"Beg me not to take you in front of all these fucking people," he whispered, tightening his grip around her neck.
Her breath hitched, unable to say anything to him. She felt his fingers dance their way up to her thigh before trickling towards the yo...
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That Saturday morning, Evangeline stayed close in Leonardo's embrace, the nightmare from last night engraved into her mind. The two were sat upright in bed, the sun beamed into the room almost like a cinematic movie. He continued cooing loving and sweet things into her ear before he took in a sharp breath.
"My father is dead too, baby. I know what it feels like," he muttered, turning away from her. Evangeline looked up in his eyes, tears beginning to form again and whispered, "I-I'm sorry.." she hugged him.
Leonardo didn't hug her back and instead looked forward, contemplating whether or not he felt comfortable talking about it. Sighing, Leonardo pulled her forwards and finally hugged her back. "He died when I was 18, nearly a decade ago," he began, "I just inherited everything... and he died. Just like that," Evangeline wrapped her arms around his neck, nuzzling into his neck, "H-How? I-I mean, how did he um, die? If you d-don't mind..."
"I don't know, love, I don't know," Leonardo mumbled, "It was a cold case, but eventually they just closed the case. He was the best, taught me everything I needed to know," the young girl in his lap pondered for a minute, biting her bottom lip and nudged his to go on. "It broke my mother too, they cherished each other so much, they were inseparable," he continued, a blank look on his face.
She stayed quiet and fiddled with her fingers, wanting to get the story off her chest. "Y-You won't judge me, r-right?" Evangeline stammered, avoiding his eyes. Leonardo shook his head, "I'd never judge you," he reassured, slightly confused. Evangeline took a deep breath and mustered her words up, straightening her back and leaned into his chest. "M-My dad, he was a meanie," she began, "a meanie to e-everyone... especially my m-mom,"
"I'll fucking kill him," Leonardo snapped, but quickly retracted after remembering Evangeline told him her father was already dead.
A light giggle escaped her mouth and she hesitantly continued, "He always ch-cheated on my mom- and, and- he would h-hit her so much," Evangeline let her tears pour down her cheeks, as she continued, "A-and me and my brother-" she bawled, shoving her face into Leonardo's shirt and she cried excessively. Leonardo's eyes dilated, his fists balled up and he cursed the fucker rotting in hell.
"He never cared for anyone. One day mommy and him got into a big argument and he... He took me and Eden and drove us..." she suddenly said, wiping away her sore eyes, "-Drove us while he was d-drunk. W-We crashed, and," Leonardo took ahold of her, grabbing her shoulders, forcing her to look up at him while she cried even harder, "You don't have to tell me, baby," his eyes softened, wiping away the tears with his thumb.
She shook her head no, "T-They both died, and I... I survived, w-why me?" she screamed and gripped Leonardo's shoulders harshly, shaking them as she felt her throat become dry, "Why me? Tell me! Why couldn't my brother survive?" she screamed then whispered, "L-look at me, I'm so useless..." tears stopped flowing, and Leonardo caressed her face, in shock yet he didn't say anything.
Evangeline pushed him away and got on her feet, ready to go to the bathroom before whispering,
"The most pathetic part... I-I don't hate my dad."
