The Day Before You Came

Chapter Thirteen

Benny had just come out of his aquatic therapy, it was around 1:00 p.m. and he was already hungry, he hoped he could go eating somewhere nice with his mother. He was in the waiting room, the place was practically alone except for the receptionist, he was waiting for the driver when suddenly he saw his sister get in. Benny had to resist the temptation to roll his eyes when he saw her, it had been over a week since the fateful moment at his mother's house and he wasn't yet ready to see her.

Eva-Lis approached with firm steps towards Benny, she was wearing big glasses so Benny couldn't read her expression. "Hello, Bror,"

"Eva-Lis," Benny muttered under his breath.

"I came to—"

"Where's the driver?" Benny interrupted her.

Eva-Lis sighed in frustration, she knew her brother and he wouldn't make it easy for her, she had made a mistake but she wasn't going to beg for Benny's attention either. Laura had asked her to come over and try to fix things, but they were both quite proud.

"Benny, he won't come, don't start behaving like a child and come with me." Eva-Lis said firmly and raising her voice a little more than she wanted.

Benny turned around and saw that the receptionist was staring at them, the girl looked ashamed and quickly looked away. "Now am I the one behaving like a child?"

"Just come to the car with me, I'll take you home." Eva-Lis said a little embarrassed.

Benny took a deep breath and stared at her. "No, I'm not going anywhere with you, so you can go back the way you came."

Eva-Lis raised an eyebrow and tightened the strap of her bag, "Okay, you want to do this here? Well we will. You've been spoiled for years, Benny, and you've become unconscious,"

"Stop Eva-Lis," Benny tightened his hands around the armrests of his wheelchair.

"No, now I'll finish speaking," she continued. "In our desire to make you feel better and more lively we've allowed you many things, but you have to open your eyes, not all your choices are correct."

"If you mean Frida—"

"Yes," Eva-Lis said with displeasure, "I mean that woman, your priority right now should be you and no one but you, Benny."

"It's clear that you don't know me, Eva-Lis." Benny said almost spitting out the words. "For months I've been repressing my feelings and being selfish, to the point of not caring if it wore you out or my mother, but that's over, I have to see for others also Eva-Lis, but that's not why I'll leave aside what I feel, on the contrary, I'm willing to fight for my happiness now more than ever and that implies corresponding to my heart, I see nothing wrong with that, so put aside your role as a protective sister. "

"I take care of what matters to me."

"If you care as much as you say respect my decisions! I'll be an invalid but not an idiot,"

"You just don't get it!" Eva-Lis exploded and took off her glasses, looking her brother directly in the eye. Benny was surprised when he saw that she was about to cry. "When Dad died..."

"Don't mention Dad," Benny interrupted her, he didn't like to talk about his father's death, he did it very rarely because it was very painful.

"When Dad died," Eva-Lis reiterated, "My world fell apart, my hero was no longer with me, he was the light of my life, his absence weighs on me every day Benny, I can still remember the fear I felt when they told us of the accident, and when we found out about your accident, that fear returned to me, that terrible fear of losing my second hero, because when dad left you took his place, not only in business but also in my heart, you gave me the Strength I needed," Tears fell down her cheeks and she could feel the salty taste on her lips. "Your accident marked all of us Benny, took us back to those days and remembered the desperate need to not let someone we love go, both me and my mom. So yes, I care about you and I don't want to give anyone the power to hurt you, I know you're old enough to make your own decisions, but this time I cannot support you brother, and I won't apologize for that."