Eventually, without a word, he let go of Debbie and left the room, mming the door behind him. Quiet
spread across the room. Debbie sat back on the bed.
nkly, she looked out the window. But she really didn’t see anything.
She was exhausted and wanted nothing more than sleep. Slowly, shey down and drifted off.
To her surprise, for the next three days, she didn’t even see Carlos once. The sun rose and set, just
like it always did. But she endured.
She prepared her meals robotically, not having much of an appetite
She would have thought he had gone missing if Emmett hadn’t re-posted a news article saying that
Carlos had negotiated a contract with an overseas-funded enterprise.
This was the Longest game of the silent treatment they had ever yed.
In New York
Carlos’ car sped into the Hilton’s residence. He got out of the car gloomily and went straight to the
study on the second floor.
On his way, he saw Tabitha, but he only greeted her tly. The grimness on his face told her that
something was wrong. Her heart tightened. She followed him all the way up the stairs. She knew
something was going to happen. Everyone could feel it-a tension in the air.
Sure enough, as soon as he saw James in the study, Carlos dashed over and greeted him with his fist.
Covering the side of his face that Carlos had struck, James red at him and shouted, “Have you Lost
your mind? I’m your father!”
Carlos grabbed James’ cor and stared at him fiercely.
“How are you a father? Did you earn respect from your family? What kind of father would hurt his own
daughter-inw?”
Tabitha screamed and ran towards Carlos. She tried to hold him back.
“Carlos! Carlos, what’s this about? Listen to me, son. Calm down.”
Carlos gave his mother a cold look and asked, “How could you do this to my wife?” He gritted his teeth
in anger and added, “Debbie has always respected you. Is this what she deserved from my parents?”
James still didn’t think he did anything wrong.
“I never epted her as my daughter-inw. I won’t allow her to give birth to your child.”
“So you told the servants to put crushed birth control pills in her food?” asked Carlos, grinding his teeth
to suppress his growing anger.
His eyes zed and seemed to stare deep into James’ ck rotting soul.
James attempted to wrench free, butpared to his son, he was too weak. Pretending to be
composed, he said, “They were just birth control pills, not poison! Did you have to fly all the way from
Alorith for this?”
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‘Just birth control pills?’ Within Carlos’ heart, his father’s image sank to a new low.
“Yes, they were poison. You’ve been feeding her cumtive poison!”
Saying that, he swung a second fist towards James’ face.
Eventually, without a word, he let go of Debbie and left the room, mming the door behind him. Quiet
spread across the room. Debbie sat back on the bed.
nkly, she looked out the window. But she really didn’t see anything.
She was exhausted and wanted nothing more than sleep. Slowly, shey down and drifted off.
To her surprise, for the next three days, she didn’t even see Carlos once. The sun rose and set, just
like it always did. But she endured.
She prepared her meals robotically, not having much of an appetite
She would have thought he had gone missing if Emmett hadn’t re-posted a news article saying that
Carlos had negotiated a contract with an overseas-funded enterprise.
This was the Longest game of the silent treatment they had ever yed.
In New York
Carlos’ car sped into the Hilton’s residence. He got out of the car gloomily and went straight to the
study on the second floor.
On his way, he saw Tabitha, but he only greeted her tly. The grimness on his face told her that
something was wrong. Her heart tightened. She followed him all the way up the stairs. She knew
something was going to happen. Everyone could feel it-a tension in the air.
Sure enough, as soon as he saw James in the study, Carlos dashed over and greeted him with his fist.
Covering the side of his face that Carlos had struck, James red at him and shouted, “Have you Lost
your mind? I’m your father!”
Carlos grabbed James’ cor and stared at him fiercely.
“How are you a father? Did you earn respect from your family? What kind of father would hurt his own
daughter-inw?”
Tabitha screamed and ran towards Carlos. She tried to hold him back.
“Carlos! Carlos, what’s this about? Listen to me, son. Calm down.”
Carlos gave his mother a cold look and asked, “How could you do this to my wife?” He gritted his teeth
in anger and added, “Debbie has always respected you. Is this what she deserved from my parents?”
James still didn’t think he did anything wrong.
“I never epted her as my daughter-inw. I won’t allow her to give birth to your child.”
“So you told the servants to put crushed birth control pills in her food?” asked Carlos, grinding his teeth
to suppress his growing anger.
His eyes zed and seemed to stare deep into James’ ck rotting soul.
James attempted to wrench free, butpared to his son, he was too weak. Pretending to be
composed, he said, “They were just birth control pills, not poison! Did you have to fly all the way from
Alorith for this?”
‘Just birth control pills?’ Within Carlos’ heart, his father’s image sank to a new low.
“Yes, they were poison. You’ve been feeding her cumtive poison!”
Saying that, he swung a second fist towards James’ face.