Chapter 43: Beggars III

When Alfonso and Fiona finally stepped into Athena’s office, they were grieved as soon as they understood why Athena had kept them waiting for so long—she had been eating.

They watched with increasing loathing as Athena gracefully cleaned her lips with a serviette.

They were more incensed when she ignored their presence, rather focusing on the apple she brought from her bag then.

They still stood and watched, as she stood up elegantly from her chair and walked into the en-suite bathroom.

They believed she had gone to wash her hands, and probably the apple too.

Fiona looked at her father. He was red with anger.

"Dad, she hasn’t even started with her antics, so I will advise you to put more bricks on the mask you are wearing. I can already tell you are angry. Athena is very sensitive."

Alfonso almost snapped at his daughter but for the timely arrival of Athena back into the office.

Still ignoring them, she sat down on her chair and bit into the washed apple.

As she chewed, she opened her drawer, and got a document. She started reading it afterwards.

It was then it dawned on Alfonso that Athena wouldn’t speak to them until they stated their case.

He opened his mouth to speak, but a croak came out instead.

Was he now lost for words?

Alfonso couldn’t believe himself, couldn’t believe the audacity of his tongue to disappoint him at that critical time.


Howbeit, he inhaled deeply, and with a voice akin to sorrow, he spoke clearly:

to apologize on behalf of my daughter. Her actions yesterday

the pitiful ones of Alfonso and his daughter. "Why are you

right thing to do. I just came from visiting Ewan. He had been a victim too

he would. Athena mused, folding

came to the Adams’ family, the great and cold Ewan Giacometti was a coward, a

believe I will do the same?" Athena

your daughter has crossed me

pushed himself

is easily jealous, and battles with insecurity issues. She is selfish too, and self centered. Even now, she doesn’t really realize the fullness of the stupidity she had committed. As her father, I’m ashamed and embarrassed

of that. Alfonso vowed, not believing that he had knelt before two people today, people

But Ewan’s was understandable.

was a


dearly for the disrespect

cocked her head to the

Fiona the most, caused Alfonso to look at his

that she was still standing.

to the ground, causing her knees to knock heavily on

that emitted from her lips stopped Alfonso from

she was okay, but for Athena watching them

he held Fiona’s ear instead and drew it, pretending that her cry of pain hadn’t

were you standing? Don’t you know

was in so much

roared in her heart was against Athena, the beginner of all these things, or against her father, with his overzealous methods of getting Athena to

wouldn’t be moved by their antics if

noticed foul play then, for


why Fiona hadn’t bothered to kneel, coupled with the fact that her

she felt her father’s pull at her ears again, she deftly shook

Doctor Athena. Please forgive my

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