The Truth Revealed

Xiomara POV:

I laid my head on Carlos’s chest and sobbed

“Mara, please don’t cry. It breaks my hear to see you cry” Carlos begged

“I can’t help it”

“I know that it hurts you”

“It hurts so much cause we might have seemed to be the perfect family, but I wasn’t loved I would have traded the money, house, and lifestyle that I have to be loved even just a little bit more”

“ I know baby” Carlos said as he rubbed my back

I closed my eyes and cried

“Please don’t cry even though the didn’t treat you right they don’t deserve your tears”

“ I feel as if I did something wrong”

“You didn’t do anything, it’s your parent’s parenting skills. Don’t blame yourself for your parent’s actions”

“ I had to do something down the line”

“NO” Carlos said loudly then put his hands on the side of my face and turned it so that I would look at him

“You have done nothing wrong it’s your parents okay mi amor, it’s not you”

I looked into his eyes and cried

“Mara” Carlos said and pulled me into a hug

“I don’t understand” I said

“I don’t either” Carlos said after he kissed my head

“ Why do you put up with me?”

“Cause I love you”

“ Why do you love me?”

“Cause you’re an amazing person”

“ Why do you think I’m amazing? I don’t see anything special”

“ But I do, I see a strong, smart, beautiful, caring, loving, and understanding person”

“ I love you” I said and wrapped my arms around Carlos’s neck

Carlos wrapped his arm around my waist

We were well into the kiss when Carlos applied pressure to the bottom of my waist and it freaking hurt so bad

I pulled away from him and sat at the edge of the bed

“Mara what’s wrong?”

“Nothing” I said while looking down

I stood up and then Carlos stood up as well and wrapped his arms around my waist from behind

He applied pressure to the same place again and I winced and pulled away

I stepped back and looked at him

“Mara what happened?”

“Nothing”

I felt the tears fall and finding it hard to breathe

Carlos stepped in front of me and placed his hands on my shoulder and forced me to look at him

*Carlos POV:

“What happened?” I asked

She shook her head no

“Mara please” I begged

She shook her head no

“Mara who did this?”

She looked at the ground

“Did.....did.....your dad....do ......this?”

She looked at me and I knew that she was about to cry

“He.. did..didn’t....he?”

I looked at Xiomara and I saw the tears fall

“Mara.. did.. he?”

“Y-Yes” she stuttered

I looked at the clock and saw that it read 2:00am

“I’ll talk to my parents in the morning”

“No don’t” Xiomara said

“Yes”

“No”

“You can’t stay here”

“Yes I can”

“No, I can’t let you live here”

“But, my life is here”

“Mara” Carlos said than pulled me into a hug “You can’t live like this”

“What am I supposed to do?”

“Come live with me in P.R than you transfer to Loiza High”

“What is my excuse supposed to be, I won’t get my parents in trouble”

“You don’t have to you can say because of the wedding we want to live in the same place and you would rather live In P.R instead of here”

“Believable, but what about my parents?”

“We’ll deal with that tomorrow”

“Okay”

“Let’s get some sleep”

Xiomara POV:

Carlos fell asleep 20 minutes ago(2:30am)

*4 ½ hours later*

I try to fall asleep but I can’t all I think about is the horrible things that my parents have done to me

Every time I remember an experience that had to do with pain I cried

I must have cried at least 7 times by now

I looked at the clock and I saw that it read 7:00 am

“I’m not gonna get any sleep” I thought

I’ve been staring at the ceiling now for about ½ an hour willing sleep to over come me

*8:00am*

I got like no sleep at all and we are supposed to be getting ready to leave for the airport in a 1 ½

I felt Carlos move so I just kept on staring at the ceiling

“Morning Mara”

“Morning Carlos”

Carlos looked at me and blinked

“Did you sleep at all?”

I closed my eyes and shook my head no

“Why?”

“I couldn’t sleep”

“You where crying too”

“Yeah”

“You’re not staying here”

“Carlos”

“No, you shouldn’t be living here”

“But, I can just leave my parents here”

“Yes you can and you will”

I sighed and closed my eyes

“When”

“Next week, your gonna move to P.R”

“So I should start packing on Monday?”

“I suggest so, well everything but the furniture”

I sighed than laid back on Carlos’s lap and I felt the tears fall

Carlos sighed brushed my tears away than said “Mara”

“Yeah”

“I’m gonna call my parents soon and then talk to your parents after breakfast”

“Okay” I whispered

“I’m gonna go take a shower than go play with Reyna, I’ll see you at breakfast”

I got up and started to walk towards the bathroom when I felt Carlos’s hands wrap around my waist and pull me back towards him

“If you’re gonna cry at least let me comfort you” Carlos said

I let my shoulders drop and I turned around in the embrace

Carlos wrapped his arms around my waist and I wrapped mine around his shoulders and sobbed

“I’m always here for you”

“I know”

“I love you always and forever”

“I love you too”

“Don’t hide from me”

“I won’t”

“Promise”

“I promise”