Captured (Part 2 and 3)

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Tatiana POV

It had been a week since I had spoken to Stella, and a week since I've seen Alex. The twins tell me he greets them good morning and gives them Goodnight kisses once I'm gone. I want to fight for everything, to take back everything that was taken from me but I doubt I have much fight left. Sitting down the breakfast table outside, my father appearing before me, "can I sit?" He asks, nodding my head. "I...I'm sorry about the last time I came" he says. Staring into his eyes, "I needed time to process everything you told me" I breathe, "I tried so hard to picture myself leaving my kids to an abusive mother for my safety" I say looking out at the garden, "I can never" I say looking over to him, "I can never separate my twins" I croak. Shaking my head, "you know when Emilio held me captive, he would always remind me how if I tried to leave he would hurt my kids" I breathe, "I suffered through beatings, rapes" I cry, "because I would do it all for them again and we don't even have the same blood running through our veins" I sob, "b..but it was so easy for you to up and leave when you knew you all I had" I break down. Tears sliding down his cheeks, "Tati, you have to believe me, there's not a day that went by that I didn't think about you" "BUT YOU STILL DIDN'T TRY TO FIND ME!" I yell, "You didn't try" I whisper, "I nearly became a prostitute running from my those devils you left me with" I say in disgust, "that's because of your hu-" "DON'T YOU DARE!" I spit silencing him, shaking my head, "he may be many things he's not perfect I agree but you will stop discrediting him" I cry, "you deserved the beating he gave you" I cry, gulping, "he didn't leave his family, he didn't leave me alone to suffer" I cry before looking down. Feeling his hands on me, pulling me in for a tight hug before sobbing in his arms, "I'm sorry" he breaths as I tightly held onto him.