Chapter Forty Five
CONSTANTINE'S POV
When I received the news of Eulalia's father's death, I was heartbroken. I couldn't believe a man with so much life had gone to the great beyond. He looked very healthy when I saw him last. Before I went to Italy I had visited him to ask for his blessings to marry his daughter. He gave me a stern warning
"Eulalia is my only daughter and she is very precious to me. I don't want you to break her heart she's very soft on the inside no matter how hard she portrays herself to be. I know she loves you and you love her too so I'm begging you to please take care of her. I'm entrusting her in your care, her brothers will have their own families too and they might not always be there"
"I promise you sir that I will never hurt your daughter and I will always protect her and stand by her"
"Then you have my blessings"
"Thank you, sir, I won't disappoint you"
"You better not"
Now that man was no more and he had so much life in him, he was always happy. I feel like a loser because I didn't keep my promise to him, I wonder how he would look at me now. Gabe told me he had suffered a heart attack and the doctor also said he had a weak heart for a long time. Why didn't he let anyone know? If he didn't want his children to know he could have told me I would have gotten the best doctors in the world to treat him.
I tried calling Eulalia when I heard the news but her phone was switched off and I wasn't too sure if she was going to talk to me after everything I said to her. I called her friend Mandy but she said her phone was switched off too. I was angry at myself, if I hadn't been too quick to judge her at least she would have come to me. I just let my anger for Daniel take over me and I said horrible things to her. I needed somebody to talk to so I went to my mum
When I told her what happened she scolded me and told me that was not the right reaction to the issue. I felt like an idiot after she gave me a lecture. I told her I broke up with her and also fired her and my mum was sad too. She told me if I really loved her I should go to her and apologize. I know that I really loved Eulalia and the right thing to do was apologize to her but I was scared to call her because I'm a coward.
On the day of the funeral, I went early but I sat at the back just so I could watch her from far, I was scared to face her today so I was just watching her every movement. She was crying and I could see her friend consoling her. My heart clenched as I watched her cry, it is supposed to be me by her side holding her while she cried in my arms.
She was called to read about her father but she couldn't form a single sentence as she burst out crying in the church. I was about to stand up and go to her but Gabe beat me to it. He held her as he read the paper given to her and she looked up and her eyes met mine for the first time in weeks. She quickly bent her head to avoid my gaze but I kept watching her till she sat down. She turned around to look at me again and we stared at each other for some time before she looked away.
After the body was laid to rest, I saw her sneak out of the crowd and I followed her to talk to her. Her face was pale and I could tell she was suffering, I offered my condolences to her and I tried to talk to her but it didn't look like she was listening. I let her be for the time when she was better I would talk to her.
After the burial rites were concluded, her brother came to ask me if I had seen her but I told him the last time I saw her was when she followed him. I called her friend Mandy to ask about her whereabouts but she said she had not seen her. I had a feeling she knew where Eulalia was. I called her phone fifteen times but she didn't pick up. Her other brother Francis came to speak with me
"Constantine. I want to have a word with you" I knew the reason he was standing here but I just let him talk anyway
"I'm sorry about the designs. It was not my sister's fault, I took them from her house because I wanted to help Samantha" I was angry with him and Samantha because they are part of the reason I broke up with her. If they had just talked to me about it I would have helped them.
"This apology should be to your sister. You owe her a huge apology" I told him. "I'm angry with you though but I understand why you did it. Talk to your sister about it"
"I've tried talking to her but she has been ignoring me"
"Keep persisting. Don't stop until your sister forgives you, you won't be able to forgive yourself if your sister is still angry with you"
"Thank you, bro. I have myself to blame for this"
"I'm to blame too. I took out my anger on your sister before finding out the truth. I broke her heart, I don't know if she's going to ever accept me back or if she still loves me"
"I know my sister really loves you. She still thinks she's the reason for the design missing"
"I don't even care about those designs again. I just want your sister back"