01 DEMETRIO AND LIVIA

##Chapter 1

livia

I looked anxiously at the clock for the tenth time. It was already twelve forty-three. My father had told me that he would come to pick me up at noon , and I was counting the seconds with anxiety to the point of going crazy. My little things, which weren't many, had been packed a few hours ago in an old suitcase I found hidden in Mariana's room, my mother.

I was grateful that neither she nor her boyfriend were home and also very anxious and happy to finally get out of that place, with them being present, I couldn't even smile with relief, as even my smile bothered the woman who gave birth to me . .

As the minutes passed and my father didn't arrive, it was inevitable not to start thinking nonsense, about how he could have given up looking for me and stuff... I was on the verge of punching the floor with impatience, pacing from side to side. other.

"Did my father forget about me?" - I spoke out loud in the intention of hearing my own sentence and realizing how ridiculous my thinking was, because dad would never do that.

That's when I finally heard the sound of a horn downstairs, I ran and looked out the window recognizing my father's car, joy gripped me and my chest accelerated so hard that I thought I would pass out with relief. I pulled the small old suitcase and ran down the stairs.

- Daddy! I ran to hug him , dropping the suitcase in the middle of the way.

He returned the strong hug by lifting me off the ground and twirling my body in the air.

— I miss you. I thought you wouldn't come anymore... - I couldn't help the lump in my throat and the hurt in my voice.

— I've waited so long for this, my princess... It would never stop coming, there were some unforeseen events. No one will separate us this time. — the man I looked so much like put me on the floor and stroked my hair — I love you very much and I hope you can forgive me for not being there, your mother didn't give me options.

— I understand and I don't blame you for anything, I just really wanted to have a father present, but now that I've found out the truth, I know that neither of us was to blame, since you didn't even know of my existence and neither did I. yours and we only found out about it a few months ago. I love you too. I said excitedly and he enveloped me in another hug.

— My little girl is already a very beautiful woman, I can see that I will have problems. He scratched his head. "I'm a little jealous and now that I have you with me, I don't know if I could stand to see some idiot touching my baby." You don't have a boyfriend around here, do you? he asked smiling, looking a little tense.

"I never had any friends, let alone a boyfriend." — I returned a not very sincere smile, because deep down there was always a desire to have friends and who knows how to fall in love.

After all, what should it feel like to fall in love?

- Now you will live with me and you will have the best friend of all, your father. I don't want you to feel sad or lonely ever again, okay? I looked into her beautiful eyes and my chin trembled with the urge to cry, but I held back.

- Yes agreed. Let's go? I can't wait to be far away from here. I asked and he nodded, took his arms from me and walked to open the car door.

I went back a few steps to pick up the suitcase where I had dropped it, I got in the car and when Dad was about to start it, we saw another car approaching and seconds later Mariana and Leonel, her boyfriend, got out.

"Are you going to take my little girl away yet?" the asshole said sarcastically.

I looked at my father and saw him clench his fists, close his eyes and angrily get out of the car.

"Shut up you son of a bitch!" Don't ever refer to my girl as your own again. You think I don't know what you tried to do to my daughter? You bastard! - dad shouted, going up to Leonel throwing punches in his face.

- Hector! Release him now! You crazy! Marianne screamed.

But my father didn't seem to hear anything, moved by his anger and resentment, he kept hitting, beating the tramp. I should have done something, because as much as Leonel deserved to be beaten to death, I didn't want my father to get in trouble because of that monster.

I got out of the car and ran to them.

“Hey dad, please let's go. This idiot is not worth getting in trouble for. I tried to pull him by the shirt until he calmed down and walked away, his fists smeared with blood and his breathing labored.

— You deserve much more, I just don't kill you so I don't make my daughter suffer with my absence again. Bastard! My dad's eyes were red with hate.

The image seemed disturbing at first, but Leonel had moved his daughter, he was just a real father defending his child, because that was how he saw me, as his child who needed protection after so much time away.

Mariana ran to help her boyfriend, calling my father every possible name.

— And you, Mariana, will still pay for the mistreatment of my daughter. You got away with it because that bastard is a cop and somehow managed to get away with the charges just like you, but I'll take care of you. Wait! Dad swore and gently pulled me to the car.

She didn't say anything else. When I was sitting inside the car I looked at her one last time and found her gaze on me too, we stared at each other for several seconds until the car started to slowly pull away.

Honestly, I didn't know what that look meant, yet I never wanted to feel or see him again.

“Forgive me for making you see such violence. I laid my head on his shoulder and kissed his cheek.

— I confess that I liked seeing that monster being beaten and Mom's face looking at it all. Thank you for defending me.

— It was little. — he looked at me tenderly and I could feel the love of a father overflowing from his eyes, it warmed my heart.