Ms. Caroline Sobers

Chapter 10
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"Father, I really am sorry", Francisco sat in the chair that was made of pure leather in his father's personal library.
He tried to avoid his father's fierce gaze by looking at then various bookshelves that were on each wall of the room.He was so sure that they varied from fiction to nonfiction....obviously... he was in a library.

He was never a huge fan of reading,he only did when it was completely necessary and being a lawyer, it was always necessary. As time went by, he grew into reading books when he started collage.

"Francisco, what were you thinking?",his father said sadly.
Snapping out of his thoughts,Francisco tried to chose the right tone in his voice. He was very afraid of the consequences he would face if he replied in the wrong tone when it came to his father.

He was always a daddy's boy. Pleasing his father was literally his main goal in whatever he did.

"It was wrong of her to be in such relationship at such a young age, especially with your driver's son"
He mumbled softly looking at all the files that were on his father's large mahogany desk. They were all neatly packed as usual.

"Son, I agree that it was wrong of your sister to do what she did but you have failed to realize that you've hurt her on so many levels!''

Suddenly,the grey walls with pictures of his father's family on them seemed incredibly interesting.

"You're sister hasn't spoken to anyone in two days! She isn't eating Francisco!"
He knew his father was beyond furious and that seemed to bring out the inner child in him.

"Tell me, how do you expect her to survive like this?!"
She brought it onto herself. He knew it was true but he didn't dare say it out loud.

"MEET MY EYES BOY! A true Elcortez never hangs his or her head!"
He was right. Francisco slowly lifted his head to meet his father's gaze.

"Your sister in in a mild state of depression, how do you propose we heal her broken heart?"

"I th-"

"That's right! It cannot be healed! If you had just came to me and tried to control your childish temper, we wouldn't be in this situation"

Francisco's mouth formed into a straight line.
He couldn't let anything slip by accident.

"Father, I personally think I made a manly decision"
"MANLY?!A man would've analyses the situation and come up with a reasonable solution!"
"Father I was just-"

"You are no man Francisco! You are just a boy...and a poor excuse at that"

Give me a chance to speak man!

"Father, please! Just let me explain my point of view!"

There was no use in trying to act tough around the one person you have ever really looked up to.

"Leave!"

He was on the brink of getting on his on his knees.
"Please just listen!" His father paused and he took it as a sign to continue.

"I really am not a poor excuse father! I just think of how bad it might have been if this boy from a middle class family was just using her to be apart of our family!"

Francisco desperately tried to come up with a pathetic story in order to save his behind.

"He would basically be living off our dear little Valentina!"

"Francisco! You've always been doing this to her!"

He knew what his father meant but that still didn't stop him from asking his father what he meant.