The twins looked worriedly at Delia, should they go or stay? Delia turned towards Daniel an eyebrow raised in challenge. She had ignored and obeyed Daniel a majority of the time. Not because she respected him, but because it brought her the least amount of trouble. But he wanted all of them to sit and listen seriously to that abusive, manipulative, idiotic mother of their twist all that they had to survive through into her own ego boost.
'They are going upstairs because I told them to. I have no desire to let my hear whatever blasphemous words come vomiting up from the depths of her sick twisted mind of hers.' Delia waved the boys to continue their journey, after Artie had translated for her. This time they didn't pause when Daniel angrily shouted at them to come back. Daniel strode the stairs, but Gina halted him and shook her head coaxing him back to the couch. Delia yawned. The performance was kind of lackluster. Gina didn't care about what happened to the twins and Daniel wasn't really angry at them just that he felt "disrespected" and he knew what Delia had signed was true.
"Delia maybe you should listen to what she has to say before you comment." Gracen interjected righteously, but flinched when he meet Delia's unimpressed gaze.
For a moment there I actually thought you cared, Gracen. I thought maybe I could trust you to see the difference between the harsh truth and a beautified lie. I guess we both failed that test. Delia showed her board. What was strange thing is that no one had seen her writing the message.
"But how are you so sure that she is lying?" Hunter mumbled.
How are you so sure she is telling the truth? No offense to you or your guys' empty skulls, but I have been living with this woman for the last thirteen years. I think I am the one with a better grip on what she is truly like.
"But you were supposedly abused by your mother for years how can we trust your opinion." Daniel asked with a smirk.
Are you sure you run company because your sentence had several errors. First off even she has admitted to abusing me. Second she was never my mother, even when I used to think she was. Third it's fact not opinion. And last but definitely not least...
'Your trust? You can keep it.'
Hunter managed to translate her signs. Delia felt another argument brewing, but she didn't really care. The reason she had indulged them with an argument was to keep them away from the twins and to irritate Gina. Delia almost wished for some popcorn as she watched the ensuing argument between the brothers, as Gina tried to regain control.
The tactics Gina's used to do so, had proven effective in the past, but they seemed to lack creativity. She had three main modes, apologizing, crying, and baby talk, the last giving her more shivers than the time Andrew and Andre had watched Coraline with her when she was nine.
Gracen was saying that they should be understanding of Delia and that she indeed had some good points. While Daniel argued that they should trust the adult more than a teenager with psychological problems, he missed the part where the adult was the one causing the psychological problems. And Hunter would mostly sat the side sometimes commenting on one sides argument or the others, but both Gracen and Daniel ignored him.
Stretching Delia decided now was a good time to sneak away and head to her bedroom and await the big part of the explosion, she also wanted to get out of these irritating clothes, but they still had a role to play so she couldn't change out of them quite yet.
Years of sneaking around, had made her extremely sneaky and she slipped away without anyone noticing until much later after they had exhausted themselves and stormed off to their own rooms to ruminate.
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I Am Here (UNEDITED)
Fiksi Umum*Completed, but unedited* Delia, a 13-year-old girl lives with her abusive parents and her eight-year-old twin brothers. She shields them from the cruelties of their parents as much as she can. The twins try to provide her with support but they are...
