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“Fiona, what are you doing here this early in the morning?”
Elder Alfonso rubbed his eyes fitfully to bade sleep goodbye, before staring at his daughter again, not totally believing she was at his doorstep.
Did anything go wrong? Did Ewan chase her away?
But that was impossible. Ewan would never do that.
Something must be wrong then, as usual. He thought.
His daughter only visited when there was trouble.
Fiona’s answer to her father’s question was to break down in tears.
Alfonso was startled. He forgot his grudges toward her in a heartbeat, pulled her into his arms- muttering sweet nothings into her ear–and led her into the sitting room.
He used his right leg to kick the door close. 1
“Talk to me, Fiona. What’s the problem?”
Yet Fiona kept crying.
Her tears and hiccups tore at her father’s heart. She was his only child after all, and he never wanted her to be in pain. He could do anything to make her happy.
Nevertheless, he stole a glance at the grandfather’s clock in his sitting room. It was just four
a.m.
He sighed, and patted Fiona on her back softly. “Stop crying, my beautiful girl, and tell me what the problem is. You don’t want to wake up your mom now, do you? She only managed to sleep two hours ago…”
Fiona immediately stopped crying, knowing that if she didn’t, her father would get irritated with her–his wife was the only one placed above her in the hierarchy of value.
Fiona didn’t like it, especially now that her mother was bedridden. The woman has successfully confined her father inside the house, but she had to deal with it if she needed her father’s help..
“Dad, do you know Athena is back?”
Alfonso inhaled deeply, and exhaled harshly. Of course he knew that his daughter’s nemesis had returned.
He had seen the splash of news on the socials a few days ago. It was still raving.
There were conflicting opinions about it too–just like it had been six years ago. Only that now, Athena’s good ratings were on a high side. An underdog becoming a boss woman.
Those kinds of stories usually appealed to the masses, notwithstanding the belief of some; that Athena was a leech, using her beauty to dupe rich men of their wealth.
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He wondered if it was a strategy. Cause a stir and make an increase in social ratings…
Howbeit, he had known it was only a matter of time before Fiona came running. Yet he hadn’t expected it to be this early.
What was the function of Ewan then?
“I thought Ewan would take care of her, especially after that party. Didn’t he?”
Fiona scoffed. “As if. He’s obsessed with her, father. Do you know he almost killed me last night because I asked him why he had gone to Athena’s house alone?”
What Fiona was talking about right now didn’t really interest her father, not with his wife on a sick bed, but he had no choice but to listen.
He wished though that he could tell her to get straight to the point where she asked for his help.
Still… “Really? Did you see it?”
Fiona scrunched her face in annoyance. “No, but my friends did.”
Alfonso shook his head, rested it at the apex of the king chair specially made for him, and sighed. “Your friends could be lying, Fiona. They all want Ewan to themselves, both the married ones. I don’t think Ewan is unfaithful. Afterall, from the videos released on the e–net, Athena is with
Zane:
Fiona gazed at her father steadily like he was crazy, and laughed. “You think I would meet yo
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