My Secret
Chapter 24
the next day we took a plane to Madrid, Marshall wanted to come with us, I told him it was not necessary but he insisted on it so Paul bought tickets for them but they will stay in a hotel while Marshall will stay with us
we arrived in Madrid at 9 pm local time, Paul and the boys left to the hotel
my sister was waiting for us she didn't work today so she said she would come pick us up
-"hello Cristian"-she says smiling while gives him a hug
-"I missed you sis "- she said giving me another hug
-"you missed me? then I don't know what you're going to do when I'm living in Detroit"- I say teasing her
-"shut up, I know you missed me too!"- she says punching my arm playfully
-"yo that hurts!! do you remember Marshall ?"-I ask her
-"of course I remember him, we only met 3 times though, Hi Marshall"- she says and they shake hands
-"Hi, how are you?"
-"pretty good thanks, shall we go now?"- she says looking for the exit
we make our way to the exit and climb in the car
we arrived at my apartment
as soon as I open the door I find my parents and Pulgas comes towards us
-"Pulgas !!"-Cristian says as soon as he sees him petting him
-"mum , dad what a surprise, "-I say hugging them both
then Cristian does the same
-"mum, dad , this is Marshall, well you already know him but.."
-"yes of course, Hi Marshall it's been a long time, how are you?"-
-"I'm fine Mrs Suarez, you?"- Marshall says giving her a small hug
-"please don't call Mrs Suarez, you know I dodn't like it"
-"ok Carmen"
-"that's better"- she says smiling at him
-"do you remember my husband Fernando?"
-"of course I do, hi how are you ?"- he says shaking hands with my dad
-"no too bad"
-"Pulgas stop"-I say when Pulgas comes towards Marshall and puts his toy on his feet and then sits down looking at him
-"you want me to play with you?-"Marshall says picking the toy up and petting him then he gives it to him
-"so guys why don't we eat ? I bet you all are hungry"-my mum says
-" I want pizza"-Cristian says
-"no way Cristian, I already made the supper"- my mums replies him
we go to the living room where everyhting is already put on the table
-"tortilla española,mmmmm"-Cristian says smacking his lips
-"this is for you"- my mum says giving me a plate
-"thanks"
-"this is for you, greedy"- she says to Cris
-"Marshall this is for you"
-"gracias( thank you)-"Marshall says in spanish
-"you speak spanish dad?"
-"no at all, I just know a few words that you mum taught me"
-"mum.. why didn't you teach dad spanish?"
before I could answer the question Marshall speaks
-"you know? she tried but we always ended up doing other things, we can try again though "he says smirking at me
I punch him in his leg under the table so nobody will see it and glare at him
Cristian looks at us with a funny look
-"why did you do that ?"- he asks me whispering so nobody would hear him
I ignore him
-"so guys when are you going to Detroit?"- my dad asks us
I look at Marshall confused
-"tomorrow"-
I frown
-"tomorrow?!"- I spat
-"yes, I need to be in Detroit, I have a meeting in 2 days"- he says looking at me
-"why didn't you tell me before? Marshall there's no time to do everything for tomorrow!"
-"mum , dad stop! I don't like it when you fight!"-he says jumping up
we both look at Cristian
-" Vic, if you can't pack everything now, your father and I can send you the rest of your stuff later on, don't worry about it, just pack what you need and the rest we will send it to you"
-"ok"- I mumble
I help my mum to wash and clean the plates and everything while the boys are watching some tv
-"mum stop looking at me like that please!"- I say to my mum who is staring at me for 2 minutes!!
-"Vic, what's up?"
-"what do you mean?"
-"you know what I mean.. why do you treat Marshall like that?"
I sigh
-"mum.."
-"come we need to talk"- my mum says clossing the door and sitting down
-"mum please"
-"I just wanna talk, tell me what's wrong"
-"mum nothing is wrong.."
-"Vic Im not stupid , I know something is bothering you, why do you treat Marshall like that? the guy clearly loves you so.."
