Love in Darkness

Chapter 42: Family mess

Miss Luna is very angry at her grandson. She has been holding her feelings but seeing how Magnus behaves, she cannot help herself and slaps him. Miss Luna asks her grandson with sadness in her eyes, "What is happening to you? You are not like this and you two were both okay. This started when you asked her to get an abortion! And yet, you had put her life and your son's at risk."

Magnus looks at his grandmother and replies instantly, "You do not understand, Nana! Selena is cheating on me! Yes! I asked her to get an abortion. Yes! I messed up. We were happy, finally and then I got scared after knowing she is pregnant. But I am trying to mend my mistakes! I was making it up to her but she always ignores me!". He clinches his hands and had turned into a fist. He then looks at Selena, "I saw you! You are always with that Erik guy! You even went home last night late being with him! You know all my efforts and yet, you always find ways to avoid me.".

Selena is speechless listening to Magnus. She wants to defend herself, tell him that Erik is just a friend and that he only makes efforts not because he loves her but Miss Luna asked him to. She sees the pain in her husband's eyes but she cannot herself believe it. A lot of things are in her mind. She wants to confront her but she seems cannot find the strength to speak. Selena continues to look at Magnus' eyes, meeting the pained expression of his stern face. She is thinking of choking him because of anger when suddenly Magnus' face had turned into the right side. Her eyes widen as she sees that Miss Luna had slapped Magnus.

Miss Luna could not believe what she is hearing. "Is that it?! That is your reason why you hurt Selena physically and drag her like an animal? IS THAT IT?!". Her breathing is slightly fast because of anger. Her grandson did not respond so she assumes that it must be the reason. She points her finger to his slapped face, "No matter what the reason you have, what you did is unacceptable! You almost killed them! If I had not heard Selena's voice, you would have dropped her on the stairs! You would resort to violence because you were hurt? I did not know you could be like this.". Then Miss Luna turns her back on her grandson and approaches Selena. She holds her hand while saying,

"Come, dear, let's go to your room. I will keep you accompany for the time being. I know to take care of pregnant women.". Miss Luna smiles at Selena. Then she turns to look at Magnus, "You are lucky I got on time to save your wife and son from you. Because if something bad had happened to them, you are no longer my grandson.". Miss Luna and Selena start walking up the stairs to go to the bedroom.

Magnus is left alone downstairs, could not move. It was already 30 minutes when he decides to move and walks out to the door. He goes to the garden and stares at the surroundings. Then he recalls his grandmother's words and when he saw his wife smiling at another man. His hands have turned into a fist and then he shouts, "Aahhh!!". He approaches the small potted plants and starts grabbing them, and then throwing them on the ground. The potted plants are shattered upon impact. Magnus continues to grab potted plants and throw them hard on the floor. Minutes later, he got tired and sits on the ground. He then lays and looks at the sky. While examining the sky, a tear falls from Magnus' eyes and then it become tears. Magnus is crying. He covers his eyes using his arm and continues to cry.

In the bedroom, Miss Luna supports Selena to sit on the bed. Selena is not on herself so as she sits, she just stares at the window. Miss Luna stares at her sadly. She sits beside her and looks at her hand. She thought, "I cannot believe I had slapped my grandson. Over the years he is with me, I never thought he would turn to be like that.". Tears are flowing down from Miss Luna's eyes. She puts her hand on her chest and cries.

Selena, on the other hand, hears Miss Luna crying. She wants to hug and comfort her. She cannot seem to urge herself to look at her side and talks to Miss Luna. After minutes of crying, Miss Luna wipes her tears. She turns to Selena and takes her hand. She holds it with both hands and starts talking, "I am so sorry you have to go through something like this, dear. I know what my grandson did is unforgivable and I am really, really sorry. But please, do not think of leaving. I promise I will not hurt you again. I will take care of you and your son.". Selena did not respond and continues to stare at the window.