Rudy's POV
"Rudy" Esmeralda, my girlfriend, pulled away from me sitting up on my lap. "I don't think we should do this right now"
"No baby, it's fine" I sat up with her attempting to kiss her again but she pulled away.
"Your whole family is downstairs, yesterday was your grandpas funeral" she looked at me worriedly. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine, Esme, I don't want to talk about it...please" i kissed her again and this time she kissed back.
When Ethan announced that him and hanna were having an a affair, I was shocked. i didn't think that hanna would ever do something like this, then i was angry at her for making such reckless decisions and basically pulling apart the family but then i forgave her.
I missed her, she's my sister and she's always been there for me. It's unfair to her that My mother and Malia are treating her like shit.
After hanna had left they constantly trashed her, talking shit about her, calling her names. It pissed me off, I stood up to my mom one night and she slapped me, i haven't spoken to her since.
I heard glass break down stairs making Esme and I jump.
"Pendeja!" I heard Malia yell before more voices joined in. I gently pushed Esme to the side putting my pants on.
"Stay here" I told her before quickly making my way downstairs.
Malia was being held back by tío Hector while Johanna was standing across the room behind Drew.
She had a cut on her cheek and the wooden case with glass doors my mother kept the good china in was broken.
"Just leave, Johanna! No one wants you here! You've been a burden since day one, you think any of us wanted to help you through your drinking problem!" Malia yelled across the room. Tío Hector, Mami, and tía Wilma were trying to calm her down. Thea was on the couch fear on her face as she clearly tried to hold back tears.
"You should've died that night in the hospital" Malia spat.
"Woah!" I said loudly making everyone look up at me. "Are you serious?" i turned my attention to my mother. "Mami are you not going to say anything?"
"Rudy take Thea and go back upstairs" She demanded.
"No, are you deaf? Are you not hearing what Malias saying right now?" I asked waking down the remainder of the stairs. "Is no one going to fucking say anything? She just told hanna that she wish she had died!"
"Ruben go upstairs now!" Mami said, i scoffed before running upstairs. I bursted into my room scaring Esme.
"What's going on?" She asked.
"I'm out of here" I said slipping on my shoes. "I'm so sick of this goddamn family" I grabbed my duffle bag from my closet grabbing some t-shirts and pants shoving them into the bag.
"W-Where are you going?" she asked nervously. I grabbed somethings from my dresser throwing them in there to.
"Anywhere but here, i'm sick and tired of my mom acting this way towards us. Just because-" I stopped myself. I promised I'd never tell anyone what happened but I might have to say something. "Come on, i'll drop you off at home"
i walked out of my room into johanna's grabbing her bag before leading Esme downstairs.
Johanna was on the couch holding something to her cheek.
"What are you doing with my bag?" She asked.
"Cause once i say what needs to be said we're leaving" I said handing her her bag. "Where's mom, Drew, and Malia?"
"Here, Ruben I thought i told you to go upstairs" Mami came in to the living room with Drew and Malia around her.
"You guys wanna know why Mom hates Johanna so much?" I looked at all of them.
"Ruben" Mami warned.
"It's because mom isn't johanna's real mom, dad slept with someone else and forced mom to raise her" I let out.
"Mom, is this true?" Andrew asked.
Mom glared at me and johanna stood up. "No don't look at him, is it true?"
"Tu papá era un puerco" Mom let out. "That night that he came home with Johanna my family was ruined. Then he died and left me with her and all her problems"
"I'm out of here" Johanna grabbed her bag dropping the bloody napkin on the floor.
I grabbed Esmeraldas hand following johanna.
"Ruben, where do you think you're going?" Mom tried to stop me.
"Anywhere but here"
Johanna's POV
I brung the bottle to my lips taking another sip of the corona.
Twenty years...twenty fucking years i spent trying to please that woman. Asking myself everyday why she despised. Asking myself what was wrong with me, I thought I was the problem, cause i mean what woman would hate their own kid.
Turns out i'm not even her kid, that explains so much. Why she was so quick to shun me after i almost died.
"Hey" Drew greeted as he sat down on the bar stool next to mine.
"Sup" i sighed.
"I'm sorry" he apologized, i took another sip.
"What are you apologizing for? Not like you emotionally abused me for twenty years" I finished off the bottle before signaling the bar tender to bring me another one.
"I should've said something to Malia and mom instead of just standing there like an idiot" he scoffed. "If it weren't for Rudy I would've probably let Malia continue yelling at you"
Fuck you.
"It's fine, really" I said as the bar tender placed the beer in front of me.
"How many of those have you had?" He asked and i shrugged.
"Not enough" I mumbled. "Hey, get me something stronger" I said to the waiter.
"No" Drew waved him away. "No more for her"
Drew then grabbed my arm pulling me away from the bar, grabbing my bag before taking us outside.
"Drew, what the fuck!" I yelled at him once we were outside, pulling my arm from his grip.
"Johanna you can't go down this path again" Drew said.
"I can do whatever the fuck I want, I am an adult with a fake ID!" I wasn't drunk, not even slightly buzzed. But i wanted to be, i just wanted to forget about this whole trip.
"Let's go" he said grabbing my arm.
"No!" i snatched my arm from him again.
"what do you mean? Johanna come home with me, now"
"No, i'm going back to LA. I can't stay in this goddamn place anymore, i'm leaving for good this time." I turned to leave but he called my name.
"You can't leave Rudy and I" he walked in front of me.
"You guys know where i'll be but there's nothing here for me." I grabbed my bag from him before walking away.
I pulled my phone out to let Grayson know that i was coming back early.
I should've never came back..
