Disastrous night led to...

Chapter 6

The nursery door opens and a flash of marron came in before Abuela closed the door again. She looked in as she took in her surroundings.

Her youngest nieta having a seizure!

Pepa, Bruno, Félix and Agustín turn to the door, tears in their eyes as Abuela's eyes were wide in shock. Julieta still stood with her eyes closed as she still counted the seconds.

"What happened?" Abuela asked, holding Mirabel's old wardrobe for support.

"Drugs, mama." Bruno answered, coming to Abuela's side as he tried his best to stay calm.

"Caused a seizure."

"A what?! What happened?! What did he do?!" Abuela asked, weakly, putting a hand on her chest.

"He drugged her, mama!" Pepa murmured, raging with anger whilst clenching her fist, as she waves them around frantically.

"Overdosed her. And then sexually assault her. He took advantage of her, mama." Pepa muttered, stepping away from Mirabel's bed a little as a cloud appear above her head, turning black with lightning within seconds. Félix came to her side, rubbing her shoulders, comfortingly as The Madrigal Adults ignored how the cold night sky outside turned black within seconds as yellow lightning struck the town here and there.

Meanwhile, Bruno had caught their madre and held her up just in time to catch her as her legs gave out. Abuela couldn't believe her eyes and ears. What has this bastardo done to her nieta?!

The seizure then suddenly stopped and Mirabel went limp on the bed, dropping back to laying on her back again. They waited a few seconds before Félix brought the bowl of cold water to Julieta and she took the cloth and dipped it in. She squeezed all the water out of it before wiping in it on Mirabel's forehead, who still laid motionless on her old bed.

Agustín then brought the chair, that was moved away from the bed, for Julieta even though she didn't sit down. Instead, she continued to wipe Mirabel's forehead with wet cloth before kissing her hija's forehead and brushing the curls out of her face, running her fingers through the curls.

"You need to get some sleep, Juli." Bruno spoke up. He was stood near the door, still supporting his mama, ready to take to her room. Julieta shook her head to response as Bruno left the nursery with Abuela.

"Mi amor, you need to..." Agustín started saying, coming in front of her and cupping her face in his hands, getting her to look at him.

"I can't. I-I need to stay." Julieta whispered, tears rolling down her cheeks as Pepa stepped forward, bringing her hermana in a hug, slightly pushing Agustín to the side. Félix came and put his hands on his cuñado's shoulders.

"It's okay, hermana." Pepa comforted her hermana, Julieta clinging onto her as Pepa hugged her tight.

"Casita will help, won't you?" Pepa answered. Casita flipped the tiles, eagerly, in response but Julieta shook her head, insistent on staying the night with Mirabel.

Julieta felt Pepa nod her head slightly before Pepa then turned to her esposo from over Julieta's shoulder.

"Félix, help Agustín to their room. I'll stay with Juli tonight." Pepa softly instructed, Félix nodding with a small smile at the hermanas before leading Agustín away from Mirabel's bed.

"No, I'm gonna st..." Agustín protested, trying to turn around and walk back to Mirabel but Félix didn't let him.

"It's okay, amigo. Pepi's here. Come." Félix reassured, guiding Agustín out the nursery by the shoulders and towards his cuñada and cuñado's bedroom. He managed to do so despite holding in his own anger, which did surprised his cuñados, cuñada and suegra as they've never seen him angry. But can you blame him? Someone touched his sobrina. If he ever got his hands on them...