Mia
I opened my eyes to Logan Adams staring down at me.
I covered my face with the sheets.
"What now?" I heard him ask with a laugh
"You are being creepy" I said under the sheets
"You are beautiful" he removed the sheets from my face and planted a kiss on my forehead.
"Good morning Mia" he greeted me
"Good morning Logan" I said
"Go freshen up so I can drop you off at the hospital" he said
"You're in a hurry to get rid of me" I stated
Logan held his forehead.
"Do you want to move in?" he asked me
"What?" I asked surprised
"I thought as much. I'm not in a hurry to get rid of you, you just need to see your mother. Get up" he said
"Did you have your bath already?" I asked him
"Yes, I did. Your turn" he replied
"Can we drop by my house first so I can change my clothes?" I asked him
"Of course" he said and left the room for me to get ready
I took a shower and wore my clothes from the previous day then went downstairs.
"Breakfast?" he said
"You made breakfast?" I asked in astonishment
"Yeah" he said
"So you cooked for me?" I asked him
"I normally don't do stuff like this, eat or I will take it away" he said deliberately avoiding eye contact with me
I just smiled within myself and sat down to eat.
He didn't do much, he made bread toast and scrambled eggs with some fresh fruit juice yet, it was a big deal for me.
Logan took me to my house and waited for me to get changed before heading to the hospital.
"Good morning mum, Connor" I greeted when entered her room.
"Good morning baby, you look beautiful" Mum said but I felt like there was more to her compliment this morning.
"Good morning Susan" Logan greeted mum
"Logan, how you doing?" mum asked
"I'm fine ma'am" he said then went to greet Connor and they continued chatting.
I sat near Mum on her bed.
"Three more days and you'll be out of here, aren't you excited?" I squealed
'I am, baby. Thanks for taking care of me. You, Connor, and Logan' she said and winked at me.
"Mum" I exclaimed with a laugh
"So he called me last night saying you were staying the night at his place, why did you drink?" Mum asked me
"I'm sorry mum. I just wanted to loosen up but went overboard" I apologised to mum
"I know you are a good girl and a good daughter so I believe you" Mum took my hands in hers and patted them.
"Thanks, mum. I'm so lucky you didn't die on me" I laughed
"Silly girl, I'm not going anywhere at least not now" she told me
"You better make sure of that" I laughed
"He keeps looking at you" Mum said referring to Logan
"It's not what you are thinking, I'm pretty sure he's looking at me for the wrong reasons" I said shyly
"What did you do?" Mum asked me
"That's a difficult question" I answered
"Mia Montoya!" Mum called me out, causing Connor and Logan to look in our direction.
"I may have fought a couple of men at the club last night and Logan was there but he hasn't said anything about it, he hasn't asked me" I whispered to Mum
"This is all your father's fault" Mum said out loud to everyone's hearing as she fumed in anger
"What did her father do?" Dad said as he entered mum's room.
"What didn't you do?" Mum asked him
"What is your mother talking about?" my dad asked me
"Dad, it's nothing" I said
"You turned our daughter into a man" Mum said
"Mum you can't just say anything in public, we can't talk about family things like this" I said
"What family things, we are no longer a family" she yelled
Dad's reaction changed, he was hurt.
"No, if she wants to talk here then let's do it. Everything that I did, I did for our daughter. I know you were against me teaching her sword fights, using a gun, and more but the world is a cruel place. I wanted her to be able to take care of herself" Dad yelled too
"She started smoking because of that, Mr. Teacher" Mum said with sarcasm
"Smoking is a choice, she wanted to. In my defense I didn't know" Dad told Mum
"But you call yourself a father, you didn't know what she was up to?" Dad said to mum
"You were her mother too, what did you do?" Dad asked Mum
"I was there. All the many trips you took, the late nights you kept, the disappearing for months and sometimes years, I was here. When she would get into trouble at school or in the neighborhood I took care of it. You made her troublesome, take the blame" Mum screamed
"Susan, you're not well. Take it easy" Connor came to calm Mum down
"Look at that, your prince charming is here" Dad said
I just shook my head and sighed.
"You left me for him" Dad added
"Guys I don't think this is the right place to do this. It's obvious you guys have scores to settle but this is a hospital" I said
"No. Your dad is right, Matéo for once you are right. Connor is my prince charming because he saved me. I didn't leave you because of a man, I left you because you were inconsistent, because you never kept your promises, and you didn't show that you cared. I wanted my daughter to have a quiet and peaceful life, and also because I got tired of crying for you. We talked about this and you agreed" Mum said and Dad didn't say more.
"Mia, excuse us" Dad said
We all left the room for mum and dad to talk. This talk was long overdue.
***
"You didn't say anything about the fight at the club" I said nervously to Logan
"Yeah, did you want me to?"he asked me
"No, but if you asked I would have told you. I saw your face, you were shocked to see me that way" I told him
"Yeah I was shocked becsuse I didn't know. I knew your Dad was in the mafia" he said
"I didn't tell you" I said
"I have my ways" I said
"It's a good thing. You can always protect me right?" he smiled and nudged my arm
"I thought it was the other way round" I laughed
"What do you mean?" he asked me
"I thought the men protected their women" I said
"So you consider yourself my woman then?" he asked me
"And you want me to always protect you" I fired back
The atmosphere was now tense, I should have said yes but I don't want to assume things.
"I didn't say that" I said instead
"Okay. To answer your question, I think the partner with the resources should do their best. If you can fight for me then do it. I have the money; if you need it, I will give you lots of it" he said
"I like that" I said
"Me too" Logan chuckled and intertwined my fingers with his.
"You resume school next week, I won't see you often anymore" Logan said
"Do you want to see me often?" I asked him
"Yes, don't you want that?" he asked me again
"I don't mind" I said
"I don't want to see Henry near you" he said with a stern face
"But why? he's my friend no matter what happens"I said
"Yeah, but he likes you" he said
"So what, are you jealous?"I asked him
"Yes" he answered almost instantly.
"Logan if you have feelings for me, why don't you just say it" I said
"It's complicated" Logan said
"Ok" I nodded my head and got up to go back inside, anywhere but not near Logan.
"Don't walk away from me" Logan held my hand to stop me
"Why not, give me one reason. We've kissed, we made out, I like you. It's obvious you don't like me that much" I said
"No. You are getting it all wrong" Logan said
"How am I doing…?" I didn't finish my statement when Logan kissed me
"Stop talking please" he implored me
"You are young, don't you care about what your friends will say? You will be involved with an older man" he said
"We've been on the internet these past few days, I was able to stand up for myself, didn't you see that? Besides, you're just about six years older than me" I asked him
"I'm not completely over Selena. I don't want to hurt you, what if I make a mistake in the future? I want to ask you to be my woman so bad. I want to ask you to love me while I forget Selena but that will be selfish of me" he told me
"Let me get rid of all my feelings for her before committing to you" he said
"Ok" I answered. This sounded like rejection in a pleasant way that still hurts. I'm just glad he's being honest with me.
"But please don't leave, just stick around. Don't get involved with other men, it will hurt me" he said, I chuckled.
"I can't leave you even if I want to. There's a contract between us remember and it doesn't expire till after a year" I told him
"So it's just the contract" he said
"I care about the money you're paying me too" I smiled and acted like I wasnt hurt.
Logan sighed.
"Let's go to the office together" he told me
"I don't think that's a good idea" I told him
"Okay" was all he said before heading towards his car.