A/N: Okay, you get another update. Yay! Also, when I opened the document, I finally decided to spellcheck… I am so so so sorry. I didn't realize how many mistakes I made in the previous chapters. Hopefully, the future chapters will not be so messed up.

By the way, did you know that "Olena" is not in the MS Word 2010 dictionary but "Olenek" is? Weird…

Disclaimer: I do not own VA. I never will. *Sigh* However… *gets insane look in eyes* I DO OWN ALEX AND DYLAN AND RHEA (Dragomir) AND ANDRE (Dragomir II) AND TANYA AND MASON (Castile) SO HA! THEY ARE MINE!

Chapter Twelve

DPOV

"Hello, Belikov. Long time no see. Last time I saw you, you were a little boy this big," he smirked, placing his hand about four and a half feet off the ground. "You've grown up. I heard that you ran your dad out of town. Good for you. He deserved that."

I scowled. "You knew for years and never did anything about it," I said, gritting my teeth. "If I hadn't done something, he would still be beating the shit out of my mother."

"Yes, I'm sorry for Olena. However, I had my own issues to worry about at that time. I would've stepped in if things got too serious. I had men keeping watch just in case if Sergey (A/N: It's a Russian name that I never particularly liked, so I'm using it for Dimitri's father.) stepped across the line," he said flippantly.

I scowled. "You don't call my mother's body literally being completely black and blue 'serious'?"

"She could still walk, couldn't she?"

The rest of the room was silent. No one was sure what to say.

"Why is this monster here anyway?" I asked, turning to Roza.

"Err, yeah, about that. Dimitri, this is Ibrahim Mazur, my father. Abe, this is Dimitri Belikov, my ex-mentor from St. Vlad's," she said, awkwardly introducing us. "Of course, you two seem to already know each other…"

Wait, what?

I looked from Zmey to Rose, trying to see a resemblance. Now that I looked closely, they had the same hair. And complexion. And sarcastic manner.

"Can I trust you two to be civil towards each other?" Rose sighed. "This is a nice and friendly get-together."

I clenched my fist and nodded. "Yes."

Zmey smirked. "Of course, kiz."

Rose nodded. "Then let us all sit down and enjoy the rest of our dinner, shall we?"

A/N: Okay, so REALLY short chapter. But I wanted to let you guys see how Dimitri reacted to Abe.

Until next update,

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