” I start saying but Cyrus interrupts shouting at his brother
“Why don’t you leave my wife the fuck a lone Cullen?”
“Because I don’t follow your orders in this house or in the family. You’re not the boss of me, big brother.”
“I am. Actually your boss in the family and that is why you were placed under me to show you the ropes, and. I am your big brother young bro, I taught you every first thing you know.”
“Oh please, I could have learnt that from our cook in the kitchen. You don’t make my decisions.”
“I might as well be considering what a screw up you are. If it wasn’t for me you wouldn’t even be alive tonight.”
“So you think you’re my hero now? You want me to thank you? Well thank you for fucking up my life, how about that?”
“Grow up Cullen. You really think you can do better than me? You’re a joke. If I was the second son I would still be the one next in line instead of you.”
“We both know dad spends so much of his time and effort on you to make you who you are today. If he gave me just a tiny fraction of the attention he gives you we would own half the country by now”
“Oh, look who suddenly grew some muscles all of a sudden. After what you did last night, you don’t deserve to talk at the grown up table.” Cyrus says looking down at his young brother as if he is beneath him.
“Ohohoo! because your so grownup aren’t you? If you weren’t trying to prove you had the biggest penis in the room maybe you wouldn’t have got yourself stubbed.”
“And maybe if you stopped talking about my wife and accepted the fact that she is mine now, you wouldn’t have been like a little bitch at the drop off.”
“Boys that’s enough” Mrs. Cedric says tiredly as if this is an everyday topic and she has had enough
“What? It’s the truth Bella…”
“That’s enough! Your mother only asks for one Sunday in a whole month with you midgets and you’re going to behave. I don’t want to repeat myself.” His father says with a stern voice but he only directs his eyes at Cullen when he does.
“Cullen almost got me killed last weekend. On purpose. Are we going to pretend it didn’t happen?” Cullen asks looking at his parents
“It was a fucking accident Cyrus, stop being such a little pussy.” Cullen answers unbothered
“I told you to leave your fucking feelings in the car, and told you the guy we were meeting were twitchy and the first thing you did when you got out of the car was start a fight with one of his boys. I took that knife trying to save your ass. If you can’t control yourself the family isn’t for you, you follow my orders and forget that I am your brother when it comes to the business.”
“You are not the don yet Cyrus” Cullen says and it rings like a warning
“I might as well be. It’s written in stone Cullen, if you want to be the king you’re going to have to kill the crown prince to get that seat. And we all know you’re too much of a coward to….”
“You fucking…” Cullen says already worked up but his father intervenes.
“That’s enough! What happened last weekend was bad and we will talk about it later. No business talk at the dinner table. Can I pleaseee have my dinner now?” his father shouts and he never shouts. He is angry and everyone can tell so we all get quite as we get back to our plates and start eating.
I pray to God tonight ends peacefully because every time my name is mentioned my heart wants to leap out of my body. I hope I am spared tonight. Because from the revelations tonight it’s clear that Cyrus was talking about Cullen when he came home and was mad at me that night. He thinks Cullen is in love with me? That’s ridiculous.
We are all silently eating until Cullen starts hitting his plate with his fork, it starts as a slow rhythm until it turns to being irritating. I try to ignore it and I think everyone at the table knows he wants to start something and they are quite. I can feel Cyrus’s anger rise with it and I take his hand and hold it below the table to keep him from taking Cullen’s bait and he calms down.
“Stop it Cullen. If you don’t want to have dinner your free to go up to your room.” Mr. cedric tells him not bothering to take his eyes from his plate
“Would you say that to your golden son? Since he is so perfect and your lapdog you’re sure he will listen don’t you. Having me must have been a challenge for you, you wish I was the one who had taken that knife right? You nearly had a heart attack when I told you what happened to your son. You see this dark eye? This was because of you.” Cullen tells his father then his brother.
“Cedric!” his mother says looking at her husband with clear disapproval, guess she is just finding out now
“What? It’s his first official run and he goes gets his brother’s life in danger and then comes home unharmed? Not a single scratch? Someone had to give it to him.” His father answers simply to his wife
“We will talk about this later.” Mrs. Cedric answers still mad at her husband.
“You think your son is so perfect don’t you? Smart in class, at the business, and his marriage right?”
“Maybe we should go.” I whisper in Cyrus’s ear because I have a bad feeling of where this is going to end.
“Mom I think we are going to have to cut dinner short to…..” Cyrus says as he sets his napkin away and prepares to stand up still holding my hand under the table.
“Cyrus is facing crisis in his marriage, he hasn’t gotten to consummate his marriage yet? His marriage may as well be annulled by now” Cullen says dropping the bomb in the dining room while he laughs as if he just told a joke.
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