What Life Stole From Me

Chapter Twenty Five

When we got to the mansion,Simon asked me to stay downstairs,while he talked to Es,apparently Esteban ordered him not to tell me anything. And for Simon to risk telling me,I knew it was not a minor issue.

I couldn't even sit,I walked nervously all around the place,pacing from the kitchen side to the sitting room,silently praying to God to not let me choke on curiosity.

I was waiting for Simon to give me the go ahead to go talk to Es,when I heard loud screams,I listened attentively and then I noticed the screams and shouts were coming from upstairs,Es and Si have broken into an argument,Intensively.

I started taking the stairs,then I came to an abrupt halt when I heard Es shouting at Si.

"....I warned you Si,I specifically warned you,I thought I could count on you. And now I don't only doubt your loyalty,I'm denying its bloody existence." Esteban sounded dangerously angry.

"Bullshit Es. You think you can hide away forever,from her? And from the truth? Unless you come to terms with this situation,you are forever doomed to isolation,and I have a feeling that cant go on for so long." Simon snapped back.

"What should I do,Si? This girl is already wounded,she is already broken. And so am I,I cannot fix her because I too,need fixing,And if I cant fix her,I wont break her the more,she's starting to get her life back together Si,I cant do that to her. I wont forgive myself. And so you should have let me handled it myself,god damn it to hell Si."

My heart was beating at a dangerously high rate,I felt fuzzy and dizzy and so I leaned my back on the wall,contemplating wether to go on,or just walk away,from everything,for good.

"She's coming up now Es,face it." Si said,and I heard his footsteps approaching.
I quickly walked back down,and sat on a stool at the bar.

When He entered the room,he looked furious,I had never seen Simon look so pissed off.

"Go up. Straight and take a left,the bastard is there." He said flatly and exited the mansion. I followed him with my gaze,my heart pumping so hard it was threatening to pop out of my chest.

I walked up to the direction Simon gave me,and found Esteban sitting on the cold tiles of a cozy room,a study.

I stopped abruptly and almost had a heart attack when Esteban looked up at me and I got a clear visual of his face,my heart stopped beating for a few seconds,my gaping mouth getting wider by every breath I took.
I approached Es slowly,cautious of my steps. When I got very close,I dropped to the floor,close to him.

"Oh my God.... Mr. Alcaraz." I exclaimed. My heart hurt at the sight of him so much that I turned formal on him without even realizing it. 

He looked terrible,his eyes were swollen and fluffy,his face was covered in a bushy stubble that looked almost a month old,his long dark blonde hair was looking rough and unkempt. Wayward strands of long hair sat roughly at the sides of his profiles.
      At a first glance,I would have sworn it wasn't him,my intimidating,arrogant,elegant mystery God has been reduced to a troubled looking man. Reduced to nothing.

He was wearing only a pair of rough jeans. I'd never seen him in jeans.

"What is wrong with you?" I moved to take his face in my hands,but he moved away. I froze. "Are you going to talk to me?" My eyes filled up with tears,I felt an agonizing pain building up from the depth of my heart.

"Just.... Leave,Sarah." He said,not looking at me.
Sarah? He called me Sarah? For the first time ever. Sarah?

I felt my anger flare,I stood up to walk away,silently wishing he'd stop me,he didn't.