Curious

22

"I think i'm gonna tell them already." I whisper to Juan after about three hours of being at my brothers house.

He nod, "Do you want me to wait in the car?" he asks.

I nod hesitantly, "Yeah, I think that would be best. This seems like something I should talk about alone with them."

"I'll be waiting for you." he kisses me on the cheek before standing up and going to say bye to my brothers.

After he's gone they all look over at me suspiciously, "Didn't you two come here together?" Joel asks while popping a few chips into his mouth.

"Yeah, I just have something to tell you guys. He wanted to give us our privacy." I shrug.

Oscar narrows his eyes at me, "What is it?" he asks.

I smile nervously, "Come take a seat guys..." I say patting the seat next to me on the couch.

Oscar stays in his same spot not making any attempts to move. Okay, so he's staying there.

I sigh, "I saw Eduardo last night." I whisper.

Three pairs of eyes widen at that statement. "What?!" shouts Oscar in what looks like surprise and anger. 

I nod, "Juan and I went out for dinner last night and he was our waiter."

"You didn't stay did you? Please tell me you didn't fucking stay." Mark says angrily.

"We talked for like five minutes but then I decided that I didn't want to hear any of his bullshit so I left." I shrug.

"Did he ask about us?" Joel says with hopeful eyes.

It breaks my heart how hopeful Joel looks. He's always been the most optimistic out of the four of us. He always thought that dad would come back one day and be some great father. That never actually happened and we all knew that's never going to actually happen but he was still hopeful that he would get to meet his father someday.

I nod slowly, "Yeah he did. And he asked about mom."

"Well, what did you tell him?" asks Mark impatiently.

I shift uncomfortably in my seat, "I told him that we were all doing well and that mom sadly, isn't with us anymore." I sigh before continuing, "He then asked to be in our lives again which I responded to with 'fuck off, we don't need you anymore.'"

"Good." Mark and Oscar say in unison.

"What makes you think I wouldn't want to meet him?" Joel asks in an angry tone.

"Because he left us. He doesn't deserve to be around us." Oscar says with a clenched jaw.

"Do you think you guys can just decide everything for me?! You guys don't even know if he's changed or not! And you," he shouts pointing at me, "You're a bitch for what you said to him! He regrets what he did and you can't even fucking hear him out? You think that just because you're famous and you have a rich boyfriend you don't need him anymore? Well you're fucking wrong." he's fuming.

Oscar stands up quickly to defend me, "Hey, respeta a tu hermana." he says in a warning tone.

His eyes are red and he has veins popping out of his forehead and neck. He scoffs,"Fuck you. Fuck all of you." and with that he storms past all of us and into his room.

"JOEL! GET BACK HERE!" Oscar roars.

Just as he's about to go into his room, I stop him, "He's mad. Just leave him Oscar." I whisper.

"You see what that man causes? You just mention his name and shit like this happens." Oscar says shaking his head.

"He's never disrespected me like that. He's never disrespected you like that. What the fuck is his problem?" Oscar says putting his head in between his hands, clearly frustrated as hell.