Too Lost in You

Chapter Thirteen: Stephanie's Betrayal

“You weren’t in your bedroom last night,” Justine said as Liliana stepped into the kitchen the next morning; the brunette rolled her eyes as she moved to make herself a glance of orange juice.

Stephanie stared at her older sister, who ignored her mother as she leant against the counter; the younger brunette didn't know what her sister was up to but she knew that their mother wouldn’t like it when she learnt what was going on.

“Madre, I’m twenty-two; you don’t need to check on me in my sleep anymore,” Liliana snapped, she really didn't want to have to deal with her this morning; especially while Cristiano was out of the house leaving her alone.

Justine stared at her eldest daughter shocked that she had spoken to her in such a way; Stephanie swallowed knowing that this wasn’t going to end well.

“It doesn’t matter how old you are, I am your Madre. Now where were you?” Justine demanded making Liliana roll her eyes at her again before she put her glass into the sink and walked out of the kitchen.

Justine quickly followed after Liliana, she didn't like that her daughter wouldn’t tell her where she had been.

“You better not have been with that Portuguese, I raised you better than to be a slut,” Justine demanded making Liliana stop as she walked up the stairs; the older woman glared at her daughter as she stood on the stairs staring at her.

Liliana hated how her mother spoke about Cristiano, it didn't matter how the brunette felt about him; she could never tell her mother that she was engaged to him and expecting his child.

“If you must know… I was in the lounge watching a movie since I couldn't sleep,” Liliana lied making her mother purse her lips, as the brunette stared down at her before turning on her heel and walking away.

Justine watched her leave, she could sense that there was something going on and she knew that Cristiano was at the bottom of it.

Stephanie peaked out of the kitchen, she remembered a time when her and Liliana had been close and told each other everything; however now the older brunette refused to tell her anything and wanted very little to do with her.

Stephanie didn't understand how Liliana could side with their father after the divorce and it hurt her that it was one of the reasons that the two sisters weren’t close anymore.

***

Cristiano gently kissed Liliana, the two were enjoying the fact that Justine was out of the house and Stephanie was nowhere to be found; they knew that as soon as the Spaniard returned that they wouldn’t be able to touch each other.

“I missed you,” Cristiano murmured as he kissed her again, he pulled Liliana closer as she smiled at him and rested her head against his.

“I missed you too,” she said, the two were currently in the lounge of the house with a movie playing in the background; however neither of them were watching it.

Justine was slowly becoming unbearable as she started to make demands of the Portuguese, which kept him away from Liliana while Justine told her about some man back in Barcelona that would be perfect for her.

“Twenty-four hours… then my Madre is back in Barcelona,” Liliana said making Cristiano smile at the idea, he didn't know what he would do if Justine announced that she was staying for longer; the Spaniard was making it perfectly clear that she thought that he wasn’t good enough for her daughter.

“You know I love you right?” Liliana said, she felt the need to remind him after her mother’s constant put downs; Cristiano nodded as he kissed the brunette and held her closer to him.

“Not as much as I love you,” he said completely unaware that they were being watched by Stephanie; the younger brunette licked her lips as she stared down at the video camera, which she had used to capture Cristiano and Liliana’s confessions.

Stephanie swallowed as she looked back at her sister kissing the footballer, she couldn't believe that Liliana would do this to their mother.

Biting her lip, Stephanie sighed as she carefully moved from her hiding spot; she knew that she would have to show this to their mother, it was in Liliana’s best interest if this came to an end now.

Taking one last glance at her sister and Cristiano, Stephanie wondered why her sister had fallen for someone like him; Cristiano wasn’t worthy of the Perez name.

Quickly leaving the room, Stephanie made her way upstairs to prepare to tell her mother what she had discovered while Justine had been at her meeting. Liliana pulled away from Cristiano, who started to kiss down her neck.

“Did you hear something?” she asked making the Portuguese pause for a moment then he shook his head.

***

Stephanie listened at her bedroom door as she heard Justine return from her meeting, Liliana was working on her next book in the living room and Cristiano was messing about in the gym.

Liliana didn't speak with their mother as she returned home and it was clear that Justine wasn’t happy about it as she called Liliana a spoilt brat; Stephanie glanced down at her camera, she was sure that once everything had been fixed that her and Liliana would be close again.

The young brunette waited for a moment as she heard Justine enter her own bedroom before she left her own and headed for her mother’s room.

Stephanie took a final deep breath as she knocked on Justine’s door then she stepped inside; Justine glanced at her youngest daughter, who shifted nervously as she closed the door.

“Madre… I discover something today that I thought you should see,” Stephanie said as she fiddled with her camera, she suddenly felt guilty that she was ratting her sister out to their mother; but it had to be done before Cristiano corrupted her more than their father had.

“Well what is it? I don’t have all day Stephanie,” Justine said as she crossed her arms annoyed, Liliana wasn’t backing down from their fight like she used to and she wasn’t going to get her own way.

Biting her lip, Stephanie handed her mother the camera making her furrow her brow before she pressed play on the video that was on the screen. Justine went pale as she realised what was on the video and she felt ill as she watched her eldest daughter kiss Cristiano.

“How could she do this to me?” Justine snapped as she threw the camera on the bed, she couldn't believe that Liliana had reduced herself to being a footballer’s slut.

The brunette was better than that. Stephanie shrugged; she knew that there was no going back now that her mother knew about what Liliana had been doing with Cristiano; she only hoped that her sister would understand why she had told on her.

“That rat… how dare he lay a filthy hand on my daughter,” Justine said her voice getting louder, Stephanie knew that it was only a matter of moment before the Spaniard stormed out of the room and went and confronted Liliana and Cristiano.