War for Love

chapter eighteen

Jason Martiné

Today I'm meeting Talisha's family, including her father. I'm pretty nervous because not only are they the people whom I have tortured for the last two years, but they are also the people who have raised the person I care most for. And I know that in the back of my head, I'll always have a bit of anger towards Alvero since he'll always be the man who killed my whole family. Yes, I'm still angry about that but for Talisha I'll put my pride aside and act normal and respectful towards him. I hope he does the same, Talisha told me he would but you never know.

I knock on the door and moments later a woman with brown eyes and long dark brown hair opens the door, she looks a lot like Talisha only her eyes are different so I assume it's her mother. "Oh hello, you must be Jason I'm Alana, Talisha's mother." She says and she shakes my hand. "I'm Jason nice to meet you." Alana steps aside and lets me walk in. She walks with me towards the living room and I see a girl who looks a little younger than me and a boy who is around her age. 

"Hey I'm Cressida, I've heard a lot about you." The girl says she's her sister. I shake her hand and give her a small smile. "I'm Rafael Talisha's brother. Let's get things clear if  you hurt my little sister I'll put your head on my dog's dinner plate." He says with a straight face. "He's just joking," Alana says trying to laugh it off. "I'm not." He says and then he walks off. "Don't mind him, he just doesn't want to let her grow up," Cressida says. "He thinks she's still his baby sister or something." I nod my head waiting until Talisha comes down. 

"Jason you're here." I hear her voice say. I turn around and watch her walk down the stairs. She always looks beautiful but today her face has a happy smile and she glows. "Why wouldn't I be?" I say and she shrugs. "Maybe you were a coward to meet my dad." She says. "Me? Never." I say.  "My husband went to the store, we can start eating he'll show up a minute anyway," Alana says. Talisha takes my hand and leads me to the diner table. I sit beside her as Alana serves us some of the dishes. 

We start eating while Rafael integrates me, I had already expected him and Alvero to so I'm not very surprised. "As I can see our guest has arrived." I hear behind me. I turn around and I see him for the first time in my life. He killed you're whole family and you're sitting in his house doing nothing. Because I love Talisha and I care more about her happiness than my pride. Start caring about your pride, he murders your damn family. Shut the fuck up. "I'm Alvero, but I think you already know that." He says as he shakes my hand. "I'm Jason," I say as politely as I can. 

He turns and sits down next to Alana and kisses her on the cheek. "So Jason since you're Talisha's boyfriend how about we go for a drink in my office after dinner," Alvero says. I look at Talisha and she nods her head so I agree to do so.  "Alright, then we can put our differences aside and respect eachother," Alvero says. The way he said diffrences made it look like a threat but I trusted Talisha's word that he won't harm me. 

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After dinner we walk into Alvero's office, he sits down at his side and I sit opiste from him. He looks at me with anger, as if he's trying to keep it in. "Jason, I know we've had our problems and I suggest we discuss them." He says and I nod my head. The door is closed and I can't go any where, I'm trapped with the person who ruined my whole life. He could do anything he wanted and no one would care. Talisha would. Yeah, I know she would.  

"Now the past years have been hectic I think for the both of us." Alvero says and again I don't say annything I just nod my head. "And you have done much damage arround here." He contineus as he pulls out a stack of papper. "Those damages cost a lot, wich doesn't make me the happiest as you would think." He says and he puts a paper infront of me. I look at it and see that he had to pay over five million dollars to pay for everything. "Now if you give me my money the whole conflict will be as if it never happend."

"I'm sorry mister Russo with all deu respect are you gonna give me my family back? Or my mother? My sister?" I ask him frusterated. "This money isn't even twentyfive precent of all the damage you have done to my life. So no I'm not giving you my money." As I finsish I look up to him anger being to only emotion on his face. "What did you want me to do after they almost killed my wife? Hug them? Invite them for dinner?" 

"I don't care you killed them so I did some damage deal with it." I say. "I'm gonna kill you." Alvero says. He jumps over the table and strangles me. When I think I'm about to die I hear the door opening.