There is nothing more beautiful than watching an innocent angel fall apart at my sinful actions. I'm going to ruin her.
"Augustine."
And she comes, looking down at me as she does so.
She glows, lighting up the goddamn room. Her feet barely touch t...
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"You put my dad in fucking prison!" Emilio shouts, lunging toward Eros who stands behind me. Reign reaches to stop him, but he moves quicker and runs into me to get to Eros.
He knocks the breath out of me, and Eros throws Emilio off of him before he can land a hit.
Before I can even worry about Emilio knowing the truth, I find myself struggling to inhale and exhale correctly. Eros moves quickly, nudging me behind him and giving Reign time to restrain Emilio.
"You entitled piece of shit!" Emilio insults, thrashing against Reign. Jaden rushes in, as well, helping Reign calm Emilio down.
I hold onto my chest, the guilt and fear sinking in. This is really bad.
How the fuck did he find out?
Eros grabs my hand, moving me toward the door.
"Leave," he demands, and I shake my head in refusal.
"No," I tell him as Emilio starts to push and shove at Reign and Jaden.
"Calm the fuck down," Jaden snaps, shoving him back against the wall.
"You framed him for murder, you sick fuck!" Emilio shouts again, pointing a finger toward Eros.
Eros decides to deal with me later, motioning for Reign and Jaden to let him go.
They cautiously back off of him, and I pray he doesn't do anything stupid.
Eros reaches back behind him, adjusting the gun in his waistband. Oh, Lord.
Eros is probably not in the right mindset to have this conversation, but I'm trying to let him figure it out by himself.
"I did," he admits, and it just sets Emilio off again.
That's it.
"Stop it!" I tell Emilio, "Dad had done worse things in his life, Eros was protecting us."
Suddenly, Emilio's face contorted, and it was as if he didn't even recognize me.
"You knew?" he says, completely betrayed.
Fuck.
I roll my lips together, the pang in my heart resonating.
"You fucking knew?!" he exclaims, stepping closer to me. Reign and Jaden stand straighter.
"I-"
"So what? You're his bitch now? Taking every fucking order he gives you?" he cuts me off. The venom in his voice has my insides curling, but I can even blame him.
"No, 'Milio, it's not like that," I say frantically, shaking my head.
"That's all you ever were to him, Retta. I hope you know that. You're just a whore to him!" he spits, grabbing my arm and jerking me near him. "You turn against your family for that son of a bitch?"
