Lost Daughter

Chapter 27

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)
And breakaway

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway

I'll spread my wings
And I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway, breakaway, breakaway

"Thank you," Victoria said.

I smiled and clapped as loud as I could. She was amazing, and it was clear that everyone thought the same way. Her voice was soft and gentle, but passionate at the same time.

"You go, Mini Vic!" Austin shouted.

"Whoo! Go, mija!" I chimed in.

I felt someone tap on my shoulder and turned around. Immediately my smile was wiped off with a frown and sent my younger brother the deadliest glare I could munster.

"Hey," he said nervously. "Um... can we talk?"

"You're the last person I want to see right now, Michael," I snapped.

"Vic, please. Will you just hear me out? Please?" He begged.

I glanced over at Victoria and saw her talking to Danielle and Alysha while holding a happy Stitch, then looked at Mike.

"One minute. That's all I'm giving you," I said.

He nodded and led me out to the patio, where it was vacant and quiet. We sat on the empty beach chairs and looked at each other. "I'm not going to sugar coat or try to use excuses, Vic. I did fuck Cara, and it was a mistake.  I never meant for things to go this  far, but it did and I take full responsibility over every. I understand if you're pissed at me, and I don't blame you one bit. You don't have to take my apology, but I want you to know that I love you and that I'm really sorry."

I didn't say anything to him for a while. He sounded pretty sincere, but he could be faking it, so I was still on the edge. "Is there anything else I should know?" I asked him.

Mike fidgeted around in his seat and looked at his shoes uncomfortably. "Mike? Do you have something to tell me, yes or no?"

"You're going to be pissed at me," he warned. "It's about Victoria."

"What about her?"

Mike bit his lip and looked at me with watery eyes. The look on his face worried me. "Remember when you came home and Mama and Papa caught you and Cara in bed the first day you two had sex?"

I nodded. How could I forget? Mama and Papa walked in just as I released inside of her. Needless to say, I was grounded for three months. "That was the same week Cara and I started sleeping together."

"What does this has to do with my baby girl?" I questioned him.

"Cara and I hooked up multiple times behind your back, but we stopped when she found out she was pregnant, and-"