How Deep is Your Love

Chapter Twenty-Five: Pushing the Wrong Buttons

Iker glared at Daniel as he arrived to collect the twins on Boxing Day, he hated that he had to hand over the twins to a man that clearly wanted to use them as a weapon against their mother.

“Hola Casillas,” Daniel said as he entered the house, he frowned as he looked around the home that his children lived in with distaste; it was clear that he didn't want to be there.

“Valdes,” Iker replied as he waited for Liam and Lola to appear, he couldn't believe that Aliona had even dated someone like Daniel before he had met her; it was clear that he wasn’t her type anymore.

The two men stood silently as Lola appeared, she stared at Daniel for a moment before she hurried to Iker and held onto his leg; Daniel frowned as he watched his daughter, he had hoped that the twins weren’t getting attached to their mother’s boyfriend.

“I don’t want to go Papa,” Lola said making Daniel smirk at Iker as he lowered himself down to Lola’s level being careful of his expensive suit; Iker frowned as he watched the man wanting nothing more than to punch him.

“I know you’ll miss you Madre but I promise we’ll have fun,” Daniel said as Aliona appeared with Liam, he also didn't look like he wanted to spend time with the lawyer.

Lola frowned as she looked at Daniel before shaking her head, she hung on tightly to Iker’s leg as her father reached for her.

“I wasn’t talking to you… I was talking to Papa,” Lola said making the adults pause as they realised who she was calling her father.

Daniel pursed his lips as he glanced at Aliona, who was staring at her daughter shocked that she was calling Iker, her father.

“Lola… Iker isn’t your padre, I am,” Daniel said softly making the little girl look at him confused, he had never acted like a father to her or Liam; she had asked her friends at pre-school and they had all described their fathers, who acted like Iker did.

***

It had taken some convincing from Aliona to make the twins go with Daniel for the day, the blonde hadn’t known how to tell Lola that Iker wasn’t her father; it was clear that no matter what anyone said, she was going to call the footballer her father.

Sitting in Daniel’s living room, Lola frowned as she watched him and Delilah; she hated coming here and wished she could go home to her mother and Iker.

Daniel had made it perfectly clear that he preferred Liam to Lola, he had always wanted a son and since Delilah didn't want children; the son that he had with Aliona was the only chance that he had in fulfilling his dreams.

“When can I go home to Mama and Papa?” Lola asked as she watched Daniel spoil Liam, it was clear that the little boy didn't like the attention that he was getting from the lawyer; he wanted to leave just as much as his sister.

Delilah stared at the little girl shocked for a moment at her words; she didn't know what to say as she looked at Daniel.

“I’m your padre,” Daniel said annoyed as he glared at the little girl, who was taking time away from him spending time with his son; he wanted Liam to follow in his footsteps just like he had done with his father.

Lola pouted softly as she looked down at her hands, she hated coming here and had begged her mother to stop him from taking her; however Aliona had told her that there was nothing that she could do, there was a court order stating when Daniel could see them.

“I want to go home to Mama and Papa,” Lola said making her father stop what he was doing; he turned to look at the little girl, he didn't know what he could do to get rid of her.

“I want to go home as well… I miss Mama,” Liam said making Daniel look at him, his fiancée swallowed as he stared at the twins; she knew that he didn't have the best temper and she worried what he would do if he lost it with the twins.

“We want to go home, we want to go home,” the twins started to chant making Daniel stare at the two children; Delilah watched in horror as he slowly started to lose his temper, she didn't know what she could do to stop the nightmare that was beginning.

“Will you shut up!” Daniel said as he finally snapped, Liam stared at the man before him as he slapped Lola; who burst into tears, Delilah quickly pulled the little girl away from her father while Liam glared at him.

“Move Del… or it’ll be you next,” Daniel spat as he continued to glare murderously at Lola, who was now clinging to her brother; she had never been touched in that manner before and she never wanted to be again.

Delilah pursed her lips as she looked at the man that she thought she loved, she couldn't believe that he had slapped his own daughter; she didn't know what she had ever seen in him.

“No,” Delilah said as she shook her head in disgust, she knew what she had to do and she wasn’t going to let him get away with this.

***

Opening the door, Aliona stared at Delilah shocked as she wondered what Daniel’s fiancée was doing at her home; however all thoughts left her mind when a sobbing Lola, threw herself at her mother.

Iker appeared from the living room confused having heard the cries; his heart ached as he saw Lola crying in her mother’s arms, however it slowly turned into rage when he saw the mark on the little girl’s face.

“Did Daniel do this?” he asked as he moved forward, he felt sick at the thought that the lawyer had laid a hand on Lola like that.

Delilah nodded her head softly as she watched Aliona check the little blonde girl over, Iker quickly ushered her inside noticing her ruffled appearance; he offered her a concerned look as Aliona moved the twins into the kitchen.

“He’s never lost his temper like that before… I got them out as fast as possible,” Delilah said making Iker nod at her gratefully, he couldn't believe that Daniel had laid a finger on the twins; his heart ached as he listened to them crying.

Delilah smiled at him as she noticed the look on his face.

“Go… I’ll be okay here,” she said making Iker look at her gratefully; before he head into the kitchen, he listened to Liam recount what had happened to Aliona.

The blonde glanced at him as she comforting her children, she had never expected Daniel to do something like this to his own flesh and blood; Iker licked his lips as Lola cried along with Liam.

“I’ll sue him for custody,” the Spaniard announced making Aliona pause for a moment as she looked at him, she had never expected Iker to say something like that.

“I can’t let him get away with this, while he still has parental rights...” Iker said shaking his head; a family was all he had ever wanted and now he had one, he wasn’t going to let Daniel take it from him.

Aliona looked at her boyfriend, she had a feeling that the lawyer wasn’t going to take this laying down; he wasn’t going to release his hold on her or the twins until he had whatever it was he wanted. Aliona had a feeling that this was going to be a long couple of months.