-"mum please, I don't want to talk about this"- I say getting up from the chair
-"Vic, wait, just talk to me please"
-"mum you don't understand, but I'm really really scared of doing this, of moving out with him, I know he loves me and believe me I love him with all my heart but I don't trust him 100%..and now I find out that I have to move out tomorrow"
-"and you think that postpone the moving will help you to trust him?"
-"I don't know , I guess it won't but.."
-"well I know you're an adult and you have to make your own decisions but I know he really loves you, the way he looked at you, the way he treats Cris, he's really trying hard to make you happy and I know you love him, I always thought he was the one for you and I still do, you did a big mistake letting him go and pushing him out of your life and Cris, don't do it again, you deserve to be happy and you know he makes you happy, I honestly don't think any man can make you as happy as him does, so why are you so scared? " she says caressing my hair with her hands
I start crying
-"mum, when I went to London I found out he had sex with a woman called Marissa, and now she says she's pregnant with his child"- I say crying more
-"what did Marshall say about it?"
-"he said he only had sex with her a few times and it was before he came to Madrid and we started to date again and about the babe he says she's lying , that it is not true.." I say sobbing
-"do you believe him?"
I close my eyes thinking about it
-" I want to, I really want to.."-I say
-"then do it, you know? I belive him too, I can see how he's trying to make everything right for you and Cris , Vic forget everything and fight for him, be happy"
-"and what happen with you guys? I'm gonna miss you, and you're ill, I want to be by your side, you need me.."
-"Marshall needs you too plus there're planes and skype"-my mum says smiling at me
I smile back at her
-"I love you mum"-I say resting my head on her shoulder
-" I love you too sweetie"
-"you didn't call me sweetie since I was a child"
we hear a noise and soon someone is opening the door
-"Marshall"
-"sorry to disturb,Cris asked if he could eat cake "
-"mum please can I have a piece of cheese's cake?"- Cris says walking in
-"Cris you already ate a lot"
-"please.."- he says with puppy eyes
-"I don't know how you can be always eating and not get fast"
he does the puppy eyes thing again
-"fineee"-I give up
-"guys we're leaving"- says my mum getting up
we say goodbye to them, before they leave my mum said they will come over tomorrow to hlep us before we leave
soon after that they were gone
we arrived in Madrid at 9 pm local time, Paul and the boys left to the hotel
my sister was waiting for us she didn't work today so she said she would come pick us up
-"hello Cristian"-she says smiling while gives him a hug
-"I missed you sis "- she said giving me another hug
-"you missed me? then I don't know what you're going to do when I'm living in Detroit"- I say teasing her
-"shut up, I know you missed me too!"- she says punching my arm playfully
-"yo that hurts!! do you remember Marshall ?"-I ask her
-"of course I remember him, we only met 3 times though, Hi Marshall"- she says and they shake hands
-"Hi, how are you?"
-"pretty good thanks, shall we go now?"- she says looking for the exit
we make our way to the exit and climb in the car
we arrived at my apartment
as soon as I open the door I find my parents and Pulgas comes towards us
-"Pulgas !!"-Cristian says as soon as he sees him petting him
-"mum , dad what a surprise, "-I say hugging them both
then Cristian does the same
-"mum, dad , this is Marshall, well you already know him but.."
-"yes of course, Hi Marshall it's been a long time, how are you?"-
-"I'm fine Mrs Suarez, you?"- Marshall says giving her a small hug
-"please don't call Mrs Suarez, you know I dodn't like it"
-"ok Carmen"
-"that's better"- she says smiling at him
-"do you remember my husband Fernando?"
-"of course I do, hi how are you ?"- he says shaking hands with my dad
-"no too bad"
-"Pulgas stop"-I say when Pulgas comes towards Marshall and puts his toy on his feet and then sits down looking at him
-"you want me to play with you?-"Marshall says picking the toy up and petting him then he gives it to him
-"so guys why don't we eat ? I bet you all are hungry"-my mum says
-" I want pizza"-Cristian says
-"no way Cristian, I already made the supper"- my mums replies him
we go to the living room where everyhting is already put on the table
-"tortilla española,mmmmm"-Cristian says smacking his lips
-"this is for you"- my mum says giving me a plate
-"thanks"
-"this is for you, greedy"- she says to Cris
-"Marshall this is for you"
-"gracias( thank you)-"Marshall says in spanish
-"you speak spanish dad?"
