Chapter 22

Oh shit Tara...
How naive of me to think that she'd ever give up or change. She's still the same old Tara I used to know.
I shrug of my thoughts and make my way upstairs to Damien's room. Immediately I enter the room, I see Damien's shocked and angry expression instantly. He is standing at the door with is Hinds in a fist. I search the room for Tara and see her literally half naked in a towel with her wet hair dripping on her body and down to the floor. Tara has an apologetic look on her face but I can see right through her dubious acts. She frames a shy expression and avoids Damien's gaze. Is she seriously telling me that she didn't guess this was Damien's room? I mean how could she not know that the master's bedroom was his room? Didn't she have a bath, wash and style her hair before coming here? So what's this whole drama all about?
I suddenly feel self-conscious, is Damien intrigued to see her in a towel, is he captivated by her wet hair. I shrug the embarrassing and surprisingly uncomfortable thoughts off when I hear Damien's angry voice.
"Are you deaf? What are you doing here? And who are you?"
Tara gasps at his sudden outburst but quickly recovers and blushes at his intense angry gaze. Maybe she's taking his angry gaze for admiration, or is it really admiration?
"I... I my name is Tara, nice to meet you" Tara stretches forth her hand for Damien to shake but he ignores it and turns his gaze to me.
"Who is she? And did you know she was here? How the hell did she even get here?" With every word he spoke his vein gave away how angry he was. I could see how is jaw clenched firmly and how he called his hands into fists.
I gulp as I take in his words. Why is he asking me these questions? He should ask her, she's standing right here.
"I didn't invite her here" I needed to make that point clear.  "She's  my sister" Damien frowns and is about to say something but I quickly speak "I received a call from my mum saying she was in New York and she wanted to stay here, I didn't know of this and had nothing to do with it. I came to the house and saw her already here. Tom explained that he was coerced into letting her in but he stayed with her in the living room. I left her in the living room but I don't know why she's standing here"
Damien turns his gaze to Tara and frowns he returns his gaze to me and I watch as his hazel eyes flicker with anger. I know Tara isn't supposed to be here and Damien is not particularly a people's person but I'm confused as to why he's so furious about this.
Tara has a smirk on her face and she keeps rolling her hair with her fingers. I ignore her and turn all my focus to Damien.
"So you allowed her to stay cause she's your sister? So anyone can just come into this house and squat?" Tara's smirk grows wider when she hears the tone he's using. I give him a hurt and annoyed look and open my mouth to speak before he snaps at Tara.
"GET OUT" Damien snaps at Tara angrily. His angry voice startles Tara and she anxiously starts walking out. When she's out of earshot Damien licks the door and turns to me. Even though I'm furious at him I'm grateful that he sent Tara out before we start arguing. I appreciate that, the last thing I want is to give Tara the satisfaction of seeing Damien and I argue and disagree.
I walk over to Damien and use my fingers to poke his chest. "Damien why are you so cruel, I specifically told you that I didn't want her to come here. I didn't know she was coming. I even told her to leave but she said only you have the right to send her away. What do you want me to do? My mother already gave her the go ahead"
I can feel the anger rising up in me and i struggle to control myself. I have this problem where I tend to cry if I'm being misunderstood so I I blink and struggle to keep my tears at bay.
Damien's expression softens but his eyes still show his anger. I scoff and glare at him "You know what? I get it. You have a problem cause my friend Liza stayed here. Well she wasn't squatting, I invited her here. You don't expect me to live lonely for two years while you whore around with girls do you? Oh, it's because you also think I'm squatting here, well sorry I'm intruding. But we have to endure each other's presence for sometime" with that I go to the bathroom and wash my face. I always do this to avoid crying. I'm a very messy when I cry. I know everyone's messy when they cry but mine is on a whole new level. My eyes get red and puffy. I mean a deep shade if red, my eyes continue to water even when I try to stop them. My cheeks become crimson red and my lips become very pink. I hardly cry but when I do, it's almost like I've been sick for a while. When I'm done washing my face, I dry it with a towel. My stomach grumbles and I remember I've not eaten a single mussel of food since morning. Not to forget that I only eat snacks and junk last night.
I finally leave the bathroom and see Damien sitting on the mini couch in the room. He seems to be on a conference call. He raises his head when he senses my presence.
He diverts his attention back to the screen "Okay, we'll continue this later, I have to go" with that he ended the call.
Did he just end the call because of me?....