The Love From Vengeance

us know of Ariel’s location. Please miss.”

“Are you begging her?” I asked Andre, giving him an irritated look.

“She has a hold of Ariel, and her life is in danger. We have no choice.”

“We have a choice,” I said immediately, shifting my gaze to the woman in red standing in front of me. “You better tell me where Ariel is, or else…”

“Or else what?” Her voice was sharp, interrupting me mid–sentence.

at each other. I didn’t even know if I should try to

annoyance. “How did my father even get married to you?”

me so much all those years?” She retorted with an

just put your pride down and…”

pride around

both of my shoulders. “Think about Ariel. Would you want her

in like this? Who was Ariel to me anyway? I was going to tell her something until her children had to interrupt, and realizing that brought me to a universe of pure spleen. And my ignorance was what put her in this situation. If I had helped her, we wouldn’t be living in this moment right now.

He has a brain right in that head of his,” my mother continued with her

exhaled deeply for the second time. “You want me to beg