Adelina

Chapter 8: Lies

I need to think before saying any word; I have to calculate every possibility. If I say something wrong, I am gonna be in a really big trouble.

"Answer me right now!" My father shouts. I have to think faster.

"She.....she is my teacher." I mutter the first thing that came across my mind.

"Your teacher? Are you lying, girl?"

"No, Father I promise."

"She looks so young to be a teacher! Why would she even be here?"

Think of another lie. Hurry!!

"The..mmm....the weather didn't seem to be good so she offered to drive me home as I don't have any friends to keep my company." Now I confirmed two lies to him, The first is that she is a kind teacher and the second is that I don't have friends.

"I think I am gonna choose to believe you this time, although I feel that you are lying, Adelina."I breathed a sigh of relief at the first part from his sentence.  "But if you were lying." He points his finger at me and I nod in fear.

He gets to the way to his office and I stay in front of the door with fright allover me.

I hate lying but if I told him the truth he would surely hit me in excuse that he is protecting me from the badness of the outer world, I had to lie; every thing in this house is based on lying, mom's and father's relationship, mum trying to hide father's cruelty and not showing it to us by lying, and even our relation with each other now is based on lies. Maybe I am going to consider it as 'keeping secrets' just not to feel guilty.

Sometimes I just wish if I can say whatever I want out loud, but I can't. It has to stay in only my mind and I can't let it out; I don't want problems. If I did so, I would end up in jail no wait I think I overreact, maybe I will be a baddie and noone will love me, but I would fulfill whatever I want and show everyone that I am not weak and I can destroy them in just a blink of an eye.....I can do this, I have the ability, but I don't have the courage to do it so..... I think I am going to be speechless like.... forever.

I am just gonna sleep; I want to escape from all these thoughts, let my mind have some rest from thinking.

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This was the best nap I have ever taken. Anyway, I want to help Leonor with her brother issue; she is important to me, I love it when I see her smile. I think this is because I am the oldest sister so sometimes I am acting like a mother, even with my brothers.

Maybe I can try to soften his heart so he can be nice to everyone, especially his sister. This is gonna be hard.

I tried searching but it failed so I think I am gonna try the basics, that I learned from romance books and movies.

First of all, buying flowers. This works in every book and movie I have read and seen, But it works with the female character only...Nah, it will work for him too.....hopefully it will. I mean I haven't seen a female character give the male character flowers and it work with him before, I think I will be the first one.

Well I am going to tell Leonor the plan or...maybe only tell her to get her brother tomorrow to school.

"Hi Leo." I say through the phone.

"Hey Addy." Her voice isn't good.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?"

"Yeah I am fine, what's up?" She fixes her voice. She isn't okay, I know this, I can tell from her voice. I won't force her to tell me what's bothering her.

"I have a way to make your brother nice."

"How??" Her voice sounds astonished.

"Just tell him to come with you to our school tomorrow." I wisper as I heard footsteps. Please, don't be father.