Burn those who burned me!”

bChapter /bb11 /b

i“/iiThomas/i, iI /iithink /iwe’re all aware of your feelings for iDanielle/ii. /iiI /iwill remind iyou /ihowever, you are married ito /iiRabena/ii./ii” /i

Before I could protest he walked away. What the hell was that all about? Not wanting to put too much into it I made my way to the breakfast bar. The energy in the household waspletely different; everyone looked as if a wave of guilt or anger had flown over them. As I sat at the dining table, Darious began to speak.

i“/iIs anyone going to visit Rabena todayi? /iiHas /ianyone italked /iiwith /iiDamon/ii?/ii” /i

Everyone held their heads down looking at their tes, guess that was the answer. Finally, Daniel spoke.

“iI /itried icalling /ihim, ihe’s /inot answering.”

Amber suddenly let out a scoff.

“You would ithink /iithe /iigirl /iis idying/i! I’m not iallowing /iiher /ito iruin /iianymore /iof imy /iidaughter’s /iibirthday /iicelebration/i. iYesterday /iwas iinterrupted /iiso /iiwe /iiwill /icontinue today.” fnad57 Chapters first released on F?nd-Novel/fnad57

Nobody said a word, just agreed silently. Had this always been how Rabena was treated? Suddenly, Danielle gave me an excited look.

“Tommyi! /iWhy don’t we igo /ito ithe /iimall/ii? /iiThere’s /iia /iidress /iiI /iihave /ibeen idying /ito geti! /iYou’ll ibuy /iiit /ifor me iwon’t /iyou?”

She looked over at me with these puppy dog eyes; before I could protest, Amber chimed in.

“Oh yes! I think that’s a imarvelous /iiidea/ii, /iiyou /ido ialways /iilove /ispoiling our Dani.”

bJust /bthen, Davis poke up with what seemed like irritation in his voice.

i“/iDo you really think that is a good idea right now iAmber/ii?/i”

i“/iiWhat /iare you talking about? iWhy /iwouldn’t it ibe/ii?/i”

Davis looked at his wife like she had three heads, standing up from the dining table he began to speak.

i“/iYou think it’s a good idea for our daughter to go on a shopping trip while the husband of our daughter who is currently in the hospital?”

Everyone looked at Davis with shock. Never in the past did he have a problem with everyone including Thomas spoiling Danielle. What brough this on?

“I don’t understand what one thing has to do with the other. Everyone knows Tommy and Dunt were close long before that girl got here.”

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For some reason, hearing that “That girl” made Thomas think about Damon yelling Rabena’s name. Suddenly he began to feel ufortable.

i“/iiMrs. /iiCrest/i, maybe ithis /iiisn’t /ia good iidea /iiright /iinow/ii./ii” /i

Danielle shot me an angry nce but then quickly soften up.

i“/iMaybe daddy and Tommy are iright /imom. iAlthough /iishe /iihasn’t /iiwakened /iiup /iiyet/ii, /iiRabena /iis imuch /iimore /iiimportant /ithat my birthday. iMaybe /iiif /iiI /iibuy /iiher /iisomething /iispecial/ii, /iishe’ll /iistart /iibeing /iinice /iito /iime/ii. /iiTommy /iiwhat /iido /iyou think?”

She looked at me with such sadness in her eyes I couldn’t help but feel heartbroken. Maybe I could do both, take Danielle shopping and just grab something for Rabena, I was going to the mall anyway right? Smiling, I began to answer.

i“/iDon’t iyou /iiworry /iiabout /iia /iithing Dani/i. iYou /iand iI /iiwill /iigo /iishopping/ii, /iiit’s /iiyour /iibirthday /iiafter /iiall /iiand /iiI /iipromised/ii. /iDon’t worry iabout /iiyour /iisister/ii, /iiI /iihandle /iiher/ii./ii” /i

Danielle instantly perked up and pped her hands. Amber held a satisfied look on her face. Without saying a word, Davis simply walked out the room. Amber continued speaking on the ns she had for Danielle’s birthday after the shopping trip.

After we got back from the mall, it wasn’t until I sat all the bags down that I realized I had been so focused on Danielle, I never got a gift for Rabena. Suddenly, the words she spoke to me the day she’d left “It’s my birthday too“, rang in my ear. Had I ever celebrated her birthday? In the five years she had been here, I don’t think any of us had ever acknowledge her birthday. A tight feeling crept in my chest; something was

wrong.

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