Chapter 6 - I'll keep an eye on you, miss Yvonne

I sit quietly on the expensive sofa of the house expecting no one at all. I'm quite relaxed at the moment and I'm glad Peter managed to take his wife out to dinner in an expensive restaurant that these kids prefer. Phaedra on an outing with her boyfriend, and the son of the family apparently with some girl or his notorious best friend. Since the morning we had the meeting in the kitchen, I haven't seen him before. It's like his college absorbed him.

I bite my carrot and better place my skinny glasses as I watch a dull program on TV. The channels really as time goes by become more and more lukewarm. I pack my legs with my pajamas on my chest and get better on the couch as I open my old cell phone to look for those pills I discovered.

In front of me so many websites. There's only one thing that gets my attention, and reading becomes my second nature. I do not understand all the medical conditions, but I understand that these are antidepressants, which can be taken after prescription. Pills that you should take in certain quantities and for a specific period of time.

But which one can be fed with that kind of stuff? Did Peter regret his act four years ago and want to banish the guilt that surrounds his soul, because he never testified about what he saw? Does he want to find a way to redeem himself and he can't? Did depression hit him because of his mistake?

I sink to such an extent in these inexplicable questions that I don't listen to steps, keys to the door except for a sudden dent in the mattress next to me. I turn my head directly scared to the right and then I see the boy of the family. He looks at me with the wonder evident in his eyes.

I'm getting more gathered.

<< I didn't know when you came.>> I admit as my rich orange hair begins to relax and the naivety falls on my face. I better support the glasses on top of my nose and look more at those diamond eyes that pulled me in the first place. Funny, he's the only one who's conquered that hue in his lobes.

<< I didn't know you were wearing glasses.>> He completely changes my sentence, and I smile effortlessly. This habit will stay with me as long as I stay in their cursed environment. I hate them, one by one.

<< Why would you know? I've been here only one day.>>

<> He made his conclusions and that draws my attention directly. I can say that this kid easily perceives several characters, but it's a shame he won't be able to unwrap my mito. Not until I crave it myself.

<< So that's what you did while you were gone? Were you trying to figure out what kind of character I am?>> I smile at him playfully and he with a quick move sticks our thighs. He's turning towards me and he's getting close enough to my face. Our lips are a stone's throw away, making me swallow with difficulty.

What's he doing?

<> with these words he gets up as fast as he sat down and after taking a big breath he looks towards me with rage.

<<'ll look after you, Miss Yvonne, without a last name.>>

I am gripped with the finding that others in the family did not notice and he climbs the stairs quickly, but steadily. He wants to show me his strength. He wants to impose himself, a big mistake. I'm not scared. I'm not going to back down because of this boy whose existence I didn't know about.

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The next morning finds me in the living room cleaning the glassware inside the compound. I grab the first glass of champagne and with the cloth, in which I had poured a sufficient amount of cleaning, I polish it. I begin to rub the surface in hasty, fast movements, but Phaedra's sweet voice brings me back to their reality, forcing me to observe her moving figure. He sits in a hurry on the couch opposite me, grabs the remote, welcomes me, and the black screen lights up. The sound of childhood makes its presence felt, making me think about how much child she is left.

Unlike me, because of her father, all my innocence was destroyed. I haven't been able to remain a child like I once was.

<< Good morning.>> the son of the family suddenly appears, making me turn my attention to him; the second glass remains in my hands and I squeeze it more as soon as I see the doubt in his eyes. I want to ostracly this doubt, and I think the only way is seduction. To fall in love with me without him noting. One more goal of mine.

<< Good morning..>> say as shyly as I can as I bow my head while continuing my work. He doesn't take another look at me and approaches his sister, sits next to her leaving a tender kiss on her forehead. She caresses her rich hair, forcing me to be jealous. I wish I had an older brother watching over me.

<> she tells him as she turns her body exclusively on his side. The remote is still in her hands.

<< I slept late that's why. >> He smiles at her like he's never smiled at me. Truly, tenderly.

<< I have a nice idea.>> says she as she looks at me and her brother alternately. I place the wonder mask on my face and I stay skinny. I'm really scared of the ideas of this family.

<< Do you want to go for a coffee this afternoon?>> Hope in her eyes brings me to my knees, but I can't accept it so easily. I can't go that deep into their family, I have to take it slower and slower. They'll understand me.