CHAPTER THIRTEEN, UNPLANNED CEREMONY

 

She went to Mylar and stood by her side. Mrs Isabella moved closer to touch her but she ran behind Mylar and hid there.

Mrs. Isabella looked shocked and was immediately filled with dismay, she quietly whispered to Mr. Julian and took him along with her leaving the others in the sitting room.

"She is not getting any better." Mrs. Isabella said with a quell of grief in her heart. Mr. Julian looked sad too and said almost quietly.

"I have tried all I can, I took her to several hospitals and but there have been no changes. She's still a shadow of herself, always frightened. But recently because of this Mylar, she started talking normally and it made me begin to hope and think that she will get better but other times, that's not the case, she goes back.... back to being the way she was."

Mrs. Isabella wiped off the tears on her face with her handkerchief. She straightened up again and went back to being tough and elegant, then she changed the topic by asking him.

"Have you dealt with the pending problem?"

"I will handle that soon." Mr Julian replied and Mrs Isabella shakes her head and said some hurtful words that broke Mr Julian's ego.

"You have always been so incompetent, that was why I refused to let you marry my daughter back then. I saw that you couldn't handle yourself, let alone.. my daughter but that girl insisted on it, I guess she just wanted to save the face of our family in public."

"A simple thing as finding the bastard who stole the company's money, you can't do it. If that problem disturbs the company that I and my husband built for years then I won't think twice before kicking you out. Not only from the business but from the world as well, you already know that I still don't like you nor trust you." Mrs. Isabella said and looked at him in a threatening way. Mr. Julian's hands shake in fear as he stared back at Mrs. Isabella.

"Mom, would you like some more chopped salad?" Mrs. Camila asked and surprised everyone as they sat down to eat their breakfast.

"She ignored her mother when she saw her earlier and now she is talking to her in such a nice way. Is mom feeling okay?" Mylar thought to herself. Mrs. Camila smiled when she heard Mrs. Isabella's reply.

"Yes, my dear. I want lots of it." Mrs. Camila served her the salad and sat down back in her seat.

After breakfast, Mrs Isabella called them all together to announce something important, good news as she called it.

"Tomorrow, we are going to conduct a simple court wedding for Camilo and.... hmm Mylar." She said with her usual smile. 

Camilo's face turned pale, he could feel his heart beating faster than usual and his legs became weak, he knew this would happen but it still surprised him, Mylar just came out of nowhere and ruined his life.

Since she came, he hasn't been allowed to leave the house let alone do as he pleases. If it were before, by this time, he would be spending his morning with an endowed 'black ass lady or white ass lady' as he calls them, enjoying himself and having all the fun in the world.

"Why didn't she just get rid of the baby, instead of bothering me with it?" Camilo asked himself solemnly.

"Aren't you two excited?" Mrs Isabella asked looking from Camilo to Mylar, the looks on both their faces were priceless and she wanted to laugh just by looking at them.

Elio felt so sorry for Mylar, a woman who decides to live with his brother has to endure a lot. But since he was here and he liked her so much, he made a promise to make things easy for her and save her from his 'idiot' of a brother.

"I don't care if you are ready or not. I already asked the lawyer to get the contract papers ready for tomorrow and you have to sign it. Whoever tries to breach the contract will pay dearly, so Camilo and Mylar be ready for your wedding, it's happening...Tomorrow." Mrs. Isabella said delightfully and got up to leave, they all said their goodbyes to her with false smiles on their faces. She was going to lodge at any hotel close to the Wylder's Mansion to wait for tomorrow's event instead of her staying with them, she claimed that their house space was too small for her because it belonged to her son-in-law with no taste.

"Why did Mom ignore Mrs. Isabella like that, is it that she also doesn't like her, the way you guys don't like her?" Mylar asked when she and Elio sat down on the patio in front of the guest house.

"Whatever my mom does, you shouldn't find fault in it because she's sick," Elio replied after a while of thinking about whether to tell her or not. Mylar looked more confused than shocked.

"Sick? How is that?" Mylar asked just to clear her confusion and Elio explained.

"Mom has PTSD, it's a post-traumatic stress disorder but I don't think that's the only problem she has." Mylar went quiet as her eyes opened up in shock, she never thought Mrs. Camila had any issues because Mrs. Camila always looked fine to her.

"That's not good but how did she get it?" Mylar asked gathering herself up.

"It was due to what happened ten years ago because of Camilo," Elio replied he liked it when he could tell someone that Camilo was at fault for it, he wished Camilo could just show a bit of remorse and apologize for what he did.

"Camilo? He's always causing problems." Mylar whispered. If everyone tells her that Camilo is at fault for something, she will believe it.

"Ten years ago, Camilo begged our parents for permission to go to his friends' party and our parents vehemently refused."

"Camilo wasn't the type to listen and so he sneaked out of the house in the middle of the night and went to that friend's party. Mom went into his room after a while, I don't know why but she didn't see him in there and came out, to inform everyone. We all searched the entire house but couldn't find him, then Mom and Dad decided to go out and search for him but they had no idea which friend's house he went to because he had quite a lot of friends."

"After searching for so long, Mom and Dad found my brother's things in a car that was involved in an accident." Elio sniffed after speaking for so long, Mylar listened carefully and watched the sadness in his eyes. Elio continued with his story.

"Dad and mom were devastated after seeing this but later on mom couldn't stop insisting that her son wasn't dead, that was indeed true because Camilo was found after three days in the company of ladies and guys who were old enough to have finished college, partying and enjoying himself. Mom went looking for him on her own believing that he was alive and that was when she was gang raped by three different men." Elio said hurriedly and clenched his fist.

