Judas kiss novel Chapter 35

A day had passed. Della felt really awful about what had happened. Her son didn't sleep at home, her son didn't want to come home... everything was just a mess.

"So are you coming back home today?" Della tried to ease the intensity around the breakfast table in her ex-husband home.

"I want to stay with dad." Leo shrugged sadly. Della's heart whimpered, what had she done? literally pushed her son farther away from her. Leo picked at his food clearly not eating, Andre heaved out a sigh.

"You should probably just move back here." Andre suggested. He wanted to protect them both and didn't feel that he would be doing enough if Della was staying alone, in Queens.

"Excuse me?" Della whipped her head to look at Andre who wasn't even looking at her but she wished he was.

"It's a suggestion, you don't have to consider it... if you don't want to." Andre bit back.

"Mommy, you should stay here with us." Leo added defending his father's views.

"Leo, i think you're done with breakfast go up to your room." Della said immediately feeling pissed off and aggravating, if her?abuelo?was still alive God knows ; she would have gave him a good beating. Just one hard cold slap would do to be honest. She knew had a room somewhere in this huge house. Leo then purposely dropped his utensils as loud as he can making both his parents look at him.

"Look what you've done!"?Della whispered to Andre who was now starting to see the effects he was having on his son. He honestly did not his want his son to grow up to be like his brother Luc. Growing up while Andre received all the scolding and punishment because he was the first born. They let everything slide on Luc and now looking at how he turned out...?If they?weren't?well off, he would be in the gutters but for how long would they sustain him!

"Leondre, come back here!" Andre said in the most strict voice he could muse. Leondre was almost at the spiraling stairs when his father called him, he rolled his eyes before going to be dining table with a bored look on his face.

"I don't apreaciate that attitude or the way you talk to your mother. Bring that phone ?" Andre said in a serious tone unhumorously.

"But dad-" Leo protested.

"Bring that phone and bring that spiderman game thing, as well as your PSP that your mother bought you.... When I get to my office, i want to see them all laid on the table." Andre said giving his son a stern look. He had never ever spoken to his son this way before only because he wanted to win him over but honestly this was all getting too far. "Do you understand what I said?"

Leo only seemed a little unbuffered as both his parents stared at him seriously.

"Mommy-" Leo whinned.

"Nope, Leo listen to your father?" Della said firmly, a hidden smile on her lips.

"I'm sorry, I won't do it again. I'm sorry, I was rude to your boyfriend, I'm sorry dad. Mom, I'm sorry." Leo added trying to manipulate them emotionally. Della knew her son all too well. Andre was about to give in...

"Your father and I might have to cancel this birthday party of yours... if this behavior continues-" Della added.

"But mommy, i already invited Jason and-"

"You heard what your mother said-" Andre said quickly, he was actually enjoying this because for the first time in a while. Della and Andre were getting along. "Pending on your behavior, we will see if this party will even happen."

"I'm sorry." Leo sighed.

"You may go up to your room." His mother instructed him, then he immediately did as he was told. Andre smiled then looked at his Adela or was she his anymore??she was smiling too.

"We actually make a good team when we aren't against each other huh ?" Della said giving him a sheepish smile, he felt his stomach flip at this action. He missed her so much but yet she was right here sitting besides him.

"I guess so." Andre said clenching his jaw a little.

Della looked at her ex-husband who seemed to be in deep thought. She wanted to ask what was bothering him... it certainly wasn't about Leo. He seemed a bit off.

"Speaking of the birthday party, we should invite Marcela?" Andre said knowing it was a very sensitive Marcela. The atmosphere immediately changed.

"Since when do you like Marcela?" She questioned. "Leo thinks Marcela is my friend..." Della said with a frown.

"We need to tell him then, Della we need to fix our shit for him. I don't mean us getting back together but I genuinely just mean, Leo needs to know he has family besides you. I want to take him to meet my relatives in France, hopefully next summer we can all go there-" Andre said getting excited at the thought. "Just as much as you have made him have a relationship with...?Garreth-"?He cleared his throat. "He should have a relationship with my parents as well as your mother. I don't want my mother anywhere near Leo." He added.

"I understand but you still aren't talking to her?" Della asked.

"That woman is not my mother, after what she did; I can never forgive her. I don't see myself forgiving her."

"Holding grudges isn't very healthy-"

"I know but having her out of my life without her toxic nest is actually very healthy."

She?nodded.

"I'm afraid Marcela doesn't want anything to do with Leo." She said under her breath but he was listening.

"I'm sure she does but her pride just won't let her. You know what would be great? I could ask her to bring her son to the party." Andre suggested excitedly.

"She would really hate that!"

"Trust me, she will love this." Andre paused. "Then maybe you can both mend whatever that's broken..."

"That may take even years, it's deeper than you think-" She sighed.