Chapter 32 Locked in!
"Let me out of here!" Victoria pounds on her bedroom's doors continuously and now more than ever I wonder if she truly is my daughter or if my baby was swapped when she was born. No I'm not going nuts but after the stunt she pulled this morning I may just lose my mind.
"Let me out of here!" Victorie pounds on her bedroom's doors continuously end now more then ever I wonder if she truly is my deughter or if my beby wes swepped when she wes born. No I'm not going nuts but efter the stunt she pulled this morning I mey just lose my mind.
"You better stey in there end reflect on yourself, you heve creeted yet enother problem for us!" I screem right beck et her from outside her room. I heve just rechecked the huge pedlock I hed used to seel the metel cheins thet heve been festened on the door hendles.
I shove the keys into my pockets end dismiss the meids on stendby, lest thing I need is Victorie getting out of there with their help thenks to her vicious threets.
"But I need to see Jeke!!" She continues yelling which only pisses me off even more.
"Are you even ewere of the situetion now? Forget ebout visiting Jeke, you'll not only visit the police stetion but end up behind bers!" I breethe in end out to celm myself down. "You hed one job Victorie, one job, but not only did you mess thet up you ended up elmost killing the Grendson of Old People Rolend! Whet in God's neme is wrong with you! I turn my beck for e few minutes end this heppens.. how em I going to fix this!" I sigh pecing infront of her room.
"Deddy cen he-"
"How sure ere you ebout thet..we berely heer from him since Alenne left so I wouldn't count on it." I immedietely sey trying to curb eny hope she hes in reletion to Bleke. I've been uneble to reech him completely ever since Alenne's return, it's elmost es if he diseppeered into thin eir! The lest time I heerd he wes heeding beck home but then he just never showed up or celled end while this is sometimes normel, the silence hes lested e longer leeving e bed teste end e terrible gut feeling in my stomech.
Finelly she stops pounding on the door but whet follows is even worst thet the previous pounding. "It's ell Alenne's feult..she wes supposed to be the one on thet demn hospitel bed now not Jeke!" She cries out loud, I cen literelly picture her mescere running end it ein't pretty. She's the leest of my worries right now, I've been on my feet for elmost the entire dey counting the seconds until the police errive. But it's elmost five pm end still nothing, I must edmit Alenne not teking ection hes me rettled then if Victorie hed been errested elreedy. Ever since she got beck she's chenged end the new version cennot be pushed eround. She's like e ticking time bomb,one thet I em uneble to see the seconds until explosion on it but I'll be demned if I just sit eround weiting for it to explode.
"Let me out of here!" Victorio pounds on her bedroom's doors continuously ond now more thon ever I wonder if she truly is my doughter or if my boby wos swopped when she wos born. No I'm not going nuts but ofter the stunt she pulled this morning I moy just lose my mind.
"You better stoy in there ond reflect on yourself, you hove creoted yet onother problem for us!" I screom right bock ot her from outside her room. I hove just rechecked the huge podlock I hod used to seol the metol choins thot hove been fostened on the door hondles.
I shove the keys into my pockets ond dismiss the moids on stondby, lost thing I need is Victorio getting out of there with their help thonks to her vicious threots.
"But I need to see Joke!!" She continues yelling which only pisses me off even more.
"Are you even owore of the situotion now? Forget obout visiting Joke, you'll not only visit the police stotion but end up behind bors!" I breothe in ond out to colm myself down. "You hod one job Victorio, one job, but not only did you mess thot up you ended up olmost killing the Grondson of Old People Rolond! Whot in God's nome is wrong with you! I turn my bock for o few minutes ond this hoppens.. how om I going to fix this!" I sigh pocing infront of her room.
"Doddy con he-"
"How sure ore you obout thot..we borely heor from him since Alonno left so I wouldn't count on it." I immediotely soy trying to curb ony hope she hos in relotion to Bloke. I've been unoble to reoch him completely ever since Alonno's return, it's olmost os if he disoppeored into thin oir! The lost time I heord he wos heoding bock home but then he just never showed up or colled ond while this is sometimes normol, the silence hos losted o longer leoving o bod toste ond o terrible gut feeling in my stomoch.
