CHAPTER 37: MARCO'S CONFESSION

Leo's POV

"Marco?" I ask him.

He just doesn't move.

He seems to be frozen on his spot.

I am not able to process this information and there is Marco standing finding out the real reason his parents died because of us, my parents.

They killed his parents!

Bummer.

"Leo? Leo? Are you okay ?" Alejandro looks at me and rushes towards , he doesn't know who is standing there .

Should I stop him?

I probably should stop Alejandro as he doesn't know whose standing on the other end of the day.

This is going to go so horribly wrong, yet I can't seem to be able to move. My feet are frozen and I am stuck to the ground.

I can't think straight now . I need air . I --

"Marco?" Alejandro sees him and looks at him with the purest hatred I have ever seen on anyone's face.

Marco sees him and starts laughing like a maniac.

The insane part of him has finally been released.

He just stands there and laughs.

Laughs.

I look at him and I just stand there in shock.

What the hell is happening right now?

He stops laughing and looks at me, his other hand drops.

He has a phone in his hand.

Was he talking to someone earlier?

He notices the direction of my gaze and follows it.

He quickly hangs up and looks horrified as if he forgets to hang up.

The look on his face is so dead serious and scary it feels as though someone may have died.

I guess, a part of all of us died in one way or the other.

Accidentally, I see the caller ID.

It's Nat and from that moment I know that the whole universe is against me.

The caller id proves it.

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Nat's POV

I am sitting up in my house and looking at clothes at Amazon on my I-Pad.

I really need clothes for Italy.

I have enough clothes for Italy but my aunt thinks the clothes I wear are mot good and urges me to wear designer clothes.

She doesn't get it that different people have different choices.

As I am scrolling through, my phone starts ringing.

Is it Leo? I have been waiting for his call.

He finally called--

Marco?

I see his name on my phone and nearly drop my phone in shock.

I quickly recover and pick it up.

Why would Marco call me? Did he tell my secret to Leo?

A million possibilities run through my mind and I am too afraid to find out the truth but also too curious at the same time.

Life is hard.

"Hey, Marco. What did you do?" I ask him instead of saying hi.

The pleasantries can be done later.

"Hey, Nat. What's up?" he says.

"What's up? What do you mean what's up? Do you think we are besties or something? Are you my friend? Is everything normal? Are you dumb--" I say and he cuts me off.

"I miss us"

"What?"

Why would he say that?

Why the hell are people so random in my freaking life?

I mean, its not like I'm in love with Marco either so why come up and I don't know, declare your undying love for me when everything is fine as hell?

And by that I obviously mean, the amount of fineness my life can ever have.

Does he want to die?

From a switchblade?

Cause I do have one in my pocket just in case.

Better be safe than sorry.

I live by this motto.

"I miss us," he says again.

"What do you mean you miss 'us'? There was no us. For you. All I ever was a toy to Marco!"

I should hang up.

Or I could play along in his game.

"I miss us. I miss hanging out. Remember the times we used to hang out? Remember the first time we kissed. You said you felt sparks. I say I didn't. I lied Nat. I loved you then and I still love you," he says as though that changes anything.

"What?"

What is he saying?

He loves me?

Now?

Too late Marco.

Everything was real?

Then why does all of this sound fake?

I feel like killing him.

Or drowning him.

I prefer both.

Do I still love him?

No, never.

"Do you love me?" he asks me.

"No, I don't," I say and start to hang up.

"That was quick," he says.

"Yeah, you think I'd say yes? Then you've fucking dumb," I say and roll my eyes even though he cannot see me.

He has got to be kidding me.

I have fallen for this shitty trap of his for probably a million times but not anymore.

I'm more alert than I have ever been and I would certainly like to keep myself that ways.

I'm not a fool whose is going to be yet again fooled by him.

Not happening again.

"Nat, I am not lying. It's not a trap. I--" he says.

I hear some voices on the other side.

It's Leo's and someone else.

Is he in the hospital?

"Is that Leo?" I ask him instead.

"Its always him, isn't it? " he says sadly.

"Marco--" I am about to tell him to shut up but he cuts me off.

"Nat, wait a sec. I am putting you on speaker," he says.

"What? Why? No," I say.

"Leo, the truth is that " I hear someone say.

Thirty minutes later

I heard their whole conversation that's load of bullshit.

Why do they keep cooking up more lies and secrets to hide the earlier lies when they can just make their lives easier by telling the freaking truth for once in their miserable assed lives?

I guess we'll never know.

Poor Leo.

This just adds up to my list of secrets that these clans have been hiding.

Leo's POV

"Why were you talking to Nat?" I ask hi.

"I wanted to tell her that--" he says but stops.

"Tell her what you prick?" I say angrily.

"I still love her," he says with a sigh.