Detty Bold and Beauty
Hey Detty fans! Here is a new chapter from Betty's pov over her heartache and the next will be Daniel's. Then there will be two or three more chapters to go til this one is finished.
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Chapter 24
"Matter of Staying Strong"
Betty arrived home in tears after cleaning her desk out at Mode. She was in a state of shock after what had happened between her and Daniel. It all seemed like a bad dream but one that she couldn't wake up from. She arrived home and tried to sneak off to her room without being seen. However Ignacio came out of the living room before she could make her escape.
"Mija? What are you doing home so early?" Ignacio asked curiously.
His expression changed to concern when he saw his daughter's face covered in tears.
"You've been crying?" Ignacio half said, half asked.
Betty didn't answer, she simply fled up the stairs to her room. Ignacio was about to go after his youngest daughter when Hilda stepped in; she'd seen the whole thing.
"Let me take care of it, Papi," She suggested.
"Are you sure? Maybe I should go with you, she seems very upset."
"Don't worry," Hilda assured Ignacio, "I will make sure she's ok."
Ignacio nodded in agreement and let Hilda go to Betty, hoping that everything would be ok. In her room, Betty grabbed her journal and pen to write her latest entry.
Dear Journal,
From this day forward, I will no longer have the desire or want to be in love. It is just too hard and painful to deal with. Instead, I will concentrate on achieving my dreams .I will become the editor of a magazine that will change the face of this world. Women won't have to be consumed by the superficial idea of being skinny and having great looks to be successful. BTW, I hate Daniel Meade. I hope I never him see again. I am such a fool for letting him into my heart, for yes Journal, I did fall in love with him but now I want to stop loving him. I guess I will keep my heart under lock and key from now on. All that matters is staying strong…
Betty had just finished writing in her journal when there was a light knock on the door. A moment later, Hilda stood in the doorway.
"Betty, are you ok? Papi saw that you were upset."
When Betty didn't say anything, Hilda grew worried when she saw the box of things that she knew Betty usually had on her desk at Mode.
"Betty, what happened?" Hilda asked.
"I was fired."
"What?"
"Daniel fired me today, after we arrived back from the summer house," Betty explained miserably.
"Betty, that doesn't make any sense," Hilda shook her head and moved to sit next to her sister, "I mean, I thought you guys were having a great time. What changed?"
Betty hesitated. She wasn't sure she wanted to tell Hilda that she and Daniel slept together, but there was no other way to explain what had happened.
"I slept with him," Betty confessed.
"You what?" Hilda said incredulously, her plucked eyebrows rose so high they disappeared into her hairline.
"Hilda! Please keep your voice down or Papi will hear you!" Betty remonstrated.
"Sorry," Hilda said sheepishly, "But wait," She waved a long, manicured finger, "so you were fired because you slept with Daniel?"
"No, not exactly. Daniel said I was fired, because when it came to his job, I was too much of a distraction for him."
"That…" Hilda trailed off cursing in Spanish, using the foulest, utmost awful words.
Betty cringed.
"Ok, Hilda, enough," Betty said before Hilda started a new blue streak.
"Sorry" Hilda replied, although she didn't look like she was very sorry.
Betty sighed.
"Do you want to know what the worst part of it was?"
"What was it?" Hilda asked.
"I told him I loved him," Betty told Hilda. Her voice broke and once more, Betty burst into tears.
Hilda didn't know what to say. She felt bad for pushing Daniel onto her little sister and felt that some of Betty's pain was her fault. If only she'd known Daniel was like Henry, Hilda thought, she could have saved Betty from this heartache. But all Hilda could do now was comfort her sister and be a shoulder to cry on.