Chapter Twenty Seven
Lula Lopez
“Mom?”
Everyone else stood up to greet her and she greeted back, acknowledging everyone except me of course. She came to the other end of the table across Patrick’s chair.
Adriana served her food and waited beside my mom as she tasted the food. I saw the worried look on Adriana’s face, buds of tears threatened at her temples. “Do you like it, momma?”
“Too spicy.” My mom dismissed her without trying to sugarcoat it anyway. Adriana’s face fell as she returned to her seat. I felt so bad for my sister.
“Well, I liked it, Addie.” I smiled at her and she smiled weakly at me. Everyone else had started eating, ignoring us ladies.
My mom’s scoff ensued and it angered me but I stayed quiet. But this woman had no intention of keeping the silence as she continued. “Of course, you’d like it, taste had never been your strongest suit.”
“What is that supposed to mean, Mom?”
Adriana called my name, trying to calm the situation, but Mom wasn’t letting anything go. The sound of my mom’s cutleries clanking against her ceramic plate reverberated in the air as she folds her hands under her chin. “All your life, I have coached you, trained you on how to be a smart woman, but you always followed your stupid heart and brought home useless bastards. But for the first in your life, you were lucky to snag the best kind of man in the world, but you let him slip through your fingers.”
I gripped my cutleries as her words sunk in, causing a ripple effect of anger inside of me. I said in a low voice so I don’t ruin the moment. “Please don’t tell me you’re referring to Carlos Martinez.”
She snapped. “Who else?! Everyone is calling you a fool behind your back when you least expect it. Carlos would’ve made you big, but you walked-”
“Mom, he cheated on me with Celia-”
She shrugged: “Doesn’t mean anything. When you have a goal in mind, you endure certain things to achieve it, that’s wisdom.”
My eyes became blurry with tears. “Just like you endured Dad, right?”
Adriana snapped. “Enough, both of you. I thought that inviting you would make our family whole again, but I was wrong. Lula!”
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“I think it’s time for you to leave.”
I stared wide-eyed as she said such words. “Everything was fine until Mom came, why do I have to go?”
“Just go, Lula. Maybe another time.” She avoided my gaze.
I pushed off the table and got up. Then I grabbed my bag and walked out of the door. Adriana followed me to the door as I exited.
I said to her hearing. “I hope she treats you right this time around.” Then I walked off and took my car. I drove off, but I didn’t head home. There was a stop I needed to make, but first I needed to be sure. I dialed a number on my phone and waited for it to ring.
“Hello?” A woman’s voice came from the other side.
“Is he in?”
There was silence for a second before she returned. “Yes, But please don’t tell anyone-”
“Don’t worry.” I hung up and turned in a different direction. My mom’s words burned down my throat like a fucking spoilt wine. Nothing I ever did was good enough. She’d praised everyone else’s effort except mine. Now, Carlos is her new golden child. To hell with all of them.
Just as Carlos’s Christmas song began playing on the radio, I punched the device and turned off that excuse of a song. I can’t believe I once loved this! My mom’s words were slowly getting into my system and it irked me to the bones. She had a way of doing things like this to get what she wants. I promised myself that her words wouldn’t affect me, but now I see that I was just deceiving myself.
I pulled up in the parking lot of a recording studio. I killed the engine and got out of the car. I walked straight into the building, ignoring the receptionist. I got to the second floor and walked down the hallway, passing beautiful paintings of old Mexican culture. It fascinated me but this wasn’t the time. I stepped into a room; the recording studio itself. the producer’s area was a little dark but the booth up ahead was brightly lit, a pretty girl was in there singing in Spanish. Her voice was angelic and somewhat hypnotic, but no amount of hypnosis is gonna make me forget the reason I came here.
I walked up to the producer who was listening to the girl sing. I wrapped my arms around him from behind. He was startled, I could tell, but I whispered in his ear. “Just fuck me, Javier”. I began kissing his neck and he lost focus. My hands ran down to his crotch where I felt a growing bulge, my hands rubbed him more and I felt the bulge increase. He groaned.
“Shhh” l licked the side of his ear and brought my lips to his earlobe.
Suddenly, the light came on. “What the fuck!” Someone yelled from the door and I looked up to see who was… Fuck! It was Javier!?
I looked down to see the person I had been kissing all along. It was another guy! I got off immediately, shit. I wiped my mouth as I stared at Javier. This was followed by an awkward moment between the three of us as we shifted our glances among one another.
The guy got up from his seat and offered his hand. “I’m Francisco, Javier’s brother”
I stood frozen and accepted his hand. “Nice to meet you, Franc-”
“Goodbye, Francisco,” Javier said through gritted teeth and with his hands folded. I could sense the anger coming from him and I knew it was directed at me. “You too, Mona”. He said to the girl in the booth. She walked out of the booth and headed for the exit, her blue eyes scrutinized me in such a short moment, judging me with just one look.
When they had all left, Javier shut the door and locked it. “Are you now interested in my baby brother?”
“Shut up. I came here for you, how is it my fault that you don’t sit where you should?” I avoided his gaze. I still felt a wash of embarrassment from what happened earlier, this is no way to be introduced to someone your brother is dating.
He took slow strides toward me and I stiffened watching his features. He had kept a little beard and his hair had grown longer since the last time I saw him. He is even more handsome than I remembered. I don’t care if he wants to reprimand me, I came here for a mission and I’ll see it through. I jumped on his body and trapped his lips in my mouth. I kissed his mouth so hard while my hands dug into his pants and rubbed his dick.
“Fuck me in this studio, Javier”