-"no at all, I just know a few words that you mum taught me"
-"mum.. why didn't you teach dad spanish?"
before I could answer the question Marshall speaks
-"you know? she tried but we always ended up doing other things, we can try again though "he says smirking at me
I punch him in his leg under the table so nobody will see it and glare at him
Cristian looks at us with a funny look
-"why did you do that ?"- he asks me whispering so nobody would hear him
I ignore him
-"so guys when are you going to Detroit?"- my dad asks us
I look at Marshall confused
-"tomorrow"-
I frown
-"tomorrow?!"- I spat
-"yes, I need to be in Detroit, I have a meeting in 2 days"- he says looking at me
-"why didn't you tell me before? Marshall there's no time to do everything for tomorrow!"
-"mum , dad stop! I don't like it when you fight!"-he says jumping up
we both look at Cristian
-" Vic, if you can't pack everything now, your father and I can send you the rest of your stuff later on, don't worry about it, just pack what you need and the rest we will send it to you"
-"ok"- I mumble
I help my mum to wash and clean the plates and everything while the boys are watching some tv
-"mum stop looking at me like that please!"- I say to my mum who is staring at me for 2 minutes!!
-"Vic, what's up?"
-"what do you mean?"
-"you know what I mean.. why do you treat Marshall like that?"
I sigh
-"mum.."
-"come we need to talk"- my mum says clossing the door and sitting down
-"mum please"
-"I just wanna talk, tell me what's wrong"
-"mum nothing is wrong.."
-"Vic Im not stupid , I know something is bothering you, why do you treat Marshall like that? the guy clearly loves you so.."
-"mum please, I don't want to talk about this"- I say getting up from the chair
-"Vic, wait, just talk to me please"
-"mum you don't understand, but I'm really really scared of doing this, of moving out with him, I know he loves me and believe me I love him with all my heart but I don't trust him 100%..and now I find out that I have to move out tomorrow"
-"and you think that postpone the moving will help you to trust him?"
-"I don't know , I guess it won't but.."
-"well I know you're an adult and you have to make your own decisions but I know he really loves you, the way he looked at you, the way he treats Cris, he's really trying hard to make you happy and I know you love him, I always thought he was the one for you and I still do, you did a big mistake letting him go and pushing him out of your life and Cris, don't do it again, you deserve to be happy and you know he makes you happy, I honestly don't think any man can make you as happy as him does, so why are you so scared? " she says caressing my hair with her hands
I start crying
-"mum, when I went to London I found out he had sex with a woman called Marissa, and now she says she's pregnant with his child"- I say crying more
-"what did Marshall say about it?"
-"he said he only had sex with her a few times and it was before he came to Madrid and we started to date again and about the babe he says she's lying , that it is not true.." I say sobbing
-"do you believe him?"
I close my eyes thinking about it
-" I want to, I really want to.."-I say
-"then do it, you know? I belive him too, I can see how he's trying to make everything right for you and Cris , Vic forget everything and fight for him, be happy"
-"and what happen with you guys? I'm gonna miss you, and you're ill, I want to be by your side, you need me.."
-"Marshall needs you too plus there're planes and skype"-my mum says smiling at me
I smile back at her
-"I love you mum"-I say resting my head on her shoulder
-" I love you too sweetie"
-"you didn't call me sweetie since I was a child"
we hear a noise and soon someone is opening the door
-"Marshall"
-"sorry to disturb,Cris asked if he could eat cake "
-"mum please can I have a piece of cheese's cake?"- Cris says walking in
-"Cris you already ate a lot"
-"please.."- he says with puppy eyes
-"I don't know how you can be always eating and not get fast"
he does the puppy eyes thing again
-"fineee"-I give up
-"guys we're leaving"- says my mum getting up
we say goodbye to them, before they leave my mum said they will come over tomorrow to hlep us before we leave
soon after that they were gone