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Chapter Thirty-Six:

This Christmas is probably going to go down as the worst in history. People hundreds of years from now are going to mention this day... does drama just follow me? I mean the whole day was filled with arguing. We couldn't even get through dinner without a argument.

Luckily, it seems to have stopped since everyone went quiet after my Grandmother basically dug my Father's grave. I wish I could stand up to him the way my Grandmother does... I also wish she would do more.

"So Maddie, how was your little Christmas adventure?" Ethan ask.

"Amazing actually, much better than staying in here."

"Madeline." Is all my Father says.

"I heard your boyfriends came over." Ethan quickly changes the subject and I see my Grandmother raise a brow,

"Boyfriends?" She says.

"Neither of them are my boyfriends."

"I can't believe you let poor Leandro leave just to be stuck with that... imbecile." My Mother chimes in.... thanks Ethan.

"It was either leave Gabriel alone in the house or let Leandro walk off. He will get over it anyways... he's just worried."

"Oh yeah and I guess Gabriel was too?"

"Maria stop it." My Grandmother darts her eyes over to my Mother,

"What Mama? The boy treats her like garbage and she lets him! He is bad for her and my job as a Mother is to make sure she doesn't ruin her life for him."

"That is not your decision to make. Remember when you married Alejandro? I didn't stop you even though I thought I was a mistake and I still do but no I stood by your side and continue to! That's what Mother's do, stand by their children regardless of their bad choices." She says,

"Gabriel isn't a bad choice... he's just hard to understand and difficult but when you get to know him he is... he is everything to me. Regardless of if were together or not he was my everything, the only person that really knows me and that's something you can't take away from me."

"So what, your just going to get back together with him, even though you were so hurt, Mija?"

"No... I mean I didn't say I was. It's fucking Christmas and were arguing about my love life, can we please talk about something else."

"Some of your gifts are still under the tree, ready to be opened." My Father finally speaks up, ignoring this whole conversation and I really wish I could do the same. Everything is so difficult now. Before is was so simple and now it's so... different I've always missed LA but now, I really wish I could just go back and forget about everyone I have encountered.