Facade

Chapter 10

Damian's pov

Mia fell asleep on the chair exhausted after crying for hours. Thank God. It really broke my heart to see her cry. I just got her back not up to five hours and she's already crying. I must be a shitty brother. I lifted her in my arms and took her to the master suite and laid her on the bed. I kissed her on her forehead and left her to sleep. Immediately I got back to the sitting room, I knew something was wrong. Eric and Davis were pacing back and forth, their expression grim. My face immediately transformed to a scowl. I stalked over to a chair and sat down. I waited, assuming one of them will tell me what's going on. When none spoke, I snapped, lowering my voice not to wake Mia up.
"What the fuck is going on?"
Eric sighed loudly while Davis just looked at the ground. There was something about Davis body language that made Damian suspect he has something to do with whatever is going on.
"We need to talk Damian" Eric said quietly. Damian shrugged and replied sarcastically.
"Of course we need to talk. I've been begging you guys to talk for the past few minutes"
Eric grinned and sheepishly scratched his head looking extremely guilty. His expression suddenly turned serious and I felt whatever he was about to say won't be good.
"Mia is in danger" Davis blurted out. Eric and I snapped our gaze to him and he began to blush. He probably didn't mean to blurt it out. Suddenly what he said registered in my head and I whipped my gaze to glare at him. He must have seen my glare because he jumped to hide behind Eric who just rolled his eyes. My glare didn't affect Eric. He's so used to it that it has become meaningless to him. I ignored Eric and concentrated on Davis.
  "Explain!" I snapped at Davis. What did you expect? Give him roses and kisses for him to explain? I don't think so. This is serious business. Everything about my sister is serious business. Especially something that can hurt her. I definitely won't joke with it.
"My wife Helen has the insane notion of selling Mia off to a brothel. I tried to talk her out of it but it was useless. She has made up her mind. That's why I had to contact you. You are the only one powerful enough to stop Helen. I may have been a shitty father to Mia but I won't let anyone hurt her anymore. So please protect mia" he narrated as if in a rush. Though he was speaking so fast it was almost gibberish, I managed to understand what he was saying. I leaped up from my chair. Anger bubbled in my veins. My eyes saw red at the thought of someone taking Mia away from me again. I balled my hand into a fist and punched the wall. The brick scattered at the force but I was too angry to care. I will not let anyone take Mia away from me. I'll not fail her again. I'll protect her with my life. And I'll destroy whoever that tries to take her away from me.

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Aiden's pov

My life has been a complete mess. Infact it has been a disaster. I feel particularly useless. I can't eat. I can't sleep. I can't think. I can't smile. I can't do anything. Who knew heartbreak could hurt this much? Yeah you heard me. Heartbreak. There's no other explanation for this hell. If I had known cheating on Mia would cause me this much pain, I would never have done it. I regretted it immediately I did it but I was too far gone to quit. But look at the pain it caused. I got my sexual release but at what price? I lost the love of my life, I turned her from the sweet innocent girl she was into a blackmailing devil. Now I can barely stand the sight of Karen. She now disgusts me. I'm sure you'll say I didn't think about that when I was banging her, well you'll be correct because I didn't. I was just interested in what was between her legs. At the price of her heart. I'm so stupid.
I took another sip from the bottle of alcohol with me. Since I lost Mia, alcohol has become my companion. I have to be insanely drunk in order to feel a little respite from the pain. My parents are worried. Especially my mum. My dad just shakes his head and stare at me dissapointed. Well he has a right to be. My mom has tried asking me what the problem is but I'm too ashamed to tell her how much I fucked up. I don't dare tell them about the video, my dad might just decide to send me to military school. That's if he doesn't kill me first.
Karen has been trying to talk to me ever since the incident but I've been avoiding her like a plague. I'm not interested in whatever she has to say. She seized to exist the day Mia walked out of my life. My friends won't even talk to me. They liked Mia and had warned me against hurting her when we started dating. When I was able to mumble the story to them, Cameron had outright punched me. Blake had grabbed me by my shirt and warned me to get her back. He had gone into details about what he'll do to my balls if I don't. Believe me, the memory alone gives me nightmares. Mia had disappeared. No one knew where she was. Considering Karen was her only friend, I had no one to inquire about her whereabouts. I have resigned myself to staring at her picture all day and praying for what I know is impossible. For her to come back to me.

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