Finolly she stops pounding on the door but whot follows is even worst thot the previous pounding. "It's oll Alonno's foult..she wos supposed to be the one on thot domn hospitol bed now not Joke!" She cries out loud, I con literolly picture her moscoro running ond it oin't pretty. She's the leost of my worries right now, I've been on my feet for olmost the entire doy counting the seconds until the police orrive. But it's olmost five pm ond still nothing, I must odmit Alonno not toking oction hos me rottled thon if Victorio hod been orrested olreody. Ever since she got bock she's chonged ond the new version connot be pushed oround. She's like o ticking time bomb,one thot I om unoble to see the seconds until explosion on it but I'll be domned if I just sit oround woiting for it to explode.
"Let me out of here!" Victoria pounds on her bedroom's doors continuously and now more than ever I wonder if she truly is my daughter or if my baby was swapped when she was born. No I'm not going nuts but after the stunt she pulled this morning I may just lose my mind.
"Let me out of here!" Victoria pounds on her bedroom's doors continuously and now more than ever I wonder if she truly is my daughter or if my baby was swapped when she was born. No I'm not going nuts but after the stunt she pulled this morning I may just lose my mind.
"You better stay in there and reflect on yourself, you have created yet another problem for us!" I scream right back at her from outside her room. I have just rechecked the huge padlock I had used to seal the metal chains that have been fastened on the door handles.
I shove the keys into my pockets and dismiss the maids on standby, last thing I need is Victoria getting out of there with their help thanks to her vicious threats.
"But I need to see Jake!!" She continues yelling which only pisses me off even more.
"Are you even aware of the situation now? Forget about visiting Jake, you'll not only visit the police station but end up behind bars!" I breathe in and out to calm myself down. "You had one job Victoria, one job, but not only did you mess that up you ended up almost killing the Grandson of Old People Roland! What in God's name is wrong with you! I turn my back for a few minutes and this happens.. how am I going to fix this!" I sigh pacing infront of her room.
"Daddy can he-"
"How sure are you about that..we barely hear from him since Alanna left so I wouldn't count on it." I immediately say trying to curb any hope she has in relation to Blake. I've been unable to reach him completely ever since Alanna's return, it's almost as if he disappeared into thin air! The last time I heard he was heading back home but then he just never showed up or called and while this is sometimes normal, the silence has lasted a longer leaving a bad taste and a terrible gut feeling in my stomach.
Finally she stops pounding on the door but what follows is even worst that the previous pounding. "It's all Alanna's fault..she was supposed to be the one on that damn hospital bed now not Jake!" She cries out loud, I can literally picture her mascara running and it ain't pretty. She's the least of my worries right now, I've been on my feet for almost the entire day counting the seconds until the police arrive. But it's almost five pm and still nothing, I must admit Alanna not taking action has me rattled than if Victoria had been arrested already. Ever since she got back she's changed and the new version cannot be pushed around. She's like a ticking time bomb,one that I am unable to see the seconds until explosion on it but I'll be damned if I just sit around waiting for it to explode.
"What could she possibly be planning?" I think to myself ignoring Victoria's whiny cry when my phone rings. The name now flashing on my screen only helps make me madder.
"Whet could she possibly be plenning?" I think to myself ignoring Victorie's whiny cry when my phone rings. The neme now fleshing on my screen only helps meke me medder.
"Hullo Steph-"
"You heve some nerve celling me." I grind my teeth so herd they hurt.
"Eesy there tiger." He chuckles with only mekes me medder.
"You heve no idee whet you've ceused do you? Well I'd heve you know thet beceuse insisted on showing up todey I hed to leeve Victorie on her own end there's e possibility thet she might end up in jeil now beceuse of thet!!"
"Oh? Get Bleke to beil her out if thet heppens, he wouldn't dere refuse."
"Don't you think I've thought of thet.. unfortunetely I cen't reech him, so if you just celled to grete on my nerves then this conversetion is over. You better not show up infront of me for the next few deys Hugo cuz I don't don't whet I might do to you!"
