Unexpected love - Mattheo Riddle

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"Mother." I sit down at the table as she shakes my hand.
"How are you dear?" She asks, I am trying not to freak out or kill anyone.
"I was fine, until I found out you have been lying to me my entire life." I say calmly before a server walks up to us.
"May I have a martini please?" I ask politely with a smile.
"Same for me." My mother says
Mattheo does not say a thing.
"Let me explain." She says
I nod
"Your father threatened me to do this, he wanted you to be stronger than you already were."
"What could he have possibly threaten you with, what is worse than leaving your children behind?" I ask
"He said he would kill both of you if I didn't." She says, I look at Mattheo.
"She's telling the truth." He responds, I told him to read her mind so he can confirm she is not lying.
"So, why didn't you look for me? Why didn't you go to the ministry? You could have told them the truth, couldn't you?" I question, losing my patience already.
"They hated me, I was one of the most powerful people in the world, besides after a year or two I didn't know if you even wanted me in your life." She says

"His father had figured out how he could use my power." She says as she looks at Mattheo, upset.
"He figured that you could take it. He wanted to frame you for murder. While you were in Azkaban he could talk to you, make you feel better and eventually you'd join him."
"You knew I wouldn't." I say
"Exactly, that's why I let them. It was the only way to keep you and Luna alive."
"But the question remains, why did you not look for me earlier?"
"I have no power, if anyone ratted me out I would actually be dead so I waited for you to find me."
"So you tried to contact me after I killed Voldemort?" I ask
"Exactly"
"How did you know he died?" Mattheo questions my mother.
"I have been talking to Draco."
"He knew all along?" My eyes tear up.
"I made him promise not to tell you Evelyn, he really wanted to."
A period of silence falls.
"He and his father did this." She says as she looks at Mattheo again, making me angry.
"I hate you." I say calmly as I look at her
"You made me believe I killed you, you are the reason that Luna is dead and you are the reason that I killed many many people." I explain as I get angrier.
"I understand." She says
"No, no you don't understand. I went through hell. I lost everyone, I lost my bloody self and I was about to kill myself before I met him. Now you're accusing him because you can't accept the fact that your bloody decisions ruined everything." I say as I look at her, tears rolling down my cheek.
"He did, Fred is dead because of him."
"You have no right to even say his name." I say as I get up
"If it weren't for Mattheo I wouldn't even be alive, because of what you did to me, because of what Lucius did. You could have done something, you could have looked for another way." I say as Mattheo also gets up.
"I shouldn't have given you a chance to make this all right." I mumble as I shake my head no.
"Why did you?" She asks
"Because I wanted to love you, I wanted to have a mother." I answer "I wanted you to be the person you were years ago."
"You could still have a mother." She responds, acting cold.
"Don't you ever think about being my mother again, you were dead to me and you still are." I say, Mattheo leaves a wad of cash on the table and we get our coats before leaving.

He takes my hand as we leave the restaurant, I hate her even more now.
"You should call Draco." Mattheo says, clearly reading my mind.
"Just not today." I say as we walk towards our hotel which isn't far away.
"Does she regret it?" I ask
"She thinks she made the right choice." Mattheo responds.

I remain silent for the rest of our walk.
"Room service?" Mattheo asks as we get to the hotel elevator.
"I'm not hungry, I just want to go to bed."
"I have a small surprise for you." He says as we get to our floor and walk towards our room.

He opens the door with the keycard, we walk in and there are candles everywhere. There's a teddy bear and chocolate on the bed and a bottle of vodka.
"Thank you." I say smiling
"I also got some weed just in case." He says with a smirk.
"You're the best." I say as I hug him and he kisses the top of my head quickly before letting go of me.
"I am gonna take a shower real quick." I say as I head towards the bathroom.

I close the curtain and lock the door. I don't want him to see me.
"Love I'm ordering sushi, you sure you don't want any?!" He shouts
"Just a little bit!" I shout.

I take off my clothes after turning on the shower, I get in and sit on the floor.
The water is hot, it burns my skin but I don't mind. I like the burn.
I rest my head on my knees and start thinking about what happened the last couple of weeks. It's a lot.

I however do not cry, I am used to this. Every time something goes right, something else will ruin it.

"Sushi will be here in 20!" I hear Mattheo's voice.
I snap out of my thoughts and slowly get up. I quickly wash my hair and body and get out of the shower again.

I dry my hair and put on a robe from the hotel.

I walk back into the room to find Mattheo rolling blunts, he's the best.
"After this we'll quit." He says
"Yea right." I say as I chuckle and walk up to him.
He puts down the blunts on the nightstand and he grabs me by my waist.
He throws me onto the bed and hugs me tightly as my head rests on his chest.
"Did you mean that, about me saving your life?" He asks
"Yes I did." I say as a tear rolls down my cheek.
"I promise you, I will love you forever."
"No don't say that." I reply
"What?" He asks confused
"Forever doesn't last, it never does." I say
"It will darling." He says, smiling.

I sit up and he does too, lighting a blunt before handing it to me.