Chapter 30
On the right side was the pool and the left side had the sea-doo’s, scuba tanks, and snorkeling gear which is what I wanted to do so I could get out to the reef.
My mother had always loved to be with me exploring the reef and hoped she would join me again. "Ok I'm doing the sea-doo’s and going out to the reef, so mother how about we do that together? I know how much you love to do that sort of thing. Last time we were here we got some amazing pictures of it and that was probably one of the best summers ever" I said before ripping off my tank top and realizing then that if I got in the water the foundation would only last a little while even though it was waterproof. I hesitated just a second picturing looks on our guests, face's or what they might think. Then realized I didn't care because no one knew me really knew me but knew my parents and knew the bruises wouldn't have been from either of them. My mother and father both followed me along with Nicholas who wanted to see the reef even, though neither Jose nor Catherine wanted to come.
10 mins later the 5 of us were at the reef and putting on our snorkeling gear to jump into the water. "Wow I still can't believe how much it's changed in just a couple of years, but the water is still so clear..." I said slipping from the sea-doo to the water. "Wow Mia..... I still can't believe you live like this and here I am with you, Jose the love of my life, and Cate..." Nicholas said as he stared at me with pure love and happiness. "Nick.... you are always welcome here and thank you for being our daughters friend because friends real friends are hard to come by.." my mother thanked him trying not to get emotional too. "Yes, but you're both still so young and life tests friendships, relationships, and lives change even if you try not to let it" my father added, and I knew he only wanted to be honest even if it put us all in check for a moment. Sebastian had joined us but was quiet and stayed on his sea-doo watching the area as though he thought something might happen. Even after my father insisted, he did not have to join us. I was the first in the water taking a big dive in and taking a picture the moment, I did just to see what the outcome would be and re-surfaced a second later.
The photo was spectacular even though it was blurry the colors were amazing and had so much meaning to me and how my mind interpreted it. I was in my moment when my parents and Nicholas gathered around me. I quickly took a selfie with them so that we could capture the moment. I wanted to do the same with Sebastian, but the moment I swam towards him he put up his hand stopping me. "I'd rather not have a picture taken, and really don't want to be drawn into your world except the part I'm playing which is your bodyguard" he said moving away. Again, I could see the power he willed and what it took from him as he said the words to me.
Once Sebastian had completely and irrefutably told me no about taking his photo, I looked over my shoulder to see that my parents and Nicholas were snorkeling giving me the opportunity to be honest and open with Sebastian even if it were for a moment. I snapped the picture as I turned away from him and there, we were in the photo me smiling and Sebastian with his arms crossed and looking everywhere but at me and the camera. "That kiss meant more to you then you are letting on, and to be honest I'm not sorry that it happened. It did something to me and I'm glad it did. However, I can see that you feel bad and maybe even beating yourself up over it which you need to stop. Yes, you're my bodyguard and I’m just a job to you, but that kiss was powerful and whether you want to admit it or not you felt it too. Yes, the age is something, but it can't be much since you don't look a day over 30. I'll leave you alone about it though, because I can see it's making you feel uncomfortable even though I'm not even looking at you" I said with my back turned to him watching my parents and Nicholas swim around the reef.
We were out at the reef for a good hour before we all jumped back on the sea-doo’s and headed back towards the yacht and to our friends who were there to celebrate with my mother. Arriving back at the yacht I had decided to stay out on the sea-doo’s for a little longer wanting to get a good ride in. Enjoying the ocean, I had to myself, well the parts I took for myself. Sebastian wasn't far behind following me around most likely my father's orders since he and my mother had returned to the party and didn't argue with me about staying out. I had circled around Sebastian a few times and noticed he had smiled too and hoped they were because of me and teasing him about being a baby not wanting to play around. I swirled around him one last time before stopping quickly in front of him only about 20 feet give or take causing his eyes to get large and his body to tense. "Dude calm down...... that was funny you should see your face right now" I said grabbing my camera snapping a shot just in time.
The picture I had captured was that of a man who seemed to hold a lot on his shoulders, and I saw the weakness that was hard to see any other time. I looked up from the camera and saw the man I usually did which was one who was like a brick wall. As though nothing could touch him, but I could see right through it all and see the real man who had the weight of the world on his shoulders. Ethan decided now was the right time to bug me yet again "He's your fucking bodyguard, not a friend, parent, or lover.... he's paid to protect you when our father can't or when his team can't...." he hissed out as he stood so close whether I wanted him to be there or not. I sucked in a deep steady breath. "Damn it, Ethan......he's still a fucking human being.... plus, whatever that was earlier you could have warned me damn it" I said to myself so only he could hear and would not look like a crazy person.
Ethan sighed in my ear a sigh that told me I was right but so much more. "I'm sorry... is that what you want to hear me say.... because for me it’s different here on this side then there for you. I’ve been here waiting for you to open up and I had to force my way in. AH-HA and I was warned many times” he confessed. I finally turned off my conversation with my brother when Sebastian asked if I was alright. I was not sure how many times he had asked since he was now scolding me. “Jesus… Sebastian I’m fine was just lost in my own thought for a min, you need to chill out. Do your job and not worry about all this unless it’s protecting me from whatever is out here…!” I wanted to say more but was not sure it would be the right time or place since I was still not sure why my father even needed me to have a bodyguard. I started up the sea-doo again and headed in with Sebastian just watching me and not commenting about what I had just said.
I had taken my time getting to the yacht just wanting to take the whole thing in from where I was and the pure beauty it held one of a kind for sure. I could see people at the front of the yacht looking out over the water and maybe even at us but could not make out who they might be. The music was loud enough to make an echo on the water and a second later I was jerked back and flying right off the sea-doo as 2 dolphins jumped out in front of me. Sebastian was right there behind me in the water as I came up for air and holding my bicep, looking at me with what I could only assume was his terrified look. “Are…. You… alright…..” “I’m fine let me go…” I gasped out as I tried to get air, as I cleared my eyes, I saw the little motorboat coming towards us with my father on board. I knew he had seen what had happened or was told what had happened ha or maybe even heard me scream before I was catapulted into the water. “Mia….. Mia are you alright, come on enough is enough out here on the water. You both need to eat and then I have more for us all when the sun goes down. Your mother is eager to open her gifts” my father said as he took my hand and pulled me up out of the water.
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