I made Cora sit down on the sofa in our living room , giving ourselves some privacy to talk from Beth . "The last time Fighter growled like that was when we saw the Happons . I don't think she is a Happon, unless I'm mistaken but something id definitely influencing her badly , or she is that someone influencing herself badly . "
I explained in more detail about Fighter's behaviours and Cora too seemed to understand to what I was coming at , but still listened because she may have started feeling the same feeling I felt when I was talking about Beth too .
We didn't know what to do to make Beth say anything about her secrets . I sat idly , waiting for someone else's ideas , when I started thinking about all that happened . I chucked quietly when I remembered Maria . Revenge was indeed sweet .
I sat up and realised that everybody , even Fighter had been staring at me , and it looked like they had been staring at me for quite some time . "So you got any ideas after thinking this much ?" Ben and Kate asked at the same time , looking at each other right after talking to me .I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion and surprise . "Of course I didn't ! I was thinking about something else . I'm ready to take on anybody else's ideas ." All of them went back to thinking , inside their own minds when the bell rang .
"No . Nobody move . Keep on thinking while I get the door . " I was still an introvert and hated others to have inconveniences because of me so I rushed to the front door and I would be lying if I said I felt normal when I saw Maria at the other end of the door . I was still mad at her so feeling slightly evil , I let her wait for another five minutes . She was about to leave when I finally opened the door , acting like I wasn't surprised by her visit at all .
"I saw a car here so I assumed you were home . " She had a disgusting "sorry" voice on . Dad and Kate had gotten back after meeting Jasper and I hadn't had the opportunity to talk to them about their visit . "Yeah . That's my dad's car . Is there anything else you'd like to know ?" I asked her sarcastically .
She might have guessed that I had forgiven her after the fight we had in the mall and seemed a bit taken aback by my answer . " I - I just wanted to apologise for acting completely immature when we met . I was just insecure about myself that when I saw you being able to walk out wearing what you liked instead of the fashion trend , I became angry with myself . I'm not really good at expressing myself at times . "
She looked sincere but then too , looks can be deceiving . "Gimme your hand then ." I asked her . She had not forgotten the fact that I had shocked her so she was hesitant but finally , I got hold of her hand . "Verum dicis ?" I asked , which meant , "are you telling the truth ?" It was supposed to make me see truth in front of my eyes if she was indeed telling the truth , and vice versa . Only powerful witches would be able to make the person they asked talk their answer .
To my surprise , she said , "I'm telling the truth ." she talked ! Was I powerful ?
I took my hand back , satisfied with her answer , as well as my magic . She was surprised by what happened . "What the - What happened?" She asked me as soon as she regained her sight . Her eyes were forced to the back of the head to force her to tell the truth with magic , even though she wouldn't feel the pain in real life .
"Come in , FRIEND." I smiled warmly at her . If I had slammed the door in her face for the stuff she did in middle school because of HER insecurities , then I would've been the immature one . Besides , being friends seemed better than being enemies. I already had a lot of them to deal with .
Everybody was surprised when they saw me leading a complete stranger , as they saw , into the house . "Who is she ?" Dad asked as soon as she was out of sight , awkwardly eating some of the snacks that I had bought in the living room with the rest of the others . Dad had pulled me away from the crowd , leaving poor Maria alone with a group of strangers , according to her .
"She was a friend of mine in middle school , dad ! Don't need to fuss . She's not supernatural . " I said to him as calmly and comfortingly as I could but dad's face was still red as a tomato . "Don't you dare lie to me Rene ! I had TOLD you that I had been following you for your whole life . She is clearly you middle school bully !"
I was feeling half doomed because he found out and half happy that he had kept such accurate and detailed tabs on me about my whole life . I wondered if he would ever allow me to date ?
I told him about what happened at the front door . When I told him that I was probably going to be a powerful Berthim , I expected him to be happy for me but his face suddenly shadowed over completely . "Rene , you're really making me worry , You're not only a Berthim , but a really powerful one so I want you to be really careful about doing anything in your life . I don't want to loose you . Let's leave both Margaret's and Benjamin's father alone . Don't meddle with them . We can just live a simple life here , in my house . I have a really bad feeling about this Rene . "
"Dad , you can't tell me that ! How will I ever be able to back out now ? I can't dad . But I promise that I won't go towards trouble and make you worry , ok ? Now I've got to go back to Maria for she must be really uncomfortable with the rest of them. She's just found out that supernatural creature's exist . " I chuckled and went back to the living room after giving a peck to dad's cheek , leaving him drowning in worry about me .