"She almost died, she was in pain but because she was determined to find her child, she dragged herself to the street and was found by some passerby. Mom spent two weeks in the hospital but was later discharged."

He calls out to her

Cry, baby!!! Mylar turned towards him. 

"Or perhaps is the big guy that's in there bordering you and making you cry." Mylar laughed and Elio joined her.

"I think it's the both of us," Mylar said and continued laughing. Elio placed his hands on Mylar's shoulder and kissed her cheek softly, Camilo walked in on them, his expression suddenly changed.

"Mylar, Hugo's been looking for you for a while now. I think you have managed to steal him from me as well." Camilo said to Mylar, then she moved away from Elio. She was a bit shocked by his words but got up ignoring his silly remark and went upstairs to check on Hugo.

I'll be right back!!! She said aloud as she went upstairs.

"You seem to like taking everything that belongs to me, are you maybe jealous of me," Camilo said to Elio as soon as Mylar was out of earshot, he went and sat down next to Elio.

Elio looked at him with a bit of confusion, what could he have taken from the world's best?

"What belongs to you?" Elio asked and then chuckled when he realized what Camilo was talking about.

"Now, she belongs to you. Just a while back, you were like, no Dad I can't stay in the same room with her, she is like a plague, blah blah blah." Elio said mimicking Camilo.

Camilo looked away thinking, he was also wondering why he would say that.

"I can never accept her, so that means she isn't mine." He said to himself. After a while of being lost in thoughts.

"I know what's wrong with you, you are jealous of me," said Camilo to Elio.

Elio looked at him with a smile and asked to question.

"Jealous, do you think so?"

"You are jealous that I am loved by everyone and you are all alone. Despite having the same blood as me, I am still the world's favorite." Camilo said in an attempt to mock Elio.

"Are you sure we have the same blood because your blood is cold, evil, and very selfish whereas mine is calm, loving, and supportive. You are like your dad and I am my mom's son, so I don't think we have the same blood." Elio said to him with a smile on his face. Just when Camilo was getting angry and ready to fight, Mylar walked in and he stopped himself.

"I gave Hugo some treat, his busy playing by himself. I don't think there's anything wrong with him, he didn't seem to miss me either." Mylar said as she came downstairs. Camilo didn't want to say anything to her, if he does speak to her, he might expose himself to her, about how he lied about Hugo so that he could separate Mylar and Elio. So he got up and went away from the guests' house.

"What was he talking to you about?" Mylar asked as soon as he was out of earshot.

"It's not necessary for her to know that my brother feels jealous because we are spending time together." Elio thought to himself.

"He is my brother, don't bother yourself about what he told me," Elio replied and smiled at her.

"Anyways, what would you like me to get you? Ice cream?" He asked and got up from the patio, he helped her get up as well and she said.

"Ice cream it is." And they both laughed and started walking away, holding hands.

"Have you handled him?" Said a voice from behind the huge office chair in the well-designed and spacious office. Lots of awards were on the table, the person must be very talented to have so many awards for himself.

"Yes boss." replied a man in his early forties, he had a full-grown beard making him look very old and his little blue ocean eyes could barely be seen under his bushy eyebrows, he was also quite tall and a bit plumpy.

"Good. I trust your work." Said the voice behind the chair. Slowly the person sitting on the chair turned around to face the man standing in front of his table.

The man standing had a satisfied, mischievous smile on his lips, he was happy to see that the boss was finally seeing how good he was and also acknowledging it after twenty-seven years of serving him, back when he was just a seventeen years old street kid.

"Mr. Julian, it has always been an honor to work for you." The man said and made a small bow before Mr Julian.

"Don't be like this with me. You have served diligently and I should have seen that, so I apologize for not noticing you sooner." Mr. Julian said, he got from his chair and went towards the mini bar in his office, he brought out an expensive bottle of whiskey and poured it into two glass cups, one for himself and the other for the man.

"Here." He said as he passed the glass to the man, with so much happiness and a smile on his face, the man collected the glass from Mr. Julian. They both sat down on his couch and Mr Julian sighs with a smile on his face.

"I am also celebrating something else today, my son's getting married to the lady he got pregnant with." After saying this, Mr. Julian chuckled and said.

"It is silly but still good news."

"Elio? Congratulations." The man said happily to Mr Julian.

"Not Elio, you think Elio can do that? No no no, Elio is not the type, it's Camilo." The man froze on hearing the name and then composed himself with a smile back on his face.

"I just hope he doesn't find out that I....." The man was saying before Mr. Julian cut him shut.

"Shhh!!! Mr Julian said placing a finger on his lips.

"Juan Jose, if you don't say it then he will never find out." Mr. Julian said and patted him on his shoulder with a smile.

"But." The man tried to oppose it.

"No buts JJ, that secret should be buried for eternity, okay?" Mr Julian asked and he nodded quickly. Their glass clicked as they made a toast to Camilo's wedding and a happy married life.

Mylar!!! Vida called delightfully as she saw Elio and Mylar outside the door of her house.

"You two are like angels, you appeared unannounced," Vida said. Then Mylar and Vida both gave each other a hug for some time before letting go of each other.

"I also want this kind of hug," Elio said and looked away hiding his smile.

There was so much love between Mylar and Vida, that one would think they were siblings. They both laughed at Elio's statement and they both jumped on him and held him tightly in their arms. He felt so loved among the two of them that he wished he would never separate from them.

"You two didn't tell me you were coming, I would have made something really good, so that when you eat, you will bite your tongue. I only have tacos at home." Vida said when they came inside her room.

"Yum, delicious." Mylar said and licked her lips. Vida and Elio looked at each other and then laughed at what she said.

"Conocedor gourmet," Vida said and smiled.

"Don't call me that," Mylar said, upset that Vida called her a foodie.