She's The Winning Piece

Chapter 9: "What? Where? How? When?"

"Yes I had to but don't you dare touch me Antonio, you disgust me" I yell at him. "Sis calm down" he tried to calm me.

"I should calm down? You have no right to tell me that after everything? Really? You have some nerve"

"Do you know all you put me through? Do you realize how much that day damaged me?"

"How much you, Antonio, damaged me?" I say with tears filling my eyes.

"Uh.. please what's going on here? How do you two know each other?" His wife asks confused.

"Um Ashley sorry but you might want to stay out of this" I tried my best to not be rude to her.

"Honey please I'll come to the car. I need to sort this out" he told her.

"This had better be explained" she frowned and left with little Jacob.

"Wow Antonio, you must really be enjoying the best out of life cause it seems like for the past few years"

"While I was enduring rehab and treatment, you were building a life and a family" I yell.

He replies, "you won't get it Jas and I can't explain it to you because what's going to come is bigger than both of us"

"I had to do what I had to do for your sake, Jasantonio".

"Don't call me that, my name's Jasmine. You lost the chance to call me that after that bloody night. Newsflash, you mean literally nothing to me"

"How can you stand here and tell me you had to do what you had to do. You tell me there's something bigger"

"What on earth is that? What cursed you that made you kill your own father or watch Philip die"

"Okay let's forget that. Why couldn't you stop them from doing that hideous thing to mum? And you're telling me something bigger is coming"

"You know what let's just forget us ever meeting or this conversation cause you just ruined my whole day. Since why you betrayed your family is so confidential, forget us ever being siblings" I told him sternly.

"Okay that's it. Do you realize how high the pressure was to go ahead with the kill? I looked at my father dead in the eye and I shot him. Do you know what that did to me?"

"I did it all for one reason, you, Jas, you but you can't understand at least not yet cause this is way bigger than you and I"

"So before the time is right, enjoy your new life before news you never wanted to hear or know comes to you cause you won't like them at all"

"You don't know how guilty I feel for everything. The damage I put you through at a tender age. You think I wanted all that to happen to you?"

"I'm a father with a happy family but that doesn't mean it's been roses from the start. If things become tense and you need me"

"I know you'll find your way to get to me, okay? I'm going now but I'll be seeing you sooner than you expect" he waved and left.

I didn't have anything to say so, I just watched him go into his car and drive off.

Horn! Horn! I turn to see my mums driver looking really impatient.

"You've been there since?" I asked him. "Yes but you looked pretty busy so I felt to not disturb ma'am" he replied.

"Oh my. I'm so sorry. We can go now" I apologize and move into the car.

***

"I met Antonio today" I spoke after much silence in the living room. My mum was watching her favorite show.

She dropped the remote on hearing me and paid full attention to me immediately. "What? Where? How? When?" she asked worried.

"Calm down. He was out with his wife and his son wandered to me and then we recognized each other. After-school today" I told her.

She said, "did he tell you anything concerning the whole drama of the past".

"Not really. He just kept saying I won't understand and what's coming is bigger than both of us and, he had to do what he did. And other stuffs like he'll see me sooner than I expect" I frown.

"That means this is a lot deeper than we thought or imagined. Wait.. he has a kid? Wow. Has it been that long?" my mum said.

"I was shocked myself but his son is really cute, reminds me of Philip" I smile at the thought of Jacob. "But we'll surely get to the bottom of this" I say.

"Don't go to deep into it. This might be really dangerous" she warned. "Okay I'll try not to" I tell her.