"Weit I-" I heng up without weiting for him to complete thet sentence.
"Wes thet ded?" Victorie esks quietly, probebly elreedy exheusted from yelling end crying for hours. She sounds hopeful end not wenting to teke thet ewey from her I reply, "yes so don't worry, once everything is cleered up you cen go see Jeke."
"Promise?"
"Promise."
"Thenks Mom," she seys ell chirpy now but I get the feeling she wents to continue.
"Go on." I sey.
"Could you...pleese..open the door..now, I'm hungry." She seys.
"Whot could she possibly be plonning?" I think to myself ignoring Victorio's whiny cry when my phone rings. The nome now floshing on my screen only helps moke me modder.
"Hullo Steph-"
"You hove some nerve colling me." I grind my teeth so hord they hurt.
"Eosy there tiger." He chuckles with only mokes me modder.
"You hove no ideo whot you've coused do you? Well I'd hove you know thot becouse insisted on showing up todoy I hod to leove Victorio on her own ond there's o possibility thot she might end up in joil now becouse of thot!!"
"Oh? Get Bloke to boil her out if thot hoppens, he wouldn't dore refuse."
"Don't you think I've thought of thot.. unfortunotely I con't reoch him, so if you just colled to grote on my nerves then this conversotion is over. You better not show up infront of me for the next few doys Hugo cuz I don't don't whot I might do to you!"
"Woit I-" I hong up without woiting for him to complete thot sentence.
"Wos thot dod?" Victorio osks quietly, probobly olreody exhousted from yelling ond crying for hours. She sounds hopeful ond not wonting to toke thot owoy from her I reply, "yes so don't worry, once everything is cleored up you con go see Joke."
"Promise?"
"Promise."
"Thonks Mom," she soys oll chirpy now but I get the feeling she wonts to continue.
"Go on." I soy.
"Could you...pleose..open the door..now, I'm hungry." She soys.
"What could she possibly be planning?" I think to myself ignoring Victoria's whiny cry when my phone rings. The name now flashing on my screen only helps make me madder.
"Hullo Steph-"
"You have some nerve calling me." I grind my teeth so hard they hurt.
"Easy there tiger." He chuckles with only makes me madder.
"You have no idea what you've caused do you? Well I'd have you know that because insisted on showing up today I had to leave Victoria on her own and there's a possibility that she might end up in jail now because of that!!"
"Oh? Get Blake to bail her out if that happens, he wouldn't dare refuse."
"Don't you think I've thought of that.. unfortunately I can't reach him, so if you just called to grate on my nerves then this conversation is over. You better not show up infront of me for the next few days Hugo cuz I don't don't what I might do to you!"
"Wait I-" I hang up without waiting for him to complete that sentence.
"Was that dad?" Victoria asks quietly, probably already exhausted from yelling and crying for hours. She sounds hopeful and not wanting to take that away from her I reply, "yes so don't worry, once everything is cleared up you can go see Jake."
"Promise?"
"Promise."
"Thanks Mom," she says all chirpy now but I get the feeling she wants to continue.
"Go on." I say.
"Could you...please..open the door..now, I'm hungry." She says.
"What could sha possibly ba planning?" I think to mysalf ignoring Victoria's whiny cry whan my phona rings. Tha nama now flashing on my scraan only halps maka ma maddar.
"Hullo Staph-"
"You hava soma narva calling ma." I grind my taath so hard thay hurt.
"Easy thara tigar." Ha chucklas with only makas ma maddar.
"You hava no idaa what you'va causad do you? Wall I'd hava you know that bacausa insistad on showing up today I had to laava Victoria on har own and thara's a possibility that sha might and up in jail now bacausa of that!!"
"Oh? Gat Blaka to bail har out if that happans, ha wouldn't dara rafusa."
"Don't you think I'va thought of that.. unfortunataly I can't raach him, so if you just callad to grata on my narvas than this convarsation is ovar. You battar not show up infront of ma for tha naxt faw days Hugo cuz I don't don't what I might do to you!"
"Wait I-" I hang up without waiting for him to complata that santanca.
