it was friday, and rita forced danna into a dress. the girl was dreading today, considering the fact she'll have to face him.
not to mention she also has to see her dad, after years of feeling so alone and missing him.
she fixed her lipstick and put a glittery bobby pin on each sides of her hair. "danna! c'mon they're pulling up," rita called out from downstairs.
danna sighed, walking downstairs. considering her abuelita has quite the money, they lived in a literal mansion.
she headed downstairs and heard chattings in the living room that had a glass sliding door separating it from the swimming pool outside.
"danna there you are," rita said, causing the girl to turn to her and quickly plaster a smile.
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ramon stood up, looking at his daughter. danna turned to her right, finally seeing her father. her breath hitched in her throat as she saw him stand there, alive and well.
"papi," she let out. "muñequita," he said to her, a warm smile on his face. her heart fluttered a little when she heard him call her by that nickname.
"how have you been mijita?" he asked, walking up to her. "good," she nodded. "and you?" she asked back.
"i've been like this," he said to her. "yeah, not dead," she stated. "we need to talk about that," ramon sighed.
"uhm danna, is zabdiel coming?" rita asked her granddaughter who shrugged. "he's here," mateo said, dragging zabdiel to where they were.
danna looked at him with a blank expression, before throwing on a smile. zabdiel forced a smile back, before greeting everyone else.
"and this is zabdiel, danna's... special friend," rita introduced, causing danna to mentally facepalm while zabdiel kept quiet.
"oh, i see," ramon said, looking him up and down. he reached his hand for zabdiel to shake it, which he did.
"how long have you two been dating?" he asked. zabdiel looked to danna who gave him a certain look. "uhm well-" zabdiel started to say.
"a month maybe," he shrugged, looking at danna who simply nodded. "anyways, i think you have a story to tell," rita said and they all sat down.
zabdiel had to sit next to danna since they're 'dating', and they'll have to get along for the night.
"he's okay with staying and hearing all this?" ramon asked, referring to zabdiel. "yeah, sure," the puerto rican nodded.
ramon inhaled deeply before telling them what really happened.
"it was raining heavily that day when i was driving back after you called. the accident part was true, but i just hit a tree cause someone was standing in the middle of the road. i didn't have serious injuries, but then the same person had a gang with him, and they took me," he said.
"for nearly 4 years they held me in this basement. but they took care of me, they gave me food, gave me a bed and i basically lived normally. and about a month ago they let me free because their boss got arrested so no one is paying them to keep me," he explained.
danna turned to zabdiel who seemed to be thinking the same thing.
"wasn't rafael arrested around that time?" zabdiel whispered and the girl nodded. rita and ramon looked at each other while zabdiel and danna seemed to be having a secret conversation.
"i wonder what you two are discussing about?" rita asked them. zabdiel nodded at danna who cleared her throat.
"tío rafael was arrested around that time. could it be that-" danna started to say but rita cut her off. "he did that?" rita suggested and danna and zabdiel nodded.
"but he's my brother," ramon said. "and he's our uncle but he let two men try to do bad things to my sister," mateo voiced out, causing danna's eyes to go wide.
"what?" ramon questioned. "it was nothing-" danna started to say but zabdiel cut her off. "it wasn't nothing. they nearly raped you," he said to her.
"what?!" ramon exclaimed. "how did that happen? why didn't you tell me?" he asked, standing up.
"no papi, i just didn't want you to worry and you literally just came. and the boys helped me out so it's fine," danna said to him.
ramon sighed. they decided to let it out slide and changed the subject.
✎ᝰ┆𝐚𝐝𝐢 ♡
i might just drop the rest of the chapters tmrw once i'm done-
but whew i feel kinda sad about this ending soon 🥺
