The Don's Sweetener [18+]

21

Daily dose of mental health:

Get your heart broken. You'll learn to love.

"Lucia." Lisa poked her head opening my door. "Hades is asking for you." She said.

"Oh?" I frowned. I was studying and had a test coming up. And I am not that smart kid in school. I am just the average student. Passing just barely to save my butt.

I sighed and closed my books before walking out and to the upper floor. Hades was sitting on a sofa in the living room. Rosaline dressed in sweats was sitting on one of the four couches her legs crossed under her looking tired and ready to sleep.

"You asked?" I asked as I came in to their view.

"I did." Hades nodded. "Take a seat."

I sat on the couch beside Rosaline's who was almost dozing off.

"Good afternoon." Rosaline grinned sleepily.

"Good afternoon." I smiled. "How are you?"

"Fine as a bean." She smiled widely.

"I wanted to discuss something of importance with you, Lucia." Hades cleared his throat and sat straighter. "It's time for you to pay the family back."

Uh...what?

Pay the family back for what, exactly?

"For what exactly?" The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them. "You make it sound like the family has done countless favours to me when the only thing your family did was take my parents life only to make me an orphan."

Hades's eyes were the only thing that made me hot and cold at the same time. But now his eyes were burning holes in my face. His fist was tight and jaw muscle clenched.

"Lucia." Rosaline sighs. "Going to a party dressed up all nice is hardly anything to be done as pay back. It's nothing of pay back sort. Lessy-bun is being mean. Come to the party. We'll get our nails and hair done. Put on a nice expensive dress, show off the money. That's all." She explains.

Oh? I frown.

Rosa sighs once again and shuffles to my couch. "We do this gala every year when five families get together as a truce. We dress up nice and dance the night away. That's it. Come to the party with us, as family." She smiles patting my hand with her.

How can she put everything so simply and nicely and Hades goes like 'you've got to do something for the family or I'ma kill you sorry ass and you'll be sorry'

little bitch.

"Oh?" I frowned.

"Yeah?" Rosaline asks hopefully. "So you'll be my Lessy-bun's date?"

"Huh?"

"You're going to the party with Hades here." She points to Hades who was sitting across from us, his one ankle over his other knee typing on his phone single handedly.