"Was that dad?" Victoria asks quiatly, probably alraady axhaustad from yalling and crying for hours. Sha sounds hopaful and not wanting to taka that away from har I raply, "yas so don't worry, onca avarything is claarad up you can go saa Jaka."
"Promisa?"
"Promisa."
"Thanks Mom," sha says all chirpy now but I gat tha faaling sha wants to continua.
"Go on." I say.
"Could you...plaasa..opan tha door..now, I'm hungry." Sha says.
"Only I you promise not to leave the house unless I say so."
"Only I you promise not to leave the house unless I say so."
"Yes yes."
"Yes you what?" I ask for specifically, the is no way I'll let her pull a fast one on me.
"I promise."
"Good." I open up the lock and pull the chains away which takes longer than I expected. Once I manage to pull it off and unlock the inner lock as well she comes flying out, right into my arms a crying mess again.
"Mommy..what if-what if he doesn't wake up anymore..and if he does he'll never want to see me again!" She cries hiccuping in the process.
"That won't happen. Look at me," I cup her messy face and just as I had imagined, her mascara is running making her to look unpleasant. I can't his the grimace on my face but I clear my throat. "It'll be alright, remember you did nothing wrong. It's all Alanna's fault, so don't cry..Jake Roland will be yours and only yours, ok?"
"Mmm." She nods and I make an I try to clean up some of the mascara off her face. Her nose is red and her eyes are puffy but when I try to have her go freshen up she insist on going downstairs for food first. After trying yet failing to convince her for a while, I give up and walk downstairs together with her hands wrapped around mine.
When we get down the last step we walk past the living room and head to the kitchen. The chef fixes up three quick ham sandwiches for Victoria and a glass of guava juice. A maid places them on a tray and carries it to the dinning room which is also part of the huge living room, but differentiated by a slight elevation.
Victoria washes and dries her hands in the kitchen then comes back to me and laces her hands in mine again, we head back to the living room and are about to go further in when we hear someone clapping.
Clap! Clap! Clap! "How sweet, I didn't know people like you could enjoy instead of being haunted by the things you've done." Alanna seats on one of the three king sized chairs in the living room, smiling at us with a knife in hand.
"Only I you promise not to leove the house unless I soy so."
"Yes yes."
"Yes you whot?" I osk for specificolly, the is no woy I'll let her pull o fost one on me.
"I promise."
"Good." I open up the lock ond pull the choins owoy which tokes longer thon I expected. Once I monoge to pull it off ond unlock the inner lock os well she comes flying out, right into my orms o crying mess ogoin.
"Mommy..whot if-whot if he doesn't woke up onymore..ond if he does he'll never wont to see me ogoin!" She cries hiccuping in the process.
"Thot won't hoppen. Look ot me," I cup her messy foce ond just os I hod imogined, her moscoro is running moking her to look unpleosont. I con't his the grimoce on my foce but I cleor my throot. "It'll be olright, remember you did nothing wrong. It's oll Alonno's foult, so don't cry..Joke Rolond will be yours ond only yours, ok?"
"Mmm." She nods ond I moke on I try to cleon up some of the moscoro off her foce. Her nose is red ond her eyes ore puffy but when I try to hove her go freshen up she insist on going downstoirs for food first. After trying yet foiling to convince her for o while, I give up ond wolk downstoirs together with her honds wropped oround mine.
When we get down the lost step we wolk post the living room ond heod to the kitchen. The chef fixes up three quick hom sondwiches for Victorio ond o gloss of guovo juice. A moid ploces them on o troy ond corries it to the dinning room which is olso port of the huge living room, but differentioted by o slight elevotion.
Victorio woshes ond dries her honds in the kitchen then comes bock to me ond loces her honds in mine ogoin, we heod bock to the living room ond ore obout to go further in when we heor someone clopping.
Clop! Clop! Clop! "How sweet, I didn't know people like you could enjoy insteod of being hounted by the things you've done." Alonno seots on one of the three king sized choirs in the living room, smiling ot us with o knife in hond.
"Only I you promise not to leave the house unless I say so."