Break This Spell You've Created

"ARE YOU MAD?!" I yelled at my father in total shock. My mouth slightly opened. But he still has a serious face."No!" I stood my ground.
"Yes, you'll get married in few months." my father said.
"ARE YOU MAD?!" I repeated, my father frowns."You can't just do that. I get to chose whom I marry, thank you very much."
"No you don't." my dad smiled an evil grin.
"sebastian--" my mom started, her eyes worried too.
"Bella, no, I have already made up my mind. The Rodriguez have a son, who needs to settle down and Juan and I have agreed for Melinda and Cesar to get married." my dad finished.
"Papi, you can't do this to me. I LOVE Nathan!" I raised my voice, now in panic.
"You do NOT love him. You and Cesar will settle down and have children." he warned.
"You can't do this to me dad" I yelled.
"You're MY daughter, I have every right to." my dad said.
"This is the 21st century dad, not the 17th or 18th." I shot back with a glare."Why can't you just accept that me and Nathan love each other?"
"I will do everything in my power to make sure that you stop loving him." my dad said.
"That's like saying you'll do anything to make me stop breathing, dad. Me and Nathan share something special, why can't you understand that?" I begged.
"I don't want to see you get hurt." my dad said.
I scoff, big time.
"You're joking, right? What do you think you're doing to me right now dad? You're killing everything inside of me!" I was getting angry now, how dare he say he doesn't want to see me hurt?

"It's been done. Get ready, Juan and his family are coming over to ask for your hand." my dad snapped his fingers and the door opened."The maid will bring you a dress. I expect you to be ready by 8:00pm, young lady. Mi amor." he meant the last part to my mother, who was giving the biggest death glare to my father. Reluctantly she walks out of the room with my dad.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed until my lungs ran out of air, and it was a high pitched scream. I tried to calm my heart rate down my taking deep breaths. Everytime I got REALLY PISSED, I would eat all of my anger and hate. I swallow everything, I bottled it up.

(Author's Note: actually it's a thing I also do, my lil' brother just did something he WILL regret for the rest of his fucking miserable life!!! instead of screaming, I eat my anger, my mom says it's not a good thing. I don't care)

Arranged marriage? In all of my life I would've never dreamed of him doing this to me. NEVER. This is so Medivel of him. Who gets married by an arranged marriage these days?

~Bella's Pov (the mom)~

Really angry at my husband, I walk out of the room, and as soon as the door closed everyone heard Melinda scream. I knew she had been bottling up her feelings and this made her explode.
"We need to talk Sebastian." I said towards my husband, who was now walking down the main stairs.
"Nothing to talk about. She's getting married and that's the final word." he said, his tone of voice said to drop the subject, but I was not about to let my daughter go through the same thing as me. I follow sebastian down stairs.
"You can't do this to her." I persisted as I walked into his office.
"I said there is nothing to talk about." he warned.
"Sebastian, you're breaking our daughter's heart." I warned. He shrugs."Don't you care? You heard her scream."
"I can't let her throw her life away!" he yelled.
"What are you talking about?" I asked in despiration.
"Boys, like Nathan, are the 'bad boys'." he said with air quotes."I know the type of business he's in. It's not safe for Melinda to be with him."
"Oh, what about you? I stayed with you, even though I knew you were a crook." I said, I knew this hurt him."Our love was big enough that I stood by you, even though I knew about your dirty little deeds."
He stays quiet, knowing I was right. He gulps in a guilty way. He was hiding something.
"What's going on?" I asked trying to lock eyes, and cocked an eyebrow in suspesion, but he avoided my gaze."Mirame (look at me) sebastian."
He reluctantly looks at me with sad eyes.
"There is something else going isn't there?" I said tilting my head to the right.
"Themarriagewasmadewhenmelindawasfiveyearsold." he said in a rush, which made my brain spin.
"Slowly." I said. He sighs.
"The marriage was made when melinda was five years--"
"What?!" I yelled, not letting him finish
"She HAS to get married with Cesar, or...I go to Prison." he said. My mouth drops.
"What have you done?" I asked in a disgusted tone.
"A few years ago, I was in a tight money spot. We had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. I needed to pay another drug lord, and the Rodriguez lend me the money. I asked how I would've ever repay him...he said with the hand of my daughter to his 10 year old son." he said.
I sat down on a chair in shock.
"Were you planing on ever telling us?" I asked.
"Eventually, like when the time came." he said."The marriage is when she turns 18."
"Why do you mean you'll go prison if she doesn't?" I wondered.
"At first I told him no, but then he said he has evidence of my 'hobbies' and he'll turn them to the FBI. I'll go to prison and all of our money will be taken away." he said.
"So you're sacrificing the happiness of your daughter?" I asked in shock.
"You have to understand. I'm doing this for the family, so you, Victor and Manuel won't suffer. Melinda would understand." he said.
"Then tell her." I said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"She'll only hate me more." he said in a sad tone and looked down in shame.
"Think of who we're talking about. Melinda isn't the kind of person to hate someone, especially her father." I said."I'm not saying what you did is the right thing, because it's not, but Melinda loves us, and she'll understand."

