I'd Rather be Dead Instead

*Marinara's mother's point of view*

They looked like a very harmonized family like they needn't me, more like she needn't me, especially since deserting her for her whole lifetime, what could I do?  What could I tell her? The truth? That her dad lost his fortune while he was drunk on some poker game and another guy wanted me so I accepted? What? I will sound like a cheap one, like an unsupportive one, he used to hang out with these bad influence friends and... , my thoughts were hazy.

"Did he abuse you?", Brendon blurted

"It's okay...", I assured him, "no, he didn't, I wish he did instead, but he..."

And they froze in place.

"CHEATED!", we all exclaimed and nodded our heads.

"NO! DAD WOULD NEVA DO DAT! DO YOU HAVE PROOF?!", Marinara naïvely and offensively responded, "he would always mention you with the good-", she admitted with tears streaming down her cheeks and that's when Rosalia and Brendon went in and hugged Marinara. Ohhh how I wish she would accept to hug me! 

"Are we done with yerba mate? May we go out? I wanna buy some stuff, do you mind?", Marinara clearly wasn't enjoying my company anymore, ugh did I screw things up from the first day already? "You can come, right?", she wondered and looked at them for approval.

"Yeah, sure, right...", they muttered.

"I better go-", I rejected in  wonder if she will insist my company or not.

"You stay with us for a while then leave, if you insist...", Marinara offered with a smile, she was kinda nice now, okay...

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"Where do ya wanna go?", Brendon asked and then Marinara couldn't masquerade her wicked grin.

She drove to the most.grand.bookstore and,

"Oh, Mari, can I offer to buy you the items?" I offered.

"Can I decline?" Marinara replied.

"From where do you have all this money?"

"Since I killed him, and he did what he did, they gave me some of his properties, so..."

And our eyes were as huge as the sun!

"Ohhh, sorry, but you'll need that money for college-"

"I have enough money to put the four of us in college and finish our PhDs, so..."

And she shut me up...