Chapter- 11
New Beginning
Angelina
"We need to move out Liam, we really do. We can't take his money and help." I sit before him while he put his face on his hands sitting on a couch.
"We shouldn't. We grew up here. It's our home. It's where we shared last days with mom and dad." He sob.
"How could you sell this to him? How can you do this to me?"He stand up and walk away from me towards the large portrait of mom and dad.
" Liam, we don't want to be under his debt. " I hold his shoulder and lean upon him. He go rigid.
" It's Allright. You name him our house but we can live here on rent. He won't shift here or anything. You can pay him. Ask him at least that for me Angie." He say calmly now. I understand his emotions about it all. Even when I am angry with my parents it's killing me to leave this house, Liam must be chrushing inside.
" You want me to face him after all the humiliation and manipulation by him? You think he would want money from me but no, what he wants I cannot give him." I hug him for warmth remembering how I put myself into his arms. I had always known Ethan could manipulate into thinking something that he want from others. It's like he is capable put a seed into a full grown tree and water it till it gives him fruit. I had been a victim.
" You have always been so selfish, Angie. You left me on my own after mom dad as if only you lost them. Or like I didn't exist. Whenever I felt lonely I talked to the walls in here. Reminisced the old memories in every corner of our home. And now you selfishly want me to move out with you. I won't have anything left when you show me your back Angie. "
This shake me from top to toe. I thought what I listened in morning was worst but no, it wasn't. Liam is right but I have changed and I care fir him now. That's why I want us to move out.
" Liam, I love you. I love you more than anything. I will never leave you." I stand before him only to find his havoc state. This break me some more. His red and tearful eyes tell me stories. After our parent he wanted me to be his angel but I pushed him away.
" Why did you go to him then? Why were you working with him on the project at all? You were easy on that but you can't ask for renting us thus house. You will still have pride. Also if he has given us this house on papers then it's ours. He is devil he must have made many life's hell so it doesn't matter. We get our home, our life. " He slowly say to me holding my hands hopefully.
I shake my head and kill me. A tear fall from his eyes snd he look away.
I throw myself into him and cry.
" Trust me, Liam, trust me. I am doing this for us. It's right. He humiliate me in ways I cannot tell you. He manipulate me. I cannot stand before him for favors. "
He remain silent but hug me tight too.
" Angie. I.. I have been a bad brother too for these years I know. I don't listen to you and disrespect you. You been trying hard to pay for my school and expenses. After you got back to me you have worked for me. I see that. I love you for that." He say and all the worries rush away from me like a sand would flow through hands.
" Oh Liam!" I look him straight in his eyes.
" I thought I got you but you are doing this. All right if can't face him, we will move out but I won't with you."
" Liam. What do you mean?"
"You understood me Angie. Also I should learn to take care of myself. I will find my way. You don't have to worry about me now. " He shrug and retreat from me.
" Liam, I forbid you. Don't talk like that. Now go and pack up and we move out together." I cry command him.
He shake his head and run upstairs leaving me all crushed and broken. It's karma. What I did to my brother he will do that to me. I saw it on his eyes.
But I won't let him go away from me. He doesn't even have a job to think like this. He will not do that.
After an hour, Liam come down with two bags and big photo. I stop packing the family photo downstairs and look at him.
A smile escape my lips which he doesn't return.
"Good Liam! I will take an hour to pack mine. By then you check of I am missing something." I say.
He come down and stand before me. That creep me out. I mentally pray for good.
"I will help you but I told you I am not moving out with you. I called Dustin and I am shifting with him in his apartment. He said my rent would be some penny of help to him. Meanwhile I don't find job I can stay with him for free. So I am.."
I just stare at him, too speechless to say a thing. How can he leave me like this?
"You don't have to do that to me Liam. " I state angrily at him.
He look away and I feel like he is gone too. But he can't because he is my brother.
"Well just like you always have a knack of things. I have got mine today and I am rooting to it."
He shrug and after few seconds he pick his bag again and advance towards the door.
"Liam. Liam, please!" I grab his hand and find my vision go blurry.
"We will be living together only in our home Angie. Else not." He say and almost rush out of the house. I stand there expecting my brother to return but he doesn't. I feel like betrayed and lonely.
My own brother left me.
I fall down on my knees and cry but there is nobody to wipe my tears. I feel helpless and broken.
"Angel."
No. Not you.
Not you, please!
"Everything will be fine. " He place his hand over my shoulder.
I furiously shake off his hand and run upstairs to my bedroom. I listen to the loud thuds behind me.
"Leave me alone. Please!"
He grab my hand swirl me in his arms making my breath leap up. I angrily throw my hands here and there to get away from his dirty grip but he take all my fight tighten his hold.
"Let me go! Let me go! LET ME GO!" I scream at the top of my voice.
He cover my mouth and shush me and that's when I finally settle though my heart and head race miles.
"Let me go. Don't make my life hell." I plea one more time. I look up in his dark eyes that almost mean to eat me alive. I want to either kill myself or him but I am bound.
"Calm down, love." He say softly acting like a rose rubbing my wounds. I flinch at it.
I shake my head. He smile at me.
"Don't worry about your stuff. I will get it packed by shifting company. You come with me." This irritate me and I stomp my feet in irritation because I know hitting him and cursing him never worked.
"What will it take for you leave me alone?"
"Nothing can make me to do that. And I already told you I have a proposition only for you. You are mine."
I lose it again and began my mad fight only to be trapped by him between the hard walls.
"f**k you, f**k your proposition!" I yell at him.
"I warned in the morning. I am warning again, angel. I don't want to f**k your life." He grit his teeth and stare him. That cold glare scare me to hell. I gulp.
Can I get away with him like that?
"Then do it. I want to you do whatever it takes to leave me alone."
He let me go and step back.
"Well that's the problem that I cannot. But I assure you that you will come back to me again just like last night. You decide to leave this house, go ahead." He screech in my ears.
It is supposed to be a releaving by its not. I am scared more than ever.
" I won't. You cost me my life, my brother. Even my respect. I won't. "
" Let's see and yeah, better luck finding the job and the new apartment too. " He give him devilish look before opening his phone.
I suspect and I run to get my phone. I dial my landlord only to find he doesn't want me anymore. I don't look at him and just decide to pack and get of thus house as soon as possible while subsiding the question 'where.'
I take my time to pack every belongings I cared of. My parents gifts and some photos. I manage not to break again while I was at it.
I look around to see if I had anything else to pack and there is nothing. I sit down on my soft bed and thought what I was doing next.
" You remember what you said last night after we did it?" I close my eyes to control the anger from his persistence.
"Well that's who you are. Goodbye!" He say and I hear him move away from him.
After a minute I look out for him but he's gone. This make me think over what I said. It was nil. Nothing of any shorts I remembered. Maybe I am too stressed to worry about it. Also I had most important issue right now. Where am I shifting?
Bridget!
I took out my phone and dialed her. Like like always she pick up my phone.
"Angie!"
"Bri, I need a favor!" I say directly to her.
"Oh yes Angie, you can shift in my apartment. My extra key is under the doormat." She smiled over the phone.
What?
"How do you know?"
"Well I just finished the transaction with your landlord as ordered by Mr. Ellsworth."
I scoff at my unfortunate life.
"Thank you so much Bri."
"Alright. I am at work and I don't want to be thrown out. Bye. See you at home."
I hang up and take a cab to Bri's apartment. I know I am not getting job in corporate world so I decide to do something else. The thing that pop in my head is working at the shop or store or maybe, waitressing.
I smiled at the idea that I would finally work up to get my brother back and stay away from Ethan. Maybe everything will work out well now.
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