♥Melinda Pov♥ (Let's pretend he already told her, it's a bit late 11:56pm, so yeah, I'm tired.)

I sat pn my bed shocked. He had planned this since I was five?
"Perdoname (forgive me)" he said. I gulp and look away. I couldn't look at my father right now. I wanted to rip his eyes out for doing this to me."If you wish, I'll call it off, I'm willing to give up my freedom for yours."
I stay silent and think about what would happen. Sure me and Nathan would be together, but what about my family? All of the money will be taken away. I had to think about Manuel's and Victor's education.
"No, I have to. For this family." I said."To save this family."
"I will never forgive myself, Melinda." my dad said. I take several deep breaths.
"You just made the wrong choices. I'm not the one to judge you, I'll leave that to big boss upstairs. (God.)." I said looking towards my dad, he really was sorry. I hug him tightly. He kisses the top of my head.
"I'm not worthy to be your father. You're the daughter any father would want." he complimented.
"Thank you." I said. A few minutes later he walks out of the room, leaving me with the pain inside. Now I HAD to do this. For the sake of the economic safety of my family.

Reluctantly, I changed into the dress had said he bought me. It was skily black dress that hugged my curves, and went just above the knees. I put on some black ballerina shoes. My hair is an elegant bun, with some glitter on it. My make up is light, no big eyeliner, just normal. With a touch of clear lip gloss, and one last look at the mirror, the door is opened. My mother and father in very elegant clothes. My mom's jaw drops at my sight.

"Mi angelita. (my little angel.)" she said, covering her mouth and eyes twinkiling. I roll my eyes. She hugs me."I'm so proud of you."
"Thank you." I said.
"The guest are here, Mr. Gomez." said Lara as she came, she smiled when she saw me and mouthed 'you look beautiful'.
"Are you ready?" my mom asked.
"You mean give up my life to some stranger for the sake of this family?" I asked sort of sarcastic. My dad looks sad."Yes."
"We'll call you down." my dad said as he and my mom walked out of my room.

"I'm so sorry Nathan. But to me family will always come first. Even before MY happiness. I'm sure you will understand." I said to myself."I love you."
"Melinda!" my dad said, as my name echoed through the house, his deep voice snapped me back. I start to move and as I pass by the rail of the stairs walking to the stairs leading down, I see three figures. Two males and one female. I stand at the top of the stairs and look down. All eyes are on me. I don't smile, but I don't have an angry look either, just blank. With a hand on the rail, going down, I walk down. Fixing my eyes at random things around avoiding anyone's eyes.

"She's more gorgeous than I thought." said the older man next to my father. I look to the person next to him, it's his wife, who was a sweet smile on.
"Hermosa." she said. (beautiful)."she looks just like you." she reffered to my mom. I don't look at anyone.
"Melinda," my dad said getting my attention." this is Cesar Daniel Rodriguez, your fiance." he nudge towards the male figure next to the wife of the man. He wasn't bad looking. Tall, tanned, brown hair and dirty green eyes. He dressed in a suit, but I could tell he wasn't a skater or anything. More like a surfer. We lock eyes, both of us with no emotion.
"Nice to meet you." I said with a little head bow. He smirks, ohhh how I wanted to slap it off. He takes my hand and says.
"The pleasure is all mine." with his spanish accent (spanish as in spain accent. Think Enrique Inglesias.)