Chapter 61
It had been Maxwell who had called and figured I should probably call him back sooner rather than later, dialing him back to get it out of the way. "Hey beautiful.... so, wanted to check in and make sure you were not just going to blow me off again! What did your parents and of course your posse say about me coming for a couple of weeks?" he asked in his not so funny attitude. "Well look.... my parents are fine with it as you probably figured, but my friends are not. I just need this summer for me and positivity which you aren't that great at as we both know especially when it comes to you and I trying to be friends. Strictly friends, but you always fight for more and I can't deal with that again. I'm sorry Max, I just can't give you my blessing to come and it's hard for me because of our history. Then again that's also why I broke it off for reasons we both are aware of....." I paused a beat as Sebastian stood at my door in a power stance that altered me in such a way that I lost all train of thought. "Hey..... earth to M--I—A....." Maxwell yelled causing crackling sounds.
I took a deep breath and looked back down at the screen "W--what dude....ummmm So ya it's not a good idea that you come right now. If something changes I'll call you and let you know.." "No bitch.... look you've been ignoring me pretty much all year and even before that when I was leaving for school. You didn't even hear me out or... I told you I was sorry for hitting you those times..." Sebastian was on me grabbing my iPad ripping it from my grip. "EXCUSE ME SIR ARE YOU SERIOUSLY SPEAKING TO MIA LIKE THAT? AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU APOLOGIZED FOR HITTING HER.... WHEN DID THIS ALL HAPPEN BECAUSE IF YOU ASK ME YOU COULD APOLOGIZE A BILLION, TRILLION TIMES AND IT WOULDN'T BE GOOD ENOUGH!" Sebastian was running with my iPad before I could stop him and explain and to beg him before he told my father. I now didn't care that I was running with my crutches and using my tippy toes of my bad foot to chase after him. "DAMN IT SEBASTIAN FUCKING WAIT.........PLEASE..." I was now by passing the whole crew including my friends who were heading up to the house for dinner.
Sebastian was still screaming at Maxwell who was still on the line yelling right back at Sebastian asking who the hell he was. Talking about me as though I was nothing but a whore to him and a possession of his. "She'll always be mine and you nor anyone else will get in the way of that, because I've made mistakes, but I know her... the real her and her parents love me" was the last thing I heard from Maxwell as Sebastian slammed the door just as I was hobbling up the steps. I missed a step and fell forward on my face and stayed there crying, not from the pain that I would feel later but the pain and anger that was pouring through me. The fact that now my secret was going to be out to everyone. "MIA........." I heard in an echo as the crew and my friends came running to my rescue and Greta who was in the kitchen and heard the loud bang on the back deck. I was on my side as they approached holding up a hand for them all to stop "I—I am fine.....just give me a second to catch my breath" I asked.
Greta flipped out and yelled for my father to call the Dr "Mia is on the deck.... no sir not sure what happened but there's blood" she said to whatever my father had just asked that I couldn't hear. Catherine was at my head brushing her fingertips down my cheek and using her tee-shirt to hold above my eye and Jose’s shirt to hold at my lip that was bleeding. My father was at my side in seconds and the phone in his hand along with Sebastian who was now even more worried about me. "Damn it.... Mia I'm sorry this is my fault.... Sir I'm sorry she asked me to wait and I—I just ignored her when I was trying to deal with this bastard on the...." Sebastian stopped talking when my father gave me the look of death and left us. My father looked down at me and locked eyes with me. His look had changed from icy cold to hot/scolding love and pain all in one look that touched me to the core. "I'm fine really it's just a little blood, so can you just help me up.... I'm feeling super vulnerable right now especially with a crowd just standing here" I whispered to him. My father understood me and gave the crutches to Nicholas who nodded and took Jose and Catherine inside. They led the way for the rest of our new friends who didn't get it at first until I hid my face in my father's chest. "Take me back to the guest house please.... I really can't handle an--any more today..." I started to shake and beg my father who had never seen me so broken or even broken at all. "SEBASTIAN......." my father yelled out for him, and he was at our side with the snap of a finger. "Sir..." my father did not say a word just headed down the stairs taking me to the guest house with Sebastian step for step behind him. Jake was close as he yelled from the yard as he was coming from his cabin in his cart "What is happening!" Jake came to a stop when we arrived at the guest house. "I fell... just follow us inside please" I said seeing that everyone had come out on the back deck including my mother. Who was now running towards us screaming at the top of her lungs like someone had died. I was completely drained of all emotion and was almost in a catatonic state. My father sat me on the chair in my dressing area of my bathroom and stepped back to get a good look at me.
My father finally let Jake in to see what he needed to do, and I could now see my father's shirt that was all bloody from my split lip and cut eyebrow. It was like I was in a dream/nightmare with my mother crying and touching my face and arms making it hard for Jake to do his job. "Ma'am, really she's ok let me get in here and clean her up" Jake begged in a soft tone with father stepping up to hold my mother in his arms.