Love Barrier

Chapter 2

8 years later...

Sara had graduated from school and was now working as a veterinarian on her parent's ranch. She had her job at heart and she also oversaw her father's daily work on the ranch. Veronica was in the city in her last year of doing her law degree.She barely came to the ranch for holiday , she preferred to travel the world and Sara had to work hard to ensure that her sister could enjoy living such a lavished lifestyle.

Sara was dating a veterinarian, Edward , they met at school and slowly Sara started to changed. She wanted to be more feminine and attractive. Though she was in love with Edward they wanted to wait until their wedding night for them to take things further . Edward respected her wishes and never forced her into things that she didn't want to do. Edward will often visit her at the ranch and they would go riding into the fields .They would rolled around on the green pastures like teenagers. They will spend hours out in the fields most of the time waiting to watch the beautiful sunset together.
" Sara", Edward said as she laid her head on his lap.
" Hmm", Sara replied softly.
" Is it true ? I don't mean to be nosy but I heard people talking and I wanted to ask you", Edward replied.
Sara sat up she knew what Edward wanted to ask her. For a while things at the Carter Ranch was not as good as it use to be. Her father had developed one of the worst habit and that habit was even killing her mother silently because she couldn't say anything to her husband.
" Well it's true", Sara said getting up and patting her jeans.
" My father is addicted to gambling and nothing and no one can stop him from digging himself into debts!", Sara said angrily.
" And it's not fair! You work so hard and he just spend it on gambling! Sara you better find a way to stop him otherwise you will be in so much debt that you will have to take drastic decisions !", Edward said in a serious tone.
Sara looked around her, she knew what drastic decisions that Edward was referring to. Selling these lands to wipe out his debts. Sara had tried so many times to make her father see reasons but to no avail.Her mother had grown tired that she just remained quiet and let her dad do what pleased him.
Sara mounted her horse and Edward did the same. He came close to her and reached out for her hand, he squeezed it and looked at her lovingly.
" You know I'm always here for you", Edward said and she leaned forward ,
" I love you" , she whispered as she kissed him softly on his lips.

She got back home almost in time for dinner and noticed that her mother was crying in the sitting room.
" Ma , what happened?", Sara asked worryingly as she kneeled by her mother's side holding her hands.
" What else my dear ! Your father! He took all the money that we made today from selling the livestock!", her mother said .
" That's it! Dad is going to hear from me! That stupid place had brought hell into our home! I'm going there tonight!", Sara said as she stood up and walked to the door.
" Sara No! Sara !", Her mother shouted her name but she was already outside and she got in her  Jeep and drove towards town. She could hear wolves howling in the mountains but not even them could stop her from facing her father tonight.
She got in town and she was surprised to see how busy the area was at this time of the night .
Loud music was coming from the famous
" Ponchita" bar . The bar was named after the owner's ex wife , who dumb him for his cousin. He was often asked why did he named  the bar after her , he would say "Because Ponchita was a loud bitch who allowed another man to walk in and out of her "front door"!".That was his favorite joke that he will tell all his new customers.
Sara got out of her Jeep and head towards the casino. When she entered all the men looked at her and there was a silence in the room.
" Is that " smelly Sara"?", a young man whispered to another, even if she heard him she kept walking inside towards the office of Don Emilio the owner of the casino.
" Don Emilio!", Sara shouted in front of his office and knocked loudly on his door.
" Hey relax why are you shouting like that? Why are you making a scene here , disturbing me!?", Don Emilio said angrily coming out from his office and before he closed the door behind him , she noticed two young women were inside with him.
Old Pervert! She wanted to shout to his face but she didn't come here for that.
" I don't want you to allow my father to come in here again!", Sara said with an authoritative voice.
" Hahaha! My dear you cannot tell me to put one of my best customer out of my casino!", Don Emilio said laughing as he took a puff from his cigar and blew it in her face.
Sara coughed as the stinking smell of that cigar reached her nostrils.
She noticed he was drunk and that she wouldn't get anywhere with that old man she will look for her father and take him back home.
" Get back to what you were doing old pervert!", Sara said to him .
Don Emilio didn't like what she said and shouted at her to get out of his casino or his men  would throw her out by force.
" Where are those two stupid men who were guarding my door!", Don.Emilio shouted as he took out his phone.
" One day Don Emilio ... you are going to stop destroying people's life!", Sara said as she walked back inside the Casino.
She looked around the room and spotted her father seating at a Blackjack table . She walked up to him and stood in front of him on the other side of the table. Her father was shocked to see her there he was so embarrassed that he left the game and came around the table and pulled her to the side.
" What are you doing here Sara?", he hissed at her.
" I have come to take you back home! Your addiction is killing us father! Your wife is at home crying and you are here spending everything that we got this morning! Dad we are going to be ruined!", Sara said in a pleading voice .
" Sara everything you have , you owe it to me! I worked hard as well and now I have the right to spend my money on what I like. I've told you before no one could stop me! Not even you! So before I forget that you are a grown up woman get out of here!", her father said with an angry tone.
Sara looked at her father as tears tickled her eyes.
She couldn't recognize this man in front of her, this man couldn't be her father . A man who chose gambling over his family's happiness!